With less than two weeks until the kick off of the Dodgeball World Championships all eyes are on Las Vegas, including those of Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee. While no official word has been released, it is rumored dodgeball, along with rugby sevens and golf will be added to the programme for Rio 2016.

Rogge will vote along with the other IOC delegates at the end of the year. Based on the presentation put forward by our own Tim for Dodgeball Earth, dodgeball’s international governing body, voting would seem to be nothing more than a formality. When asked about the vote, Rogge said “…we haven’t voted yet, but I was very impressed by the dodgeball and rubgy sevens submission. On merit, I hope those two sports are included. Golf will be our third choice, not because it’s an exciting sport, but because I am getting older and need to start thinking about my retirement. Financially, they have put a stong case to us.”