An army of artisans is racing to complete thousands of costumes for the Paris Olympics ceremonies that the designers say will each be a unique combination of history, sport and flamboyance. At a workshop in Seine-Saint-Denis on the outskirts of the French capital, some 20 costume designers and milliners were hunched over their creations during a recent visit by Agence France-Presse.

For the first time in Olympic history, the opening ceremony will not unfold in a stadium but rather at the heart of the city in one of its most vibrant, pulsing arteries — The River Seine. In lieu of athletes parading in the arena, boats will take each national delegation through six kilometres of some of the most iconic sites of the city in a show never before. And behind all this pomp and circumstance is Thomas Jolly. 

Just over half of these will be skilled jobs. Construction, engineering and architecture will play a major role. The Athletes' Village will be the largest construction project ever undertaken for the Olympic Games, with 2,800 people working on it at any one time when it's finished.

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to play a major part on Tuesday (March 14) in marking 500 Days To Go until the start of next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

The Olympic Flame was to have been lit tonight at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo as the climax of the Opening Ceremony. Instead, the day signals 364 to go until the Games.

Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab claim that their investigation has revealed that hackers behind the "Olympic Destroyer" attack at last month’s Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games here used duplicated software to cover their tracks.

The Opening Ceremony is one of the most-watched events of the Olympic Games.