MARSEILLE, France — Huge crowds gathered Wednesday in the southern French city of Marseille, where a majestic three-mast ship carrying the Olympic torch arrived from Greece ahead of a welcoming ...

Marseille, host of the 2024 Olympics sailing competition, is a city of contrasts.

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.

Olympic torch arrives in Marseille with fanfare and high security Thousands of spectators lined the French port to welcome the arrival of a majestic ship carrying the Olympic torch from Greece.

Crowds gathered around the waterfront of the port city to witness the arrival of the Olympic flame before its 79-day relay across France, ending in Paris, where the Olympic Games will begin on ...

The French city of Marseille was full of both fans and security personnel when the ship Belem delivered the Olympic torch to France. The torch will travel through the country to Paris.

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

They were bused in for a swimming camp from a social services center in the mostly Muslim, North African-origin neighborhoods that ring Marseille, which is hosting the 2024 Olympic sailing ...

Excitement is building in the southern French city of Marseille, where a majestic three-mast ship carrying the Olympic torch arrived from Greece ahead of a welcoming ceremony at sunset Wednesday. P… ...

Marseille and the sea: A portrait of the millennia-old port city that is hosting Olympic sailing Marseille, host of the 2024 Olympics sailing competition, is a city of contrasts Y. Giovanna Dellorto ...

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The millennia-old port is a crossroads of cultures and faiths, where the beauty and cosmopolitan flair rub shoulders with enclaves of poverty and exclusion even more ...