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Only six teams will play cricket at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. (BCCI)

Cricket in 2028 Olympics: Organisers confirm six teams will participate at LA Games

April 10, 2025 2:25 pm

Organisers confirmed on Wednesday that the LA tournament would be played in the T20 format with six teams competing in both the men’s and women’s competitions.

Flame vs Fire: What ongoing wildfires mean for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games

January 17, 2025 3:55 pm

After wildfires have reduced parts of Los Angeles to ash, many have called for the 2028 Olympic Games to be shifted to Dallas or Miami. Others, however, want to rebrand it as the ‘Recovery Olympics’

How to reduce costs of hosting Olympics? Host games in 5 cities across 5 continents, suggests IOC presidential candidate

December 24, 2024 7:34 pm

Morinari Watanabe, one of the seven candidates to replace Thomas Bach as president of the IOC, said his idea would enable many more cities -- even small cities -- to consider hosting the Games

Tom Cruise carries the Olympic flag during the Paris 2024 Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France

To match Paris 2024, Los Angeles faces Mission Impossible

August 13, 2024 5:04 pm

Paris 2024: These weren’t just one of the best Olympics ever, Paris may have also rescued the brand Olympics. After the financial and infrastructural issues at Rio 2016 and the pandemic-hit Games of Tokyo 2020, the Games were fighting for relevance.

Ahead of Lakshya Sen's bronze medal match at Olympics, know how playing badminton enhances overall health

August 05, 2024 9:30 am

Badminton involves a whirlwind of quick movements -- lunging, jumping, diving, and sprinting

Trump slams 2024 Paris Olympics' opening ceremony, says 'it was a disgrace'

July 30, 2024 10:04 pm

Trump, who was speaking at 'The Ingraham Angle' added that if he were to influence the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, "We won't be having a Last Supper as portrayed the way they portrayed it the other night."

Currently, Manu Bhaker is pursuing a degree in Public Administration at Punjab University.

Manu Bhaker: This Olympic medal winner is an alumnus of Delhi University's LSR, a student of Punjab University

July 31, 2024 6:23 pm

Born in 2002 in Goria village of Jhajjar district in Haryana, Bhaker graduated from Lady Shri Ram College For Women–Delhi University (LSR–DU), where she bagged a degree in BA (Hons) Political Science.

Manu Bhaker poses with her bronze medal in the 10m air pistol women's final round at the Paris 2024 Olympics in Chateauroux. She's India's first medallist at Paris 2024, Bhagavad Gita (AP Photo)

‘Do your thing and let it all be’: Know psychology behind this teaching from The Bhagavad Gita that helped Manu Bhaker win historic Olympic medal

July 30, 2024 10:55 am

This particular teaching from The Bhagavad Gita “resonates deeply with modern psychological strategies for managing performance anxiety,” says Gurleen Baruah, occupational psychologist and executive coach at That Culture Thing

The Olympics are coming to the capital of fashion. Expect uniforms befitting a Paris runway

July 25, 2024 6:11 pm

It’s no surprise that fashion designers across the globe are busy getting their national team uniforms ready for their unique spotlight.

Approval of the future sports on the LA Olympics Games 2028. Photograph: IOC/Greg Martin

Faster, higher, stronger… warmer: How future editions of Summer Olympics could evolve due to climate change

October 20, 2023 7:41 am

With India interested in hosting a Summer Olympics in just over a decade, what will the Olympics of the future look like? Will the sports be more indoorsy to protect athletes from the elements? Could they be held in more than one country?