After 16 days of breathtaking and never-seen-before action, the Paris Olympics 2024 have finally come to an end. USA and China finished with 40 gold medals each but USA was the one with the top rank as they won more silver medals and more medals overall. Fans are already missing the greatest sporting competition and are in anticipation for the Olympic Games 2028 which is set to be hosted in Los Angeles. United States of America. There are several new games which are expected to debut or make their return in the Olympics in Los Angeles. Flag Football, Softball, Squash, Lacrosse and Cricket are the five games which are added to the next Olympics in Los Angeles. Cricket will be returning to the Olympics first time in 128 years. Will Cricket Replace Breaking at LA Olympics 2028? Here's A Look at Sports Included in Next Edition of Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

According to reports from Forbes, played in the three-hour T20 format, cricket will only feature six teams per gender in the Olympics, due to a strict quota of athletes, a low number of teams that has privately irked many smaller cricket nations who would not be able to qualify. A qualification format has yet to be revealed. England would play as Great Britain, in line with the rest of the Olympics, with Scottish and English players to join forces. Caribbean nations compete in cricket under the banner of the West Indies but take part as individual islands in the Olympics. Shan Masood, Jason Gillespie Praise Pakistan's Paris Olympics 2024 Gold Medallist Arshad Nadeem, Intend to Invite Him to Dressing Room for Pep Talk (Watch Video).

The British Commonwealth bat and ball game of cricket, deemed by some metrics at the world's second most popular sport, will return after its sole appearance in 1900 where only Great Britain and host France featured.  Cricket has been in discussions among the administrators and the IOC since the Beijing Olympics 2008 for a possible inclusion in the Olympics. Despite the talks, it never really materialised. Now a targeted push of cricket by the sport's governing body into the USA and the immense popularity of the Sport in South Asia has made the game to be included in the upcoming LA games.

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