The Olympic flame arrived in France at Marseille ... who handed the torch to French rapper Jul to light a cauldron. The arrival of the flame marks the start of a 12,000-kilometre (7,500-mile ...

The Olympic flame from Greece ... Everything about the arrival ceremony at the Matsushima air base in northern Japan will be subdued. The flame is to be greeted by a few dignitaries, saluted ...

Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times It flickers like a fire, but the “flame” resting in the enormous cauldron comprises 40 LED spotlights and 200 misting nozzles and is tethered to what ...

(ATR) Tokyo 2020 organizers reveal details of the Olympic Flame Arrival Ceremony. Upon arrival at Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Matsushima Base in Matsushima, Miyagi prefecture, on March 20 ...

The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept burning throughout the Ancient Olympics in deference to "the gods." A symbolic fire was introduced in 1928 ...

Torchbearers are to carry the Olympic flame through the streets ... The city on Wednesday celebrated with great fanfare the flame’s arrival as Marseille Mayor Benoît Payan said that more ...

Overflowing with national pride, the Greek media, seconded by the country’s grandiloquent authorities, don’t miss the opportunity to present this veritable re-enactment of a Nazi ceremony, namely the ...

while Anna Laklóth highlighted that she has the honour to represent basketball and to personally experience such historical moments as the arrival of the Olympic flame. ’It’s a tremendous ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The AP team in Athens went above and beyond across formats to get exclusive access to the behind-the-scenes operation of lighting the Olympic flame, producing excellent work for both traditional and ...