Golf, Rugby Sevens, At Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games

Golf and rugby sevens will be among 36 sports to be played at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, a year before they appear at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

TO2015 CEO Ian Troop made the announcement during a quarterly report conference call on Tuesday.

The Toronto Star reports the program includes all 28 Olympic sports set for the Rio 2016 Games, along with the Pan-Am only sports such as softball, baseball and bowling.

Men's softball will reportedly be played at the Pan Ams for the first time since 2003. It made its Pan Am debut in 1979.

Troop also announced that the Games remain on budget with $647 million for capital bills and $767 million for operations, totalling $1.441 billion.

Troop added that TO2015 has reached 65 per cent of its targeted sponsorship revenue of $102 million, adding they've already received almost double the sponsorship Guadalajara got for the 2011 Pan Am Games.

The Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games run July 10-26, 2015.

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