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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI : Cricket celebrated its much-awaited return to Olympics on Monday and those in charge of running it are hoping it would not be a one-off appearance at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.
PARIS : New Zealand's defensive effort through 37 phases at the end of their quarter-final win over Ireland will go down in All Blacks folklore and it has also kept Sam Whitelock on the path to becoming the first player to win three World Cups.
For long, cricket remained a statistical global sport sans a true global footing. A solid fan base of 2.5 billion and an ever-swelling TV revenue formed its axis to be labelled as a sport with a worldwide appeal, second only to football. However, in reality, all of it is parked in the Commonwealth countries and even among them India alone helm around 70 percent, if not more, of those numbers. But now, all this could change as cricket, in its T20 avatar, has made its re-entry into the Olympic fold through the 2028 edition at Los Angeles, and it is a mutually beneficial association from sporting and commercial angles. From a sporting perspective, the Olympics provides an unmatchable platform for cricket, perhaps even bigger than a World Cup.
International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman Greg Barclay said on Monday that the governing body of the sport is thrilled about the sport's inclusion in Los Angeles 2023 and thanked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for their support. He also said that the confirmation of the sport's inclusion in the Olympics coming during the ICC Cricket World Cup is "truly an icing on cake". "We are thrilled that cricket's inclusion in the LA28 Olympic Games has been confirmed by the IOC Session today," ICC Chairman Greg Barclay said as quoted by an ICC statement. "To have the opportunity to showcase our great sport at the LA28 Games and hopefully, many Olympic Games to come will be great for players and fans alike."
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Cricket will feature as one of five new sports at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, organisers announced on Monday. A vote of the International Olympic Committee's session in Mumbai approved cricket, together with baseball/softball, flag football, squash and lacrosse. The IOC's executive board last week accepted a proposal by LA organisers for Twenty20 cricket, the sport's shortest format, to be included along with the four other new events. But the final choice still had to be voted on Monday at the IOC session in Mumbai, one of the global centres for cricket, as India hosts the men's 50-over Cricket World Cup.
MUMBAI :Cricket and flag football were among five sports added to the programme for the 2028 Los Angeles Games on Monday after gaining the approval of the International Olympic Committee as it looks to tap into new global audiences.