Flag football is officially one of five new sports added to the Olympic program for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles. It will be the first time that flag football and squash will be in an Olympic Games. Baseball and softball have been in several Olympics, most recently in 2021 for the Tokyo 2020 Games. These sports will make the Olympic Games LA28 unique,” IOC president Thomas Bach said in a statement. Our Olympic sport program, in its entirety, reflects this belief,” the chairperson of the 2028 Games’ organizing committee, Casey Wasserman, said.

Source: CNN October 16, 2023 15:47 UTC