INCHEON, June 20 (Yonhap) — Lee Seung-yeop of the Samsung Lions became the greatest home run hitter in South Korean baseball on Thursday.

Former Dominican Major League All Star Manny Ramirez is leaving the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). His team, the EDA Rhinos, confirmed in a press release on Tuesday that they have removed him from the roster and that he will leave Taiwan on June 21.

Sri Lanka National Knockout Baseball Championship 2013 which was sponsored by Sri Lanka Telecom was concluded on the 16th Sunday at the Colombo University Grounds. Tournament was held for 04 days and 25 clubs took part in the competition. Sri Lanka Navy who took part in the tournament for the first time demonstrated their fighting skills when they fall downonly by 01 run to much experienced Ranabima Royal Team. Score read as 05 to 06 at the end of the match.

The 39th edition of the Japan/USA Collegiate Championship will be held from July 6 to 12, 2013 in four venues across Japan. It’s a five-game series between two of the powerhouses of international baseball.

Jobu University, representing Kankoshin Student Baseball Federation, won the first national title after their 12 attempts by narrowly defeating Asia University of Tohto University Baseball League 6-5 on June 16 at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo. 26 Regional Champions of University Baseball joined the 62nd National Championship held at Tokyo Dome and Meiji Jingu Stadium for 6 days from June 11.

The Taoyuan County team has shown they are the dominant powerhouse in Chinese Taipei high school baseball, when they secured the E.Sun Cup championship crown for the third year in a row.

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.