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Express Tribune
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
West Indies issue LA 2028 Olympic cricket plea
The Caribbean islands who compete in world cricket tournaments as the West Indies are in danger of missing out entirely on possible qualification for the LA Olympics. Photo: AFP/File Cricket West Indies have urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to give Caribbean nations a chance to qualify for the 2028 Los Angeles Games and avoid the region being "shut out of history". LA 2028 will see cricket returning to the Olympics for the first time since 1900, with a six-team T20 event in both the men's and women's game set to be included in the programme. The ICC, cricket's global governing body, have yet to announce the qualification process but there are concerns in the West Indies, long one of the sport's established major international teams and the one closest geographically to Los Angeles, that their constituent countries could be excluded. That's because while the likes of Barbados, Jamaica — the home of Games sprint great Usain Bolt — Antigua and Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago compete under the West Indies banner when it come to international cricket, those territories are all individual entities at an Olympics. So if cricket qualification for LA 2028 is to be decided primarily on the basis of world rankings, the event could go ahead without any Caribbean involvement at all. "All we are asking is that our individual nations' exceptional Olympic legacy be considered in the conversation," CWI chief executive Chris Dehring said Thursday. "Our nations have proudly flown their individual flags atop Olympic podiums as perennial gold medallists. "Now, with cricket's inclusion, we must ensure that our cricketers are not shut out of history. We are ready to collaborate. We are ready to compete. But above all, we are asking for fairness." CWI appear to accept there is no prospect of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowing a West Indies team to compete at LA 2028, even though their men's side were T20 world champions in 2012 and 2016 -- when their women took the equivalent female global title. But in a letter to the ICC, CWI suggested two possible routes for regional representation. The first would see an inter-Caribbean qualifying tournament should the West Indies men or women find themselves in a qualifying position, allowing the winner to take the region's spot. In the second, a dedicated regional qualifying process involving each of the West Indies independent nations would take place. CWI president Kishore Shallow added: "The Caribbean has always punched above its weight at the Olympics, inspiring the world with our athletic brilliance. "Cricket's return to the Games in 2028 must not exclude our young cricketers from the same dream that has inspired our athletes."
NDTV
15-05-2025
- Sport
- NDTV
West Indies Issue Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Cricket Plea
Cricket West Indies have urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to give Caribbean nations a chance to qualify for the 2028 Los Angeles Games and avoid the region being "shut out of history". LA 2028 will see cricket returning to the Olympics for the first time since 1900, with a six-team T20 event in both the men's and women's game set to be included in the programme. The ICC, cricket's global governing body, have yet to announce the qualification process but there are concerns in the West Indies, long one of the sport's established major international teams and the one closest geographically to Los Angeles, that their constituent countries could be excluded. That's because while the likes of Barbados, Jamaica -- the home of Games sprint great Usain Bolt -- Antigua and Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago compete under the West Indies banner when it come to international cricket, those territories are all individual entities at an Olympics. So if cricket qualification for LA 2028 is to be decided primarily on the basis of world rankings, the event could go ahead without any Caribbean involvement at all. "All we are asking is that our individual nations' exceptional Olympic legacy be considered in the conversation," CWI chief executive Chris Dehring said Thursday. "Our nations have proudly flown their individual flags atop Olympic podiums as perennial gold medallists. "Now, with cricket's inclusion, we must ensure that our cricketers are not shut out of history. We are ready to collaborate. We are ready to compete. But above all, we are asking for fairness." CWI appear to accept there is no prospect of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowing a West Indies team to compete at LA 2028, even though their men's side were T20 world champions in 2012 and 2016 -- when their women took the equivalent female global title. But in a letter to the ICC, CWI suggested two possible routes for regional representation. The first would see an inter-Caribbean qualifying tournament should the West Indies men or women find themselves in a qualifying position, allowing the winner to take the region's spot. In the second, a dedicated regional qualifying process involving each of the West Indies independent nations would take place. CWI president Kishore Shallow added: "The Caribbean has always punched above its weight at the Olympics, inspiring the world with our athletic brilliance. "Cricket's return to the Games in 2028 must not exclude our young cricketers from the same dream that has inspired our athletes." (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
RTHK
15-05-2025
- Sport
- RTHK
West Indies issue LA 2028 Olympic cricket plea
