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The 2028 Summer Olympics will introduce the sport of flag football for the first time. Two events, one for men and one for women, will be held. Flag football, a non-contact variant of American football in which players remove flags attached to the ball carrier instead of tackling them, was previously contested at the 2022 World Games and will be featured at the 2025 World Games.
On October 16, 2023, the NFL and IFAF announced the approval of flag football as an official sport in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [14] This will mark the first time that American football in any form will be featured in the Olympics since it was a demonstration sport in 1904 and 1932. Team USA will automatically qualify for the ...
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The Olympics reports that the United States is the pre-eminent nation in flag football, having won the last four men's World Championship titles and taking gold at the 2022 World Games.
All Olympic football tournaments from 1948 to 1980 were dominated by the Soviet Union and its satellites. [21] Between 1948 and 1980, 23 out of 28 Olympic medals were won by Eastern Europe, with only Sweden (gold in 1948 and bronze in 1952), Denmark (bronze in 1948 and silver in 1960) and Japan (bronze in 1968) breaking their dominance. The ...
For the 2028 Games, flag football is being considered as a discretionary sport along with lacrosse, squash, cricket, baseball-softball, karate, kickboxing and motorsports, as well as breakdancing ...
Flag football competition in the United Kingdom is, mostly, 5-a-side. There are two main organizations: The adult-only Outlaw Flag League, [40] which run Tournaments from March to October, culminating in playoff and championships. Secondly, the NFFL, The National Flag Football League, organized by The British American Football Association (BAFA ...
HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL. Southern Section playoffs. Tuesday’s Results. First Round. DIVISION 2. Long Beach Poly 20, Los Altos 0. Redondo Union 13, Corona 6