The Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics concluded in Sochi, Russia with a vivid display of fireworks and two legendary Russian ex-Olympians lighting the cauldron. The spectacle may not remove the ...

2014 Olympic Flag Bearers Flag-bearer Jorien ter Mors of the Netherlands (front R) holds the national flag as she leads the contingent in the athletes parade during the opening ceremony for the 2014 ...

1 of 10 — Fireworks explode behind the Olympic flame cauldron, announcing the official opening of the Winter Olympics in in Sochi, Russia. 2 of 10 — The fifth Olympic ring fails to deploy in the early ...

The Sochi Winter Games Opening Ceremonies start at 11 a.m. on Friday, EST, or 8 p.m. Sochi time. But Americans won't be able to watch the games until 7:30 p.m., when NBC broadcasts their pre-taped ...

SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- A crowning achievement of Vladimir Putin's Russia kicked off Friday with a celebration of its past greatness and hopes for future glory, most especially for a raucous group of ...

A bureacratic snag will force India’s Olympic athletes to wave a generic flag at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, rather than the orange, white and green. Yahoo News reports ...