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Sport climbing finals to start early and spread over four days at Paris 2024

  • Sport Climbing

Medals are to be won in sport climbing on four separate days at Paris 2024, under the schedule published by Olympic organisers and the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC).

be held at a purpose-built venue in Le Bourget.The sport has retained its place on the programme for Los

Angeles 2028.


Philip Barker: Bayi hopes his record will be broken

  • Inside the Blogs

Before each competition begins, the big screens at the arenas here in Birmingham display a video montage of some of the greatest moments from previous Commonwealth Games.

performance coaches and they will perform and they will aim for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and also Los

Angeles 2028," he predicted.It is perhaps unsurprising that Bayl's initiative echoes that of his contemporary



Los Angeles 2028 Opening and Closing Ceremony venue appoints new chief technology officer

  • Los Angeles 2028

SoFi Stadium, which is due to host the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los

Angeles, has appointed a new senior vice-president and chief technology officer.

$5 billion (£4.1 billion/€4.9 billion) stadium, built in Inglewood by National Football League (NFL) Los

Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke, claims to be the first indoor-outdoor stadium to be constructed,As

well as the Los Angeles Rams, it is home to another NFL team, the Los Angeles Chargers.The state-of-the-art


Iran NOC President calls for greater women's participation in golf

  • OCA

National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran (NOCIRI) President Seyed Reza Salehi Amiri has called for more women to play golf and for a greater number of courses to be built across the country.

Rio 2016 and was also played at Tokyo 2020, but no Iranians qualified.Golf is on the Paris 2024 and Los

Angeles 2028 programmes.Women's rights are severely restricted in Iran and the country's only female


Motorsport, cricket and karate among nine sports on shortlist for Los Angeles 2028 inclusion

  • Los Angeles 2028

Motorsport, cricket and karate are among the nine sports invited by Los Angeles 2028 to present their

programme review.Sambo, flying disc and teqball, which have all shown interest in obtaining a place at the 2028

Angeles 2028 ©Getty ImagesFor motorsport and the other sports to be successful in securing a place at

Los Angeles 28, their presentations are likely to focus on a six-point criteria list which includes

Angeles 2028 has a cap of 10,500 athletes in total.The limited number of athlete quota places can be

Angeles 2028 Organising Committee chooses to include is expected to be made at the IOC Session in Mumbai


Record interest in LA28 Paralympics as 11 additional sports apply to be added

  • Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics

There are a record 33 applications in place for sports to feature at the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics

there.Applications have been cast for each of the 22 sports on the Paris 2024 programme to reman in place for Los

Angeles 2028, taking the total of hopefuls to 33.Governing bodies for arm wrestling, sport climbing,

The World Karate Federation is among the organisations lobbying for Paralympic inclusion in 2028 ©WKFSailing

appeared at a Paralympic Games.The IPC Governing Board is expected to finalise the sport programme for Los

Angeles 2028 in late January next year.Archery, athletics, badminton, boccia, canoe, cycling, equestrian


Cricket and the Olympics back on the agenda

  • The Big Read

Earlier today at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, there were grey clouds accompanied by persistent drizzle and some anxious glances towards the skies from Birmingham 2022 officials.

Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.India's victory over Pakistan was watched by the biggest crowd for cricket

Olympics in Los Angeles ©USA CricketLast August, the United States published a “Foundational Plan” which

Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, would act as an enormous catalyst for the growth and development of the

on additional sports for Los Angeles 2028 will be made next year and competition will be fierce.It is

hard to envisage an Olympic Games in Los Angeles without baseball/softball even if the players from


Exclusive: IBA secretary general Kovács leaves organisation as it undertakes restructure

  • Boxing

International Boxing Association (IBA) secretary general István Kovács has left the world governing body following a restructure of its top management.

currently fighting for the future of the sport in Olympics after it was left off the initial programme for Los

Angeles 2028.It was stripped of its right to organise the Olympic boxing tournament at the re-arranged


California lawmakers introduce legislation which would aid LA28 transport funding

  • Los Angeles 2028

Commemorative Coin Act - have been introduced in California to support the Summer Games, set to be held in Los

Angeles in six years.

Los Angeles will welcome the world to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2028," said Senator Feinstein

While the eyes of the world will be on the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028, the work

This will be a major event in both Los Angeles and American history, that’s why I’m also introducing

legislation to make a commemorative coin that will honour the 2028 Games and its legacy youth sports

Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games - without costing the Federal Government a dollar."


ICC predicts women's T20 cricket will be star attraction at Birmingham 2022

  • Birmingham 2022

The International Cricket Council (ICC) have predicted that cricket will be a "star attraction" of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games when the women’s T20 tournament begins on Friday (July 29).

win over South Africa ©Getty ImagesMeanwhile, the ICC confirmed that talks with the organisers of the 2028

Olympics were continuing as cricket campaigns for inclusion in Los Angeles."

We have declared our ambition to be involved in the Olympic Games, we are assisting the LA 2028 organisers

to addition to the Olympic programme," Allardice said.A final decision on the Olympic programme for 2028


Zada becomes first refugee athlete on IOC Athletes’ Commission

  • Olympics

Cyclist Masomah Ali Zada, who was born in Afghanistan, has become the first refugee athlete to join the Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

 Felix has seven gold medals from five Olympic Games and is a member of the Los Angeles 2028 Organising


ONOC launches plan to drastically increase Olympic success at Brisbane 2032

  • Brisbane 2032

A 10-year plan called "Creating a Home Games Advantage for the Pacific Islands 2022-2032" has been launched by the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) in a bid to produce a 300 to 500 per cent improvement in terms of Olympic medals won at the Brisbane 2032.

a phased approach with regular reviews after Paris 2024, the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games, and Los

Angeles 2028."


Tokyo tops sports city rankings after hosting Olympic Games

  • Tokyo 2020

A new ranking report has placed Tokyo - which hosted the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games last year - top in its annual list, becoming the first Asian city to do so in the report's 10-year history.

London held the 2012 Games, as well as other major Championships since then.Another future Olympic host, Los

Angeles, was fourth prior to holding the 2028 Games.A second American city, New York City, was fifth