The Olympic symbol is made up of five interlinking rings – one blue ... The route of the torch aims “to spread a message of peace and friendship between peoples”. The relay ends at the ...

On Friday, the Sochi Olympic torch traveled east through Siberia to the city of Mirny. RIA Novosti says the torch was delivered to the base of one of the world's largest diamond mines.The Mir mine ...

Every Olympic Games begins with the Olympic torch relay. The torch is lit in Greece and passed from one torchbearer to the next. In the end it reaches whichever city is hosting the games.

Exactly one month since the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay’s journey across Russia, a Soyuz TMA-11M was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch ...

Swimmer Florent Manaudou is feeling glum, French MPs despair over a plummeting sports budget and the Eiffel Tower has lost ...

Paris' Mayor has announced plans to keep the Olympic rings permanently on display on the Eiffel Tower, or until 'at least ...

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.

A man celebrating being given the right to remain in the UK after a 19-year wait now hopes to carry the Olympic torch in Paris next month. Mohammed Zaman arrived in London from Bangladesh in 2005 ...

The Olympic torch has begun its mega journey to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of a high priestess, lit the flame in a dramatic ceremony in ancient Olympia ...

RIO 2016: The design for the current Summer Olympics once again features Nike on the obverse, and the reverse depicts the emblem of the games along with a subtle, stylized? laurel wreathe.

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 ...

The replica of the Olympic torch is touring 92 schools across Wolverhampton ahead of the WolvOlympics A replica of the Olympic torch is touring 92 schools across Wolverhampton ahead of a local ...