13/09/2023 1 Minute Read

WBSC begins Round Three of Continental Association Governance Review

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Integrity Unit has begun the third round of its Continental Association (CA) Governance Review.

19/06/2023 1 Minute Read

Updated WBSC Disciplinary By-Laws and Safeguarding Rules published

The Executive Committee unanimously approved what the WBSC Integrity Unit and the WBSC Safeguarding Officers recommended. All revised documents are available for download.

05/06/2023 1 Minute Read

WBSC Prevention of Manipulation of Competitions Rules updated

The WBSC strongly encourages its national federations to implement the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions (PMC) rules at the national level by either referencing the WBSC PMC Rules in their statutes or Integrity Rules or adopting the model rules for national federations in line with the Olympic Movement Code PMC.

26/05/2023 2 Minute Read

WBSC publishes first Integrity Unit annual report

"The WBSC will continuously address best efforts to make our sport stronger, better and more accountable," commented WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari.

17/05/2023 2 Minute Read

WBSC’s work on the Prevention of Competition Manipulation used as best practice example during IOC Workshop

The protection of the integrity of baseball and softball was also showcased among IF Best Practices during the IOC SPOC Workshop.

14/04/2023 1 Minute Read

Play True Day: Play Ball, Play Fair campaign launches new series of anti-doping webinars

The webinars are on Zoom and are available in English (primary), Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, French and Russian (simultaneous translation). April 14 is WADA's 'Play True Day' 2023.

05/04/2023 2 Minute Read

WBSC releases new #Safecall guidelines for events

The WBSC has released new safeguarding guidelines as part of its commitment to providing a safe environment at WBSC events, aimed at ensuring all stakeholders know how to identify and report harassment and abuse. The #Safecall guidelines for athletes are available in 13 different languages.

30/03/2023 1 Minute Read

WBSC publishes first annual Governance Report in line with WBSC Strategic Plan 2022-2028

The WBSC’s first annual Governance Report has been compiled by the Integrity Unit as President Fraccari emphasises the importance of transparency across the organisation.