MUMBAI: Cricket took a giant leap towards returning to the Olympic fold following an exile exceeding 120 years, after the International Olympic Committee's executive board approved its inclusion for the 2028 Los Angeles Games here on Friday.
Cricket, in its increasingly popular T20 format, was one among five sports - baseball/softball, flag football (non-contact American football), lacrosse (sixes) and squash being the other four - which the Los Angeles organising committee wanted added to the 2028 event.