The Opening Ceremony from Milan gets started on Friday afternoon.

The Olympic flame for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics officially has begun its long and storied relay toward Milan’s San Siro Stadium, where it will light the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony on February 6, 2026.

Sofia Goggia had a key role in securing the hosting rights of the Milan Cortina Olympics for Italy. So it seemed fitting that the gold medal-winning Italian downhiller lit the cauldron in Cortina to c

Forty-six years ago, the 1980 Winter Olympic torch relay traveled through Columbia County, with a stop in Hudson, on its way to the Olympic Games in Lake Placid.

Either epic or unfortunate, these four moments in Olympics history will never be forgotten.

Nearly 30 years ago, Muhammad Ali held a torch and lit a cauldron to kick off the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Here & Now ‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Damion Thomas, curator of sports for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, about why that moment was so emotional at the time and why it still resonates today.

The Olympic flame was kindled Thursday at the birthplace of the ancient games in Greece, heralding the start of a 15-week journey leading to the Aug. 5 opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro. IOC and Rio organizing committee leaders attended the flame-lighting ...