The iconic helium-powered balloon that attracted myriads of tourists during the Paris Olympic Games is making a comeback to light up the French capital’s skyline ...

Greek Alpine skier AJ Ginnis, a world slalom silver medalist and former U.S. Ski Team member, will be the first torchbearer ...

PARIS (AP) — The Paris Games may be over, but the flame is still rising — just don’t call it Olympic. The helium-powered ...

VERONA, Italy (AP) — The Olympic flame for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games will pass through all 110 provinces in Italy on a 63-day journey before the cauldron is lit. Organizers announced the ...

Two weeks after French star swimmer Léon Marchand extinguished the Olympic flame to close the Paris Olympics, the spotlight is now on its Paralympic counterpart. British Paralympians Helene ...

PARIS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she hopes the Olympic flame suspended below its balloon can remain in central Paris near the Louvre museum after the games end. The flame ...

THE PARIS Olympics have made history after creating the first-ever Olympic flame NOT made from fire. Last Friday's opening ceremony saw the flame handled by superstars including Snoop Dogg ...

Read moreIn pictures: Paris Olympics kicks off with ambitious Opening Ceremony on the Seine Visitors now pack the park, with all available 10,000 daily slots to see the flame taken until the Games ...

The lighting of the Olympic cauldron is the dramatic end to the journey of the Olympic flame, which is carried across the host country in a relay. Each Olympic fan has their own favorite Olympic ...

By Andrew Keh Andrew Keh went to see the Olympic flame for himself. The Olympic flame isn’t a flame. Well, it’s sort of a flame. But it’s not made of fire. Even if it looks a lot like fire.

When Marie-José Pérec and Teddy Riner performed the traditional role of transferring the torch-based flame to the Olympic cauldron there were gasps of delight and applause. A circle of fire ...

Paying homage to the Montgolfier brothers, the Paris 2024 Olympic flame will, for the first time, be airborne and fully lit by electricity and water. Living up to its moniker the "City of Lights ...