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Los Angeles 2028 chairman Wasserman gives emotional speech about Ukraine and Israel at IOC Session

  • Los Angeles 2028

A speech by Los Angeles 2028 chairman Casey Wasserman at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session

Wasserman hoped that Los Angeles 2028 could produce a unifying figure like Owens, the winner of four

of Wasserman’s speech and claimed it had tended to "overshadow the sports part" of the Los Angeles 2028

 "I don't doubt that in the future, Brisbane 2032, Los Angeles 2028, or next year in Paris 2024,

Angeles who had overseen the city's successful bid for the 2028 Olympics, was also Jewish.Garcetti is

now the United States' Ambassador in India and was part of the Los Angeles 2028 team today.He too tried


International Federation of American Football secures full IOC recognition

  • American Football

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session here has approved the full membership of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF).

comes a day before its flag football discipline is set to be approved by the Session for inclusion at Los

Angeles 2028.French official Pierre Trochet was elected as IFAF President in December 2021, and expressed

Flag football is set to be rubber-stamped on the programme for Los Angeles 2028 tomorrow, which would

debut.Flag football will tomorrow be officially announced as being included on the Olympic programme for Los

Angeles 2028 ©IFAFFlag football is set to be rubber-stamped on the programme for Los Angeles 2028 tomorrow


Asian Boxing Confederation pledge future to IBA until different governing body recognised by IOC

  • Boxing

World Boxing has suffered another blow in its bid to become the governing body for the sport in the Olympics after the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) elected to remain with the International Boxing Association (IBA).

programme has again been plunged into doubt after the IOC Executive Board failed to confirm its place at Los

Angeles 2028 during its meeting here on Friday (October 13).



Is the International Olympic Committee heading for its own titanic disaster?

  • The Big Read

With the International Olympic Committee (IOC) starting its annual Session today in India's economic capital Mumbai, will the usual pomp and ceremony disguise the sizable challenge currently facing the Olympic Movement, or will it just be another rearranging of the deck chairs?

many years but with the lack of creativity I see this is also now under pressure.I note that on the Los

Angeles 2028 website, you see only nine TOP partners currently committed compared with 14 for Paris

gap in future cash flows.According to its website, there are only nine TOP sponsors signed up for the 2028

Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles - a potential shortfall of $2.5 billion ©Los Angeles 2028In

Committee and its recent statements that the financial models that have sustained the Movement since Los


Bach announces IOC plan to launch inaugural Olympic Esports Games

  • Olympics

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has used his speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Session here to launch an inaugural Olympic Esports Games.

Tuesday (October 17).Main items on the agenda include the rubber-stamping of the programme for the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics and the election of eight new IOC members.


Modi confirms India's interest in hosting 2036 Olympics and Paralympics

  • Olympic Games 2036

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has confirmed the country's interest in staging the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session Opening Ceremony here tonight.

part of a bid for the 2036 Olympics ©Getty ImagesThe addition of cricket to the Olympic programme at Los

Angeles 2028 for the first time since Paris 1900 is viewed by many as an attempt to tap into the South


FEI President De Vos welcomes retention of equestrian disciplines for Los Angeles 2028

  • Equestrian

welcomed the preservation of its dressage, eventing and jumping disciplines on the programme for the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics.

The FEI is set to be the only governing body managing equine competition at Los Angeles 2028, due to

jumping, eventing and dressage competitions since Tokyo 1964, and this is set to remain the case at Los

Angeles 2028.FEI President and IOC member Ingmar De Vos welcomed the outcome."

Angeles 2028 sports programme," the Belgian official said."

Equestrian is expected to be held at Sepulveda Basin Park for Los Angeles 2028, but De Vos promised full


World Lacrosse family grows as sport looks set for Los Angeles 2028

  • Los Angeles 2028

the five approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board for inclusion at the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics.

InstagramA post shared by World Lacrosse (@worldlacrosse)Six-a-side teams have been proposed for the Los

Angeles 2028 programme.It will be the sport's third appearance at the Games after St Louis 1904 and

later, Canada beat Britain 14-10 for the title.It featured as a demonstration sport at Amsterdam 1928, Los

Angeles 1932, and London 1948.Apart from lacrosse, cricket, baseball and softball, flag football, and


IWF credits governance reforms for saving weightlifting's Olympics place at Los Angeles 2028

  • Weightlifting

credited governance reforms under President Mohammed Jalood for salvaging the sport's Olympic berth at Los

Angeles 2028 here.

been an ever-present at the Olympics since Antwerp 1920, but was left off the initial programme for Los

Angeles 2028 because of doping and corruption scandals and a series of governance failures.However,

IOC Session on Monday (October 16), along with the inclusion of five additional sports proposed by Los

Angeles 2028 and reintegration of modern pentathlon, with obstacle replacing riding.Relations between


Exclusive: IBA trying to force AFBC to hold Extraordinary Congress in Dubai rather than Africa

  • Boxing

Africa and the International Boxing Association (IBA) remain at odds over plans to choose a new President, with the world governing body refusing to guarantee it will meet the costs of the election.

stripped of its right to host the Olympic boxing tournament, leaving the sport fighting for its future at Los

Angeles 2028.So far, the African continent has stood firmly behind Kremlev with no country quitting



IOC approves five additional sports for Los Angeles 2028 but boxing back on hold

  • Los Angeles 2028

Executive Board has approved the five additional sports proposed by the Organising Committee for the Los

Angeles 2028 programme here, but boxing is once again facing an uncertain future.

Baseball and softball are back on the Olympic programme for Los Angeles 2028 ©Getty ImagesCricket is

Angeles 2028, but missed out.The omission of breaking is a surprise as it is due to make its Olympic

Angeles 2028 and would not rule out a Task Force managing the sport for a third consecutive Olympics

Angeles 2028 at the Extraordinary IOC Session which confirmed the IBA's expulsion.Bach has now backtracked

Weightlifting was left off the initial programme at Los Angeles 2028 following doping and corruption


IOC set for double award of 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics

  • 2030 Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to stage a double award of the next two Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, it has been announced here.

when, at the IOC Session in Lima, Paris was awarded the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games and Los

Angeles the 2028 edition.In July last year, Bach had downplayed the prospect of a double award for 2030

preference for the 2034 Winter Olympics over the 2030 edition clear to avoid a close clash with the 2028

Summer Games in Los Angeles.


Beach sprint rowing added to Olympic programme at Los Angeles 2028 but lightweight events dropped

  • Rowing

Beach sprint rowing has been added to the programme for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, it was

set to be the destination for the beach sprint rowing when the discipline makes its Olympic debut at Los

Angeles 2028 ©Getty ImagesThree medal events have been proposed by World Rowing, the men's solo, women's

to be determined, with another sport, but World Rowing claimed it would be "located at the heart of Los

Angeles" suggesting Long Beach, which is already due to host triathlon.