Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, ending the flame’s long journey from Greece to these delayed Olympics. The four-time Grand Slam winner, who ...

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka was revealed as the final torchbearer at the Tokyo Games, lighting the Olympic cauldron. It’s tradition to keep the final torchbearer at the Olympics a secret until ...

Plenty of traditions will take place before the 2024 Olympics get underway. None, though, are as symbolic as lighting the Olympic cauldron. Every two years, host nations put on an immersive ceremony ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — What a moment for Naomi Osaka.

The Tokyo Olympics are underway after a unique and moving opening ceremony, and it was Naomi Osaka who officially set the event into motion when she lit the Olympic Cauldron. The four-time Grand Slam ...