Women’s Boxing Gets Olympic Nod

Posted August 13, 2009 6:10 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

International Olympic leaders are recommending golf and rugby for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Games, rejecting bids from baseball, softball and three other sports, while women’s boxing will be added to the program in London in 2012.

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