11/01/2024 1 Minute Read

Ciego de Avila to host Cuba Baseball5 National Tournament

The event is named 'Copa Venezolana' to honour the Venezuela District in the Ciego de Avila Province, which will host the games in Cuba. Briandy Molina, Orlando Amador, Lietis Arcia, and coaches Pablo Terry and Sergio Arturo Pérez will represent the World Champion National Team.

10/01/2024 1 Minute Read

Yomiuri Giants women's team visits Nicaragua

As part of the club's 90th anniversary project, the Yomiuri Giants held a clinic for elementary school students and played a friendly match with the Nicaraguan National Team.

10/01/2024 1 Minute Read

Swiss prospect Livio Bundi loves to play baseball year round

After playing for Ventura College in the United States, the pitcher and infielder represented his country at the European Championship 2023. He now plays in the Australian Victoria Summer League and will return to Europe to compete in the 2024 German Bundesliga.

10/01/2024 1 Minute Read

Rachel Balkovec becomes Miami Marlins Director of Player Development

Two years ago, the 36-year-old was named by the New York Yankees as the first woman to manage in the minor leagues.

09/01/2024 1 Minute Read

Italian prospect Lorenzo Morresi commits to University of Texas San Antonio

Born in 2001, Morresi represented Italy at the U-23 European Championship. He starred in 46 New Mexico Junior College games before competing in the Italian Baseball League for his hometown, Macerata, in 2023.

28/12/2023 4 Minute Read

2023 Year in Review - Development: Baseball/Softball continues to develop in many ways and many places

The WBSC funds development through the Continental Associations and various partnerships. New Baseball and Softball venues opened from Africa to the Middle East to Asia while Iran (featured photo) staged its first U-13 Baseball Championship.

22/12/2023 1 Minute Read

WBSC Asia hosts 47 coaches, 38 officials for Baseball5 seminar in China

Ayako Rokkaku and Takeru Miyanohara worked with 47 coaches. Sujeewa Wijayanayake instructed 38 game officials.

22/12/2023 1 Minute Read

Baseball5 features in Youth Olympic Camp in Tunisia

The camp involved 353 kids in the Sousse Governorate from 17 to 19 December.

21/12/2023 1 Minute Read

Baseball5 Coaching Clinic for West Africa held in Nigeria

Instructors Chedli Mokrani and Daniel Yaw Atiemo ran a course for 29 coaches. It's the second of four Baseball5 Coaching Clinics launched by the WBSC, WBSC Africa and Olympic Solidarity targeting the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics.

19/12/2023 1 Minute Read

Over 5,000 children participate in MLB Cup Fall season in China

The MLB Cup included stops in 13 cities. MLB also launched the First Pitch programme in 12 cities, involving over 9,000 participants. My First Baseball Lessons enjoyed six more episodes.