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The IOC has approved plans for a more flexible sports program, a move that could lead to the inclusion of baseball and softball at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee voted in favor of the revised system on the opening morning of a special two-day session to adopt President Thomas Bach's 40-point ``Olympic Agenda 2020'' reform package.
The IOC will abolish the cap of 28 sports for the Summer Games and move to an ``events-based'' system that would allow new events to come in, while keeping to a limit of about 10,500 athletes.
Host cities will be allowed to propose the inclusion of one or more additional events for their games.
That clears the way for Tokyo organizers to request baseball and softball. Both sports, dropped after the 2008 Beijing Games, are highly popular in Japan.(AP)
