Cricket is an Olympic sport again. Flag football gets in for the first time.Five sports were finally added to the 2028 Los Angeles Games by the International Ol
Pakistan's captain Babar Azam leaves the ground after losing his wicket during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan in Ahmedabad, India, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Five sports were finally added to the 2028 Los Angeles Games by the International Olympic Committee on Monday with baseball-softball, lacrosse and squash also confirmed for the program.
The decision to elevate cricket to Olympic status for the first time since 1900 was made in one of the hotpots of the sport where the IOC is meeting while India hosts the sport's World Cup. Football in its full-contact form was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Olympics when Los Angeles first hosted the Summer Games.
Two members from Africa, Tidjane Thiam of Ivory Coast and William Blick of Uganda, expressed concern about how the fact that the sports added Monday are not played much on the continent. Opening the Los Angeles presentation, Wasserman directly addressed Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war in language that pushed the limits of the IOC's preferred stance of political neutrality.
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