There perhaps is not a more symbolic and equally visible item at the Olympic Games than the Olympic torch. Every four years as the Olympics commence, this shining and uniquely designed piece of ...

Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...

PARIS, France — Rapper Snoop Dogg will be one of the last to carry the Olympic torch during its final stretch ahead of Friday's Opening Ceremony. Snoop Dogg, 52, will carry the torch Friday ...

PARIS (AP) — From the Louvre Museum to the Eiffel Tower, from Paris' posh districts to working-class neighborhoods, hundreds of people have carried the Olympic torch through the French capital ...

The Olympic Torch represents a rich, blended history of ancient traditions and modern values. Bearing the iconic flame, the Olympic torch relay honors the symbolic power of fire, embodying purity, ...

Snoop Dogg, 52, will carry the torch through the streets of Saint-Denis, the underprivileged northern Paris suburb that is home to the Stade de France Olympic Stadium, the town's mayor Mathieu ...

There perhaps is not a more symbolic and equally visible item at the Olympic Games than the Olympic torch. Whether it was Muhammad Ali lighting the Olympic cauldron during the 1996 Atlanta ...

And so, in the lead-up to the 2024 Paris Olympics, curiosity has once again risen on the history of the Olympic torch and its meaning to the Summer Games. It dates back to the 1936 Berlin Olympics ...