Cricket may not be in LA for 2028 Olympics

Cricket might be forced to make its Olympic return outside Los Angeles, 2028 Games organisers said on Nov 14, following reports that the sport could be staged thousands of miles away in New York.

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Casey Wasserman, the chairman of LA28, told a news conference that officials were still searching for a venue for cricket, which has been included in the Olympic pro-gramme for 2028 more than a century after its only other appearance at the 1900 Games.

Wasserman said, however, that if a suitable site in Los Angeles could not be found, organisers would seek the best possible venue outside the city.

"We don't have a cricket venue in Los Angeles," he said following a visit by the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) coordination commission.