Cheering crowds welcomed the Olympic flame to a freezing Seoul on Saturday, where the torch will be paraded for four days before making its way to Pyeongchang for the start of the Winter Games.
The outlook for next month's sporting extravaganza has brightened since North Korea confirmed its participation, lifting security concerns over the South's nuclear-armed neighbour.
The North hasRead more
The Olympic Flame on Friday reached the United Nations Office in Geneva, as it starts making its way to the Olympic Games Rio 2016 in Brazil this summer.
The Flame, which had been officially lit at Ancient Olympia, Greece on April 21, arrived at the Palais des Nations in a lantern carried by a Brazilian child, shining brightly at aRead more
At the end of the third day of the Torch Relay launched on Thursday at ancient Olympia after the lighting ceremony, the Olympic Flame burning for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics reached the port of Thessaloniki in northern Greece.
On Saturday evening, the cauldron set up in front of the city' s landmark, the White Tower, was ignited by VoulaRead more
The Olympic Flame burning for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics was warmly welcomed across western Greece on Friday, as the Greek leg of the Torch Relay continued for a second day.
After the Lighting ceremony in Ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games on Thursday noon the sacred light headed to the city of Pyrgos where the cauldron wasRead more