Russia's Olympic torch relay has been the longest and most ambitious ever staged – a four-month, 40,000-mile trek that has seen 14,00 people carry the flame on foot, by snowmobile, on horseback – and ...

HONG KONG, Nov. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 2, the torch relay for the 15th National Games, of the People's Republic of China was launched simultaneously in four cities: Hong Kong, Macao, ...

The start of the "Old Glory Relay" to The World Games has officially kicked off, and patriotic Americans are carrying the U.S. flag as they make their way to the multi-sport event. Military veterans ...

The torch relay for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games began on Saturday morning in Rome, marking the start of a two ...

The Paralympic Torch Relay will see the Paralympic Flame lit in Stoke Mandeville, England, before 12 flames travel across France from 25 to 28 August officially kicking off the Paris 2024 Paralympic ...

TOKYO (AP) — The torch relay was not always a fixture of the modern Olympics, which began in 1896. The relay tradition started at Adolph Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics — the Games of the XI Olympiad — ...

The relay produced a heavy dose of pars and bogeys but plenty of fun as the players raced from shot to shot. On the final try, however, Team Rory, which consisted of Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Shane ...

Tokyo Olympic organizers kicked off the Olympic torch relay in Japan on Thursday with 10,000 torchbearers set to zigzag across the country before they arrive at the Olympic stadium on July 23 for the ...