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Olympic flame display ends after Japanese PM declares state of emergency

Photo taken April 1, 2020 shows the Olympic flame in a lantern at J-Village in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The flame will be on public display from April 2 to 30, due to the postponement of the To

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Tokyo Olympic flame to be displayed in Fukushima

The Tokyo Olympic flame has been handed over to Japan's northeastern Fukushima Prefecture to be displayed for a month. A simple ceremony was held at the J-Village Natio

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Greece hands over Olympic Flame to Tokyo 2020 in event trimmed to basics

The modest handover ceremony took place at the marble Panathinaic Stadium of Athens, which hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896. The ceremony was closed to spectat

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Greece hands over Olympic Flame to Tokyo 2020 Games organizers

The Olympic Flame burning for the Tokyo 2020 Games was handed over to a small Japanese delegation on Thursday during a ceremony held at the Panathinaic Stadium in Athens. At the marble venue of the

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Olympic torch lit behind closed doors in Greece amid COVID-19 fears

00:59 The Olympic torch relay got under way on Thursday, despite the lighting ceremony being held behind closed doors at the site of the ancient Games in Olympia, Greece.The Olympic co

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Early decision needed for any delay, Olympics organizing member says

Any decision to delay the 2020 Tokyo Olympics should be made before May, an organizing committee board member told Japanese broadcaster TBS late on Wednesday."If you think about the athletes, May

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Olympic flame lit for Tokyo 2020 in Games' birthplace

The Olympic Flame for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games was ignited on Thursday at a ceremony in Olympia in western Greece, the birthplace of the Games.In the role of an anc

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HOC outlines program of upcoming Olympic Flame Lighting ceremony

Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) on Monday outlined the program of the Lighting ceremony of the Olympic Flame which will be burning for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games th