Overview
- Jay Shah and the BCCI marked Olympic Day by promoting "Let’s Move +1 India" with the Abhinav Bindra Foundation and Reliance Foundation to highlight cricket’s Olympic return and India’s hosting ambitions.
- Cricket will feature at the 2028 Los Angeles Games for the first time since 1900, with six men’s and six women’s teams competing in the T20 format.
- Los Angeles organisers have allocated 90 athlete quotas per gender, allowing each cricket squad to name 15 players for a fast-paced tournament.
- India formalised its bid for the 2036 Summer Olympics, proposing Ahmedabad as a host city and joining contenders such as Poland, Indonesia and South Africa.
- The IOC and World Health Organization rolled out this year’s "Let’s Move?" theme to mark International Olympic Day and encourage global participation in physical activity.