Tribes in Iraq's Shi'ite holy city of Najaf prepared their torches for a procession ahead of Ashura, the holiest festival in the Shi'ite calendar. Wimbledon Day 4: Djokovic, Rybakina, Sinner cruise to ...

As Kirsty Coventry succeeds Thomas Bach as IOC president, Juan Antonio Samaranch Senior's legacy is remembered on ...

The towering Greek philosopher and poet Homer described olive oil as “liquid gold” and the Greek tragedian extraordinaire Sophocles called olives “our sweet silvered wet nurse”. Olive oil is the oil ...

The Olympic torch is making its way across Maryland. On Tuesday, law enforcement officers carried the torch across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The torch's next stops are Baltimore County on Wednesday a ...

Both versions of the torch were developed by Eni, premium partner of Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, in collaboration with Versalis, official supporter of the ...

Rafael Nadal raising the Olympic flame as a torch bearer at the 2024 Paris Olympics was one of the most iconic moments to come from the Games last summer. But as it turns out, Nadal didn't even ...

The Olympic torch collection that was recently purchased by Ripley Entertainment on display at the company’s corporate office in Orlando on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. This recent purchase of the ...

The torch getting passed to the next runner in Coquelles. AFP via Getty Images Not only that, but usually 10,000 to 12,000 torches are made for the Olympic Games, which was reduced to 2,000 this ...

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. - When Wayne Terry, a long-time resident of Medical Lake, lost his home during the Gray Road Wildfire in 2023, he lost memories, valuables and an Olympic torch. Terry has lived ...

by Andrew Alonzo | [email protected] With a bronze-tinted aluminum body wrapped in leather, gold rings around the handle, and a top that bears the Olympic motto, “Citius Altius Fortius” ...

Despite the rain’s attempt to steal the show at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony, the Olympic spirit prevailed, and the party was celebrated with full fervor.