Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced India’s ambitious aspiration to host the 2036 Olympics. The government’s commitment to making this dream a reality is certain, as Prime Minister Modi pledged to leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of this big sporting event on home soil. To kickstart this monumental effort, a joint committee, comprising […]

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially accepted the recommendation of cricket’s inclusion in the upcoming 2028 Olympic Games to be held in Los Angeles, USA. The decision was confirmed at IOC’s executive board’s meeting in Mumbai on Friday. A formal confirmation is expected to be announced on Monday. Notably, cricket had made its maiden (and […]

Australian captain Pat Cummins has responded directly to Indian counterpart Rohit Sharma’s suggestion of a three-match Test series for the ICC World Test Championship final. Drawing a comparison to the Olympics, Cummins emphasized that athletes win or lose medals for their country in a single attempt at the quadrennial event. His remarks followed Australia’s impressive […]

The 2024 edition of the T20 World Cup could see as many as 20 countries taking part in the quadrennial event as the ICC aims to expand the game to the global level. According to a report published in ESPNCricinfo, the ICC understands that for expansion of the game globally it needs to integrate more […]

The BCCI Apex Council has on Friday has taken a great decision where they have decided that, in principle, to allow both the men’s and the women’s teams at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles if cricket is included in the list. However, the women’s team will take part at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in […]

Australia’s limited-overs captain Aaron Finch and opener David Warner have raised concerns over the effectiveness of the self-isolation policy of the Australia government to restrict the COVID-19 pandemic. The Australian government had already announced that whoever reaching in the country from overseas will have to be in the self-isolate for 14 days starting Sunday midnight […]

The CEO of International Cricket Council (ICC) Dave Richardson believes the present impasse between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will be resolved soon. According to WADA’s revised ‘Code’ for signatories that came into effect in this April, BCCI has to comply with National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) […]

In a recent ICC survey reveals that 87% of fans want to see the T20 cricket in the Olympics. While the International Cricket Council (ICC) is widely interested to implement that in near future, the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) disinterest is becoming a big barrier for it. During a recent MCC […]

The chairman Mike Gatting of the MCC’s World Cricket Committee has “strongly urged” the BCCI to support cricket in the Olympics. The majority of ICC member nations are supporting cricket’s T20 format to feature in the Olympics. But BCCI, and also the England and Wales Cricket Board to some extent, has been uncertain. With the BCCI […]

Former cricketers want the shortest format of cricket to be a part of future Olympics, although they realize it might be at least a decade away. The introduction of T20 cricket to the Olympics formed a key part of MCC World Cricket committee meetings held in Sydney this week, with pundits keen to push for the […]