Honduras defeated Costa Rica 4-0 in CONCACAF 2010 World Cup Qualifying on Wednesday August 12, 2009.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Golf Gets Nod by IOC for 2016 Olympics
International Olympic leaders are recommending golf and rugby for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Games.
The International Olympic Committee executive board selected the two Thursday from a list of seven proposed sports. Failing to make the cut were baseball, softball, squash, karate and roller sports.
The board will submit golf and rugby for ratification by the full 106-member IOC assembly in Copenhagen in October.
Golf was played at the 1900 Paris Olympics and 1904 St. Louis Games. Tiger Woods and other top players have said they would compete if the sport comes back in 2016.
Rugby was last played at the 1924 Olympics in the full 15-a-side format. It proposes to return in the short-format 7-a-side version for both men and women.
The final vote will be in October, requiring a simple majority vote by the full IOC. No word yet on if the two sports will be voted on individually or as a whole.
The International Olympic Committee executive board selected the two Thursday from a list of seven proposed sports. Failing to make the cut were baseball, softball, squash, karate and roller sports.
The board will submit golf and rugby for ratification by the full 106-member IOC assembly in Copenhagen in October.
Golf was played at the 1900 Paris Olympics and 1904 St. Louis Games. Tiger Woods and other top players have said they would compete if the sport comes back in 2016.
Rugby was last played at the 1924 Olympics in the full 15-a-side format. It proposes to return in the short-format 7-a-side version for both men and women.
The final vote will be in October, requiring a simple majority vote by the full IOC. No word yet on if the two sports will be voted on individually or as a whole.
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