Even the gods need a backup plan. Organizers in Ancient Olympia held an emergency rehearsal Monday to light the flame for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games, seizing on a brief break in Greece’s ...

The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Games began its journey on Wednesday, though its traditional lighting ceremony in western Greece was moved indoors by adverse weather. Organisers ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — The Olympic flame began its journey Wednesday to the Milan Cortina Winter Games — missing a little of its usual magic. Bad weather lashing western Greece forced ...

India, Nov. 26 -- THE OLYMPIC TORCH LIGHTING CEREMONY / SOUNDBITES FROM PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR MILAN CORTINA 2026, GIOVANNI MALAGO, AND PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ...

The Olympic flame flared into new life under a cloudy sky in the square of Italy's presidential palace on Friday before ...

Italy Olympics Milan Cortina Flame Italian swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri carries the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics torch in Rome as it begins its journey through Italy, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, a ...

ROME (AP) — Olympic swimming champion Gregorio Paltrinieri and fellow Summer athletes started the torch relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday — marking exactly two months before the Feb ...

ROME (AP) — Olympic swimming champion Gregorio Paltrinieri started off the torch relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday — which marked exactly two months before the Feb. 6 opening ...