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Softball, squash, baseball, karate and roller sports were also hoping to be included, but have all missed out.
BBC: Golf & rugby set to join Olympics
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Softball, squash, baseball, karate and roller sports all bid to be accepted as Olympic sports but were turned down by the executive board two months ago.
CNN: IOC adds rugby sevens and golf to 2016 Olympics
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Squash will be battling it out with the likes of softball, roller sports and wakeboarding to gain admission, representing the last chance for David to fulfill her golden dream.
CNN: Supreme fitness
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Wrestling will now join 7 other sports in applying for 2020 inclusion, including a combined bid from baseball and softball, karate, squash, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding and wushu, a martial art.
FORBES: Commercialism Pins Common Sense as IOC Ousts Wrestling from 2020 Summer Olympics
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After failing to be named one of the 25 core Olympic sports, wrestling must now compete with the Chinese martial art wushu, sport climbing, baseball-softball, roller sports, squash, karate and wake boarding.
WSJ: Real Madrid, Manchester United