Cricket has been approved for the Los Angeles Olympics by the International Olympic Committee’s executive board, with the IOC’s president, Thomas Bach, hailing the news as a “win-win” for all sides. Four other sports proposed by LA organisers – flag football, squash, baseball/softball and lacrosse – were also approved in Mumbai on Friday, and will now go to the IOC session this weekend for a vote, which will be a formality.
Bach revealed that the LA 2028 organising committee chief, Casey Wasserman, had needed very little persuading of cricket’s merits and had brought the idea of its inclusion up during a meal at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, last year.
