Italy women’s softball team are set to hold their first training camp of the year after announcing a roster of 22 players to gear up for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
A new record for a baseball card has been set with a mint 1952 Mickey Mantle selling for $5.2 million (£3.8 million/ €4.3 million) in a private transaction.
Italy has been confirmed as the host nation for this year's Under-23 European Baseball Championship.
Mexico's women's softball team is set to prepare for this year's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with training camps and practice games in the United States.
The new Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) commissioner has vowed to work to help South Korea's efforts to win a gold medal in the sport at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Tommy Lasorda, who led the United States to their only Olympic baseball gold medal, has died at the age of 93.
USA Softball's women's national team has gathered for the first time since March at a training camp in Florida.
World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari has praised how baseball has spearheaded attempts to hold sporting events in Japan amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) general secretary, Beng Choo Low, has praised the governing body's work in 2020 with the creation of the WBSC Integrity Unit.
Japan baseball manager Atsunori Inaba expects the players who won the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12 tournament in 2019 to make up the core of the squad for this year's Olympics.
New Zealand softball great Patrick Shannon has been named new battery coach of the men's national team.
The Australian women’s softball team’s hopes of winning gold at Tokyo 2020 have received a boost thanks to a "generous" donation from members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Softball Association.
Jesús Lisarri, a member of Spain's baseball roster at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics has been elected as the new President of the Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation (RFEBS).
Softball Europe has announced that the Women's European Softball Championship will take place from June 27 to July 3 next year.
The Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation (SBSF) is set to launch what is believed to be Europe's first esports baseball league next month.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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