Olympic Flame

A security official is shown in the nearground with a sign listing COVID-19 safety precautions with several people in roadway behind him and one woman carrying the golden Olympic torch.

Applaud, but no cheering: Tokyo Olympics release guidance for fans

May 7, 2021Tokyo Olympics

Fans planning to watch the gilded Olympic torch pass by on its route through Japan are being asked to avoid cheering and instead only applaud the runners. The organizing committee for the Tokyo Olympics announced in a briefing on Thursday new guidelines for fans in an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The 2014 Olympic Games begin with an image remake for Russia

February 7, 2014Sports

According to history, world politics always on display during Olympics

August 15, 2013Global Politics

Some London Olympic torches turning up for sale on eBay

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

BBC Journalist Who Lost Leg in Iraq Carries Olympic Torch

August 15, 2013Conflict & Justice

2012 London Games: Olympic Torches for Sale

August 15, 2013Global Politics

While the Olympic torch continues its tour of Britain, some of the torch-bearers have put their torches up on auction sites such as eBay.

Audio and map: The politically circuitous path of the Olympic torch

August 14, 2013Sports

The Olympics flame arrived in Beijing on Wednesday (Tuesday night in the United States). After a long, strange 130-day trip that began in Athens in March.

Torch arrives in China

August 14, 2013Conflict & Justice

The Olympic torch returned to China today; Anchor Marco Werman tells how tens of thousands of supporters turned out to see the Hong Kong relay with only a few pro-Tibet protestors who were shouted down.

Olympic torch controversy

August 14, 2013Sports

The World’s Alex Gallafent on the controversial history of the Olympic torch relay: the modern tradition of the relay started on the eve of the 1936 Olympic Games, hosted by Nazi Germany.

San Francisco activist to carry torch

August 14, 2013Conflict & Justice

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Helen Zia about her decision to be part of the relay team carrying the Olympic torch through San Francisco this week; Zia is a Chinese-American writer and human rights activist.