Current:Home > InvestCricket at the Asian Games reminds of what’s surely coming to the Olympics -Prime Money Path
Cricket at the Asian Games reminds of what’s surely coming to the Olympics
View
Date:2025-04-13 09:24:05
HANGZHOU, China (AP) — The Asian Games offer a preview of what could soon be coming to the Olympics. That’s surely the case with cricket, which seems headed to the Olympic program as soon as the 2028 Los Angeles Games or the 2032 Brisbane Games.
India’s women won the gold medal on Monday at the Asian Games, defeating Sri Lanka in the 20-overs format. India scored 116-7 to beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs. The Sri Lankans scored 97-8.
“On this kind of wicket, we thought even if we scored something near the 120-run mark, we could defend it because we have a strong bowling unit,” India cricketer Minnu Mani said.
In the bronze medal game, Bangladesh scored 65-5 to defeat Pakistan, which scored 64-9. Bangladesh won by five wickets with 10 balls remaining.
“Our players had to hold on to their nerves and make it possible,” Bangladesh coach Hashan Tillakaratne said.
The men’s cricket final at the Asian Games is Oct. 7, which could generate a massive television audience if archrivals India and Pakistan face off. That final, however, could be overshadowed by the start of the Cricket World Cup in India, which runs Oct. 5-Nov. 19.
The International Olympic Committee earlier this month delayed a decision about adding cricket and several other sports to the Los Angeles Games. The IOC has given no clear timetable about when a decision about cricket will be made.
Cricket appeared in the Olympics for the only time in 1900 at the Paris Games.
Cricket’s return would be a big source of television revenue for the IOC, which generates more than half of its billions in income from selling television rights.
WORLD RECORD
India set the first world record of the Asian Games in the 10-meter team rifle event. The new mark is 1,893.7 points. The old mark was set last month by a Chinese team.
The record gave India its first medal at the Asian Games. The Indian team members were Rudrankksh Patil, Divyansh Panwar and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar.
NORTH KOREA MEDAL
North Korea, appearing in its first international multi-sport event since the 2018 Asian Games, took bronze on Sunday in judo. Chae Kwanglin won the medal in the 60-kilogram class.
The Asian Games involves about 12,400 competitors from 45 nations and territories with 481 gold medals on the line.
CHINESE ROWING
China won 11 of the 14 gold medals in rowing, a sport it has dominated in the Asian Games since it was introduced in 1982. The two days of rowing wrapped up on Monday. The first gold medal in the Asian Games was awarded on Sunday in rowing. China won that one.
CHINA MEDALS
The race to the top the medal table is no race at all. Through the first 50 gold medals awarded, China has won 32. It also has won 50 medals overall, far ahead Japan and South Korea, the main competition.
China won almost 300 medals in Indonesia at the 2018 Asian Games and seems certain to surpass that total at home.
___
AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/2024-paris-olympic-games
veryGood! (2)
Related
- The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees
- Car dealerships are being disrupted by a multi-day outage after cyberattacks on software supplier
- US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan
- Family wants DNA testing on strand of hair that could hold key to care home resident’s death
- The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot, watchdog finds
- L.A. woman Ksenia Karelina goes on trial in Russia, charged with treason over small donation for Ukraine
- Joe Alwyn Shares Insight Into Bond With Sweet, Funny, Brilliant Emma Stone
- 1996 cold case killings of 2 campers at Shenandoah National Park solved, FBI says, pointing to serial rapist
- Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
- University board announces new chancellor at NC A&T
Ranking
- New Zealand official reverses visa refusal for US conservative influencer Candace Owens
- Looking to celebrate the cicada invasion of 2024? There's a bobblehead for that.
- A'ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark lead first round of WNBA All-Star voting
- Athletics to move to 1st week of 2028 Olympics, swimming to 2nd week, plus some venues changed
- Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast
- Donald Sutherland's ex Jane Fonda, son Kiefer react to his death at age 88: 'Heartbroken'
- Capital murder charges filed against 2 Venezuelan men in the death of a 12-year-old girl in Houston
- Americans may struggle for another five years as buying power shrinks more, report says
Recommendation
Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan
Mbappé watches from subs’ bench as France and Netherlands produce Euro 2024’s first 0-0
Shooting at grocery store in south Arkansas kills 2 and wounds 8 others, police say
What were Tom Selleck's juicy final 'Blue Bloods' words in Reagan family
Hawaii Five-0 Actor Taylor Wily Dead at 56
Judge in Trump classified documents case to hear arguments over Jack Smith's appointment as special counsel
A year in, Nebraska doctors say 12-week abortion ban has changed how they care for patients