Eight teams will participate in the warm-up Champions Cup, which opens on 27 January. The National Baseball Federation inducted 13 to the Hall of Fame.

It's their 19th league title. Indios defeated Gigantes de Carolina in an emotional seven-game final series. Jeremy Rivera earned MVP honours.

Ryoji Kuribayashi, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Takuya Kai; Sosuke Genda, Munetaka Murakami, Tetsuto Yamada Kensuke Kondo, Masataka Yoshida and Seiya Suzuki competed in the Tokyo 2020 Games. Manager Hideki Kuriyama announced a 30-player roster also featuring five MLB players, including two-way superstar, WBSC Premier12 hero Shohei Ohtani and World Baseball Classic winner Yu Darvish.

The baseball tournament is scheduled from 25 June to 1 July, while the softball tournaments will run from 25 to 28 June (women's) and from 4 to 7 July (men's).

Manager Maurizio Balla selected 18 players. Before opening camp, he will introduce his programme to the Italian Baseball Softball Federation (FIBS) Convention.

Twice a week, 15 coaches and more than 200 kids from 10-12 and 13-15 years old participate in training sessions aiming to introduce kids to the basics of Baseball5.

The South African squad prevailed over host Uganda in a seven-game series, 4-3, and became the third qualified nation for the XIV WBSC U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup.

It's their second league title. They proved unbeatable on home soil with 13 consecutive wins. Reinaldo Rodriguez earned MVP honours. WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup start Bryan Buelvas started in center field for the champions.

The semifinals are scheduled for the weekend. Former KBO MVP and Sydney 2000 bronze medalist Dae-Sung Koo came out of retirement to become, at 53, the oldest player in the league's history.

The 17-year-old left-handed pitcher agreed to terms with the Cincinnati Reds.