The Olympic flame has arrived on French soil at the southern port city of Marseille amid tight security, 79 days before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games. After a 12-day trip from Greece on ...
The flame will be carried on a 79-day journey across France and its territories, culminating in Paris with the start of the Olympic Games on July 26. By Roger Cohen and Ségolène Le Stradic Roger ...
After 12 days at sea, the Olympic flame has arrived in France from Greece. Tens of thousands of onlookers were on hand at the southern French port of Marseille to greet the crew of the 19th ...
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) -The Olympic flame landed on French soil amid tight security on Wednesday, firing the starting gun on a summer extravaganza of sport that President Emmanuel Macron ...
French Olympic swimmer Florent Manaudou became the first Olympic torch carrier in France after the Olympic flame arrived in Marseille’s Old Port on a majestic three-mast ship from Greece for the ...
The Olympic flame arrived in France at Marseille on Wednesday on board a 19th century ship in front of 150,000 spectators for a ceremony that posed a first major security test for organisers of the ...
Image caption, French rapper Jul holds the Olympic torch after lighting the Olympic and Paralympic torch relays cauldron in Marseille 8 May 2024 The Olympic flame has arrived on French soil at the ...