World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has labelled a virtual taekwondo demonstration staged alongside the Commonwealth Esports Championships as "successful" and celebrated the discipline's "immense potential".

participation at multi-sport events.Representatives of the International Olympic Committee, Paris 2024 and Los

Angeles 2028 attended the demonstration.It was held shortly after World Taekwondo signed a joint-venture

French Polynesia President Édouard Fritch has signed a principle agreement for the territory, which includes the planned Paris 2024 surfing venue host Teahupo’o on the island of Tahiti, to feature in the Olympic Games Torch Relay.

having debuted as an additional sport at Tokyo 2020, and has been added to the core programme from Los

Angeles 2028.Its events are due to be held more than 15,000 kilometres from the French capital in 2024

Miriam Malone is set to leave her role as Paralympics Ireland chief executive, having held the position for five-and-a-half years.

for the future.Paralympics Ireland added that it is continuing to build towards the Paris 2024 and Los

Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games.Ireland was represented by 31 athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics and

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has partnered with the National Federation to boost France's beach volleyball programme, as it looks to help the nation in its target of winning medals at their home Paris 2024 Olympics.

referenced Paris 2024 as a "short-term priority", and outlined plans to "elevate the French teams" for Los

Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032.Beach volleyball events at Paris 2024 are due to be held at the temporary

Australian Olympic and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Peter Antonie has blasted World Rowing for excluding traditional disciplines in its bid to be part of the Victoria 2026 sport programme.

be included into the event as a part of its strategy to secure the latter discipline's place in the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics.Antonie is among those to criticise this proposal which will reject typical rowing

Olympic strategy to have coastal rowing included as a new discipline on the Olympic program for LA 2028

City planners have hailed an expansion of the Los Angeles Metro which will "shrink the city" a year before

the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

It is expected to reduce journey times between West Los Angeles and Downtown to approximately 30 minutes.A

map shows the expansion of the Los Angeles Metro network set to be completed by 2027 ©LA Metro"We look

Westwood Neighborhood Council President Furkan Yalcin insists the extension is essential before the 2028

Angeles metro system will play a vital part in Olympic transport in 2028 ©Getty ImagesYalcin claimed

Angeles in 1984, special attention was paid to transport amid concerns of major traffic congestion and

Turkish Modern Pentathlon Federation President Veli Ozan Çakır has expressed his fears for the future of the sport should it be axed from the Olympic Games as he threw his support behind the inclusion of obstacle racing as the fifth discipline.

pentathlon will lose "a lot of athletes and countries" if it is not included on the programme for the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics.Modern pentathlon's long-held position as an Olympic sport is in jeopardy after

being left off the initial list for LA 2028.Obstacle racing has been proposed by the International Modern

Cricket Australia has launched a five-year strategic plan to boost the sport's growth which includes a goal of having it feature at the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games.

that of the International Cricket Council (ICC), which is lobbying for the sport to feature as soon as Los

Angeles 2028."

The last Karate 1-Premier League event of the season has been postponed, with the World Karate Federation (WKF) blaming "unforeseen circumstances" including issues obtaining the necessary permits.

season-ending leg of the WKF's premiere circuit had been scheduled to take place from October 7 to 9 in Los

ranged from bureaucratic and legal permits and formalities in the USA, in California and the city of Los

Angeles, to other several unforeseen circumstances, as well as the limited time available to sort these

Los Angeles had replaced Moscow as a Karate 1-Premier League host ©Getty ImagesLos Angeles had a shorter

Angeles stages the Games in 2028, and it is on a shortlist of sports the Organising Committee is considering

Obstacle is set to continue its trial to replace riding in modern pentathlon as the New 5th Discipline Test Event III is due to take place in Lignano Sabbiadoro in Italy from September 9 to 10.

This is important because these athletes will be approaching the peak of their careers at the Los Angeles

2028 Olympic Games.Obstacle is getting closer to being included in modern pentathlon, with the UIPM

Sheikh Talal Mohammad Al-Sabah "has not stolen any money" from the International Bowling Federation (IBF) it has been claimed, even though he was forced to step down in May after serious financial irregularities were reported by insidethegames.

allegations almost certainly cost the sport an opportunity to bid for a place on the Olympic programme at Los

Angeles 2028.The revelations have led to the calling of an online Extraordinary General Meeting for

was a demonstration sport at Seoul 1988, but has been left off the shortlist of proposed sports for Los

Angeles 2028 ©YouTubeThe revelations about the IBF could not have come at a worst time for bowling as

the sport was bidding for inclusion at Los Angeles 2028.Bowling, a demonstration sport at Seoul 1988

Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) President Ivo Ferriani has insisted on the United Nations International Youth Day that sports bodies must take young people's views into account in shaping the development of sport.

the Olympic programme, including the core inclusion of skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing at Los

Angeles 2028.The IOC launched its Young Leaders Programme in 2016, aiming to empower young people to

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has launched a LinkedIn advert for a new secretary general to replace István Kovács.

faces an ongoing battle to save its Olympic status, having been left off the initial programme for Los

Angeles 2028.

disappointed" as flying disc was left out of the list of additional sports in consideration for the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

Los Angeles 2028 Organising Committee had recently invited nine sports - motorsport, cricket, karate,

that there is a "pathway" for boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon to be added as well.With Los

Angeles 2028 setting a cap of 10,500 athletes in total, it will be interesting to see how some of the

A decision on the additional sports at Los Angeles 2028 is expected to be made at the IOC Session in

Mumbai next year.The 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles is set to start on July 14 and conclude on July 30.

This week’s announcement that Australian cricket captain Meg Lanning is to take an indefinite break from cricket for personal reasons will have brought knowing glances from all those who attended the inaugural T20 tournament at the Commonwealth Games.

ImagesCricket is part of the shortlist of aspirant additional sports to be added to the programme for Los

Angeles in 2028.In the meantime, it looks set for a breakthrough in multi-sport Games.The African Games