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Cricket set for return at LA Olympics - and in Brisbane

Los Angeles is set to host cricket's return to the Olympic Games after a 128-year hiatus, with men's and women's T20 tournaments pencilled in for 2028.

AAP

Cricket and non-contact American football among new sports set to feature at 2028 Olympics

Los Angeles committe makes proposal to IOC ahead of hosting Games

Evening Standard

IOC will consider adding flag football for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

The International Olympic Committee will vote on the proposal at meetings in Mumbai, India, later this week. Also on the LA proposal were baseball and softball, lacrosse, squash and cricket.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Cricket set to be included in Olympics, ICC 'delighted' after Los Angeles 2028 recommends inclusion

Cricket set to join Los Angeles 2028 Olympics; ICC delighted. Cricket to be included in Los Angeles 2028 Olympics,, ICC expresses delight. Cricket to be part of Los Angeles 2028 Olympics,

The Hindu

Flag football set to be included at Los Angeles Olympics in 2028

Flag football took a key step toward becoming an Olympic sport in 2028, a victory for the NFL and organizers in Los Angeles who will bring a distinctly American sport into the world’s largest sports festival

The Independent UK

Cricket, squash, lacrosse and flag football all set for 2028 LA Olympics

Plan for T20 tournament opens up potentially lucrative market in Asia

The Guardian - UK

It's time for India to bid for Olympics games, says Indian Olympic Association president P.T. Usha

P.T. Usha who took charge as IOA chief in December last year, said she was not at all surprised at India winning more than 100 medals in Hangzhou.

The Hindu

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Russian athletes allowed to compete as neutrals at next year’s Paralympics

The decision was taken at the IPC’s General Assembly in Bahrain on Friday.

The Independent UK

IOC allows Paris Olympics participants to wear hijabs at athletes’ village

French athletes are still subject to a headscarf ban as their sports federation restricts the hijab during the games.

Al Jazeera

IOC disappointed with IOA for not appointing CEO despite repeated reminders

Olympic Games, OCA

The Hindu

Cricket at the Asian Games reminds of what's surely coming to the Olympics

The Asian Games offer a preview of what could soon be coming to the Olympics

The Independent UK

IndianOil unveils India's first green hydrogen-run bus that emits just water

Indian Oil Corporation unveils India's first green hydrogen-powered bus; Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri flags off two buses for trial runs, with plans to scale up to 15 by 2023. Hydrogen emits only water vapour, has 3x energy density, and is a cleaner, more efficient choice to meet energy needs.

The Hindu

Unanswered questions over Peng Shuai show power of sport has its limits

For all the talk of sport as a catalyst for change, ongoing fears for former tennis star suggest oppressive regimes hold all the cards

The Guardian - UK

League of Legends, other esports join Asian Games in competition for the first time

The world of online gaming takes its place this year at the Asian Games as an official event for the first time, with gold medals in play across seven top titles

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Arunachal CM slams Beijing for denying visa to wushu athletes

Arunachal Pradesh CM Khandu condemns China for denying visas to wushu athletes, urges IOC to address issue. Union Minister Rijiju slams Beijing, lodges strong protest. Thakur cancels visit to China as mark of protest.

The Independent UK

The Asian Games: larger than the Olympics and with an array of regional and global sports

The Asian Games are an attention grabber

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian fencer Olha Kharlan: ‘With that black card they destroyed me, my country, everything’

After she was disqualified from the fencing world championships for not shaking Russian rival’s hand, Olha Kharlan plight has become a touchstone for a war-torn nation

The Independent UK

Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh proposed to be an Olympic committee member

Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh has been proposed to be a member of the International Olympic Committee

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The Independent UK

Asian Games set to go in China with more athletes than the Olympics but the same political intrigue

The Asian Games are set to go in China

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Blinken praises Ukraine’s strength as he visits basement where Russia imprisoned villagers – as it happened

US secretary of state hails ‘extraordinary resilience of Ukrainian people’ as he sees site where residents, including older people and children, were held captive

The Independent UK

French President Macron: 'There can't, obviously, be a Russian flag at the Paris Games'

French President Emmanuel Macron says the Russian flag has no place at next year’s Paris Olympics because of the war crimes committed by Vladimir Putin’s regime in Ukraine

Radio France Internationale

France's Macron says there 'can be no Russian flag' at Paris Olympics

As questions remain over the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, French President Emmanuel Macron has insisted that there is “no place” for Russia at the Games.

The Times of India

Decision on cricket's inclusion in 2028 LA Olympics delayed

MUMBAI: Cricket's wait to take the first giant step towards the Olympics has been delayed. An executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), supposed to be held on Friday in Lausanne, Switzerland to recommend the inclusion of cricket and eight other sports in the Los Angeles Olympics Games…

The Times of India

Recommendation on new sports for Los Angeles 2028 delayed: IOC

NEW DELHI: The International Olympics Committee (IOC) announced in Berlin on Wednesday that the final recommendation regarding the new sports to be included in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will not be made this week, as was originally planned.

The Independent UK

Cricket, breakdancing, 7 other sports still waiting for word on 2028 Los Angeles Olympic status

Cricket, breakdancing and flag football are still waiting to find out if they will be added to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

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