ATHENS (AP) — The flame that will burn at the Paris Olympics has been formally handed over to French organizers at a ceremony in Greece. Friday’s ceremony was held in the all-marble ...

The ceremonial lighting of the Olympic flame for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris took place in Ancient Olympia on April 16 ATHENS, April 26. /TASS/. A ceremony of handing over the Olympic ...

From Greece, the Olympic flame will travel from Athens’ port of Piraeus on the Belem, a French three-masted sailing ship built in 1896 — the year of the first modern games in Athens.

(ATR) The Olympic Games will open in Athens later today. Thousands of spectators gathered near the Acropolis late on Thursday to cheer the arrival of the Olympic flame where a caldron will burn ...

According to tradition, the flame will be lit by the sun’s rays at a ceremony in Ancient Olympia. Then it will be carried by the Olympic torch to Athens and across the Mediterranean to the famed ...

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 ...

(ATR) Athens gets ready to hand over the Olympic Flame to London 2012 ... and host hundreds of Olympic memorabilia collectors. Here’s an Around the Rings Photodesk of the sunny scene in Athens.

The 41st Athens Marathon kicks off with a historic race, celebrating athletic legacy and honoring the spirit of the ancient ...

CCTV reporter Mao Xuzhi, now in Athens, brings us exclusive reports on the upcoming Olympic flame lighting ceremony. The Olympic Flame for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will be lit in Ancient Olympia at ...

The Olympic flame has arrived in Switzerland, home of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), en route from Athens to Brazil where the 2016 Games will be staged. The torch was greeted by United ...

One man's tradition of racing the Athens Marathon could be up in flames after his costume was stolen just days before ...