Torchbearers are to carry the Olympic flame through the streets of France' southern port city of Marseille, one day after it arrived on a majestic three-mast ship for the welcoming ceremony.

Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Nara Prefecture, has become Japan’s oldest living person, following the ...

Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician, has become Japan's oldest living person, the Japanese Ministry of Health, ...

Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Nara Prefecture, has been confirmed as Japan ’s oldest living person.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell is among 100 celebrity torchbearers due to carry the Olympic flame on its final stage of an around-the-world journey to the Athens Olympic stadium this week.

The torchbearers, transported around town in big blue buses, were dumbfounded when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom climbed aboard and announced they'd be navigating a whole new route.

Torchbearers who lost loved ones in the terrorist attacks ran with it through New York. In Oklahoma, the torchbearer paused at the reflecting pool memorial at the site of the Oklahoma City bombing.

“They are the torchbearers’ property.” She told NBC News. “We just hope they go to a good home.” So it seems the Olympics and commercialism go hand-in-hand. More Olympics coverage: ...

Torchbearers are carrying the Olympic flame through the streets of France’s southern port city of Marseille, the first leg of an 11-week journey across the country. The torch will be carried by ...