British Olympic Association chief executive Andy Anson has expressed "concern" about the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Games on the Seine after French president Emmanuel Macron said it could be moved to a stadium in the event of a security threat.

With 100 days to go until the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris, the facilities are ready and the main concern is security, especially for the opening ceremony on the Seine, which is a major challenge.

US Olympic chiefs said they were "not surprised" by French President Emmanuel Macron's comments that the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics could be moved from the Seine River to the national stadium in the event of a terrorist threat.

Holding the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on the Seine is the "main plan" and "very likely", said Tony Estanguet, president of the organising committee, on Tuesday, the day after Emmanuel Macron's comments suggesting alternative venues at the Trocadéro and the Stade de France.

The sacred flame for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit on Tuesday in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the ancient Games, in a ceremony inspired by antiquity and marked by messages of hope amid multiple global crises.

In line with its vision of "Games Wide Open," Paris 2024 was delighted to work with the Torch Relay's Presenting Partners, Coca-Cola and Banque Populaire & Caisse d'Epargne, to involve as many French people as possible in the Torch Relay. By taking the flame to six overseas territories, the Relay across the Oceans will also prepare French people from all over the world to celebrate the Games. 

The French Minister for Sport and the Olympic Games, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, has denied to deputies that there were any "hidden costs" or "budgetary abuses" in the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. "There are no hidden costs or budget abuses. These Olympic Games are the least expensive since Sydney in 2000," the minister assured.

A French international diver laughed off an embarrassing mishap in front of President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, when he fell off the diving board and crashed into the water at the inauguration of the aquatics centre for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The President of the French Republic inaugurated the Seine-Saint-Denis Olympic Aquatics Centre in the city of Saint-Denis, next to the Porte de la Chapelle Arena, which was built specifically for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Olympic marina in Marseille, which will host the sailing events of the Paris Games this summer, was inaugurated on Tuesday in the presence of the president of the organising committee, Tony Estanguet, who praised a facility designed for the "top level" and "to inspire new vocations."

Paris 2024's payroll has increased by more than a hundred million euros since the bid was submitted, reaching 584 million euros, the Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (COJOP) announced on Wednesday.

Paris 2024 held its Volunteer Convention to give the 45,000 volunteers selected for the Games a unique behind-the-scenes experience of the world's biggest sporting event. The event took place at the Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre, a future venue for the Paris 2024 Games.

The French group, which provides essential services for the Games, is in decline and in the process of being sold. It has been an IOC partner since Salt Lake City in 2002 and it is responsible for managing 300,000 accreditations. Nevertheless, Tony Estanguet, head of the Paris 2024 organising committee, has "full confidence in Atos."

The draw for the football competitions at the next Olympic Games took place on Wednesday 20 March 2024 at the Paris 2024 headquarters in Saint-Denis.

Five months before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, all the stakeholders gathered at the Docks d'Aubervilliers in Seine-Saint-Denis to take stock of six years of work and to set out their commitments to ensure that the momentum of the Games does not dissipate once the event is over.