Olympic Flame

A dress rehearsal of the ceremony for the lighting of the Olympic Flame was held without a hitch in Ancient Olympia on Wednesday, before an audience of roughly 3,000 people. The weather was ideal and preparations began early in the...

The Greek Ministry of Tourism has been forced to re-edit a tourism video unveiled in London this week because it contained footage of the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin under Hitler. The clip depicting the torch lighting ceremony at the...

Christina Martini was born and raised in Greece. She studied fashion design in London and worked as a shoe designer for Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton and Iris srl. After ten years of living abroad, Christina decided to return to Greece in...

Russian President Vladimir Putin ceremoniously lit the Olympic flame on Red Square on Sunday, but the four-month relay to Sochi for the Winter Games got off to a rocky start when one of the torches went out. The glitch occurred...

With a protest from Greek gay groups outside, the Olympic flame on Oct. 5 was handed over to the organizers of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics that will be held in the Russian winter resort. The ceremony took place...

The Olympic Flame for the 2014 Winter Olympics has shone on the Acropolis hill since Friday afternoon when the torch relay across Greece ended. On Saturday, the sacred flame which was lit last Sunday at Olympia, the birthplace of the...

On Friday, the Olympic torch was taken to the Acropolis of Athens. This Saturday, the torch will cover the last leg, from the Acropolis to the Panathinaikos Stadium in the Greek capital, where the official Olympic Flame Handover Ceremony...

The Olympic Flame which was ignited on Sunday for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics continued its journey across Greece on Thursday and is due to reach Athens on Friday afternoon. On the fifth day of the Greek leg of the...

A special event took place in the city of Patras where the Olympic flame was received of the 23rd Winter Olympic Games "Sochi 2014" which will be held in Russia. The Mayor of Patras, Giannis Dimaras, in his address underlined...

With the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ready to drop wrestling starting with the 2020 Games, many of the world's top young wrestlers are hoping to change its mind by taking part in a tourney July 20-21 at the site...