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Olympic places decided by continents and play-offs
Qualification for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 will be decided based on continents and play-off matches, rather than the top six-ranked sides, says England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive Richard Thompson. Cricket is returning to the Games for the first time in 128 years and will be played as a six-team T20 tournament. Thompson said that the qualification process had not been finalised but that it would be decided geographically rather than by rankings."We are there by invitation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and you abide by their rules," Thompson told BBC Test Match Special."It is still being finalised but the IOC's preference is to work to the five-ring principle, with teams from each of the continents - so Europe would be between Ireland and Great Britain. We would unite with Scotland and create Team GB."It would throw up the opportunity, if you took the principle that USA would play as the host country, and that would free up one additional slot for every other full country to have a play-off match to enable one of them to qualify." Thompson also expressed an ambition for more than six teams to take part, with the 2032 Games to be played in Brisbane and likely a three-way tussle for 2036 between Qatar, Saudi and India - with the hope that the latter would see cricket at the "front and centre". He also said that talks are still ongoing regarding the opportunity for cricket in the Paralympics, but believes that its inclusion in the Games will "globalise" the sport. "At the moment we are a very significant international game, but once you're at the Olympics you become a global game. "China will only focus on sport that is in the Olympics, they will look to Hong Kong to be their outpost for cricket."The opportunity to grow the game globally is very, very real and it starts now and we'll certainly see that play out in 2028."The matches, featuring both men's and women's teams, will begin on 12 July - two days before the opening ceremony - with all matches staged at a venue which will be constructed at the Fairgrounds in will be two games played daily at Pomona - located 30 miles from the athletes' village in Los Angeles - starting at 09:00 and 18:30 Pacific Daylight matches will be shown at 21:30 and 07:00 India Standard Time (17:00 and 02:30 British Summer Time).
Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Daily Mail
Tottenham signing dazzles on a quiet debut for Viktor Gyokeres, Arsenal are faced with a preseason worry - and there's a new set-piece king in town: THINGS WE LEARNED from Spurs' 1-0 win over their rivals in Hong Kong
Tottenham claimed pre-season bragging rights over their bitter north London rivals with a 1-0 win in Hong Kong. Despite both sides creating chances, the looked set to enter the halfway point goalless before a moment of magic from Pape Matar Sarr. The 22-year-old netted a stunning effort from 45 yards to catch David Raya off his line and put Thomas Frank 's side into the lead on the brink of half time. The Gunners pushed for an equaliser following the restart but even the first glimpse of Viktor Gyokeres in an Arsenal shirt following his high-profile move wasn't enough to get them back into the game. Just days after being unveiled to Gunners fans, the Swedish striker endured a quiet afternoon after coming off the bench as Spurs held on to secure victory. NICK CALLOW analysed the game to bring you the seven things we learned from the first north London derby to be staged outside of the UK. Sarr from the halfway line Arsenal wanted tests and not friendlies in all of their matches here. They will not have been disappointed as sets of players got stuck. The only surprise was only one first-half yellow card for Rodrigo Bentancur for a revenge foul on Bukayo Saka. Arsenal were less impressed with Hong Kong referee Lau Fong Hei who missed a sneaky trip from behind on the rapidly breaking Myles Lewis-Skelly which allowed Pape Matar Sarr the time and space to shoot and score a cracker from inside the centre circle. It was made worse when the foul and the goal was replayed on the big screen as Sarr ran to celebrate his brilliant strike and third goal in three games in front of the Arsenal supporters and embarrassed Arsenal keeper David Raya, once again caught off his line. The first North London derby staged outside the UK had a real edge. Gunners' injury concerns Still no sign of Gabriel in the Arsenal squad as he battles back from hamstring surgery in April. Arsenal have two more pre-season matches to get him fit to face Manchester United on 17 August. It's a worry. In other defensive concerns, Jurrien Timber has not resumed full training this summer and Richy Calafiori is nursing yet another 'niggle.' Of worry for Tottenham was Dominic Solanke's absence - again. The star Spurs striker started against Reading earlier this month but missed the ensuing matches against Wycombe and Luton. He did train here on Tuesday night but was not even on the bench against Arsenal. He will hope to play a part in Sunday's match against Newcastle United, in Korea. Fans get behind debuting Gyokeres The biggest cheers of the night came two substitutes: Arsenal's Viktor Gyokeres and Tottenham's Son Heung-min. This represented a debut appearance for the Swedish striker and there were more than a few Gunners fans at the stadium sporting the new red and and white kit with his name and the iconic NO.14 on the back. The hype is real. 'Sonny' was the player all local Spurs fans wanted to see so the fact he started as a sub would indicate he will be sent out for a start in Korea at the weekend. Both came on with 15 minutes to go at a time when Spurs were hanging on and Arsenal were struggling to turn their possession into shots on target. Neither made much of an impact after all that! Packed house in Hong Kong Arsenal played in front of relatively small crowds for their matches against AC Milan and Newcastle in Singapore, but this was a 50,000 sell-out in Hong Kong. Both clubs reportedly received a £2m fee just for this match, with promotional fees coming in on top. Overall, both clubs will have travelled over 15,000 miles by the time they get back to north London, and both can hope to have netted well in excess of £10m with future even more lucrative commercial deals also now in the pipeline. Georgson works his magic Tottenham finally have a set-piece coach in former Arsenal man Andreas Georgson and instantly looked the better for it. They successfully fended off two new-look Arsenal corners early on and hit a post from their first dead ball. In a move that seemed to mirror Arsenal's successful tactics of last season, they packed the far post and Pedro Porro curled it their way, dangerously coming off the woodwork. David Raya also looked panicked at the next one, which also hit a post. Maybe Ange Postecoglou should have taken a leaf out of Arsenal's coaching manual too. Havertz has a point to prove Fit again, Arsenal forward Kai Havertz perhaps has the most to fear following the signing of Gyokeres. He finished last season injured and still as their leading scorer on nine Premier League goals and 15 overall. That might not cut it now Arteta has a proper goal-scoring alternative. Havertz battled away and led the line well but his shooting was not overly impressive before he was subbed for Big Vik. The Super Swede had one missed glancing header and did not get to have a single shot on goal in his 15 minute debut. Kudos for Kudus Tottenham's star midfield signing, Mohammed Kudus, already looks made for this Thomas Frank side. The Ghana international offers a threat lacking in the Tottenham squad of last season and pressed as well as he got forward. Tottenham's pressing all round was well coordinated, supported by a generally resilient defensive performance. If Thomas Frank can consistently make them tighter at the back, post more of a threat going forward than they did in this match and be generally more robust, they could be in for a better season than last. They look harder to beat at least.
BBC News
2 hours ago
- BBC News
Sarr scores winner in first overseas north London derby
Tottenham claimed a 1-0 victory over Arsenal in the first north London derby outside of the United Kingdom. Thomas Frank's side hit the woodwork three times in the first half at Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong, before midfielder Pape Matar Sarr's stunning 45th-minute winner from the halfway Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres did make his first appearance, coming off the bench in the second half, but was unable to prevent Spurs ending Mikel Arteta's side's perfect pre-season record.
