ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece--Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled ... uses the sun to ignite a silver torch — after offering up a symbolic ...

In a recently uncovered banquet hall in Regio IX of the ancient Roman city, a monumental fresco depicting ... while the fourth side was open to a garden. The images portrayed depict vibrant scenes ...

Getty Images The opera house was originally ... the first Aboriginal athlete to win an individual Olympic gold medal, opened the Olympic torch relay from outside the building.

To generations of hockey fans in Edmonton and across Canada, it didn’t get any better than seeing Wayne Gretzky wearing the red maple leaf. The biggest superstar on the planet representing not ...

a torch of leadership gets passed. In the case of Connor McDavid, he grabbed it in 2025 after scoring the biggest goal for Canada since the 2010 Vancouver Olympics to win the 4 Nations Face-Off in ...

The site of ancient ... Olympics, bringing together people in fellowship and celebration, still survives today. Now, the Olympic flame is lit by the reflection of sunlight in a parabolic mirror in ...

With 161 days to go before the opening of the 2025 Chengdu World Games, organizers on Thursday unveiled the event's official ...

The House of Thiasus got its name from the “thiasos,” or sacred procession, of Dionysus. The fresco matches the Second Style ...

Michigan State Police Trooper Jacob Lewis will participate in the Law Enforcement Torch Run for the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games. The Law Enforcement Torch Run, which began in 1981 ...