Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games

LA28 has an estimated budget of nearly $7 billion to cover costs including the opening and closing ceremonies

Indian women's skipper Harmanpreet Kaur expressed her happiness at cricket being included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, saying that the team is looking forward to it

He also went on to highlight India's growing prowess in sports as they finished the 19th Asian Games with a record medal tally

IOC president Thomas Bach on Friday said that officials had accepted a proposal by LA organisers for cricket to be included as one of five new sports

International Olympic Committee, the panel responsible for organising the games is expected to make an official announcement soon, the committee is also expected to add squash and lacrosse

ICC has cited the Indian subcontinent's enormous cricket reach, 92 per cent of the one billion global cricket audience, in its push for the sport's inclusion in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

2028 Los Angeles Olympics organising committee Chairman Casey Wasserman has pushed for allowing for advocacy of anti-racism at the Games.

Rijiju announced the decision during the 'Fit Hai To Hit Hai Fit India' webinar which was attended by HRD minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal, P V Sindhu and Sunil Chhetri

The Olympic games hosted by Mumbai and Pune, driven by private enterprise, should be modelled on the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, curated by Peter Ueberroth, and the first Olympics to generate a surplus

The Olympic Games cost a great deal of money, and cost overruns are endemic

The agreement must still be approved by the Los Angeles City Council and the US Olympic Committee