OLYMPIC BID

Positive responses have already been received from a number of IOC Members following the circulation of a letter from WSF Patron HRH Tunku Imran highlighting the appeal of Squash to the Olympic Games.

WSF President Jahangir Khan and Emeritus President Susie Simcock, who will attend the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on behalf of the WSF, will meet the IOC Sports Department on 21 August.

A WSF meeting with IOC President Jacques Rogge has also been confirmed for 13 November.

UK IOC Member Sir Craig Reedie, Vice President of the British Olympic Association, has accepted the WSF's invitation to attend the 2008 Men's & Women's World Opens in October in Manchester - where he will join fellow IOC Member Tunku Imran.

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June 2008 Edition


WSF MEETS IOC TO DISCUSS OLYMPIC BID
WSF President Jahangir Khan, together with Emeritus President Susie Simcock and Secretary General Christian Leighton, met IOC Sports Director Christophe Dubi during this month's Sport Accord in Athens, to discuss Squash's bid to join the programme for the 2016 Olympic Games.

The meeting was called by the IOC Sports Department with the objective of appraising the next steps regarding the 2008/09 review process and providing short-listed IFs the opportunity (individually) to ask questions on the process or other topics.

The WSF was asked to name competitions that the Programme Commission should visit as part of the Observation Programme. Invitations will be extended to the 2008 Men's & Women's World Opens in Manchester in October.

The presentations from short-listed IFs to the Executive Board will be made on 15-16 June 2009 in Lausanne.


ASOIF APPEAL FOR 28 SPORTS IN OLYMPIC GAMES
At a joint meeting held in Athens between the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) and members of the IOC Executive Board, it was announced that ASOIF supports the inclusion of two additional sports on the programme for the Games of 2016 - and requested a clear and transparent process for all seven candidate sports leading to the selection of the two additional sports for the 2016 Olympic Games.


RULE CHANGES ANNOUNCED BY IOC
The IOC has announced a revision of its Rules of Conduct for International Federations seeking inclusion in the 2016 Olympic Programme. 

The IOC agreed to implement changes to the original version following a request by ARISF on behalf of the short-listed sports. The key change is that all IOC Members will now be able to attend sports events, instead of only those normally involved in the sport.


BEIJING 2008
President Jahangir Khan and Emeritus President Susie Simcock will attend the 2008 Olympic Games in China in August on behalf of the WSF.

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