Didier Seminet, the secretary general of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), has not ruled out hosting major baseball events in the same year as the Paris 2024 Olympics, despite the sport being omitted from the next Games' programme.
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has moved the Under-18 Baseball World Cup in Florida to 2022 due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan successfully retained the Olympic softball title they last won 13 years ago by beating the United States 2-0 in today's gold-medal game.
Baseball will return to the Olympic Games for the first time since Beijing 2008 tomorrow with six teams bidding for glory at Tokyo 2020.
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced the Under-23 Baseball World Cup 2021 will take place from September 23 to October 2 in the Mexican state of Sonora.
Four-time Olympic basketball gold medallist Sue Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez will carry the United States flag at the Opening Ceremony of Tokyo 2020 here tomorrow.
Hosts Japan triumphed in the first sporting action of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as they defeated Australia 8-1 in a softball clash in Fukushima.
Masatake Yamanaka has been re-elected as President of the Baseball Federation of Japan (BFJ).
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has helped to launch a new website dedicated to the continent of Africa.
Two South Korean baseball players have withdrawn from the country's Tokyo 2020 squad after breaking social distancing rules.
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) has suspended its season after teams recorded multiple COVID-19 cases.
Baseball and softball matches at the postponed Olympic Games will be played behind closed doors after organisers confirmed spectators would be banned from the venue in Fukushima.
The Italian Baseball Softball Federation (FIBS) has revealed its women's softball team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - off the back of the side's victory in the final of the Women's European Softball Championship.
Saudi Arabia and Bhutan are to become the newest members of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) after the WBSC Executive Board approved their respective memberships in its most recent virtual meeting.
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has published rules for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - with an emphasis placed on speeding up the pace of play.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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