The Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics featured the lighting of the Olympic cauldron at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium by tennis star Naomi Osaka. The Olympic cauldron was lit by a torch, but the torch ...

Plenty of traditions will take place before the 2024 Olympics get underway. None, though, are as symbolic as lighting the Olympic cauldron. Every two years, host nations put on an immersive ceremony ...

The next Olympics are the first to have two official hosts, Milan, Italy’s second-largest city, and Cortina d’Ampezzo, the ...

OLYMPIA, Greece - The curse of the Winter Olympics struck again, with heavy clouds over the birthplace of the ancient games frustrating efforts Sunday to light the flame for Turin , Italy, using the ...

In July and August 1996, the world sent its finest athletes to Atlanta. Some athletes came as familiar names from familiar nations. Others had toiled in obscurity. Each came proudly to Atlanta, and ...

Abhinav Bindra, who won gold in the men's 10m air rifle event at Beijing 2008, shared the news on Wednesday, supported by the ...

UANGZHOU, 9 October (BelTA - China Daily) - The flame lighting ceremony for China's 15th National Games, 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and 9th National Special Olympic Games was ...