EXCLUSIVE: Cricket’s bid to be included within the 2028 Olympics receives a lift as Los Angeles organisers ship delegation to Birmingham to look at ladies’s T20 at Commonwealth Video games
- Los Angeles 2028 Olympics already has 28 sports activities confirmed on its schedule
- However the host metropolis can suggest further ones to the IOC for inclusion
- Crickets is certainly one of 9 sports activities vying for a spot and can pitch later this month
- 4 members of the LA 2028 staff are in Birmingham to look at T20 matches
Cricket’s bid to be included within the Olympics has obtained a lift after Los Angeles 2028 organisers despatched a delegation to examine the T20 competitors on the Commonwealth Video games.
Sportsmail understands 4 members of the LA 2028 staff are in Birmingham to look at the ladies’s event as they mull over which sports activities they need to add to their programme.
The LA Olympics already has 28 sports activities confirmed on its schedule, however the host metropolis can suggest new ones to the Worldwide Olympic Committee, who would doubtless settle for any ideas.
Cricket is certainly one of 9 sports activities vying for a spot and it’s understood the Worldwide Cricket Council will state their case for LA 2028 at a gathering later this month.
The governing our bodies of breakdancing, baseball/softball, flag soccer, lacrosse, karate, kickboxing, squash and motorsport have additionally been invited to present shows and a call might be made subsequent 12 months.
A delegation from the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic committee is in Birmingham to look at ladies’s T20 cricket on the Commonwealth Video games
9 sports activities are vying for inclusion within the schedule for LA 2028, with cricket amongst them
Cricket has solely been within the Olympics as soon as earlier than – a one-off match between Britain and France in 1900 – however its inclusion within the Commonwealth Video games has opened the door for its return.
‘We’ve got declared our ambition to be concerned within the Olympic Video games,’ mentioned ICC chief government Geoff Allardice throughout final week’s AGM in Birmingham.
‘We’re helping the LA 2028 organisers and offering any info that can assist their evaluation of various sports activities close to addition to the Olympic programme.’
A brand new T20 cricket event – Main League Cricket – is because of launch within the US subsequent 12 months and there are plans to construct a ten,000-seater stadium within the Californian metropolis of Irvine, near LA, which may grow to be an Olympic venue.
The Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham encompasses a ladies’s 20-over competitors
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