FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n
RogersSportsnet to Broadcast two ISF Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World Softball Championship Games!<\/p>\n
(Ottawa,ON) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Softball Canada and the International Softball Federation (ISF) are extremely pleased to announce that Rogers Sportsnet will air the two final games of theISF XII Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World Championships next week. <\/p>\n
On Wednesday, July 29thSportsnet will air the Bronze medal game at 2:00pm EDT, while the Gold medalChampionship game will air at 2:00pm EDT on Friday, July 31st.<\/p>\n
Withthe ISF\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s BackSoftball Campaign aiming to have the sport of women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s softballreinstated to the 2016 Olympic programme, this initiative should reinforce theincreasing appeal of softball to a global audience. The BackSoftball campaignalso includes a request for the addition of men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s softball to the Olympicprogramme.<\/p>\n
Canada won a Silver medal at the previous ISF World Championship, which was held inChristchurch, New Zealand in 2004, as the host country defeated Canada in theGold medal Championship game. After the preliminary round of this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eventin Saskatoon, Canada finished first place in Pool B with a 7-0 record to advance to the elimination round.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are delighted to give softball fans from across Canada the opportunity to see the final two games of what has been an outstanding event\u00e2\u20ac\u009d stated SoftballCanada CEO Hugh Mitchener. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We appreciate the cooperation of the Hostorganizing committee and Rogers Sportsnet in making this happen.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Softball was first featured in the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 and last year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s competition in Beijing was very successful with a total attendance close to180,000 and a continuation of the sport\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s excellent record of no positivedoping tests at any of the four Summer Olympics that the sport has been a part of.<\/p>\n
final decision on which sports will be added to the current roster of 26 at the2016 Summer Olympic Games will be made at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagenin October this year.<\/p>\n
Formore information, please contact:<\/p>\n
GillesLeBlanc
\nManager\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Marketing and Communications
\nSoftballCanada
\n(613)797-7171
\ngleblanc@softball.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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