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Seven Sports To Pitch Bids To IOC
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GB Staff on Thursday, November 13, 2008  4:24pm EST
 
Officials of seven sports - baseball, softball, golf, karate, roller sports,
rugby and squash - are in Lausanne Switzerland to pitch their bids Friday to the
International

Baseball Hopes Obama Could Help Its Return To Olympics
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GB Staff on Thursday, November 6, 2008  11:04am EST
 
The Associated Press reports that baseball officials think their sport could
have a better chance of getting back into the Olympics now that Barack Obama

Push For Equality In British Cycling At London 2012
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GB Staff on Wednesday, November 5, 2008  12:30pm EST
 
Dave Brailsford, British performance director, is angry that there are only
three women's track events compared to seven for men, and has been lobbying for

Netball In Olympics Gets New Supporter
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GB Staff on Sunday, November 2, 2008  9:13am EST
 
Cherie Blair, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has joined over
600,000 people to offer her support for netball's inclusion in the Olympic

Softball’s Push For Inclusion At Olympics Continues
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GB Staff on Friday, October 31, 2008  10:25am EDT
 
In a move to be reinstated onto the Olympic Program in 2016 after a highly
successful Beijing Olympic Games, the International Softball Federation (ISF)
Thursday

Golf Continues Campaign For Inclusion In Olympics
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GB Staff on Friday, October 17, 2008  8:38am EDT
 
The International Golf Federation (IGF) Olympic Committee is continuing its
efforts to add golf to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and is looking for
constituent

BackSoftball Campaign Enters Crucial Year
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GB Staff on Wednesday, October 15, 2008  10:18am EDT
 
International Softball Federation (ISF) President Don Porter said in a press
release he believes the next 12 months are the most important in the history

Netball Olympic Bid Campaign Has New Website
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GB Staff on Tuesday, October 14, 2008  10:54am EDT
 
The Co-operative that is backing a bid for netball to be included in the Olympic
Games has unveiled a new website, www.netballolympicbid.com, along with its

Major Softball Event To Boost Sport's Olympic Reinstatement
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GB Staff on Tuesday, October 7, 2008  11:32am EDT
 
Prague will play host to the first-ever World Girls' Youth Softball World Cup
August 9 to 16, 2009, less than two months before the International

Squash Launches Bid For Inclusion In 2016 Olympics
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GB Staff on Tuesday, October 7, 2008  11:26am EDT
 
Squash is launching a bid for inclusion on the 2016 Olympic program, during the
2008 Hi-Tec World Championships taking place in Manchester October 11 to