Olympic opinions:

The Olympics is the pinnacle of any athletes career. They train all their life for the chance to represent their country at the worldwide event. There is a wide range of sports to compete in, so any kind of athlete can compete. One sport which is not included in the games is netball, even though it is played by many people all around the world... so why isn't it included in the Olympic games?

The main reason is that netball is that netball is predominately a woman's sport, although there are some men's teams. Also, the fact that it isn't necessarily a global sport is a contributing factor to its omission. However, netball has been played at the Commonwealth games since 1993. It's staggering that netball has been overlooked in the Olympics, when a movement to include the game failed. Although woman's boxing succeeded as it has been included in the 2012 Olympics. Maybe we should push to get netball included in the next Olympics.