Up to 8,000 torch bearers will be selected with over half of the places expected to go to young people. There will be a torchbearer nomination process, expected to be announced in May 2011, giving ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The Olympic torch relay entered its final day on Friday amid signs that even the most cynical Londoners have begun to embrace the Games ahead of the opening ceremony later. An ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The Olympic flame will pay a visit to Britain's most famous launderette and pub next year after London 2012 organisers announced that the torch relay route would pass through the ...

The street-by-street route the London 2012 Olympic torch relay will take around the UK has been set out. The names of the majority of the 8,000 people who will carry the flame on its 8,000 mile ...

A London-based studio will design the torch that will carry the Olympic flame for the 2012 Games. The design firm headed by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby has been selected by the London Olympic ...

British sailing hero Ben Ainslie kicked off the torch relay for the 2012 London Olympics with a stroll through teary, flag-waving crowds who cheered the arrival of the flame to Britain. Hundreds of ...

The flame for the 2012 London Olympics will be making a house call. Olympic officials said Thursday the fire will visit Queen Elizabeth's home, Buckingham Palace, on July 26, the second-to-last day of ...

The Paralympic Torch Relay will be a six-day event that will begin on August 24 with the London Flame lighting event. This will be followed by the lighting of the Belfast Flame on August 25, the ...

will.i.am has completed his Olympic Torch relay in Taunton, Somerset for the 2012 London Olympic Games. The Black Eyed Peas artist kept fans updated on his day through his Twitter account, including ...

Ever had an idea to link up people all around the globe, but never known how you'd set about getting your message out? New Windows Phone location-based game Torchbear just might have the answer. Users ...