Flag football, cricket, baseball-softball, lacrosse and squash were approved for inclusion at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles on Monday. It’s the first time flag football will be contested as an Olympic sport and the first time cricket returns to the Games since 1900.
The slew of sports were added by the International Olympic Committee during a meeting in Mumbai. All five sports were voted in as a single package with just two dissenting votes from about 90 IOC members in the room, according to the Associated Press.
Former Patriots and Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski already has expressed his interest in competing in Olympic flag football before the vote was even held.
