End-Of-Year Message from World Baseball Softball President Riccardo Fraccari
2016: The Year that Baseball and Softball Were Voted Back to the Olympic Games.
Hall of Fame pitching great Mike White returns to help New Zealand softballers
AUCKLAND (NZL) — Former Black Sox ace Mike White returned to his home country of New Zealand to conduct a 10-day series of pitching and catching seminars for Softball New Zealand in Auckland, Christchurch, and Wellington.
Australian Baseball League 2016/17 season in full swing
The seventh Australian Baseball League (ABL) season is underway and consists of 10 four-game series that will be contested from mid-November to the end of January.
Olympic fund: Half-billion dollars to go to NOCs leading to Tokyo 2020
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved an Olympic Solidarity 2017-2020 budget of $US 509,285,000.
Australia names coaching staff for WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup 2016
Baseball Australia, the national governing body, announced its National Team coaching staff for the upcoming WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup 2017, set to take place from 28 Oct. to 6 Nov. in Monterrey, Mexico.
Baseball, softball to be staged at World Masters Games 2017 Auckland
Baseball competitions will be a part of the World Masters Games 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. The World Masters Games is the premier multi-sport platform for male and female athletes aged 35 and older, and baseball competitions will be staged from 21-30 April 2017 in Auckland.
Multinational construction giant Boral sponsors Australian Women’s National Baseball Team
Baseball Australia, the national governing body, has announced a two-year sponsorship with Sydney-based Boral, one of the world’s leading multinationals in the building and construction industry.
Australian Prime Minister, Government to invest $10 million in baseball initiatives
Australian leaders and officials have confirmed investments in baseball initiatives in capital city Canberra and Perth that total more than $AUS 10 million.
Softball in Australia ranked in Top 10 in Sporting Schools programme
Latest figures show that softball is now ranked in the top 10 sports Australia-wide in terms of student participation and number of programs conducted, rising five positions since June 2015.
Baseball Australia, AUS gov’t launch baseball social initiative for youth, women in Indonesia
JARKATA, Indonesia — Baseball Australia and the Australian Government (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) have launched the “Diamonds in the Rough” social development programme in Indonesia to help promote gender equality and the prevention of domestic violence through sport.