Sadaharu Oh, 73, President of the World Children’s Baseball Foundation and former Tokyo Yomiuri Giants great who slugged 868 carrier home runs, in announcing the 23rd WCBF in Fukui Prefecture from August 18 -26, reiterated the need for baseball/softball community to do everything they can for the next three months to reinstate the sports to 2020 Olympics and hoped that the event in Japan will serve to send out strong message to the world.

Sri Lanka National Knockout Baseball Tournament is scheduled to be held on 4th, 14th, 15th & 16th of June 2013 at University of Colombo Ground. There are 25 clubs are participating all around the country and few new entrance also there. This tournament is sponsored by Sri Lanka Telecom which is recognised as one of the leading companies in Telecommunication Industry. In addition to the club tournament the company agreed to sponsor the Sri Lanka Baseball Classic for SLT cup which is to be held in July 2013. Details of two tournaments are as follows.

Shae Lillywhite has signed with the Japanese Women’s Baseball League, becoming the first International player to do so.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) stand is open at the SportAccord Exhibition, hosted by the Lenexpo Complex in St. Petersburg (Russia). The booth, built on the joint efforts by theIBAF and the ISF (International Softball Federation) is also a reality thanks to the support of the NPB, the professional organization of japanese baseball.

Following the 1st Series in Seoul, Korea in 2008, Tokyo hosted the 2nd Asia Baseball Series at Edogawa-ku Baseball Ground on May 25 (Sat.) and 26 (Sun.) and the Team Japan (manager Tetsuhisa SADAOKA of ex- Hiroshima Carp and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters) won both games against Team Korea 9-0 and 2-1. Chinese Taipei which was scheduled to join could not make it this time.

Monday will be entirely dedicated to various meetings, including the General Assembly of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) and of the Association of the IOC Recognized International Sports Federations (ARISF); the Exhibition will be open from 8.30 am on Tuesday 5/28, while the Opening Ceremony is scheduled for 6 pm the same day.

The Taichung City team downed Kaohsiung City 11-6 in the final game showdown on Sunday, May 12, to captured the 2013 Herbalife Cup (for U12 age group).

The II IBAF 12U Baseball World Baseball Cup is being organized from July 18 to 28, 2013 in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei. The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) had announced that 16 teams will participate.

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Hideki Matsui brought down the curtain on his playing career on Sunday in an elaborate ceremony at his former home park, Tokyo Dome, as he and his first pro skipper Hall of Famer Shigeo Nagashima each received the People’s Honor Award from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

H.E.C (Pakistan Varsities) Baseball Team won Gold at the National Women Baseball Championship 2013 in Pakistan. On Saturday HEC defeated KPK 16-2 to claim first place in the weeklong tournament.