The Rio 2016 torch relay will begin with a ceremonial start in Olympia, Greece, in May 2016, spanning 90 to 100 days and including 10,000 torch bearers. The flame will traverse 12,000 miles across ...

Rio de Janeiro organizers unveiled the Olympic torch for the 2016 Games on Friday, saying it brings together "movement, innovation and Brazilian flavor." Organizers said the torch's design was ...

Greek actress Katerina Lehou, playing the role of High Priestess, lights a torch from the sun's rays reflected in a parabolic mirror during the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Rio 2016 Olympic ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — The flame for South America’s first Olympics was kindled Thursday at the birthplace of the ancient games in Greece, heralding the start of a 15-week journey that will ...

The torch is the most emblematic element of the relay, where the flame is passed from hand to hand, from Greece to the city where the games are held. Each torch has its own design, colours and ...

This has been an Olympics of questions: Will everyone who goes to Rio get Zika? Can they survive the polluted water — or the polluted air? Will criminals ruin the games? Are Rio and its venues chaotic ...

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have officially begun with Friday's (Aug. 5) Opening Ceremony. Of course, with patriotic pomp and circumstance comes music, so below, we've rounded… ...

The Brazilian marathoner gets his golden moment 12 years after being famously disrupted during his run in the Athens Games. By THR Staff, The Associated Press Vanderlei de Lima, who was denied an ...

Brazilian gold medalist Marcia Malsar took a fall during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony – but triumphantly got back up again At the 2016 Paralympics Opening Ceremony in Rio on ...