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Ronald Ivan
Damn it. Karate is long overdue to be added as an Olympic sport. So add Karate already!
SenseNotSoCommon
Synchronised bidding?
sighclops
Anything but baseball.
Leigh Ivan Quintellio Wighton
I've always thought they can bring baseball back when they introduce cricket to the olympics, which isn't likely to happen. I do actually like baseball, but having it in the olympics was a joke.
Alistair Carnell
The liquid toss ? Up-skirt photography ? The long grope?
nath
MMA would be great, but I think the blood would scare off anyone who is actually making the decision.
Please no baseball. Please. Please.
ClippetyClop
DARTS! If shooting is considered a sport then I don't see why we can't have a bit of tungsten bedlam in there too
Stewie
Any so called sport that is judged subjectively should be dumped. Too much bias, and open to corruption.
SumoBob
Any chance people other than loyal LDP oyaji will be on the panel? Didn't think so.
Badge213
Rather watch Baseball than Golf (which is an Olympic sport starting 2016 again).
Mirai Hayashi
Any sports that has the word "synchronized" in it, needs to be dropped immediately.
wtfjapan
why the need for baseball, only two or three countries really play it. Rugby Sevens would be a much better spectator sport
ClippetyClop
@wtfjapan, Rugby Sevens will be played at the Brazil & Tokyo Olympics, its already been decided. They had it at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland last year, apparently it was a massive success.
WilliB
Karaoke?
jokamachi
Disc golf!!!
ironmonkeyz
MMA
Christopher Glen
Rugby.........now there's a great game.
Mike Bennett
Baseball!
koiwaicoffee
Compulsive shopping
dcog9065
Futsal
Azam Azamu
Invest to new sport A horse archery! Japan can get gold easily.
ekips
Second vote that..Mixed Martial Arts!
Christopher Glen
Anything but baseball
albaleo
Darts, sure. But from 50 meters.
Asakura Cowboy
Ultrarunning!
Goodlucktoyou
Earthquake reconstruction?
gogogo
So basically they have already chosen baseball and surfing / skateboarding
Strychnine
Mixed Martial Arts
YongYang
@Sharma, is that a pun?
Elizabeth Heath
On a global scale baseball is a minority sport, as well as being deathly dull for non-fans to watch. They got rid of it from the Olympics for a reason. Please don't bring it back. Squash and karate are the obvious candidates. I'd love to see darts in the Olympics one day.
DaDude
Same can be said about most sports in the Olympics.
8 teams qualify
Why because your country's team doesn't send their best players?
DaDude
Well considering which sport is tops in this country and Japan has a high chance in earning a Gold medal, I'd say baseball will win by a landslide.
onagagamo
Skateboarding and surfing are just messing around; not sports.
smithinjapan
Baseball is obviously going to win -- Japan has a good chance of medaling -- despite it not being popular world-wide.
B.l. Sharma
SUMO must get its rightful place in World Olympic Games.It has huge fans world over.