There is a light that sometimes goes out: the Olympic torch protests
A woman attempted to extinguish the torch’s flame in Japan with a squirt gun – and she’s far from the first to stage a protest during the torch relay
August 2016
Olympic torch brings riot police and personal ad break on final journey
Two blocks from the Copacabana crowds waited for the torch’s arrival in scenes perhaps similar to but less celebratory than those imagined by Olympic organisers
June 2016
Jaguar shot dead just hours after posing with Olympic torch in Brazil – video
A jaguar has been shot dead just hours after taking part in a photoshoot to promote the Olympics in the Brazilian city of Manaus
November 2014
Clip of 1936 Berlin Olympics in new Greek tourism film ‘an oversight’
Critics deplore Leni Riefenstahl footage of Hitler games in official video – as ministry stresses mistake should not detract from Greek tourism success
February 2014
Winter Olympics torch relay nears end of long and bumpy road to Sochi
Vladimir Putin's promise that torch relay would show the real Russia came true in ways he might not have anticipated
November 2013
Sochi 2014 Olympics torch taken on deep sea voyage – video
Sochi Olympic torch travels down into the world's deepest lake as part of its 123-day journey
Olympic torch blasts into space
Flame not lit for leg of Sochi 2014 journey that marks first time torch will have gone outside a spacecraft in orbit
Olympic torch crosses Russia's frozen north – video
The Sochi Games Olympic torch crosses frozen tundra on its way to the opening ceremony
October 2013
Olympic flame arrives in Moscow ahead of Sochi Games - video
Olympic flame arrives in Moscow after its journey from Greece
March 2013
Datablog
Council spending on the Olympic torch relay: where did the money go?
Collaborative investigation site Help Me Investigate has compiled data which shows how council spending on the Olympic torch relay breaks down. Explore the database
August 2012
My Olympics
My Olympics: 'The whole experience was surreal and over before I realised'
Richard Jackson, 44, tells of abseiling with the Olympic torch down the Sage Gateshead and the popularity of the Games
Community action blog
How carrying the Olympic torch helped me as a fundraiser
James Coke describes how carrying the Olympic torch has boosted him, his charity and the community
Police report over 100 arrests in and around London 2012 venues
New figures from Scotland Yard reveal one teenager arrested and released under Terrorism Act and 58 suspected ticket touts
