Four-time Olympic basketball gold medallist Sue Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez will carry the United States flag at the Opening Ceremony of Tokyo 2020 here tomorrow.
Hosts Japan triumphed in the first sporting action of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as they defeated Australia 8-1 in a softball clash in Fukushima.
Masatake Yamanaka has been re-elected as President of the Baseball Federation of Japan (BFJ).
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has helped to launch a new website dedicated to the continent of Africa.
Two South Korean baseball players have withdrawn from the country's Tokyo 2020 squad after breaking social distancing rules.
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) has suspended its season after teams recorded multiple COVID-19 cases.
Baseball and softball matches at the postponed Olympic Games will be played behind closed doors after organisers confirmed spectators would be banned from the venue in Fukushima.
The Italian Baseball Softball Federation (FIBS) has revealed its women's softball team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - off the back of the side's victory in the final of the Women's European Softball Championship.
Saudi Arabia and Bhutan are to become the newest members of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) after the WBSC Executive Board approved their respective memberships in its most recent virtual meeting.
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has published rules for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - with an emphasis placed on speeding up the pace of play.
Eddy Alvarez, the first Winter Olympian to play Major League Baseball (MLB), is the only player with Games experience named in the 24-man roster for the United States baseball team at Tokyo 2020.
Defending champions Italy earned a record 12th title at the Women's European Softball Championship in Venezia, concluding a 100 per cent record in the tournament as they beat The Netherlands 9-5.
Hosts Curaçao defeated Cuba at the third time of asking in the final of the Caribbean Baseball Cup to win the third edition of the tournament in Willemstad.
Cuba continued their sensational form with a 13-0 thumping of Peru at the Caribbean Baseball Cup in Willemstad.
Defending champions Italy, seeking a record 12th title at the Women's European Softball Championship in Venezia, maintained their 100 per cent record today and have set up a gold-medal match against The Netherlands.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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Brisbane, a thriving state capital with an "irresistible" candidacy is set to be formally awarded the 2032 Olympics at this week's IOC Session. Philip Barker profiles the city due to be confirmed as hosts, and also looks at the changing nature of the host city selection process.
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