By Patrick Johnston SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Hosts Singapore added floorball and petanque to the 2015 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games on Tuesday but karate missed out despite offering to pay its way in, with weightlifting and wrestling also dumped due to budget constraints. The 28th edition of the biennial multi-sport competition for the 11 nations in the region will feature 36 sports and 402 events, with the organisers wary of delivering an on budget Games after Vietnam recently pulled out of hosting the much-bigger 2019 Asian Games because of costs. Dr Tan Eng Liang, chairman of the SEA Games Federation executive committee, said boxing, equestrian, rowing, and volleyball had also made the cut to join the original 30 sports approved at the last SEA Games in Myanmar in December. Floorball is a type of indoor hockey originated in Europe but growing in popularity in Singapore schools. Read More http://ift.tt/1khgRqf
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