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Olympic torch relay sets off in MarseilleThe Olympic torch relay commenced in Marseille, with football legend Basile Boli igniting the flame at the iconic basilica of Notre-Dame de...- Tokyo Games relay opens in 100 days with 10,000 torchbearersOrganizers said Tuesday the relay is to begin on March 25 from the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima. This was also to have been the sta...
- Olympic torch relay: No torch, no torchbearers, no publicThere will be an Olympic flame — that arrived on March 12 from Greece — carried in a lantern and transported by a vehicle along what organi...
- Olympics unites a world full of divisive forces: Amitabh BachchanI am not a sportsperson but was called upon to run with the torch because the Olympics isn't simply a sports competition.
- Clashes in Seoul during Olympic torch relayThe Olympic torch relay concluded in the South Korean capital Sunday marked by sporadic clashes between pro- and anti-China demonstrators a...
- 'Objects thrown at Olympic torch in Japan'Anti-Beijing demonstrators on Saturday threw projectiles at the Olympic torch relay in Japan, briefly holding up the latest leg of its trou...
- Olympics torch arrives in Japan under tight securityJapan called for calm, but braced for trouble, at its leg of the Olympic torch relay as the flame arrived under tight security on Friday, a...
- Olympic torch run reaches JapanThe Olympic torch relay in Japan, originally to set off from a celebrated Buddhist temple, will instead start in a parking lot due to fears...
- Malaysia calls for politics-free Olympics ahead of torch relayA day before hosting the Olympic torch relay amid tight security to thwart any possible protests over the Chinese crackdown in Tibet.
- Japanese temple vandalised after pulling out of Olympic relayAn ancient Japanese Buddhist temple, which cancelled its role in the protest-marred Olympic torch relay, has been vandalised with white spr...
- Australia fears Olympic torch 'hooliganism'Australia's government fears an outbreak of "football hooliganism" at the Olympic torch relay with thousands of pro-China and pro-Tibet act...
- Olympic torch relay starts amid heavy security in BangkokThai torchbearers set off on Saturday for the Bangkok leg of the protest-hit Beijing Olympic torch relay, witnesses said, with the flame gu...
- Tight security for Olympic torch relay in DelhiWith few hours left for the Indian leg of the Olympic torch relay, Delhi is witnessing a high-security stretch used for the annual Republic...
- Sachin Tendulkar not to carry Olympic torch: ReportIn a major blow to the Olympic torch relay preparations in the National Capital, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has reportedly announced t...
- Tibet reverses plan to reopen to tourism amid protestsTibet has ordered travel agencies to stop arranging trips for foreigners, citing the need to secure safe passage for the Olympic torch rela...
- Kiran Bedi pulls out of Olympic runAfter Baichung Bhutia, it’s now the turn of the country's first woman IPS officer Kiran Bedi to pull out of the Olympic torch relay. Bedi w...
- 'IOC to discuss scrapping torch relays for future Games'Olympic chiefs will this week discuss scrapping international torch relays for future Games, following protests that have disrupted the run...
- IOC mulls abandoning international routes in futureChina condemned protests that disrupted the Olympic torch relay in London and Paris as despicable, but vowed Tuesday to continue the relay ...
- Aamir, Saif won't toe Bhutia lineSoccer star Baichung Bhutia may have refused to carry the Olympic torch in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics, but filmi celebrities are no...
- Jittery govt gives 2 km for Olympic torchGiving in to Chinese concerns regarding the security of the Olympic torch during its relay here, the Union home ministry and the IOA have a...
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