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Rugby, golf prepare final charge

Associated Press

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

COPENHAGEN -- After years of sales pitches and lobbying, the officials backing golf and rugby are days away from finding out whether those sports will return to the Olympic program. The IOC executive board has recommended the sports' inclusion in the 2016 Olympics -- awarded last Friday to Rio de Janeiro -- but they still need majority approval in separate votes by the full IOC assembly of 106 members. Each sport will make a 20-minute presentation Friday before the vote. Golf is proposing a 72 ...

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