Category: 2028 Olympic Summer Games

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Disability and Sport Industry Veterans Form Disability & Sport Collective

A network of 11 sport industry leaders have launched the Disability & Sport Collective to foster a sport community that recognizes disability as a business imperative. The Collective aims to support sport organizations that create programs, experiences and environments that prioritize disability inclusion. The curated group of experts will work with organizations across the United […]

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Greg Fante (far right) joined Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (center) and a host of luminaries at the announcement. (Roscelle Griffin/Louisville Sports Commission)

Sticking the Landing: Greg Fante on How Louisville Got the USA Gymnastics Olympic Trials

When the call finally came, so did the tears. It’s not hard to understand why Greg Fante would become emotional upon hearing late last year that Louisville was the city of choice by USA Gymnastics to host that sport’s U.S. Olympic Trials in 2028. After all, Fante, the president and CEO of the Louisville Sports […]

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The KFC Yum! Center routinely holds more than 22,000 fans for basketball games and should be a hot ticket for the Trials. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)

Louisville to Host U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials in 2028

Louisville will be transformed into Gymnastics City USA in 2028 when it hosts the 2028 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials at KFC Yum! Center that June. The announcement was made on Wednesday by USA Gymnastics and the Louisville Sports Commission, but the process to bringing the premier national event one of the country’s most popular […]

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Global Ticket Sales Phase Opens for LA28 Olympic Summer Games

Tickets for the LA28 Olympic Summer Games have officially gone on sale to the general public worldwide. It comes after LA28 organizers said that ticket sales in last week’s LA and OKC Locals Presale had “significantly exceeded” first-week sales for any previous Olympic Games. They added that “hundreds of thousands” of Southern Californians had secured […]

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European Games Istanbul 2027 Sports Program Approved

The European Olympic Committees (EOC) Executive Committee has approved the sports program for the fourth European Games Istanbul 2027, strengthening the event’s role on Europe’s pathway to the Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028. The program, approved on March 13 during the EOC Executive Committee meeting, was developed in close cooperation with the […]

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The first tickets will soon go on sale for the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles (Credit: LA28)

LA28 Announces Verified Multi-Platform Ticket Resale Program as Ticket Drop Approaches

LA28 has announced its verified multi-platform ticket resale program will open in 2027 with multiple points of access for LA28 ticket resale, as the first ticket drop of the Olympic Summer Games approaches. Along with AXS and Eventim as the Official Secondary Ticket Marketplace, other verified resale platforms will include Ticketmaster and Sports Illustrated Tickets. […]

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IOC President Kirsty Coventry (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

IOC Policy Bans Transgender Athletes From Women’s Events

Only biological females will be eligible for any female category event at the Olympic Games, according to an announcement Thursday from the International Olympic Committee after the IOC’s executive board approved the policy. The decision will apply to the LA28 Olympic Games and is not retroactive, nor does it apply to grassroots or recreational sports. […]

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Liam Corrigan, Michael Grady, Justin Best, and Nick Mead won the first Olympic gold in the men’s four event sine 1960 at the Paris Games. (Courtesy USRowing)

Big Bear Lake to Host USRowing Training In Run-Up to LA28

USRowing is making a three-year commitment to train in California’s Big Bear Lake for three weeks in the springs of 2026, 2027 and 2028 leading up to the Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028. The partnership, which will officially be announced on March 26, is a joint effort among Visit Big Bear, the […]

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Mason Miller closed out Team USA's win in the WBC semifinals, putting the Americans one win from their second title. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

World Baseball Classic 2026: Complete Schedule, Venues and More

When last we saw the World Baseball Classic, one future Hall of Famer was striking out another future Hall of Famer — who just happened to be his MLB teammate — in the ninth inning to secure a one-run victory in a title game between Japan and the United States. It was the buzziest moment […]

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LA28 Surpasses 5M Registrations Milestone in Ticket Draw

Following the conclusion of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, LA28 has announced that it has surpassed five million registrations for the LA28 Ticket Draw. Since the ticket draw registration option opened on January 14, LA28 said that it had received an “unprecedented” number of registrations, including 1.5 million within the opening 24 hours, […]

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