During the IOC Executive Board meeting in Mumbai on Friday, the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, declared the acceptance of cricket’s inclusion in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
After the conclusion of a two-day executive board meeting in Mumbai, IOC President Thomas Bach announced that the committee had approved a proposal from the organizers of the Los Angeles Olympics. This proposal involves the inclusion of cricket as one of the five new sports to be featured in the 2028 Olympics, alongside baseball/softball, flag football (non-contact American football), squash, and lacrosse.
“The proposal of the Los Angeles Organising Committee to introduce five new sports and these five sports are baseball and softball, flag football, lacrosse, squash and cricket – these proposals have been accepted as a package by the IOC executive board taking into consideration these proposals,” Thomas Bach said.
“These sports are fully in line with the sports culture of our host in 2028 with the American sports culture, they will showcase iconic American sports to the World while bringing at the same time international sports to the United States. Their inclusion will, on the other hand, allow the Olympic Movement to engage with new athletes and fan communities in the US and globally. The IOC EB also reviewed the status of the three sports that were not part of the initial sports programme for LA 2028,” the IOC president added.
Cricket had been the part of the two editions of the Commonwealth Games, namely in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 and Birmingham in 2022. However, the sport has not been included in the Olympic Games since England’s victory over France in a single match in Paris in 1900, which gave them the Gold medal.
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