Following a review by the Olympic Programme Commission, the IOC Executive Board puts the @LA28 Organising Committee's additional sports proposal to the IOC Session.
Baseball/softball, cricket (T20), flag football, lacrosse (sixes), and squash are the 5 sports submitted.
The last time lacrosse was in the Olympics was 1908.
The only two teams were Canada and the United Kingdom. Take a trip down memory lane with the match report and other findings:
https://t.co/h3YD2dm4iO
NEWS: Los Angeles 2028 Olympics have added the following sports per @guardian_sport
- cricket
- flag football
- baseball
- softball
(it's looking like lacrosse and squash could also be added)
Cricket’s global governing body told the IOC that adding the sport to the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles could command an additional $268 million in media money from India alone back in May. Read: https://t.co/HRmniRPWrN
Just remember when you are working with little kids, all the time you are banging on about technical stuff and tactics and all that really important coaching detail, in their heads they are playing a thumb war against themselves….
Great to chat with @NederlandLax and @PortugalLax about Sixes lacrosse this morning. Really interesting to share ideas and talk about the growth of the format.