24/11/2023 1 Minute Read

Anti Doping: WBSC and ITA offer webinar on Clean Sport Education

The webinar, organised by the World Baseball Softball Confederation and International Testing Agency, will take place on 7 December in English with simultaneous translation into Spanish and French. WBSC Athletes' Commission Member and ITA Education Ambassador Randolph Oduber will answer questions.

16/11/2023 1 Minute Read

Historic: France on top of WBSC Baseball5 World Rankings for first time

Never before has a European programme climbed to the top of the WBSC World Rankings in either Baseball (Men or Women), Softball (Men of Women) or Baseball5 (Coed).

11/11/2023 1 Minute Read

Lithuania win Baseball5 European Championship, qualify with runner up France for WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024

The Central Harbourfront Event Space in Hong Kong will host the 12-team II WBSC Baseball5 World Cup in late 2024.

06/11/2023 1 Minute Read

Baseball5 European Championship to open in Lithuania

The second edition of the Baseball5 European Championship will include 13 participants. France is the reigning European champion. The top two finishers will qualify for the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024.

23/10/2023 1 Minute Read

Olympic Week 2023: 1,000 kids enjoy Baseball, Softball and Baseball5 in Olympic capital

This was the fifth Olympic Week for baseball and softball, following appearances in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022; and the third edition for Baseball5.

18/10/2023 1 Minute Read

Chinese Taipei, France, Cuba top three in latest WBSC Baseball5 World Rankings

The WBSC Baseball5 World Rankings include 47 programmes in total across the five continents with No. 40 Australia and No 47 Togo featuring for the first time. Four continents are represented across the top four teams.

17/10/2023 2 Minute Read

WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari: Baseball5 set to play "key role" in Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 success

"The next WBSC Youth Baseball5 World Cup in 2025 will be a qualifier for the Youth Olympic Games and judging by the popularity of Baseball5 around the world, and especially in Africa, we expect it to be a massive hit with both fans and athletes," said President Fraccari.

17/10/2023 2 Minute Read

WBSC Vice President Beatrice Allen awarded the Olympic Order

It is the highest award of the Olympic Movement. IOC President Thomas Bach presented the award with these words: "You have dedicated your life to making the world a better place through sport.

15/10/2023 1 Minute Read

Cuba win WBSC Youth Baseball5 World Cup to add to 2022 World Championship crown

World No. 6 Cuba went through the tournament unbeaten, dropping only one set against Mexico during the Super Round. The silver medal for France was their first ever WBSC World Cup medal.

14/10/2023 2 Minute Read

WBSC Youth Baseball5 World Cup: China finish fifth, Chinese Taipei sixth; Placement Round positions finalised with Finals set for Sunday

Mexico went down to Cuba in three sets on Saturday, the first set Cuba has lost all tournament. The bronze medal game between Turkiye and Mexico will take place at 11:00 on Sunday and the final between Cuba and France starts at 15:00.