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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to Go Ahead Despite Coronavirus Concerns, Says Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe

Image source: Wikimedia Commons The Tokyo Olympic Games will go ahead as planned in July, despite coronavirus concerns resulting in…

5 years ago

Ivo Pitanguy: Brazilian Plastic Surgeon Dies A Day After Passing Olympic Torch

Brazilian plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy has died at the age of 90, just one day after passing the Olympic torch…

8 years ago

Rio 2016: Brazil Welcomes Olympic Flame

Brazil has welcomed the Olympic flame for the start of a torch relay that will culminate with the opening of…

9 years ago

Rio 2016: Olympic Flame Handed over to Brazilian Authorities

Greece handed over the Olympic flame to the Brazilian authorities during a ceremony in Athens. The Olympic torch will arrive…

9 years ago

Rio 2016: Olympic Torch Lighting Ceremony Held in Greece

The Olympic torch for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro has been lit in southern Greece. Actress Katerina Lehou…

9 years ago

Alina Kabaeva: Vladimir Putin’s girlfriend to light Sochi Olympic Torch?

2004 Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion Alina Kabaeva,  Vladimir Putin's alleged girlfriend, may be selected to light the Olympic Torch at…

11 years ago

Sochi 2014 Olympic torch returns to Earth after its first spacewalk

Soyuz capsule carrying the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch has returned to Earth after it was taken on its first spacewalk…

11 years ago

Sochi Olympic torch in first spacewalk

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky are taking the torch for the Sochi Winter Olympics on its first historic…

11 years ago

Olympic flame goes into space ahead of Sochi Winter Games

Russia has sent the Olympic torch into space ahead of the Sochi Winter Games. A Soyuz rocket is delivering the…

11 years ago

Olympics 2012: Olympic torch welcomed to Buckingham Palace

The Olympic torch has been welcomed to Buckingham Palace by members of the royal family, including Princes William and Harry…

12 years ago

Olympics 2012: Olympic flame lit in Greece for London Games relay

Olympic flame which will be used for the London 2012 torch relay has been lit during a ceremony in Olympia,…

12 years ago