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NEWS ABOUT: rugby

rugby stories: 5 news summaries

 IOC OKs Golf, 
 Rugby for 
 Rio Games  

Golfers, ruggers seek Olympic gold in 2016 for first time in 100 years or more

Oct 9, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Medals for golf and rugby will be awarded at the 2016 Olympics for the first time in a century or more. The IOC voted today to reinstate the sports for the Rio de Janeiro games and provisionally accepted them for the 2020 Olympiad. Golf has not been played at the... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • Rio de Janeiro • rugby • Padraig Harrington • Michelle Wie • Jacques Rogge • Olympic Games • 2016 Olympics • International Olympic Committee • Olympics • Summer Olympics

Olympic Board Backs Golf, Rugby for 2016

IOC execs reject baseball, softball; decision faces Oct. vote

Aug 13, 09 8:59 AM CDT
(AP) - Olympic leaders selected golf and rugby today for proposed inclusion in the 2016 Summer Games, rejecting bids from baseball, softball, and three other sports. The IOC executive board narrowed the field to two from a list of seven, which also included squash, karate, and roller sports. The board will submit... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • rugby • Olympic Games • 2016 Olympics • squash • baseball • International Olympic Committee • Olympics • softball • Jay-ZTV • karate

Economist: No To South Africa Sports Quotas

Athletic affirmative action ‘mocks’ merit in racially mixed nation

Oct 25, 07 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The World Cup-winning South African rugby team shouldn’t be saddled with racial quotas, says the Economist: It’s exactly the wrong kind of affirmative action and would “mock the principle of merit.” One might think, the piece allows, the South African case would be the ultimate argument... More »

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South Africa • athlete • affirmative action • rugby • apartheid

Rugby World Cup: Forget the Ball and Watch the Men

Brawny-thighed players arrive in France

Sep 7, 07 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - France has been gripped by rugbymania as fans descend for the 2007 World Cup, which begins today. Bakeries are offering pigskin-shaped loaves, and Galeries Lafayette offers fan specials as the violent sport becomes suddenly chic. But for the Telegraph's Janine di Giovanni, one of the most violent sports offers only... More »

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World Cup • France • rugby • Frederic Michalak • Sebastian Chabal

Ouch! Player Sports Tooth in Forehead

Rugby opponent's chopper gets under Australian's skin

Jul 18, 07 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Australian rugby player visited his doctor last week, but his ailment was a job for a dentist—someone else's dentist. Nearly 4 months after colliding with an opponent during a game, Ben Czislowski learned that he had a tooth lodged under the skin of his forehead. He says he's... More »

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sports • Australia • tooth • rugby • Wynnum Manly Seagulls • Tweed Heads • Queensland • Ben Czislowksi • Matt Austin • Shane Millard

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