Snooker, surfing and baseball are among the sports hoping to gain Olympic status to Tokyo 2022.
26 sporting bodies have applied to the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee to become additional events. A shortlist of organisations the will reach the next stage are to be announced later this month.
The final decision on the sports that will gain Olympic status for the Games will be revealed at the IOC Congress in Brazil next year.
The list of Applying Organisations
1. World Air Sports Federation - FAI
2. International Federation of American Football - IFAF
3. World Baseball Softball Confederation - WBSC
4. World Confederation of Billiards Sports - WCBS
5. Bowls Sports World Confederation - CMSB
6. World Bowling - WB
7. World Bridge Federation - WBF
8. World Chess Federation - FIDE
9. World DanceSport Federation - WDSF
10. International Floorball Federation - IFF
11. World Flying Disc Federation - WFDF
12. World Karate Federation - WKF
13. International Korfball Federation - IKF
14. International Netball Federation - INF
15. International Orienteering Federation - IOF
16. Federation of International Polo - FIP
17. International Racquetball Federation - IRF
18. International Roller Sports Federation - FIRS
19. International Federation of Sport Climbing - IFSC
20. World Squash Federation - WSF
21. International Sumo Federation - IFS
22. International Surfing Association - ISA
23. Tug of War International Federation - TWIF
24. World Underwater Federation - CMAS
25. International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation - IWWF
26. International Wushu Federation - IWUF
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