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"Budapest 2032 Committee" officially renamed as Hungarian capital continues pursuit to host Olympic Games

  • Brisbane 2032

Budapest is continuing with its plans to bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, despite being denied the opportunity to launch a campaign for the 2032 event after it was controversially awarded to Brisbane.

the campaign and the Hungarian capital officially pulled out in February 2017 leaving only Paris and Los

Angeles in the race.It led to the IOC awarding Paris the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Los Angeles

the 2028 edition.Budapest's campaign to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games collapsed following


Baseball and softball "left their mark" at Tokyo 2020, says WBSC President

  • Baseball and Softball

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari has said baseball and softball "left their mark" on the Olympics after Tokyo 2020.

August 7, 2021The sport will not be present at Paris 2024, but the WBSC intents to be included in the Los

Angeles 2028 programme, with baseball and softball's popularity in the US a key factor.Fraccari said

Next up is Los Angeles in 2028, and where baseball and softball are some of America’s favourite sports


Dates for delayed WBSC Under-18 Baseball World Cup in Florida confirmed

  • Baseball and Softball

Dates for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-18 Baseball World Cup have been confirmed, with the event scheduled to take place in September next year in Florida.

events.The sports are not on the Paris 2024 programme, though the WBSC is aiming to be included at the 2028

Games in Los Angeles, where baseball and softball are popular.


Riccardo Fraccari: Baseball and softball’s Olympic odyssey leaves its mark on Tokyo 2020

  • Inside the Blogs

When in 2013, the global baseball and softball families agreed to merge under one unified, global governing body – the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) – we did so in the long-term interest of our sports. We understood there was strength in unity and, by taking the best of both sports, we could form a stronger and more convincing campaign to get baseball and softball back on the Olympic programme.

Next up is Los Angeles in 2028, and where baseball and softball are some of America’s favourite sports


Tokyo Metropolitan Government signs MoU with 2028 Olympic host City of Los Angeles

  • Tokyo 2020

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the City of Los Angeles have signed a Memorandum of Understanding

(MoU) during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games to maintain a working relationship in the build-up to Los

Angeles 2028.

The cooperation agreement was signed today by the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, and Tokyo Governor

Yuriko Koike.The Mayor’s Office for International Affairs of the City of Los Angeles and the International

create legacy initiatives.The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will share best practices with the City of Los

the cities' ports are additionally included.Garcetti, who signed the MoU, is unlikely to be Mayor of Los

Angeles for much longer, and poised to become the United States ambassador to India instead.The Tokyo


ICC Olympic Working Group chair confirms T20 cricket focus of sport's LA28 campaign

  • Los Angeles 2028

The chair of the International Cricket Council (ICC) panel lobbying to be included at the Los Angeles

2028 Olympic Games has revealed further details of how cricket will be marketed to the International

campaign and that the global body was willing to alter its calendar to make the Games the primary focus of 2028

Cup and men’s Under-19 World Cup - a 50-over event - are the three ICC events currently scheduled for 2028

Cricket Council's Olympic Working Group ©Getty ImagesAs for what type of cricket could feature at the 2028

The provisional sport programme for Los Angeles 2028 is due to be finalised at the IOC Session in Beijing


LA28 chief athlete officer Evans says sharing "power of sport" can be Games' greatest legacy

  • Los Angeles 2028

"Sport has the power to transcend," Los Angeles 2028 chief athlete officer Janet Evans has said in relation

aimed at underprivileged kids in disadvantaged communities.The money has been granted to the City of Los

Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks to subsidise participation fees for leagues, classes and

Angeles' Venice Beach but the funding will allow many more facilities to be built and renovated ©Getty

Angeles 2028 IOC Coordination Commission chair Nicole Hoevertsz."

We are excited to help create the right conditions for kids across Los Angeles to participate in and


Los Angeles 2028 to be driven by a radical reuse strategy in commitment to deliver a sustainable Games

  • Los Angeles 2028

The Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games will be driven by a radical reuse strategy as the organisers plan

to deliver eco-friendly editions of an event which has been historically harmful for the earth.The Los

Angeles Memorial Coliseum will act as the main venue for LA28 and will host the Opening and Closing

Ceremonies as well as several athletics events ©Getty Images"Los Angeles creates an opportunity to possibly

As one of the largest metropolitan areas in one of the largest economies in the world, Los Angeles really

Los Angeles 2028 organisers have been urged to turn the Games vegan by People for the Ethical Treatment


Philip Barker: The story of cricket's Olympic inclusion and omittance

  • Inside the Blogs

As the curtain came down on the Tokyo Olympics last week, the International Cricket Council (ICC) held their first formal meeting to plot an Olympic return for their sport. 

Cricket was last played at the Olympics in Paris in 1900, but it is hoping to return at the 2028 Games

in Los Angeles.

 Unsurprisingly, cricket was not considered the first time Los Angeles staged the Olympics in 1932

 Given their popularity in America, it seems reasonable they will be chosen in 2028.



IOC sponsor Airbnb bounces back, proclaiming "travel rebound is upon us"

  • Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) sponsor Airbnb is rebounding strongly from a COVID-blighted 2020, as travel picks up again in some regions of the world.

Paralympic Games will also need to be carefully handled.However, future Games hosts Paris, Milan and Los

Angeles have traditionally been among the group's biggest markets for private accommodation rentals

worldwide.Airbnb's present deal with the IOC runs through until 2028.


Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing poised to become Olympic fixtures after strong debuts at Tokyo 2020

  • The Big Read

There were four new arrivals on the Olympic sport programme in Tokyo. Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing all look set for a long-term Olympic future, but for karate things are less certain.

, a trend likely to be continued over the next two years as potential sports jockey for position at Los

Angeles 2028.The popularity of skateboarding in Japan would have made certain that in normal times,

is looking bright with inclusion in Paris 2024, and then two clear opportunities for surfing in LA 2028


Ali Iveson: Cricket makes Olympic powerplay and joins crowded race for LA28 inclusion

  • Inside the Blogs

claim to being the biggest outside of the Olympic Movement, cricket, formally joined the race for a Los

Angeles 2028 place.

California associated with both, and indeed Japanese medallists in both skateboarding and surfing call Los

Angeles home, such is the city’s relationship with the sports.

 Surfing is a new Olympic sport but appears very likely to feature at Los Angeles 2028 ©Getty ImagesThe

Angeles 2028 programme.

Angeles they would wish to use.


ICC forms Olympic Working Group to prepare bid for Los Angeles 2028 inclusion

  • Los Angeles 2028

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed it will bid for the sport to be included at the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics.

Angeles 2028 - something which in April received the backing of the powerful Board of Control for Cricket

Lacrosse, baseball-softball, flag football and karate are among the other sports vowing to feature at the 2028

Games.The sport programme for Los Angeles 2028 is expected to be finalised at the IOC Session in Beijing

Angeles 2028 Olympic Games and help us to achieve our own vision for establishing cricket as a mainstream

Angeles 2028, the next Olympic Games will be held in a cricketing hotbed - Brisbane in Australia.


Coates admits key Olympic Charter changes targetted at IWF as IOC Session approves amendments

  • Olympics

Charter changes which could spell the end of weightlifting's long association with the Olympic Games have been unanimously approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session here today. 

or, following the Charter changes, being suspended from Paris 2024 and given a chance to return at Los

Angeles 2028 under new leadership.The International Boxing Association's Olympic recognition was suspended