Cricket set to make Olympic return after 128 yearsDecision on inclusion expected before end of the year
Cricket is closing in on an Olympic return, some 128 years since its last appearance, amid growing confidence of its inclusion at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles and beyond.
Sources have told the Guardian the prospect is now “very likely” that men’s and women’s Twenty20 competitions – with gold medals at stake – will finally make the cut for Olympic inclusion, opening up a potentially lucrative commercial market in the Asian subcontinent.
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