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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graham Dunbar

Olympic sports bodies want talks with IOC on threats from adding cricket and others to 2028 program

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Olympic sports bodies want urgent talks with the IOC about the risk of cuts in their revenue shares and medal events at the 2028 Los Angeles Games because cricket and other newcomers were added to the program.

The International Olympic Committee last month approved cricket, baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse and squash for 2028 and kept boxing, modern pentathlon and weightlifting — three sports whose status had been in doubt.

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