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Skateboarder Brown wins silver in Olympic qualifier
Great Britain's youngest Olympic medal winner, Sky Brown, wins silver at the World Skate Games in Paraguay, helping her LA 2028 qualifying hopes.
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Why you could represent GB in one of newest Olympic sports
The Los Angeles Olympics are just two years away but you could get there with a new sport as Great Britain's flag football team is on the lookout for new talent.
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South Africa hope to host first African Olympics
The International Olympic Committee confirms South Africa have shown an interest in becoming the first African host of the summer Olympics.
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2028 Summer Olympics
The 2028 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 2028 or LA28, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from July 14 to 30, 2028, in the United States. Los Angeles will be the host city, with various events also scheduled to be held at other cities spread across the Greater Los Angeles area, plus two subsites in Oklahoma City.
Los Angeles had originally bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Following multiple withdrawals, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved a process to concurrently award the 2024 and 2028 Games to Los Angeles and Paris as the two remaining candidates; Paris was preferred as host for 2024, while Los Angeles agreed to host in 2028.
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Goalball at the 2028 Summer Paralympics
Goalball at the 2028 Summer Paralympics will be held at the Peacock Theater, Los Angeles, United States. By July 2026, the event dates were finalised for Sunday 13 to and including Monday 21 August 2028, before the Games opening ceremony, allowing Para powerlifting to take place in the second week in the same venue.
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Flag football at the 2028 Summer Olympics
The flag football competitions at the 2028 Summer Olympics are scheduled to be held from July 15–22, 2028, at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, California. The sport of flag football is scheduled to make its Olympic debut after being added as host choice sport in October 2023.
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Twenty-eight by '28
The Twenty-eight by '28 initiative is an effort set forth by former Mayor Eric Garcetti that the City of Los Angeles complete 28 transportation infrastructure projects before the start of the 2028 Summer Olympics on July 14, 2028 (2028-07-14) and the 2028 Summer Paralympics the following month, part of "Vision 2028" mobility target plans by Los Angeles Metro. Most of the projects on the original list are funded through Measure R and Measure M and will receive accelerated priority, though several more were proposed by this plan.
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Football at the 2028 Summer Olympics
The soccer (association football) tournaments at the 2028 Summer Olympics will be held in Los Angeles and six other cities in the United States from July 10 to 29, 2028. Two different tournaments will be held in this sport: men's and women's.
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Casey Wasserman
Casey Wasserman (né Myers; born June 28, 1974) is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder of the Los Angeles-based sports, entertainment, and talent agency Wasserman.
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144th IOC Session
The 144th IOC Session was held in Costa Navarino, Pylos, Greece, from 18 to 21 March 2025. At this session, Zimbabwean former Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry was elected as the tenth President of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman and the first African to hold the position and succeeding the ninth President, German Thomas Bach.
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Cricket at the 2028 Summer Olympics
Cricket will be reintroduced to the Olympic program at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States, after it was last contested at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It will be held in Twenty20 International (T20I) format.
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2028 Summer Paralympics
The 2028 Summer Paralympics, also known as the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Paralympic Games, and branded as LA28, will be the 18th edition of the Summer Paralympic Games, an international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee. The Games are scheduled to take place from August 15 to August 27, 2028, in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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