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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Exclusive by Sean Ingle

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

England celebrate after winning the Men’s T20 World Cup final against Pakistan in November 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
England celebrate after winning the men’s T20 World Cup final against Pakistan in November 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Photograph: Morgan Hancock/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Cricket has won its battle to be added to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic programme, and will be joined by squash, lacrosse, flag football and baseball/softball in a bumper programme.

The decision of the LA organising committee to pick squash, which has lobbied for decades to make the Games, and lacrosse, which last appeared in 1908, counts as a double surprise.

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