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Baseball Australia launches five-year plan to boost participation

  • Baseball and Softball

Baseball Australia is seeking to further the sport's development with the launch of its National Participation Plan, which is due to be in operation from 2022 to 2027.

The programme will come to an end a year before the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games which could see baseball


SASCOC Athletes' Indaba looks forward to Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028

  • ANOCA

Doping, match-fixing, and safeguarding were all discussed at the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) Athletes' Commission Indaba.

and international partners to assist our athletes with their pre-Games training for Paris 2024 and Los

Angeles 2028."


Ever-changing Olympic programme set for new makeover at Los Angeles 2028

  • The Big Read

Paris 2024 is the next Summer Olympics on the calendar but the first competition for Los Angeles 2028

Angeles 2028 ©Getty ImagesWhen we reach 2024, it will have been a century since the Olympic appearance

Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988.

Angeles would seem like an obvious venue.Cricket is also seeking a place in 2028 but the IOC's concern

Angeles 2028 programme ©Getty ImagesWeightlifting has featured at every Summer Olympics since 1920,

and took place at two Games before then, but its place in Los Angeles is also under threat due to a series


SoFi Stadium chosen as 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup final venue

  • Football

Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games venue SoFi Stadium is set to host the final of the 2023

SoFi Stadium is a world class venue and Los Angeles has hosted so many iconic Gold Cup moments, making

Having previously hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984, Los Angeles is due to become the third

following its 2020 opening date.It is set to host football events and is due to host elements of the 2028

The Los Angeles region has a celebrated history of hosting iconic soccer matches, and we look forward

Next year's event is due to be the seventh time that the Gold Cup final has been played in the Los Angeles


LA Metro Purple Line extension work halted due to safety fears

  • Los Angeles 2028

Construction on a section of a subway line which is expected to improve transport for the Los Angeles

2028 Olympics has been stopped due to safety concerns.

the line has been shut down for two weeks after several workers sustained injuries.According to the Los

Angeles Times, a total of 32 injuries linked to the project have been recorded since July 2021, with

Angeles Times."

Angeles earlier this month."

Line, it’s going to cover one of LA's busiest areas and job centres from UCLA and many sites of the 2028


Jones pleads for boxing's Olympic future by launching petition

  • Boxing

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Roy Jones Jr has launched a petition to keep boxing on the Olympic programme and insisted that removing it would be "no less than a crime".

It has already not been included in the Los Angeles 2028 initial programme," he began."


Péchalat to lead preparations for Club France hospitality space at Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Three-time Olympian Nathalie Péchalat is to lead the organisation of Club France, the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) hospitality and meeting hub, during the Paris 2024 Olympics.

promotional booth for the Paris 2024 Olympic bid before the city was confirmed as host in 2017 along with Los

Angeles for 2028.COVID-19 restrictions meant the hospitality programmes were cancelled at both Tokyo


Polish pair strike gold at landmark Para World Sailing Championship in Japan

  • Sailing News

Piotr Cichocki and Olga Górnaś-Grudzień ensured a golden double for Poland at the Para World Sailing Championship in Hiroshima in Japan - an event hailed as a Para sailing milestone for the host nation.

World Sailing is aiming to secure the sport’s inclusion at the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games.Sailing

Now, as a nation - and as we look to the next Paralympic Games in Los Angeles - we have a major opportunity


Modern pentathlon obstacle test events a roaring success claim UIPM

  • Modern Pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has claimed that 88 per cent of surveyed athletes were satisfied with the obstacle test events as the governing body looks poised to select the discipline as riding's replacement.

the last time at Paris 2024 before being dropped as the UIPM hopes to salvage the sport's place at Los

Angeles 2028.Despite the reported success, Schormann admitted there are enhancements that need to be


David Owen: Kohli's transcendent knock builds momentum for cricket's Olympic comeback

  • Inside the Blogs

Are you watching, Thomas Bach?

around once again to embracing cricket in what, in Olympic parlance, is the very short term.If not Los

Angeles 2028 - for which T20 is on a nine-sport short-list for inclusion - then surely Brisbane 2032

described by the Baron as "a large sports-centre".The ICC is lobbying for cricket to feature at the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics ©Getty ImagesFencing, wrestling and boxing would have gone to the "colossal ruins


Exclusive: Schormann vows to "finish this for the future" on move for obstacle to replace riding

  • Modern Pentathlon

Long-serving International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) President Klaus Schormann has vowed that "where I started, I want to finish this for the future" with a crucial vote on obstacle replacing riding as the sport's fifth discipline set to be conducted next month.

to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the UIPM seeks to salvage the sport's place at the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics.Advocates of the significant change argue it makes modern pentathlon more accessible

to become modern pentathlon's fifth discipline and part of its proposal to salvage its place at the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics ©UIPM"That is the message for all the nations."

Angeles 2028 Olympics, with the IOC awaiting a formal proposal on the sport's format.


UIPM enters accord with ANOCA to promote modern pentathlon across Africa

  • Modern Pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) here.

including obstacle becoming the sport's new fifth discipline ©UIPMThis would be submitted as a proposal for Los

Angeles 2028, where modern pentathlon has been left off the initial programme.The Pentathlon United


UIPM asks National Federations for obstacle discipline opinions prior to Congress

  • Modern Pentathlon

month's Congress - set to feature a key vote on the sport's format to be submitted for inclusion at Los

Angeles 2028 - seeking to "clearly understand" each's position.

to provide you more detailed information".Modern pentathlon has been left off the programme for the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awaiting receipt of a formal proposal


World Karate Federation appoints ambassador in 2028 Olympic host city Los Angeles

  • Karate

The World Karate Federation (WKF) has appointed Shin Koyamada as the sport's ambassador in Los Angeles

), a non-profit centred on empowering women and young people through martial arts.It was founded in Los

2028.Karate is one of nine sports on a shortlist to be added to the programme.

Angeles."

Angeles 2028 Olympics ©Getty Images"With the appointment of Mr Koyamada as our ambassador in Los Angeles

, but is not on the Paris 2024 programme.The WKF is also applying for Para karate to feature at the 2028


Exclusive: Sheikh Talal takes over again as IBF President, despite embezzlement allegations

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Sheikh Talal Mohammad Al-Sabah has decided he will take over again as President of the International Bowling Federation (IBF) fewer than six months after being forced to step down following allegations of serious financial irregularities.

believed to have ended bowling’s hopes of making the shortlist to be added to the Olympic programme for Los

Angeles 2028.