Non-Olympic Sports

IBAF consolidate relationships with Asian leagues as they pledge support to baseball-softball 2020 campaign

By James Crook at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo

April 14 - The Commissioners of the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean baseball leagues have pledged their support to the newly-formed baseball-softball governing body, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), and their campaign to gain reinstatement to the Olympic programme.

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Delegates arrive in Tokyo in preparation for baseball-softball joint campaign launch

By James Crook at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo

April 13 - A sense of anticipation is building here today on the eve of a landmark announcement which will see the merging of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and the International Softball Federation (ISF), with the newly-formed World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) also set to launch its campaign to re-gain a place on the Olympic sports programme for 2020.

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Karate 2020 Olympic bid gets support bidding countries

By Tom Degun

April 11 - The World Karate Federation (WKF) campaign to join the 2020 Olympics programme has received a boost after the national teams of Turkey, Japan and Spain, the three countries bidding to host the 2020 Games, pledged their support.

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New baseball-softball confederation set to be confirmed as campaign for Olympic reinstatement gathers pace

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

April 8 - Baseball is set to officially cement its new partnership with softball as the two sports step up their campaign to get back onto the Olympic programme for 2020.

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Red-hot Ashour makes squash world rankings history

By James Crook

April 4 - Following an incredible run of form, Ramy Ashour has smashed the record average points total for the Dunlop Professional Squash Association (PSA) Men's World Squash Rankings after staying undefeated since last May, accumulating 36 consecutive wins.

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Impressive social media figures boost karate 2020 Olympic bid

By Tom Degun

March 26 - Karate's bid to join the sports programme for the 2020 Olympic Games has received a timely boost with latest figures showing that the Official World Karate Federation (WKF) YouTube Channel has received nearly two million visits.

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IOC confirm date for crucial 2020 bid sport presentations

By Tom Degun

March 24 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have confirmed that the sports bidding for a place on the programme at the 2020 Olympic Games will all present to their Executive Board on Wednesday, May 29 in St Petersburg with a final shortlist set to be announced on the same day.

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Squash still confident of 2020 Olympic bid despite wrestling pressure

By Tom Degun at Canary Wharf in London

March 19 - Squash remains confident that its bid to join the Olympic programme for 2020 will be successful, despite the dynamics of the race having been changed dramatically after wrestling was dropped from the list of core sports.

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Dunlop renews World Squash Federation agreement into fifth decade

By James Crook

March 15 - Dunlop have extended their agreement with the World Squash Federation (WSF), which will see the brand's status as the governing body's official ball supplier on to its 50th year and beyond.

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We are supportive of both wrestling and baseball/softball, says USOC chief executive

By Emily Goddard

By Emily Goddard

March 8 - Scott Blackmun, chief executive of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has claimed his organisation backs both wrestling and baseball/softball, and hopes to see both on the shortlist being presented to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members who will decide the fate of the disciplines hoping to make it onto the core sports programme.

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International Softball President pays tribute to Chávez after death

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

March 6 - Tributes have been paid by the softball community to Venezuelan President, Hugo Chávez, who has died of cancer.

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World Baseball Classic latest chance to show Olympic credentials

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

March 2 - The World Baseball Classic began in Taichung, Taiwan, today when the hosts beat Australia 4-1 as the sport hopes a good tournament will help it regain its place in the Olympic programme for 2020.

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WKF reveals impressive final statistics from World Karate Championships

By Tom Degun

March 1 - The World Karate Federation (WKF) has revealed a number of impressive statistics from the 2012 World Championships that took place in Paris at the end of last year, with a total of 55,000 spectators having attended the five days of competition.

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Nicol and Garner to boost squash Olympic bid with seven continent challenge

By Mike Rowbottom

By Mike Rowbottom

February 27 - British former squash internationals Peter Nicol and Tim Garner are to raise the profile of their sport's campaign to join the Olympics in 2020 by playing seven matches in seven days on seven different continents.

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Federer backs squash bid for 2020 Olympic Games

By Tom Degun

February 17 - Tennis icon Roger Federer (pictured left) has pledged his support for squash's bid to join the 2020 Olympic Games sports programme.

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