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BackSoftball Olympic Campaign Goes Worldwide
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GB Staff on Friday, March 20, 2009  11:11am EDT
 
The BackSoftball campaign for the sport's inclusion in the Olympic Games
continues to promote the sport worldwide with a senior team of representatives
travelling to

Canary Wharf Event To Boost Squash’s Olympic Bid
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GB Staff on Friday, March 20, 2009  11:09am EDT
 
Squash is campaigning for what it calls a "rightful place" in the 2016 Summer
Olympic Games, and is hoping the ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic

Squash 2016 Bid Launches Dedicated Website
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GB Staff on Monday, March 9, 2009  12:29pm EDT
 
Squash 2016 bid officials have launched a dedicated website to promote the
sport's inclusion in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. There are several ways to

Rugby Launches Bid For Olympic Inclusion
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GB Staff on Thursday, March 5, 2009  11:28am EST
 
Rugby is launching its bid for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games at the
opening match of the 2009 World Cup Sevens in Dubai.

Squash Unites For Inclusion In Olympic Program
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GB Staff on Monday, March 2, 2009  11:01am EST
 
World Squash Day on May 23rd is being re-branded as Squash 2016 Day in support
of the sport's bid for inclusion in the 2016 Olympic

Softball To Go Solo On Olympic Games Bid
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GB Staff on Friday, February 27, 2009  11:31am EST
 
Following a meeting Thursday with the International Baseball Federation (IBS)
for a combined Olympic bid to be reinstated in the Olympic Games program in
2016,

A Joint Baseball And Softball Olympic Bid?
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GB Staff on Thursday, February 26, 2009  11:12am EST
 
The presidents of the International Baseball Federation (IBF) and the
International Softball Federation (ISF) are scheduled to meet Thursday in
Orlando Florida to discuss baseball's

Women’s Boxing At London 2012 Games?
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GB Staff on Thursday, February 19, 2009  11:36am EST
 
The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) executive committee voted
unanimously Wednesday to bid for the inclusion of women's boxing in the
Olympics, starting with the

Softball, Rugby, Golf, Squash Submit Questionnaires To IOC
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GB Staff on Tuesday, February 17, 2009  12:19pm EST
 
Four international sports federations - softball, rugby, golf and squash - have
submitted their questionnaires to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to
have their sport

Softball Federation Opens European Office
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GB Staff on Thursday, February 5, 2009  2:31pm EST
 
The International Softball Federations (ISF), lobbying for the sport to be
included in the Olympic Games, opened its first European office in Lausanne
Switzerland Thursday,