Cricket and flag football are moving closer and closer to the program for the 2028 Games which will take place in Los Angeles.
The organizing committee for the 2028 Olympics unveiled on Monday the list of sports it plans to present. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), however, must validate these choices during a vote which will take place during a meeting which will begin on Sunday in Mumbai, India.
Cricket has only been featured at the Olympics once, at the Paris Olympics in 1900, but the announcement of its return is expected to cause quite a stir in Mumbai since cricket is by far the most popular sport in the world. ‘India. The IOC is also casting a more than interested eye on the country which now has 1.4 billion inhabitants and which seems to have financial resources to spend.
IOC President Thomas Bach said a few weeks ago that India has submitted a strong case to support its bid to host the 2036 Games.
India’s doping record, however, is less stellar. According to the latest report from the World Anti-Doping Agency, it is the second country with the highest number of violations behind Russia.
As for flag football, a non-contact sport played five against five, the NFL hopes that its entry into the Los Angeles Olympic program will make football shine elsewhere on the planet. The powerful American private league even joined forces with the International Organization of American Football (IFAF) to promote flag football’s candidacy with the IOC for the 2028 Games.
It will probably also be the return of baseball and softball, two sports anchored in American culture, which were on the program for the Tokyo Games, but which will not be played in Paris in 2024.
Lacrosse and squash could also be on the menu for the Los Angeles Olympics.
However, certain sports have failed to carve out a place for themselves, including breakdancing, which will probably be the story of only one Olympics, those in Paris. Motor sports (car racing), karate and kickboxing have also been excluded.
With information from the Associated Press and The Guardian
2023-10-09 17:28:47
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