14/04/2021 1 Minute Read

Celebrating 100 days to the Tokyo 2020 Games, WBSC unveils first Spanish edition of The Global Game podcast series

Today marks 100 days to the official opening of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

31/07/2020 1 Minute Read

Tokyo 2020: Mexican Olympic Softball players are training daily, submitting workout reports online

Softball Mexico will make their Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games, after winning last year’s WBSC Softball Americas Olympic Qualifier.

27/07/2020 2 Minute Read

Olympic Rewind Series - Beijing 2008: Japan, USA go head to head for gold

Today’s Olympic Rewind Series game, presented in collaboration with the Olympic Channel, features the last Olympic softball game that was played: the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Gold Medal Game.

26/07/2020 1 Minute Read

Olympic Rewind Series - Athens 2004: Australia vs USA in softball gold medal game

The Aussies and the Americans guaranteed themselves a medal in softball for the third straight Olympic Games, the only two nations to do so.

23/07/2020 2 Minute Read

WBSC, Olympic Family celebrate ‘One Year to Go’ to Tokyo 2020 Games

With messages of solidarity, unity, diversity and hope, stakeholders from the sports world celebrated hitting the 365-day-to-go mark.

20/05/2020 4 Minute Read

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Tokyo 2020 softball hopeful Danielle Lawrie-Locke reflects on Beijing 2008 Olympic experience

Family has played a crucial role in the career of Canadian softball legend Danielle Lawrie-Locke, and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was one of the most important occasions where their support was most telling. However, team rules also made the family connection one of the hardest. Danielle and her MLB playing brother Brett were one of two softball/baseball siblings in the Beijing Games - along with Dutch pair Judith and Michiel van Kampen - however she couldn’t even see him play. Lawrie-Locke, a strong contender for the Canadian Tokyo 2020 softball squad, reflects on one of the most difficult moments in her stellar career and how the Beijing 2008 experience turned her into a better player.

18/05/2020 1 Minute Read

Tokyo 2020 unveils “One minute, One sport” Olympic softball promo video

The “One Minute, One Sport” videos aim to introduce the basics of the various Olympic sports/events to fans not familiar with each discipline.

05/04/2020 1 Minute Read

GameTime Classics - Episode 12: Mexico, Canada battle to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic softball competition

Dallas Escobedo took the ball for Mexico, while Sara Groenewegen started the game for the host team, setting up an amazing pitching duel.

25/03/2020 1 Minute Read

Final Olympic Baseball Qualifier postponed to a date TBD

New dates for the WBSC Americas Qualifier and the Final Qualifier will be announced in due time.

24/03/2020 2 Minute Read

Message from the WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari on the postponement of Tokyo 2020

President Fraccari said baseball-softball’s anticipated Olympic comeback will have to wait a short while longer but when the ‘Tokyo 2020’ Games do get underway in 2021, they will become the symbol of our global recovery and solidarity, and be one of the greatest worldwide celebrations and most anticipated moments in the history of sport.