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Baseball, softball await IOC feedback for 2020 bid
By GRAHAM DUNBAR | Associated Press – GENEVA (AP) — Baseball and softball’s joint campaign to return to the Olympics in 2020 is awaiting feedback from an IOC board meeting. Leaders of the two governing bodies met with senior Olympic officials Thursday to discuss merging into one federation and bringing Major League Baseball players to the games
Women’s rugby plays Jayhawks in style
Saturday, the K-State women’s rugby club team showed up in their finest garments to take on the Kansas Jayhawks. The teams competed in Memorial Stadium to compete in the full-contact sport, and everyone was dressed in prom dresses. K-State was unable to pull off a win, falling 53-5 to the Jayhawks Kerry Davis, K-State fullback and social chair, described the event as an old rugby tradition.
Rugby player left critically ill after he is hit by police van
Published on Monday 9 April 2012 01:49 A RUGBY player was in a critical condition last night after he was involved in a collision with a police van which was on its way to an emergency on the Isle of Arran. The incident happened on Saturday night, when, according to Strathclyde Police, the 22-year-old was struck by the vehicle on the main road in Brodick at around 10pm.
Rugby bids for Portas cash
Buy photos » Rugby town centre. RUGBY has applied to claim a share of a £1 million pot aimed at breathing new life into high streets as part of a scheme launched by retail guru Mary Portas.
Rugby-Ulster and Clermont through to Heineken Cup semis
Ulster and Clermont Auvergne brought their very best away form to the Heineken Cup quarter-finals on Sunday to set up last four clashes against outsiders Edinburgh and holders Leinster respectively. Ulster prevailed 22-16 in a brutal encounter at Munster’s Thomond Park while Clermont, at English champions Saracens’ Vicarage Road home, strangled the life out of their opponents for a 22-3 win. Former champions Ulster’s flying start, thanks largely to three huge and deadly accurate penalties from his own half by South African scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar, gave them a 16-0 lead after 19 minutes to quieten the raucous Munster home support
Rugby player collapses on pitch
A rugby player is in a life threatening but stable condition after suffering a cardiac arrest during a game near Cambridge. The Ely Tigers player, believed to be in his late 30s or early 40s, was playing at Great Shelford on Saturday afternoon when he collapsed. East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) said the man’s heart had stopped but was restarted by paramedics.
Rugby players prep for Test
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Rugby: Small change in athletes evident
There are exceptions, a few jumbo athletes charging on strong, but 2012 has so far largely seen the return to prominence of the skinny man. Andre Taylor, Ben Smith, Aaron Smith, Aaron Cruden, Cory Jane and Tim Nanai-Williams must all be in the frame for All Black selection but, in relative terms, all would be considered the rugby equivalent of hand luggage. Taylor is 90kg, Ben Smith is 85kg, Nanai-Williams 88kg and Jane 85kg – considerably lighter than other back three weapons such as Digby Ioane (98kg), Frans Steyn (101kg) and George North (109kg)
Rugby: Support act was a super chance
A novel experience for Auckland first XV defending champions St Kentigern College last week could become a trend after the school was invited to play the curtain-raiser ahead of the Blues-Rebels match in Melbourne on Thursday. It is believed to be the first time a first XV has toured overseas as a Super Rugby supporting act. St Kentigern beat the Victoria under-18 state side 35-17
Gold Coast cut from Australia’s A-League (AP)
SYDNEY (AP)—Embattled Clive Palmer’s Gold Coast United team has been cut from the A-League in perhaps the final episode of a dispute between the billionaire mining magnate and Football Federation Australia. On Thursday, the FFA said the Gold Coast club—already stripped of its A-League license on Feb.