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World Lacrosse Olympic bid given boost with six new members joining

  • Non-Olympic Sports

World Lacrosse's membership has now risen to 85 after Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Malta, Sierra Leone and Togo joined the International Federation.

2022, a boost to its campaign to end its 120-year absence from the Olympic programme and return for Los

Angeles 2028."

baseball-softball, cricket, breaking, flag football, karate, kick boxing, motor sport and squash for the Los

Angeles 2028 programme.


USA Boxing refutes "baseless" allegations that executive director incited boycott of IBA World Championships

  • Boxing

USA Boxing has dismissed allegations that its executive director Mike McAtee encouraged other nations to boycott the International Boxing Association (IBA) Men’s and Women’s World Championships.

Boris van der Vorst that seeks to prioritise the preservation of boxing's place at the Olympics from Los

Angeles 2028, which is in doubt because of governance concerns.Boxing New Zealand President Steve Hartley



IBA opens disciplinary proceedings against five officials for leading boycott of World Championships

  • Boxing

The International Boxing Association has opened disciplinary proceedings against five officials, including USA Boxing executive director Mike McAtee, after being accused of "inciting a boycott" of the Women's and Men's World Championships.

Boris van der Vorst that seeks to prioritise the preservation of boxing's place at the Olympics from Los

Angeles 2028, which is in doubt because of governance concerns.The IBA has pledged to provide financial


USA Triathlon Foundation hopes to use Los Angeles 2028 to increase philanthropic support

  • Triathlon

towards increasing philanthropic support and encouraging a culture of philanthropy with its new Elevate 2028

plan for the next five years building up to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Elevate 2028 lays out the USA Triathlon Foundation’s holistic approach to fundraising, from creating

USA Triathlon is focusing on three core target areas in its Elevate 2028 programme ©USA TriathlonTo develop

Elevate 2028, the USA Triathlon Foundation assembled a working group representing the Board of Trustees

But we have a lot of work still to be done and Elevate 2028 will guide us toward our lofty goals and


Los Angeles Mayor's trade scheme recruits four new Board members to help maximise Olympics 2028 opportunity

  • Los Angeles 2028

Four new Advisory Board members have joined the Los Angeles Mayor’s Global LA partnership which aims

to attract international companies to the city as the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games approach.

States Ron Frierson is one of the quartet of new names,"With multiple businesses operating across the Los

international business to the region and preparing for the gathering of global athletes and fans for the 2028

It's a critical time to dedicate resources to attracting new businesses to Los Angeles," Bash claimed

Los Angeles needs new organisations such as Global LA to secure job growth and advance the narrative

The office of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass established Global LA as a business initiative to support


UIPM to hold training camps before Paris 2024 to avoid repeat of Tokyo 2020 horse abuse scandal

  • Modern Pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has pledged to deliver a "successful" riding competition at next year’s Olympics in Paris as it looks to avoid a repeat of the horse-abuse scandal that overshadowed Tokyo 2020.

since making its debut at Stockholm 1912.The sport has been left off the initial Olympic programme for Los

Angeles 2028 by the International Olympic Committee.Yasser Hefny, Christian Roudaut and Janusz Peciak


Long Beach Olympic Hub for Los Angeles 2028 receives $30 million grant for shoreline improvement

  • Los Angeles 2028

receive $30 million (£24.8 million/€28.2 million) to help the city re-align the shoreline in time for the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics when the area will host eight Olympic sports.

Beach Waterfront is scheduled to host BMX, water polo, triathlon and open water swimming during LA 2028

the Ocean Boulevard and Seventh Street area of the city.A cycle lane connecting Seventh Street to the Los

Angeles River Trail is also set to be constructed.Sailing is set to take place off Long Beach and rowing

for the Long Beach Marine Stadium.Handball is expected to take place at the Long Beach Arena.The LA 2028

Olympics are scheduled to open on July 14 2028.



Portugal National Olympic Committee hosts more than 100 young athletes at National Meeting of Olympic Hopes

  • EOC

The Portugal National Olympic Committee (NOC) has welcomed more than 100 young athletes for its National Meeting of Olympic Hopes.

The two-day event, organised by the Portugal NOC, is designed to prepare young athletes for the Los Angeles

2028 and Brisbane 2032 Olympics.Patricia Mamona, a long jump silver medallist at Tokyo 2020, and Telma

Meeting of Olympic Hopes, organised by the Portugal NOC, is designed to prepare young athletes for the Los

Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032 Olympics ©Portugal NOCOn the first day of the National Meeting of Olympic


Israeli baseball star aims to make "impactful change" as Los Angeles 2028 athlete fellow

  • Los Angeles 2028

an "impactful change on the local community" in preparations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los

Angeles.

Wanger, who represented Israel at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has joined the Los Angeles 2028 Organising

LA28 to really make impactful change on the local community," said Wanger in the latest episode of the Los

Angeles 2028 Behind the Games series."

baseball and softball proposal is one of nine being considered for inclusion as an additional sport at Los

Angeles 2028.Wanger was born in Massachusetts in the United States where he first started playing baseball


Poland add to growing list of countries boycotting IBA World Championships, but New Zealand to let boxers decide

  • Boxing

The Polish Boxing Association (PZB) has joined the growing number of national governing bodies to announce its withdrawal from this year's International Boxing Association World Championships.

Alliance (CCA) of nations seeking to prioritise the preservation of boxing's place at the Olympics from Los

Angeles 2028, which is in doubt because of governance concerns.Boris van der Vorst leads the CCA but


IBA unveils Olympic boxing qualification system for Paris 2024, despite being stripped of rights by IOC

  • Boxing

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has revealed its own qualification system for next year’s Olympics in Paris, despite being stripped of the rights to do so by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

could be dropped altogether from Paris 2024, having already been left off the initial programme for Los

Angeles 2028.Under the IOC’s boxing qualification model, the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, Kraków-Małopolska


Van der Vorst's Netherlands join Switzerland in IBA World Championships boycott because of Russian presence

  • Boxing

Switzerland and Boris van der Vorst's The Netherlands have become the latest nations to join a boycott of the International Boxing Association's (IBA) Women's Boxing World Championships because of the presence of Russian and Belarusian athletes.

Cause Alliance of nations seeking to prioritise the preservation of boxing's place at the Olympics from Los

Angeles 2028, which is in doubt because of governance concerns.However, he had not commented on the

could be dropped altogether from Paris 2024, having already been left off the initial programme for Los

Angeles 2028.The IBA has allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under their countries' flags


Hirshland vows "we'll get the Games back" but reiterates 2034 preference for Salt Lake City

  • 2030 Olympics

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chief executive Sarah Hirshland has reiterated that its preference for staging a future Winter Olympics and Paralympics would be the 2034 edition, but has pledged "we'll get the Games back".

if there are other "viable bids" for four years earlier to avoid a clash with sponsorships for the Los

Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in the US.However, she said that the USOPC would "direct