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 ...

Olympic history goes back nearly 2,800 years, and a big part of that history is the Olympic torch. How bright is your Olympic torch knowledge? Take this quiz to find out What information do we ...

The modern Olympic torch was first used at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. Inspired by ancient Greece, the torch relay ...

The torch also bears the markings for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. This is the prototype of the final design and was used by Paines Fireworks to come up with a safe, portable and smokeless fuel ...

The Olympics will be in held ... a treat for tennis fans everywhere. For Spain, it will be a perfect representation of the official passing of the torch from the greatest Spanish tennis player ...