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Softball, baseball bidding to return to Olympics

Here's a look at sports that were dropped from the Games and returned, and others that haven't come back.

By Michael Baldwin | Published: February 12, 2013 Comment on this article

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Seven sports are making bids to be included in the 2020 Games. Besides wrestling, the other sports are a combined bid from baseball and softball, karate, squash, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding and wushu, a martial art.

The IOC limits the Summer Games to 28 sports.

In 2009, the IOC voted to reinstate golf and rugby in 2016 as the 27^th and 28^th sports.

Golf hasn't been an Olympic sport since 1904. Rugby was last played in the 1924 Olympics. Rugby will feature the seven-man version.

DISBANDED SPORTS THAT RETURNED

Archery: Dropped (1924); Returned (1972)

Golf: Dropped (1908); Will return (2016)

Handball: Dropped (1940); Returned (1972)

Judo: Dropped (1968); Returned (1972)

Rugby: Dropped (1928); Will return (2016)

Tennis: Dropped (1928); Returned (1988)

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