LIMA, Peru, CMC – For the primary time in its historical past, the Pan American Video games will function the game of cricket when it’s held in 2027. The choice was made following a current Panam Sports activities Govt Board assembly, through which cricket was chosen as one in every of 36 sports activities to be included within the continental occasion, scheduled to happen from July 16 to August 1, 2027.
Thirty-three of the sports activities had been chosen based on the preferences of the 41 Nationwide Olympic Committees that type the Panam Sports activities group, whereas the Lima 2027 organizers chosen the ultimate three.
The listing consists of Olympic staples corresponding to athletics, swimming, gymnastics, and soccer, in addition to continental favorites like baseball, rugby sevens, and browsing.
Skateboarding and sport climbing, two of the Olympic program’s newer additions, make their return.
“As Panam Sports activities, we have now taken an important step with the approval of the 36 sports activities for Lima 2027.
“We adopted a really democratic course of amongst all of the Nationwide Olympic Committees, and at the moment, the Govt Board has confirmed the sports activities of this system of our Pan American Video games,” mentioned the President of Panam Sports activities, Neven Ilic.
The Pan Am Video games will deliver collectively greater than 7,000 athletes from throughout the continent for the most important multi-sport occasion within the area.
