Flag football and cricket in shake-up for LA Olympics

DECISION TIME: IOC president Thomas Bach. Pic: AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard

A decision on which new sports will be included in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics is likely to come in the next few weeks, the head of the International Federation of American Football said on Monday.

Flag football, a non-contact format of American football played by teams of five, is trying along with eight other sports to get onto the 2028 Games programme as one of the events that can be added by the local organisers.