Basketball on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will start two days earlier than the opening ceremony takes place on July 14, the game’s governing physique (FIBA) mentioned on Wednesday.
“This adjustment permits the quarter-finals to be performed over two days and also will make sure that no recreation will begin sooner than 12:00 PM, enhancing the general expertise for gamers, groups, followers and broadcasters,” FIBA mentioned after a gathering of its Government Committee.
In response to a preliminary model of the competitors schedule launched by organizers of the 2028 Olympics final month, the basketball medal matches can be held on July 29 and 30.
The basketball competitors will happen on the Inglewood Dome, with the US trying to defend their males’s and girls’s titles.
The 3×3 basketball competitions is scheduled to begin after the opening ceremony.
Numerous different sports activities like cricket, soccer, handball, area hockey and rugby sevens are additionally scheduled to start earlier than the opening ceremony.
—Reuters