OLYMPIA, Greece, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The Olympic torch that will open the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, was lit in a ceremony Thursday in Olympia, Greece.
BEIJING, May 1 (UPI) -- China says high-tech technology will protect the Beijing Olympic flame from high winds and the oxygen-thin air as it is taken to the summit of Mount Everest.
MUSCAT, Oman, April 14 (UPI) -- The chairman of Oman's Olympic committee led a welcoming event Monday as the Olympic flame arrived in Muscat.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 3 (UPI) -- The Olympic torch arrived Thursday in Istanbul from Kazakhstan on its global journey toward Beijing for the August Games.
BEIJING, March 29 (UPI) -- The Olympic torch plane for the 2008 Summer Games left Beijing International Saturday bound for Athens, Greece.
AMALIADA, Greece, March 23 (UPI) -- The lighting of the Olympic flame will take place Monday in the Greek sanctuary of Olympia, the International Olympic Committee announced Sunday.
BEIJING, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, will see the Olympic flame carried to the top of Mount Everest, twice. The flame will be carried to the top of the mountain for a televised rehearsal in 2007 before the actual torch goes up in 2008,
COLORADO SPRINGS, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Postal Service issued a postage stamp honoring the spirit of athleticism of the Olympic Winter Games.
BEIJING, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Atlanta's Coca-Cola Co. Monday said it has renewed its deal with the International Olympic Committee to sponsor the games through 2020.
ST. LOUIS, June 17 (UPI) -- The Olympic flame began making a 34-mile circuit in St. Louis Thursday, the city that hosted the first modern-era Olympics in the United States.
