On Feb. 2, 2002, the Olympic flame skimmed across the steaming surface of the Glenwood Hot Springs Pool — the only time in the torch’s 45-state journey that the relay went aquatic. Now, more than two ...

2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games organizers unveiled the routes for the Olympic and Paralympic torch relays, one year out from the lighting of the Olympic Flame. The Olympic Flame will be lit in ...

The Tokyo Olympics torch relay will take another detour this weekend when it enters the southern island of Okinawa. A leg of the relay on Okinawa's resort island of Miyakojima set for Sunday has been ...

Shania Twain: The Canadian country singer carried the torch through her hometown of Timmins during the Vancouver Games. Twain expressed her gratitude for being part of such a significant event, ...

Greek Alpine skier AJ Ginnis, a world slalom silver medalist and former U.S. Ski Team member, will be the first torchbearer of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic torch relay that starts Nov. 26. Ginnis, ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The opening ceremony for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles is 1,100 days away, and the chief executive officer of its organizing committee says he has a to-do list of at least ...

DENVER (AP) - Putting together the Olympic torch relay is a daunting task: Twenty-six countries in little more than two months, two Boeing 747 aircraft, an 18-vehicle caravan in every city, and ...

The International Olympic Committee threatens to cancel the torch relay. April 8, 2008 — -- San Francisco officials are bracing for protests Wednesday, when the Olympic torch is scheduled to pass ...

JAKARTA, April 22 (Reuters) - The Olympic torch was paraded through a heavily guarded stadium in Jakarta on Tuesday after police stopped about 100 anti-China protesters from disrupting the latest leg ...

An estimated 5,500 tons of CO2 will be released by the time the Olympics begin. April 9, 2008 — -- Angry protesters, riot police, mass demonstrations, arrests for disorderly conduct -- it hasn't ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated the start of the Olympic torch relay in Moscow on Sunday, counting down to next year’s Winter Games in Sochi. Declaring that “our shared dream is becoming ...