See who lit the Olympic torch in 2021 and kicked off the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. Plus, learn the fascinating history of the Olympic flame ceremony.

Muhammad Ali was in a heavy battle with Parkinson's disease when he lit the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony in 1996.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia will be the first in more 35 years to be held without spectators after organisers on Monday introduced tighter measures to ...

The route of the torch relay was altered for the Tokyo Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which pushed the Games back one year. But once everyone gathered in the Japanese capital, the then-23 ...

The Olympic torch relay is yet another hurdle for the postponed Tokyo Games. It kicks off in two weeks from northeastern Japan.

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will not run through the streets of Osaka prefecture next week because of rising COVID-19 cases.

Organizers plan to exercise extreme caution when the Olympic torch relay starts next week, knowing any stumble could imperil the the opening of the Tokyo Games in just over four months.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia will be the first in more 35 years to be held without spectators after organizers on Monday introduced tighter measures to ...

The route of the torch relay was altered for the Tokyo Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which pushed the Games back one year. But once everyone gathered in the Japanese capital, the then-23 ...