West Indies issue LA 2028 Olympic cricket plea Cricket returns to the Olympics in 2028 for the first time since 1900. Photo: AFP Cricket West Indies has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to give Caribbean nations a chance to qualify for the 2028 Los Angeles Games and avoid the region being "shut out of history." LA 2028 will see cricket returning to the Olympics for the first time since 1900, with a six-team T20 event in both the men's and women's game set to be included in the programme. The ICC, cricket's global governing body, has yet to announce the qualification process, but there are concerns in the West Indies, long one of the sport's established major international teams and the one closest geographically to Los Angeles, that their constituent countries could be excluded. That's because while the likes of Barbados, Jamaica – the home of Games sprint great Usain Bolt – Antigua and Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago compete under the West Indies banner when it comes to international cricket, those territories are all individual entities at an Olympics. So if cricket qualification for LA 2028 is to be decided primarily on the basis of world rankings, the event could go ahead without any Caribbean involvement at all. "All we are asking is that our individual nations' exceptional Olympic legacy be considered in the conversation," CWI chief executive Chris Dehring said on Thursday. "Our nations have proudly flown their individual flags atop Olympic podiums as perennial gold medallists. "Now, with cricket's inclusion, we must ensure that our cricketers are not shut out of history. We are ready to collaborate. We are ready to compete. But above all, we are asking for fairness." CWI appears to accept there is no prospect of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowing a West Indies team to compete at LA 2028, even though their men's side were T20 world champions in 2012 and 2016 – when their women took the equivalent female global title. But in a letter to the ICC, CWI suggested two possible routes for regional representation. The first would see an inter-Caribbean qualifying tournament should the West Indies men or women find themselves in a qualifying position, allowing the winner to take the region's spot. In the second, a dedicated regional qualifying process involving each of the West Indies' independent nations would take place. CWI president Kishore Shallow added: "The Caribbean has always punched above its weight at the Olympics, inspiring the world with our athletic brilliance. "Cricket's return to the Games in 2028 must not exclude our young cricketers from the same dream that has inspired our athletes." (AFP)
France 24
15-05-2025
- Sport
- France 24
West Indies issue LA 2028 Olympic cricket plea
LA 2028 will see cricket returning to the Olympics for the first time since 1900, with a six-team T20 event in both the men's and women's game set to be included in the programme. The ICC, cricket's global governing body, have yet to announce the qualification process but there are concerns in the West Indies, long one of the sport's established major international teams and the one closest geographically to Los Angeles, that their constituent countries could be excluded. That's because while the likes of Barbados, Jamaica -- the home of Games sprint great Usain Bolt -- Antigua and Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago compete under the West Indies banner when it come to international cricket, those territories are all individual entities at an Olympics. So if cricket qualification for LA 2028 is to be decided primarily on the basis of world rankings, the event could go ahead without any Caribbean involvement at all. "All we are asking is that our individual nations' exceptional Olympic legacy be considered in the conversation," CWI chief executive Chris Dehring said Thursday. "Our nations have proudly flown their individual flags atop Olympic podiums as perennial gold medallists. "Now, with cricket's inclusion, we must ensure that our cricketers are not shut out of history. We are ready to collaborate. We are ready to compete. But above all, we are asking for fairness." CWI appear to accept there is no prospect of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowing a West Indies team to compete at LA 2028, even though their men's side were T20 world champions in 2012 and 2016 -- when their women took the equivalent female global title. But in a letter to the ICC, CWI suggested two possible routes for regional representation. The first would see an inter-Caribbean qualifying tournament should the West Indies men or women find themselves in a qualifying position, allowing the winner to take the region's spot. In the second, a dedicated regional qualifying process involving each of the West Indies independent nations would take place. CWI president Kishore Shallow added: "The Caribbean has always punched above its weight at the Olympics, inspiring the world with our athletic brilliance. "Cricket's return to the Games in 2028 must not exclude our young cricketers from the same dream that has inspired our athletes." © 2025 AFP
Fox Sports
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
West Indies cricket goes to bat for a qualifying path to Los Angeles Olympics
Associated Press ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) — West Indies cricket wants its member countries and territories to have a way to qualify for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics if the composite side is prevented from entering the Games. Olympic rules exclude the West Indies from representing the region in its traditional guise when cricket returns after 128 years. Cricket West Indies officials said on Thursday they have written to the International Cricket Council to account for the region's 'unique configuration' when it comes to Olympic qualifying. The West Indies has 15 member countries and territories, of which a dozen have their own national Olympic committees. CWI is proposing two potential pathways to help its members qualifying. If rankings qualify the West Indies men's and women's teams then the region holds a domestic qualifying tournament to determine which country represents the West Indies. Or two, the West Indies members are involved in a global qualifying pathway including associate ICC members. 'We cannot let this once-in-a-generation (Olympic) opportunity for national development pass without creating a way for our countries to participate,' Chris Dehring, the CWI chief executive, said in a statement. "The spirit of the Olympic Games that we have played an important global role in fostering, demands nothing less. 'Our nations have proudly flown their individual flags atop Olympic podiums as perennial gold medalists. Now, with cricket's inclusion, we must ensure that our cricketers are not shut out of history. We are ready to collaborate. We are ready to compete. But above all, we are asking for fairness.' ___ AP cricket: in this topic
