ICC nonetheless not shedding hope of that includes in 2028 Olympics after IOC launch ‘preliminary programme’ checklist

The International Cricket Council (ICC) just isn’t shedding hope of cricket being amongst “additional sports” to be performed on the 2028 Los Angeles Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) began the method of figuring out the core sports activities for the grand sporting spectacle.

The IOC on Thursday named 28 sports activities within the “initial programme” for the 2028 Olympics with skateboarding, browsing and sport climbing discovering locations in them. Boxing, weightlifting and trendy pentathlon had been excluded and the respective worldwide federations have been given time till 2023 to satisfy sure standards to safe their spot on the 2028 Games.The checklist could be put to vote within the IOC Session in Beijing in February subsequent yr for approval, which is more likely to be a formality.Host City Los Angeles also can suggest extra sports activities in 2023 to be included within the 2028 Games and the ICC is hoping that cricket is amongst sports activities to get the nod of the IOC.Baseball, softball and a model of American soccer could possibly be within the working to bid for extra sports activities in 2028 Olympics. “The process to pick additional sports by the host city starts next year (2023) and we are hoping cricket to be a part of that,” an ICC Board member, who’s aware of the method, instructed PTI on situations of anonymity.”We know it will be tough (for cricket to be included as an additional sport). There are no guarantees and we are up against some other great sports to try and get a spot in the 2028 LA Games.” In August, the ICC had expressed its intention to bid for cricket’s inclusion within the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, which additionally had the backing from the world’s richest board BCCI.The ICC has additionally shaped an Olympic Working Group which is able to work on making the sport a part of the Olympics ranging from 2028.“Our sport is united behind this bid, and we see the Olympics as a part of cricket’s long-term future. We have more than a billion fans globally and almost 90 percent of them want to see cricket at the Olympics,” ICC chairman Greg Barclay had said then.In 2024, the IOC will decide on the additional sports proposed by the LA Games organisers. Following Tokyo and Paris (2024), Los Angeles Olympics will be third host which will propose additional sports in its programme.Six new sports — baseball, softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing — featured at the Tokyo Olympics as additional sports. Surfing and break-dancing will be among additional sports in the 2024 Paris Games.Host cities were allowed to proposed additional sports as part of he IOC’s “Agenda 2020” reforms with an goal to assist host nations’ most performed sports activities acquire publicity by way of the Olympics.Till 2016, there was a cap of 28 sports activities in Olympic programme nevertheless it was dropped by the IOC in a 2014 resolution. Now, every summer time Olympics can be restricted to 10,500 athletes and 310 occasions.The IOC has an inventory of important sports activities which had been virtually at all times current on the Olympics.