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Martin Gillingham: Can the Diamond League really sparkle?

  • Inside the Blogs

The sport is not like golf or tennis which has a number of events which are of equal importance to its

I am thinking events like Wimbledon and the US Open in tennis and the Masters and British Open in golf


England World Cup winner backs rugby Olympic bid

  • Rugby Sevens

MARCH 6 - FORMER England captain Lawrence Dallaglio (pictured) has become he latest high-profile figure to back rugby sevens bid to get voted onto the Olympic programme for the 2016 Games.

International Olympic Committe (IOC) vote at its Session in Copenhagen in October.The others are baseball, golf


Double boost for rugby sevens Olympic bid

  • Archive News

MARCH 5 - RUGBY SEVENS campaign to get into the 2016 Olympics received another boost today when the International Rugby Players' Association (IRPA) and England's Rugby Football Union both threw their support behind the bid.

The other sports are baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, squash and softball.


Double boost for rugby sevens Olympic bid

  • Rugby Sevens

MARCH 5 - RUGBY SEVENS campaign to get into the 2016 Olympics received another boost today when the International Rugby Players' Association (IRPA) and England's Rugby Football Union both threw their support behind the bid.

The other sports are baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, squash and softball.


Forget A-Roid, baseball is ready to return to the Olympics it claims

  • Archive News

  THE head of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) claimed today professional baseball's drugs issue is being dealt with and his sport is ready to return to the Olympic programme in 2016 with the best players available.

The others are golf, karate, roller sports, rugby sevens, softball and squash.  


Softball takes Olympic campaign to the White House

  • Archive News

  BACKSOFTBALL took its campaign for Olympic reinstatement right to the top when its Task Force Co-Chair Donna de Varona met with new United States Vice-President Joe Biden.

The others are baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, rugby sevens and squash.


Golf makes pitch for 2016 Olympics

  • Archive News

  The International Golf Federation (IGF) has announced that a 76-page detailed questionnaire has been

joint secretary of the IGF, and PGA Tour executive Ty Votaw, executive director of the IGF Olympic Golf

The questionnaire sought specific information on various topics relevant to golf's bid, including how golf

Golf last appeared in the Olympics at St Louis in 1904.  

Olympic field of 60 players for each of the men's and women's competition, utilising the official world golf

Golf is one of seven sports being considered for inclusion starting with the 2016 Games.  


Michele Verroken: The new price to pay for being among the elite

  • The Big Read (Paralympics)

By Michele Verroken - 18 February 2009 In the short history of drug testing in sport, there used to be a time when to be included in the out of competition testing programme was regarded by the athlete as an indicator that you had “made it” into the elite of your sport.  

anti-doping policy, designed the Drug Information Database and now advises (among others) professional golf



Rugby submits questionnaire for 2016 to IOC

  • Rugby Sevens

    FEBRUARY 17 - RUGBY today submitted its response to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) 2016 Programme Review Questionnaire outlining its proposal to be readmitted to the Games after a 92-year absence.  

The others are baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, softball and squash.  


Rugby submits questionnaire for 2016 to IOC

  • Archive News

    FEBRUARY 17 - RUGBY today submitted its response to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) 2016 Programme Review Questionnaire outlining its proposal to be readmitted to the Games after a 92-year absence.  

The others are baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, softball and squash.  


Squash delivers case for inclusion in 2016 Olympics

  • Archive News

  FEBRUARY 17 - SQUASH has submitted its response to the 80–question International Olympic Committee Programme Review questionnaire for inclusion in the Games in 2016.

The other six are baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, rugby sevens and softball.


Softball returns 2016 questionnaire to IOC

  • Archive News

  FEBRUARY 16 - THE International Softball Federation (ISF) today reached another significant milestone in its campaign for reinstatement to the Olympic Games with delivery today of 2016 Programme Review Questionnaire.

They are baseball, golf, karate roller sports, rugby sevens and squash,   Further information is available


Boost for rugby sevens Olympic campaign

  • Archive News

 FEBRUARY 11 - RUGBY SEVENS efforts to get into Olympic programme for the 2016 has received a boost with getting provisional approval for inclusion on the programme of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC).

The others are baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, squash and softball.  


Boost for rugby sevens Olympic campaign

  • Rugby Sevens

 FEBRUARY 11 - RUGBY SEVENS efforts to get into Olympic programme for the 2016 has received a boost with getting provisional approval for inclusion on the programme of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC).

The others are baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, squash and softball.