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BCCI stance on cricket's inclusion at Los Angeles 2028 Olympics to be discussed at AGM

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Christmas Eve (December 24) could be a pivotal moment for the sport’s potential return to the Olympics at Los

Angeles 2028.

Annual General Meeting includes provision for "Discussion of BCCI's stand on inclusion of cricket in Los

Angeles Olympic Games in 2028."

Olympic Committee (IOC) granted recognition to the ICC in 2010 and the IOC’s Agenda 2020 would allow the Los

Angeles Organising Committee to "make a proposal for the inclusion of one or more additional events

with the ICC and lend our full support to efforts to include cricket on the sports programme of the 2028


Exclusive: Casado dismisses claims of beaten World Triathlon rival as "simply not accurate"

  • Triathlon

Marisol Casado, who earned a fourth consecutive term as World Triathlon President last month after a bitter election campaign, has dismissed the criticisms made by her beaten rival, Mads Freund, as inaccurate.

will continue to seek an additional elimination-style event to its current Olympic competitions at the 2028

Los Angeles Games ©Getty Images"We have signed Memorandums Of Understanding with Ironman, Super League

“We are confident that this will be taken into account for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.”Read the full


Toyota to sponsor Legacy Triathlon on Los Angeles 2028 course

  • Triathlon

Toyota is to sponsor the Legacy Triathlon, an event held on the proposed course for the 2028 Olympic

and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.

it is claimed.USA Triathlon is the first national governing body to bring a new annual event to the Los

Angeles footprint as part of the build-up to the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics.Its mission is to start

the women's.The Legacy Triathlon was established to ensure that the sport makes maximum benefit of Los

Angeles hosting the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games ©USA TriathlonThe race in 2021 is due to take


Casado seeks multi-sport and Olympic expansion for World Triathlon after bruising election victory

  • The Big Read

Marisol Casado, for many years the only female President of a Summer Olympic International Federation, has recently maintained her position at a sporting altitude still largely populated by men – and she plans to drive further change within World Triathlon until at least 2024.

Paris.World Triathlon will continue to champion a new form of elimination-style individual event at the 2028

Los Angeles Games as an addition to its current three Olympic medal disciplines ©Getty Images“We know

“We are confident that this will be taken into account for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.”There will still

that doesn’t make it true.”Casado has the possibility of serving as World Triathlon President until 2028


IOC reject requests for additional Paris 2024 disciplines but weightlifting events and 50km race walk cut

  • Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has turned down all requests for additional disciplines for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, with the organisation instead confirming a reduction of events in weightlifting and the removal of the 50 kilometres race walk.

There is a view to look forward to this at Los Angeles [2028], where there is a very strong popularity


IWAS Wheelchair Fencing to launch training base for referees, classifiers and coaches

  • Wheelchair Fencing News

International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing has announced a worldwide training base for referees, classifiers and coaches in Sao Paulo will launch in 2021.

Wheelchair Fencing Executive Committee, hopes the project will help the Americas region ahead of the Los

Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games.

“We are optimistic for the future, especially in the Americas with the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics on




Farewell to Olympic Agenda 2020 - a report card on the IOC's much-mentioned vision

  • The Big Read

Six years ago - on November 18, 2014 - the International Olympic Committee (IOC) unveiled its "vision for the future of the Olympic Movement". 

doping crisis, the decision to award hosting rights to two editions of the Summer Games - 2024 and 2028

it was again in late-October, in an item on the IOC website covering the first meeting of the Los

 Angeles 2028 Coordination Commission.

ever-present feature of Thomas Bach's IOC Presidency but did not forecast the joint award of the 2024 and 2028


FITEQ general secretary Vizer Jr describes GAISF membership as "birth" of teqball

  • Teqball

International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) general secretary Marius Vizer Jr has described the governing body's affiliation with the Global Association of International Sport Federations (GAISF) as "the birth" of the sport.

long way to go, but we are very ambitious and we would be honoured to be considered for the Games in Los

Angeles in 2028, which is realistically the earliest opportunity for teqball to become an Olympic sport


Olympic decathlon champion and Los Angeles 1984 Cauldron-lighter Johnson passes away aged 86

  • Athletics

champion Rafer Johnson - who also held the distinction of lighting the Olympic Cauldron during the Los

Angeles 1984 Opening Ceremony - has passed away aged 86.

US.In addition track and field success, Johnson played basketball for the University of California, Los

Angeles (UCLA) and was a National Football League draft selection, although never played in the league.His

Angeles 1984 Opening Ceremony ©Getty ImagesLighting the Olympic Cauldron was a highlight of Johnson's

Angeles was awarded the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it was Johnson who again lit the Memorial

Coliseum's Olympic Cauldron in celebration.UCLA, USA Track and Field, and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti



Bach to stand unopposed for re-election as IOC President in 2021

  • Olympics

Thomas Bach is set to be re-elected President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) unopposed next year after the organisation confirmed the German as the sole candidate for the role.

centralising the power on the ruling Executive Board, but helped orchestrate the dual award of the 2024 and 2028

Summer Olympics to Paris and Los Angeles and oversaw the signing of a broadcast deal with NBC through


Uber helping develop flying taxis in time for Los Angeles 2028

  • Los Angeles 2028

A race is on to develop a commercial flying taxi service in time for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic

Games in Los Angeles.

Angeles 2028.Jose Munoz, the chief executive of Hyundai Motor North America, told media during an Automotive

Press Association teleconference that he believes the service will go into operation by 2028, or "maybe

has already been hailed by chiefs in Los Angeles as an opportunity to fast-track transportation plans.With

a reputation as one of the world's most gridlocked cities, Los Angeles officials were already assessing

.The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in June 2018 released its "Vision 2028"


Human Rights Watch urge IOC not to consider Chinese Olympic bid until concerns addressed

  • Brisbane 2032

China being awarded another Olympics would "upend the Olympic system" and the country should not be allowed to bid for the 2032 Games unless it frees the Uighur Muslims allegedly detained in internment camps, Human Rights Watch has warned.

happening in China, and since it is already required in the host city contracts for Paris 2024 and Los

Angeles 2028, it is delusional to think current Chinese leaders are capable or willing to uphold these