19/04/2022 1 Minute Read

Baseball5 in Africa: Cape Verde Olympic Committee latest to come on board

Five-on-five Baseball5 will be played at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Dakar, Senegal.

08/04/2022 1 Minute Read

WBSC runs key Baseball5 / Mini Baseball workshop for OlympAfrica directors in Africa

The workshop is one of the first initiatives under the MOU between the World Baseball Softball Confederation, Olympafrica Foundation and Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa to promote baseball and softball in Africa. Baseball5 will feature at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal.

01/04/2022 1 Minute Read

Venezuela launches Baseball5 courses

The programme opened in Barquisimeto, Lara, with 82 participants. It will later reach all the other states.

25/03/2022 3 Minute Read

Federation Focus: International debut in 2017 boosts growth of Turkish Baseball and Softball

The National Federation has existed since 2001, but the National Team appeared on the international stage in 2017. "We Turks like to say: You will learn to win by defeat," said 37-year old president Murat Pazan.

18/03/2022 1 Minute Read

Africa: Japanese Embassy to support new baseball field in Burkina Faso

The Japanese Embassy will grant $87,500 over 12 months. "It's a historic day," baseball officials in the country say.

17/03/2022 1 Minute Read

Japan's PONY branch pushes baseball development in Vietnam

PONY is one of the world's biggest youth baseball and softball organizations.

15/03/2022 1 Minute Read

Venezuelan Baseball Federation holds umpire, technical commissioner courses

"We have a lot to do to build the Federation that we want to see, and this is part of the process," said FEVEBEISBOL President Areacelis León.

15/03/2022 1 Minute Read

Softball Association of Malaysia to take grassroots Baseball5 programme into schools

"We are in the process of starting Baseball5 at the grassroots level, introducing primary school students to the game," said SAM Secretary-General Willeam Mah Choon How. "We want to make Baseball5 accessible to all."