Breaking makes its Olympic debut this summer with two upcoming final qualifiers being held in Shanghai and Budapest. South Africa's Courtnae Paul is one of seven B-girls and B-boys from Africa hoping to earn a spot at Paris 2024.

Olympics could change that, although the sport was dealt a devastating blow when it was left off the Los

Angeles 2028 programme.

Around 100 delegates and 29 International Member Federations with voting rights attended the International World Games Association (IWGA) AGM where the IWGA Athletes Committee, Women's leadership programme, Sustainability Strategy, and cooperation with National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and National Sports Organisations (NSOs) were among the topics discussed.

It also noted that "the fact that four out of the five additional sports selected by Los Angeles 2028

World Cup to "pique the interest" of American sports fans before cricket makes its Olympic return at Los

Angeles 2028.

This is a key stepping stone for the promotion of the game towards 2028 and beyond in terms of providing

T20 - the 20-over per side format which was only coined in 2003 - is being used at LA 2028 and, thanks

It's official. The World Games will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany, which hosted the event 40 years ago in 1989. The Executive Committee approved the city's bid last Wednesday and awarded it the right to host the 13th edition of the multi-sport competition.

that the development of flag football is exponential with its inclusion in the Olympic programme for Los

Angeles 2028.

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) and the International Cheer Union (ICU) have joined the International World Games Association (IWGA). This brings the total number of members to 40. The vote to admit the two bodies took place on 1 May and they will be included in the Chengdu 2025 programme.

Its inclusion for the first time in history in the official programme of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los

Angeles will undoubtedly help it take off.

is what adds value to any event and it will now be included in the IWGA.Flag football is included in Los

Angeles 2028.

More revelations have emerged from a prank call made to International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach in March. In it, the 70-year-old administrator made a number of allegations against Umar Kremlev, the president of the International Boxing Association (IBA), including that the Russian changed his name because of his "criminal past".

saying it needs a partner international federation for boxing by early 2025 if the sport is to appear at Los

Angeles 2028.

There is a very real possibility that boxing will be missing from the Olympic programme at Los Angeles

2028 for the first time since Stockholm 1912.

month, World Boxing held its first formal meeting with the IOC in Lausanne as it bids to organise the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympic boxing tournament.

Friendship Games.WIth IBA out of the picture, World Boxing appears to be the sport's only hope for Los

Angeles.

Angeles 2028.

In a joint statement, the US and Mexican football federations announced their decision to withdraw their 2027 bid in order to pursue a successful bid for the 2031 tournament.

calendar.The United States, Mexico and Canada are already preparing tohost the men's World Cup in 2026, while Los

Angeles is preparing to host the 2028 Olympic Games.The official logo of the Australia and New Zealand

Baron Pierre de Coubertin conceived the Olympic Games at the end of the 19th century as a revival of the competition that had brought glory to ancient Greece, with an increasingly forgotten double motive: to defend sport against political interests and to celebrate amateurism.

sportThe US-led bloc boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games and the US and Commonwealth-led reaction to the 1984 Los

Angeles Games remain anecdotal in the face of the new situation in which the Olympic body itself vetoes

champions in each athletics event will receive $50,000 (€46.647), a prize that will be retained in Los

Angeles in 2028, with an additional $30,000 (€27,988) for the runners-up and $20,000 for the bronze

At least 10 countries have expressed interest in hosting the 2036 Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee president (IOC) president Thomas Bach told AFP on Friday. Bach also acknowledged that climate change could force Games dates to be switched from summer to later in the year.

interest in hosting the Olympic Games had declined dramatically with only one bid for each of the 2024 and 2028

Summer Games.For both games, only Paris and Los Angeles submitted bids, resulting in both cities being

Eric Garcetti speaks at the podium as he announces a deal has been reached with the IOC to host the 2028

of competition at Paris 2024 will take place in existing or temporary venues, while that number for Los

Angeles 2028 could be even higher.A general view is seen of fireworks after Brisbane was announced as

The 89th meeting of the ANOC Executive Council took place yesterday in Athens, where discussions revolved around ANOC's key initiatives and events aimed at delivering maximum value to the National Olympic Committees (NOCs).

World Athletics' decision to award cash prizes to Olympic gold medalists in Paris and all medalists in Los

Angeles 2028.Among other items on the agenda, the Executive Board received reports from each of the

partnership with Anheuser-Busch InBev official earlier this year; teaming up for both the Paris 2024 and Los

Angeles 2028 Summer Games.

🎉 @abinbev is proud to become a Worldwide Olympic Partner through 2028.With Corona Cero at the forefront

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has distanced itself from the groundbreaking move by World Athletics to offer money to Paris 2024 medallists, saying its role is to level the playing field and reduce the gap between the powerhouses and the rest.

For the remaining podium finishers, the idea is to start awarding prizes in Los Angeles in 2028.In response

announcing last month that the International Boxing Association (IBA) will have no involvement in the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics, World Boxing - run by former IBA presidential candidate Boris van der Vorst -

The IOC has said IBA would not be involved in LA 2028 and that it "needs to have a partner international

In February 2024, Insidethegames reported on the situation in Taekwondo New Zealand. Athletes who were due to represent New Zealand at the Olympic Qualification Tournament were told by the Oceania Taekwondo Union (OTU) that the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) "will not be nominating any taekwondo athletes to compete at the Paris Olympic Games as there is no recognised organisation for the sport of taekwondo in New Zealand".

(in blue) won the Oceania QualifiersEisa hopes that the governance issues will be over in time for Los

Angeles 2028."

I hope that the necessary changes to governance can be made in time for the 2028 Olympics."