Cricket is back in the Olympics with five sports added to the 2028 Los Angeles Games by the International Olympic Committee yesterday. Flag football is in for a first time and baseball-softball, lacrosse and squash also made it, as sports proposed by Los Angeles officials and recommended by the IOC executive cleared a final hurdle yesterday from the full membership. Flag football and baseball-softball should put NFL and MLB players on the Olympic stage in five years' time. Football in its full-contact form was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Los Angeles Games. Lacrosse was twice played at the Olympics, but squash debuts.

Source: The Standard October 17, 2023 07:13 UTC