25/09/2023
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Asian Games: WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari meets with Chinese Olympic Committee Vice President Li Yingchuan
Mr Yingchuan is also the Vice Director of the General Administration of Sport of China. President Fraccari also visited the Zhejiang Xiaoshan Guali Town baseball field, which is the national women's baseball training base of China.
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05/09/2023
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WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari joins IOC Esports Commission following success of WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS
President Riccardo Fraccari has been named as part of the IOC Esports Commission as the WBSC continues to lead in this area with the success of official video game WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS
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01/06/2023
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WBSC President Fraccari celebrates Baseball5 success in Schools Olympics in Italy
The WBSC President participated as a guest of honour in the Panathlon Club International monthly event in Parma.
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02/03/2023
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WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari: Baseball5 at Azraq Refugee Camp sets tone for future social initiatives
World Baseball-Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari reflects on the inauguration of the Baseball5 field at the Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan and the role of Baseball5 in giving people access to sport as the WBSC continues to embrace its social responsibility.
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11/02/2023
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WBSC Europe Congress: President Fraccari applauds European growth and unity
The WBSC President highlighted eSport and Baseball5 as two important tools to help continue the growth of baseball and softball across Europe and around the world.
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08/02/2023
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President Fraccari: Exciting year ahead for global baseball and softball community
WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari looks forward to an exciting calendar for 2023 packed with international baseball, softball and Baseball5 action.
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20/07/2022
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President Fraccari delivers WBSC Collar of Honour to int'l baseball pioneer Peter O'Malley
The former Los Angeles Dodgers owner was instrumental in making baseball a demonstration sport at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics.
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05/07/2022
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Riccardo Fraccari re-elected president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation
"Baseball and softball have grown into one of the biggest and best organized movements in the sports world," WBSC President Fraccari said.
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05/07/2022
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Riccardo Fraccari, Craig Cress to chair WBSC Baseball and Softball Divisions
Fraccari defeated Bryan Minniti (USA), while Cress ran unopposed.
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04/07/2022
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President Fraccari thanks Congress for "incredible work" as he looks back on WBSC's "amazing achievements"
WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari said: “The situation we now have as a federation is definitely better than it was 10-15 years ago.”
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