Cricket will return to the Olympics, after a long gap of 128 years, cricket will once again be seen in the Olympics.
Cricket Will Return To The Olympics.
Cricket will be played at the Pomona Fairgrounds in South California in the 2028 Olympic Games to be held in Los Angeles. A temporary cricket stadium will be built here for this. The organizing committee announced this on Tuesday.
Pomona’s fairgrounds, known as the Fairplex, are located about 50 km east of Los Angeles. It is a 500-acre event complex that has hosted the Los Angeles County Fair since 1922. The venue is known for concerts, trade shows, sports and cultural events. Events are held here throughout the year.
Last year, the India-Pakistan match in the T20 World Cup was played in New York
Last year, during the T20 World Cup held in USA and West Indies, the India-Pakistan match was played in New York. A pop-up stadium was built for this. Apart from this, World Cup matches were also played in Central Broward Stadium in Lauderhill and Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas.
Cricket will return to the Olympics, There will be 6 teams each in both men’s and women’s categories
A total of 6 teams each will participate in both men’s and women’s categories of cricket in the Olympic Games 2028. The International Olympic Committee has already announced this. All six teams in both categories can choose 15 members in their squads. Cricket was included in the Olympics last year. The T20 format of cricket has been selected in this.
Last time Cricket was played in the Olympics in 1900. Now, cricket will return to Olympic games.
Cricket was included in the Olympics only once. Cricket will return to the Olympics after 128 years. Earlier, cricket was included in the 1900 Paris Olympics. Then the teams of Great Britain and France participated in it. Great Britain won the gold medal and France won the silver medal. Only one match was played between the two teams and this match was declared the final.
No information yet about the qualification process
So far no information has been given about the qualification process for the 2028 Olympics. The USA is certain to play in the Los Angeles Olympics, as they will get the advantage of the host quota. This will mean that apart from the USA, five more teams will be able to participate and they will have to go through the qualification process.
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The 2028 Olympics will feature a total of 351 medal events, 22 more than the 329 events at Paris 2024. The total number of athletes is set at 10,500. These include 5,333 women and 5,167 men athletes.