Baseball-softball, both won by Japan at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, was listed among the five additional sports proposed Monday by the organizers of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Cricket, flag football -- a limited-contact version of American football -- lacrosse and squash were the four other sports submitted by the LA28 Organizing Committee to the International Olympic Committee.
The IOC's Olympic Programme Commission will discuss the proposal and issue a recommendation to its Executive Board. If the recommendation is accepted, the board will present the proposal to the three-day IOC Session starting Sunday in Mumbai, India.
Among the nine sports that were being considered, karate, motorsports and kickboxing were left out, alongside breaking (breakdancing), which will make its Olympic debut next summer in Paris.
Baseball-softball was an additional sport at the Tokyo Olympics but was not selected for the 2024 Games.
Should they be picked, cricket will be back in the Olympic program for the first time in 128 years and lacrosse in 120 years.
Flag football and squash have never been contested at the Olympics.
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