Cricket's return to the Olympics for the first time since 1900 has been confirmed after International Olympic Committee members voted to include the sport in the 2028 Games.
Flag football, squash, lacrosse and baseball/softball have also been accepted for Los Angeles.
Only two delegates at the IOC session in Mumbai on Monday voted against the new sports.
There is expected to be both a T20 men's and women's tournament.
Organisers for the LA Games have proposed a six-team event, but no firm decision has been made on the number of teams, or how they will qualify.
If it's 6 countries and they are the best, they almost choose themselves. Unlikely to be the best players though as will clash with other more lucrative tournaments.
If it's 6 countries and they are the best, they almost choose themselves. Unlikely to be the best players though as will clash with other more lucrative tournaments.
Smack in the middle of our domestic season...LA would be rather hot in July.
Lacrosse and baseball/softball are classic home inclusions. Maybe London 2012 should have included darts and bowls!
the Olympics i m o should be restricted to the 'traditional' track and field sports .. rowing, cricket, squash, tennis and the rest are misplaced, how many Ethiopians or Kenyans have access to a squash court or a pair of sporting oars ?
the Olympics i m o should be restricted to the 'traditional' track and field sports .. rowing, cricket, squash, tennis and the rest are misplaced, how many Ethiopians or Kenyans have access to a squash court or a pair of sporting oars ?
How many Carter's have access to long, high East African ranges and genealogy to be the next long distance starlet
In seriousness I agree mostly, although touch rugby/flag football can absolutely get in the sea
the Olympics i m o should be restricted to the 'traditional' track and field sports .. rowing, cricket, squash, tennis and the rest are misplaced, how many Ethiopians or Kenyans have access to a squash court or a pair of sporting oars ?
There speaks someone who has never been to a beach volleyball tournament
the Olympics i m o should be restricted to the 'traditional' track and field sports .. rowing, cricket, squash, tennis and the rest are misplaced, how many Ethiopians or Kenyans have access to a squash court or a pair of sporting oars ?
Nothing wrong with squash or rowing. The Olympics should be the pinnacle achievement in that sport which is why having football is so wrong. Breakdancing which is being introduced next year is already out! I'm going to wrestling and weight lifting next year, both are proper Olympic sports.
Becoming a joke now and ten pin bowling still can't get in.
What about shove ha'penny? It's about time it has its day.
I think making Conkers an Olympic sport could reinvigorate the activity, encouraging little kids to hunt out conkers again, thus removing them from the footpaths around here and preventing me from slipping over and demonstrating another potential new sport, Far Arse Flying.
the Olympics i m o should be restricted to the 'traditional' track and field sports .. rowing, cricket, squash, tennis and the rest are misplaced, how many Ethiopians or Kenyans have access to a squash court or a pair of sporting oars ?
How many Carter's have access to long, high East African ranges and genealogy to be the next long distance starlet
In seriousness I agree mostly, although touch rugby/flag football can absolutely get in the sea
I should have also added about the cost of putting on the 'peripheral games' ..
If it's 6 countries and they are the best, they almost choose themselves. Unlikely to be the best players though as will clash with other more lucrative tournaments.
Smack in the middle of our domestic season...LA would be rather hot in July.
Lacrosse and baseball/softball are classic home inclusions. Maybe London 2012 should have included darts and bowls!
LA isn't really too bad in July, usually August and then definitely September are when it starts to get really hot. This is obviously changing as the world slowly cooks us, but that generally seems to be the case.
Also, this doesn't necessarily include parts of LA like the Valley where it can hit 100 for large stretches of the summer, but I would still say September is the worst month. There's something called "June Gloom" where you get a marine layer in the mornings that keeps things cool, and that can often extend into July where it's quite pleasant. I was at a baseball game at the end of June this year in Anaheim (not in LA but similarly inland to parts of LA) and it was maybe 85F at the peak of the afternoon (2-3pm-ish) and it was quite pleasant. Again, all subject to change, but hopefully it'll be quite nice.
When I first started uni in Norwich I remember having a conversation with two of my flatmates in which I had to explain at length that it never rained in LA during the summer and that we could go from April to October without rain easily.
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Cricket's return to the Olympics for the first time since 1900 has been confirmed after International Olympic Committee members voted to include the sport in the 2028 Games.
Flag football, squash, lacrosse and baseball/softball have also been accepted for Los Angeles.
Only two delegates at the IOC session in Mumbai on Monday voted against the new sports.
There is expected to be both a T20 men's and women's tournament.
Organisers for the LA Games have proposed a six-team event, but no firm decision has been made on the number of teams, or how they will qualify.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/67120460
Lacrosse and baseball/softball are classic home inclusions. Maybe London 2012 should have included darts and bowls!
In seriousness I agree mostly, although touch rugby/flag football can absolutely get in the sea
Also, this doesn't necessarily include parts of LA like the Valley where it can hit 100 for large stretches of the summer, but I would still say September is the worst month. There's something called "June Gloom" where you get a marine layer in the mornings that keeps things cool, and that can often extend into July where it's quite pleasant. I was at a baseball game at the end of June this year in Anaheim (not in LA but similarly inland to parts of LA) and it was maybe 85F at the peak of the afternoon (2-3pm-ish) and it was quite pleasant. Again, all subject to change, but hopefully it'll be quite nice.
When I first started uni in Norwich I remember having a conversation with two of my flatmates in which I had to explain at length that it never rained in LA during the summer and that we could go from April to October without rain easily.