Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Highlights: Tom Cruise makes flying entry, Dr Dre-Snoop Dogg perform together

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: The Paris Olympics 2024 finally comes to an end with a night to remember. Musical performances one after the other amplified the arena. If that was not enough Tom Cruise performed a stunt to make a grand entrance, shifting the spotlight from Paris to Los Angeles, the venue for the next Olympics.

If Phoneix, a French indie rock band, left audience mesmerised at the Stade de France, Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg, and Dr. Dre left the crowd rocking in a beach in LA.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: Yseult, French singer-songwriter, performs the final act of the night. She sings an interpretation of Frank Sinatra’s classic, My Way.

Meanwhile, France closing ceremony flagbearer Antoine Dupont, a gold medallist with the men’s rugby sevens team, passes the national flag to the French Paralympic team.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: Thomas Bach announces the close of Paris Olympics, following which sports greatest legends extinguish the flame.

The night was vibrant, the closing is a bit of an emotional as two weeks of sporting highlights come to a close. We now have to wait for another four years for something as big as Olympics. That'll be the Los Angeles.

The para athletes are being cheered, who will be in action at the Paralympics 2024.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: Dr. Dre is here too and he combines with Snoop to perform their iconic rap "Still D.R.E.".

This is turning out to be one of the best musical affair as we move to Paris, where Leon Marchand enters the Stade de France with the Olympic flame.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: The show moves from the streets of Paris to a beach in Los Angeles.

Red Hot Chili Peppers take over the stage and leave the crowd enthralled with their very popular number "can't stop". Following their performance, Billie Eilish grabs the spotlight with her "Birds of a Feather".

And now there's some rap from Snoop Dogg.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: The Olympic flag is handed by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo to Los Angeles mayor Karen Boss, who is accompanied with decorated gymnast Simone Biles.

This is followed by Tom Cruise making an entry sliding on a sling from the roof. He then takes the Olympic flag, places it on his bike and is shown riding across Paris.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: Thomas Bach, the president of International Olympic Committee, accompanied by President of the Organising Committee for Paris 2024 and the three-time canoe Olympic champion Tony Estanguet addresses the crowd. The Olympic anthem is being sung as the process of passing the Olympic flame to the hosts of next edition is underway.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: It's time for French indie-rock band, Phoenix. They play "Love like a Sunset", and the spectators join in. All the cellphones are out in the stadium.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates:  The performers roll large circle towards the center and eventually form the five Olympic rings, representing the five inhabited continents of the world - Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

Earlier, French opera singer Benjamin Bernheim left the spectators mesmerized singing the Hymn to Apollo.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: The Orchestre Divertimento and Maîtrise de Fontainebleau complete their second performance of the ceremony. It was a mesmerising display of lights and sound.

Following which a person walks with a folded Greece flag and hands it over to a Golden Voyager, who then hoists the flag. The Greece national anthem is played and now we have performers covered in white clothes create something fascinating. The Voyager continues to lead the show.

The official 'X' account of "The Olympic Games" says: "A Golden Voyager lands in a world that is deserted and mysterious, ready to explore."

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: Newly elected IOC Athletes’ Commission members -- Allyson Felix (USA), Kim Bui (GER), Jess Fox (AUS), and Marcus Daniell (NZL) -- are called to present flower bouquets to four representatives as a token of appreciation to the volunteers of the event.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: One of the most popular song by Freddie Mercury and his rock band Queen "We are the champions" engulf the arena as both athletes and spectators join in.

Thomas Bach presents the bronze medal to Kenya's Kenya’s Hellen Obiri, silver to Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa, and gold to Netherlands' Sifan Hassan for the women's marathon competition.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: The athletes are requested to join in to the tunes. Mobiles are out by both athletes, and spectators, recording the moments, which will certainly stay with them for a lifetime. It's all smiles in Paris the city of love.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: Athletes over 200 countries walk into the State de France waving flags and circle around the arena. Meanwhile, the music in background lifts the mood even further.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciates the effort of the entire Indian contingent. A total of 117 athletes represented India at the Paris Games.

"As the Paris #Olympics conclude, I appreciate the efforts of the entire Indian contingent through the games. All the athletes have given their best and every Indian is proud of them. Wishing our sporting heroes the best for their upcoming endeavours," he wrote on 'X'.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: The flagbearers representing their respective countries walk into the arena. We start with IOC Refugee Olympic Team.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: The dignitaries, in this case France President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Olympic Committee president Thomach Bach are being honoured. They wave to the crowd and now we have the French national anthem being played by a choir on violin.

We can't assure but the closing ceremony appears to be promising evening for music lovers.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: The closing ceremony is underway and we start with an opera performance.

Leon Marchand, who won four individual gold in Paris 2024, walks to the Olympic flame and carries it towards the State de France, the venue for the closing ceremony.

Different flags as spectators from all around the world assemble at the State de France. Paris is painted in a light purple shade and now we have a choir playing the violin.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates:  Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif, who has been subjected to online harassment after a rain of criticism and false claims about her sex during the Paris Olympics, has filed a legal complaint in France.

She won gold Friday in the women’s welterweight division, and will be Algeria's flag bearer in the closing ceremony.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: Here’s all you need to know

-Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo will extinguish the Olympic flame and will pass the flag to her Los Angeles counterpart Karen Bass

-Top artists who will be performing: Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg

-Reposts suggest Tom Cruise will take part in the closing ceremony

-Grammy-winning artist H.E.R. will sing the US national anthem

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: If we look at the overall tally:

USA finished 1st with a total of 126 medals (40 gold, 44 silver, 42 bronze)

China stood 2nd with a total of 91 medals (40 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze)

Japan came 3rd with a total of 45 medals (20 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze)

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: India could have ended the Games with seven medals but Vinesh Phogat, who was assured of at least a silver, was disqualified on the morning of her gold medal bout in women's 50kg freestyle wrestling. She failed to meet the weight cut by 100gms on the morning of her final bout.

However, there is still hope as she has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against her disqualification, the verdict for which is expected on August 13.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: India's performance in Paris - one silver and five bronze.

Manu Bhaker bronze in 10m air pistol individual

Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh bronze in 10m air pistol mixed

Swapnil Kusale bronze in 50m rifle 3 positions

Indian men's hockey team bronze

Neeraj Chopra silver in men's javelin

Aman Sehrawat bronze in men's 57kg freestyle wrestling

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: PR Sreejesh, who retired from hockey with an Olympic bronze, and Manu Bhaker, India's shooting sensation who clinched two bronze medals in Paris, are the country's joint flagbearer at the closing ceremony.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: Hello and welcome to the live blog of the closing ceremony of Paris Olympics. The Summer Games comes to an end tonight and the next edition, which will be played four years later, will take place in Los Angeles. Stay tuned for all updates from the glittery and star-studded evening in Paris.