Olympics

The International Softball Federation has officially launched its bid to get the sport back into the Olympic programme for the 2016 Games. The federation said its task force, headed by former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, met for the first time.

The International Softball Federation has officially launched its bid to get the sport back into the Olympic programme for the 2016 Games. The federation said its task force, headed by former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, met for the first time. Softball and baseball became the first sports to be cut from the Olympics since 1936 when the IOC voted them off the 2012 Games in 2005 over what the IOC saw as a lack of global appeal and reach.

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