News (Baseball)
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University baseball and softball on the rise
21 October 2014
Unprecedented numbers of universities have been taking part in National University Softball Championships and National University Baseball Championships run by BSUK at Farnham Park during October.
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World Softball Day to boost global awareness and Olympic hopes
11 June 2014
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the world governing body for baseball and softball, will be promoting a celebration of World Softball Day 2014 around the globe and among its 141 National Federation members on Friday 13 June.
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Great fastpitch and baseball at Farnham Park
19 May 2014
The best baseball and fastpitch softball that Britain has to offer will be on show at Farnham Park near Slough on the weekend of 24-25 May, and members of both the baseball and softball communities are invited to come down and watch
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Olympics dominate WBSC Congress
14 May 2014
The question of baseball/softball's possible reinstatement to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo dominated both discussions and strategic thinking at the first-ever Congress of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), held in Hammamet, Tunisia on 10-11 May.
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First WBSC Congress to be held in Tunisia
20 March 2014
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has awarded the North African nation of Tunisia the hosting rights for the first-ever WBSC Congress, which will be held in Hammamet, Tunisia from 10-11 May 2014.
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A source for historic softball and baseball results
12 December 2013
A German sports historian, Stephan Mueller, has put together a website where you can find the results of all Olympic, ISF and ESF national and club team softball competitions ever played (including slowpitch) and all Olympic, European and international baseball competitions.
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IOC President offers hope for baseball and softball
22 November 2013
Thomas Bach, the newly-elected President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has told a news conference in Tokyo that baseball and softball could still return to the Olympic programme for the 2020 Games in Japan.
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Nottingham shades second Battle of the Shires
13 November 2013
The second annual 'Battle of the Shires' took place at Western Park in Leicester on Saturday 5 October and looked set to be a great success until a heartbreaking injury to a key player from the Leicester Blue Sox. Nottinghamshire went on to take two of the three events to win the title.
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Academy opening at Farnham Park postponed
24 October 2013
The official opening and practice sessions for Academy Baseball and Softball this weekend at Farnham Park has had to be postponed because the pitches are waterlogged and more rain is forecast.
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Japanese legend calls baseball/softball the ‘best choice’ for the Olympics
2 September 2013
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has gained public support from Japan's legendary sports figure, home run king and baseball Hall of Famer Sadaharu Oh, for baseball and softball's inclusion on the 2020 Olympic programme.