The
IOC
on
Thursday
(December
9)
named
28
sports
in
the
“initial
programme”
for
the
2028
Olympics
with
skateboarding,
surfing
and
sport
climbing
finding
places
in
them.
Boxing,
weightlifting
and
modern
pentathlon
were
excluded
and
the
respective
international
federations
have
been
given
time
until
2023
to
meet
certain
criteria
to
secure
their
spot
at
the
2028
Games.
The
list
would
be
put
to
vote
in
the
IOC
Session
in
Beijing
in
February
next
year
for
approval,
which
is
likely
to
be
a
formality.
Boxing,
weightlifting
among
3
Olympic
sports
in
danger
of
losing
2028
spot
Host
City
Los
Angeles
can
also
propose
additional
sports
in
2023
to
be
included
in
the
2028
Games
and
the
ICC
is
hoping
that
cricket
is
among
sports
to
get
the
nod
of
the
IOC.
Baseball,
softball
and
a
version
of
American
football
could
be
in
the
running
to
bid
for
additional
sports
in
2028
Olympics.
“The
process
to
pick
additional
sports
by
the
host
city
starts
next
year
(2023)
and
we
are
hoping
cricket
to
be
a
part
of
that,”
an
ICC
Board
member,
who
is
privy
to
the
process,
told
PTI
on
conditions
of
anonymity.
“We
know
it
will
be
tough
(for
cricket
to
be
included
as
an
additional
sport).
There
are
no
guarantees
and
we
are
up
against
some
other
great
sports
to
try
and
get
a
spot
in
the
2028
LA
Games.”
In
August,
the
ICC
had
expressed
its
intention
to
bid
for
cricket’s
inclusion
in
the
2028
Los
Angeles
Olympics,
which
also
had
the
backing
from
the
world’s
richest
board
BCCI.
The
ICC
has
also
formed
an
Olympic
Working
Group
which
will
work
on
making
the
game
part
of
the
Olympics
starting
from
2028.
“Our
sport
is
united
behind
this
bid,
and
we
see
the
Olympics
as
a
part
of
cricket’s
long-term
future.
We
have
more
than
a
billion
fans
globally
and
almost
90
percent
of
them
want
to
see
cricket
at
the
Olympics,”
ICC
chairman
Greg
Barclay
had
said
then.
In
2024,
the
IOC
will
decide
on
the
additional
sports
proposed
by
the
LA
Games
organisers.
Following
Tokyo
and
Paris
(2024),
Los
Angeles
Olympics
will
be
third
host
which
will
propose
additional
sports
in
its
programme.
Eyeing
LA
Olympics,
ICC
could
award
2024
T20
World
Cup
to
USA
Six
new
sports
–
baseball,
softball,
karate,
skateboarding,
sport
climbing,
and
surfing
–
featured
at
the
Tokyo
Olympics
as
additional
sports.
Surfing
and
break-dancing
will
be
among
additional
sports
in
the
2024
Paris
Games.
Host
cities
were
allowed
to
proposed
additional
sports
as
part
of
he
IOC’s
“Agenda
2020”
reforms
with
an
aim
to
help
host
countries’ most
played
sports
gain
exposure
via
the
Olympics.
Till
2016,
there
was
a
cap
of
28
sports
in
Olympic
programme
but
it
was
dropped
by
the
IOC
in
a
2014
decision.
Now,
each
summer
Olympics
will
be
restricted
to
10,500
athletes
and
310
events.
The
IOC
has
a
list
of
main
sports
which
were
almost
always
present
at
the
Olympics.
