Cricket gets Olympic Recognition

nasimul · #1 December 12, 2007, 05:06 PM

Cricket get Olympic Recognition by IOC for two years, usually granted to sports that are not part of the Olympic programme but conform to its ideals of youth promotion and anti-doping policies. Cricket could receive permanent status in 2009 and then will be eligible to be part of the Olympics. What do you think? Is it really going to be happen??

Source: http://news.smh.com.au/icc-hails-cri...1212-1gnk.html

Moshin · #2 December 12, 2007, 05:35 PM

They said cricket will played in the olympics in the 2020 olympics
thats a long way ahead, so i think no its not going happen

Sovik · #3 December 12, 2007, 05:43 PM

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It is likely that Twenty20 cricket, the shortest format of the game, will be played at the 2010 Asian Games in the Chinese city of Guangzhou.

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Rabz · #4 December 13, 2007, 01:55 AM

T20 will be a perfect addition in olympics, esp for the p.r. of cricket in world stage.

Antora · #5 December 13, 2007, 04:18 AM

well i would like cricket to be in the olympics.Maybe then we can win a few more medals

and i certainly think T20 will be the best!

kalpurush · #6 December 13, 2007, 09:34 PM

...and the first olympic cricket gold medal goes to...the cricket crazy nation...Bangladesh!

One World · #7 December 13, 2007, 10:29 PM

Will Olympic cricket get ICC recognition? Although I think most top nations will choose to send their youth team or academy team. In that case BD should mix up a team like that with 1 or 2 seniors. That might be a good practice IMHO.

betaar · #8 December 14, 2007, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by One World
Will Olympic cricket get ICC recognition? Although I think most top nations will choose to send their youth team or academy team. In that case BD should mix up a team like that with 1 or 2 seniors. That might be a good practice IMHO.

No, I say we send our national team and win like the Gothia cup that we won couple of decades ago.

arifur81 · #9 December 14, 2007, 10:57 AM

If they include cricket in Olympic, does that mean who ever wins they get 11 gold medals. if that the case then we should support the idea because in that way we can at least gets some medal on table, weather its gold , sliver or bronze.

LateCut · #10 December 14, 2007, 01:35 PM

Still counted as just one medal in medals table, brother! However, you do come home with al lot more hardware.

akabir77 · #11 December 14, 2007, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by arifur81
If they include cricket in Olympic, does that mean who ever wins they get 11 gold medals. if that the case then we should support the idea because in that way we can at least gets some medal on table, weather its gold , sliver or bronze.

it counts as one just like soccer or other team sports.