The four-day “Asia Insurance Phoenix Cup 2013 – IBAF Hong Kong International Women’s Baseball Tournament” (www.hkphoenixcup.com) was successfully completed on 21 January, 2013 marked by the prize presentation dinner in Metropark Hotel Kowloon.

The 28-man provisional roster for Chinese Taipei national squad has been announced by head coach Hsieh Chang-Heng this past week.

For the 2013 season in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), the EDA Rhinos team is the new kid in town, but has big ambitions.

The Hong Kong Baseball Association proudly announces its hosting of the “Asia Insurance Phoenix Cup 2013 – IBAF Hong Kong International Women’s Baseball Tournament” for its sixth time in a roll since 2008.

(Colombo) Sri Lanka’s first ever baseball facility, the Japan- Sri Lanka Friendship Baseball Ground constructed inside the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Homagama was officially opened on December 23, 2012 with a unique opening ceremony participated by the Japan Ambassador to Sri Lanka Nobuhito Hobo, Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardane, Parliamentarians Namal Rajapakasa, Lohan Ratwatte, Presidential Secretariat Chief of Staff Gamini Senarath, Former national rugby captain Yoshitha Rajapaksa and many distinguished invitees.

The team representing Japan’s NPB league has captured the title trophy at the Asian Baseball Winter League (ABWL) with a 5-2 triumph in the final this past weekend.

(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) THEY don’t have a proper training ground, but that has not stopped a group of baseball enthusiasts from being active in the game.

The first ever baseball ground in Sri Lanka and also in South Asia constructed with funds provided by the Government of Japan under its Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects (GCGP) will be inaugurated by His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Sports Complex in Diyagama, Homagama on Sunday 23rd December 2012.

Seoul Black Pearls won the LG Electronics Women’s Baseball Tournament in Iksan City, Korea. They won 19:11 against the Goyang Lakers in the Gold Medal Game on November 24 at Iksan Baseball Field.

Some 200 supporters of Japan’s Women’s National Baseball Team, Madonna Japan, attended a reception held in Tokyo on December 7 to celebrate the winning of the Team’s three consecutive IBAF world championship.