Paris Olympics closing ceremony

After more than two weeks of slide-packed sport, Paris is preparing for the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony, and this could even be a well-known individual-studded occasion that comprises Billie Eilish, the Red Scorching Chili Peppers and Snoop Dogg.

There is additionally a rumoured look from Hollywood well-known individual Tom Cruise to rely on out for.

The ceremony will happen on Sunday evening and is being held on the Stade de France, which has hosted athletics and rugby sevens during the Video games.

It is miles scheduled to originate at 20:00 BST and stamp at 22:30.

How can I seek the closing ceremony?

For these in the UK, this could even be dwell on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport internet internet page and app.

Tv protection begins at 19:00 BST and there could be an accompanying dwell textual stutter.

Who is performing on the closing ceremony and is Tom Cruise engaging?

Organisers believe remained tight-lipped about who’s performing, but movie well-known individual Tom Cruise is closely rumoured to be taking portion by abseiling down from the head of the stadium.

There could be a segment whereby Paris fingers over to the next hosts of the summer season Olympics – Los Angeles in 2028 – and that could per chance be the place the Hollywood well-known individual capabilities.

LA28 has confirmed musicians and native Californians Billie Eilish, Red Scorching Chili Peppers and Snoop Dogg – the rapper who has been prominent at some level of the Video games – could be all for the reliable handover to Los Angeles on the quit of the closing ceremony.

R&B singer H.E.R. will make the US national anthem dwell in Paris.

The closing ceremony will purpose performers, dancers and circus artists taking portion alongside well-known headlining acts, with French musical artists Air and Phoenix additionally expected to make.

Inventive director Thomas Jolly talked about the level to used to be known as ‘Recordsdata’, and it guarantees to steal the viewers on a science-fiction dream-fancy immersive budge through time.

That will originate from the origins of the Olympic Video games and can perambulate to a dystopian future when the Olympics believe disappeared and desires to be reinvented.

Athletes’ parade and handover of the Olympic flag

As well to the sharp inventive portion, the closing ceremony will additionally consist of more dilapidated parts, together with:

• The parade of athletes.

• The thanking of the Forty five,000 volunteers.

• The medal ceremony for the females’s marathon.

• The extinguishing of the Olympic flame, that could per chance additionally be introduced from Tuileries, the place the cauldron has been on indicate and visited by tens of thousands of fans.

• The proclamation of the quit of the Olympic Video games, made by the president of the World Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach.

• The handover of the Olympic flag from Anne Hidalgo to Karen Bass – the respective mayors of Paris and Los Angeles.

Flagbearers will consist of Antoine Dupont, who led France to rugby sevens gold and US swimmer Katie Ledecky who received two golds in Paris.

What’s the climate forecast?

Even supposing Sunday’s closing ceremony is happening of residing inner a stadium, unlike the rain-soaked opening ceremony along the River Seine, it is restful launch to the parts.

No rain is forecast. As an different this could even be extremely sizzling, with temperatures peaking at 33C in the French capital.

What’s the closing occasion sooner than the ceremony?

The females’s basketball gold-medal match at Bercy Enviornment could per chance be the closing occasion in competition at Paris 2024, and is scheduled to originate at 14:30 BST on Sunday.

• On the present time’s Olympics handbook

• Full Paris Olympics time desk

• BBC’s Paris Olympics TV time desk