The defending champions opened the 2014 Junior Men’s World Softball Championship with an extra-innings victory, while the hosts thrilled the crowd with a win of their own. In the second game on opening day, Argentina pitcher Huemul Mata tossed a no-hitter, recording an incredible 19 strikeouts. Teammate Teo Migliavacca had two hits and drove in […]

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The birth of the world’s newest women’s baseball competition, the Newcastle Women’s Baseball League(NWBL), has expanded the sports platform for young girls and women in Newcastle, a major regional city centre, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia, where the 2000 Olympic Games were hosted in Sydney.

As baseball and softball’s global footprint continues to expand and deepen, a new body dedicated to the promotion and immersion of baseball and softball in French-speaking territories has been born and will be headquartered in Paris, France.

Baseball New Zealand recently concluded observations and named its U-15 National Team roster, which was formed over the course of several months of talent identification across New Zealand for the top Kiwi baseball players. Baseball NZ officials indicated that over 30 hours of evaluation were logged to assemble the Kiwi’s first-ever U-15 National Team.

Baseball New Zealand has announced the acquisition of Team Japan’s 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Naoyuki Shimizu, who will head to New Zealand next month to work full-time in the development/management of Baseball New Zealand’s National Team programme – which is ranked No. 28 at the world level and No. 2within Oceania.

The Australian Baseball League’s semifinal series opened today in the capital city of Canberra.

Australia’s national baseball federation, Baseball Australia, and the professional baseball arm, the Australian Baseball League (ABL), have announced a new three-year “landmark” partnership with Rawlings Sporting Goods that extends through 2017.

The World All-Stars beat Team Australia with a score of 6-0 at the 2013 Futuretronics ABL All-Star Game presented by Be the Influence: Tackling Binge Drinking. The 3rd All-Star game was held at Melbourne Ballpark and is the second win for The World All-Stars after Team Australia won last year.

Baseball Australia is honoured to announce there will be three new inductees into the Baseball Australia Hall of Fame in 2014.

The Baseball Confederation of Oceania (BCO) has elected a new executive committee for 2014-2017 during the annual BCO Congress, which was held in Guam on December 7. New president is Mr. Bob Steffy from Guam. Mr. Laurent Cassier (New Caledonia) and Mr. Victor Langklide (American Samoa) will serve as Vice Presidents. Mr. Chet Gray (Australia) was confirmed as Secretary General. Mrs. Rose Igitol (CNMI), Mr. Temmy Shmull (Palau) and Mr. Innoke Niubalavu (Fiji) were elected as Executive Members.