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 (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 organizers on Saturday unveiled the uniforms to be worn by 10,000 volunteer runners during the torch relay and presented further details about the route the relay will ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will not run through the streets of Osaka prefecture next week because of rising COVID-19 cases. The move is a setback for Tokyo organizers, who began the ...

The traditional prelude to the Olympics, the torch relay, will look – and sound – a bit different this year, as spectators are asked to avoid crowds and dampen their cheers when the torch passes by ...

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 ...

Organizers plan to exercise extreme caution when the Olympic torch relay starts next week, knowing any stumble could imperil the the opening of the Tokyo Games in just over four months. The organizers ...

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Richard Kilty, CJ Ujah and Zharnel Hughes of Team GB celebrate winning the silver medal in the Men's 4 x 100m relay at Tokyo 2020.Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images Great ...

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay began in Olympia, Greece, on Thursday at the traditional Olympic Flame lighting ceremony, held with limited attendance due to coronavirus concerns. “We are especially ...

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 ...

TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 03: (L-R) Brittni Mason, Noah Malone, Tatyana McFadden and Nick Mayhugh of Team United States celebrate after winning gold in the 4x100m Universal Relay on day 10 of the Tokyo ...

The team had a first-round baton drop at the 2008 Olympics, a first-round illegal handoff at 2009 Worlds, a fall in the final at 2011 Worlds, a retroactive anti-doping medal strip at the 2012 Olympics ...

(L-R) Kenya's Mercy Adongo Oketch, Mercy Chebet, David Sanayek Kapirante and Brian Onyari Tinega after winning third place in the mixed’s 4x400m relay final of the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25.