LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Cheerleading and Thai kickboxing have made their way into the Olympic movement.The International Cheer Union and the International Federation of Muay Thai received provisional recognition Tuesday from the IOC executive board -- a first step on a long road to becoming a future Olympic sport.They were among 16 sports bodies which applied for IOC recognition earlier this year, and they join 35 other sports on the list of recognized federations.Cheerleading and Muay Thai will now be assured of $25,000 in IOC funding per year. They are also eligible for other development programs and access to content of the IOCs digital Olympic Channel.IOC sports director Kit McConnell said the two federations were given provisional recognition for a period of up to three years. During that time, the IOC executive board can recommend full recognition, another necessary step in the drawn-out path toward joining the Olympic program.McConnell said the cheerleading federation has over 100 national federations and nearly 4.5 million registered competitors.It is a sport with growing popularity, a strong youth focus in schools and universities and we noted that, he said.McConnell said Muay Thai has 135 national federations and nearly 400,000 registered athletes. Yeezy China . But now that hes in the NHL, the Calgary Flames centre showed big improvement in that department by scoring the winner in the eighth round of a 5-4 shootout victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday. Fake Yeezy China . With the short-handed Warriors needing help from someone -- anyone -- to stop a three-game skid, ONeal returned from right knee and groin injuries that had sidelined him for four games and put up season highs with 18 points and eight rebounds. It was just enough to help lift Golden State to a 102-101 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. https://www.yeezychina.us/ . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. Discount Yeezy Store . -- Matt Kuchar and Harris English ran away with the Franklin Templeton Shootout, shooting a 14-under 58 on Sunday in the final-round scramble to break the tournament course record. Cheap Yeezy China .Y. -- Paul Byron and Matt Stajan scored as the Calgary Flames started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. Adelaides Sam Shaw has joined a growing list of young AFL players to retire from the game over the past 18 months due to concussion.The 25-year-old Crow missed the bulk of the 2016 season after suffering ahead injury playing in the SANFL early this year.It is with a heavy heart and through much deliberation with the assistance of friends, health professionals and my ever-supportive family to step away from professional football and focus on my health, Shaw said in a statement.The club said Shaw, who played 24 AFL games in seven years, has taken an ultra-conservative approach to his recovery.Shaw joins fformer Brisbane defender Justin Clarke - then aged 22 - and ex-Geelong player Sam Blease, 24, as young players who have retired due to concussion in the last year-and-a-half.ddddddddddddNorth Melbournes Leigh Adams also called it quits last year at 27 with similar concerns.Last year, the AFL recorded a 10-year high in the concussion rate, with the average number of games missed by players due to concussion per club jumping to 4.2 in 2015 - up from just 1.6 the previous year. ' ' '