The International Olympic Committee’s Presidential spokesman Mark Adams has brushed aside concerns about possible protests at the Olympic Torch Lighting Ceremony in Olympia for Beijing 2022.

Greek skier Ioannis Antoniou is set to be the first to carry the Flame in the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay on Monday (October 18).

Plans have been approved for the volunteer and Torch Relay programmes in preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Olympic Flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is set to begin its journey from Ancient Olympia, watched only by officials and guests due to the "dangers posed by COVID-19".

Tokyo 2020 have confirmed the Olympic Torch Relay’s visit to Hiroshima prefecture next week will be taken off public roads and confined to symbolic celebrations.

Tokyo 2020 has confirmed that the world’s oldest citizen, 118-year-old Kane Tanaka, has been withdrawn from the Olympic Torch Relay.

The Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay has suffered its most serious disruption so far on the first day of its scheduled visit to the islands of Okinawa as organisers revealed six further positive COVID-19 tests connected to the event.

Japanese state television network NHK have reportedly been asked to investigate why protesters against the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were muted in their live streaming of the Torch Relay.

A year later than scheduled, members of the Japan’s 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup-winning team are next Thursday (March 25) set to carry the Olympic Flame in Fukushima at the "Grand Start" of the Torch Relay to Tokyo.

Tokyo 2020 organisers have admitted the Olympic Torch Relay could be suspended if crowds are deemed too large at any point.

A Tokyo 2020 Torchbearer is set to become the oldest ever to carry the Olympic Flame.

Tokyo 2020 has unveiled a detailed city-by-city schedule for the Olympic Torch Relay, which is set to resume on March 25 at Fukushima’s J-Village football training centre. 

Tatsuya Maruyama, Governor of Shimane, has suggested the prefecture may halt its Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay events if the coronavirus situation does not improve in Japan's capital city.

Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay may be forced to divert the event away from public roads when it begins its journey around Japan two months from today.