The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics began its 121-day journey across Japan on Thursday and is headed toward the opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 23. The relay began in northeastern ...

The Olympic Flame will be lit at Ancient Olympia on March 12, with a week-long Torch Relay then held in Greece. The Flame will be handed over to Tokyo 2020 with a ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium ...

The "Grand Start" of the 121-day Relay to the capital is expected to feature members of Japan’s women’s football team. The centre is considered the symbol of the reconstruction effort after the 2011 ...

HAMURA CITY, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese actress Satomi Ishihara performed the first 'torch kiss' handover of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics torch relay on Saturday during a rehearsal on the outskirts ...

TOKYO, June 23 (Reuters) - Authorities are considering moving the first three days of the Tokyo leg of the Olympic torch relay off public roads, because a quasi-state of emergency will still be in ...

While the eyes of the world will soon be upon Paris and the sporting competition, we take a look back at the last summer Olympics, which took place in the Japanese capital of Tokyo, and marked the ...

Athing Mu, the reigning women's 800m Olympic champion, is just 22 years old but has a stacked resume already. Follow her path here.