Flag football was one of them, along with karate, break dancing, squash, lacrosse, kickboxing, cricket, motorsport and baseball-softball, which was dropped from the Olympic program again after Tokyo.

The International Olympic Committee included flag football as one of five new sports in the official program for the Los Angeles Games. The decision follows recommendations from the IOC executive ...

Flag football will become an Olympic sport for the first time in 2028, and Jim Mullin can see a day when the tackle game follows suit.

And, if you think about it, flag football actually makes sense as an Olympic sport. Starting with this summer's Tokyo Games, the IOC now allows host countries to propose adding sports that are ...