The torch was lit in a traditional ceremony honoring the Olympic games' roots in Ancient Olympia Julia Moore is a TV writer-reporter at PEOPLE. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has been ...

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 ...

Olympics organizers have decided that Fukushima will play host to the start of the Olympic torch relay next March. The torch will be carried for three days through towns across the prefecture.

The Spanish tennis player didn't know he was going to be a torch bearer at the Opening Ceremony until about 10 minutes before. Rafael Nadal holds the Olympic torch during the Opening Ceremony for ...

He will want to shove victory down people's throats Follow England vs Spain - Euro 2024 final: Three Lions news is 'leaked' Arsenal and France legend Thierry Henry carried the Olympic torch ...

Spain came in just 0.9 seconds later, narrowly missing out on gold, but still celebrating their Olympic qualification. The podium was completed by the Swiss pair of Marianne Fatton and Robin ...

The Organising Committee of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 revealed its Olympic torch design today during an event marking one year to go until the Games begin. (Beijing 2022)The torch was ...

Spain's National Police have launched an investigation into the damage of 20 rental cars, probing whether activists were ...

Theresa Zabell, two times olympic gold, in her Madrid office / SEBASTIÁN FEST And although in Spain people still remember the “relaxing cup of café con leche” with which the then mayor of ...

Spain beat France 5-3 after extra-time in an epic Olympic final to claim the gold medal in Paris. Crystal Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta had dramatically pulled Thierry Henry's France level with a ...