Wednesday 29 May 2013

Wrestling, baseball-softball and squash make list (Yahoo! Sports)

FILE - The Aug. 6, 2012 file photo shows Sayed Abdelmonem Hamed of Egypt competing against Zaur Kuramagomedov of Russia (in blue) during the 60-kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. IOC leaders have dropped wrestling for the 2020 Games in a surprise decision to scrap one of the oldest sports on the Olympic program. The IOC executive board decided Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1013 to retain modern pentathlon — the event considered most at risk — and remove wrestling instead from its list of core sports. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- Wrestling, squash and baseball-softball have made the IOC short list for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics.




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