NEW YORK/PULLY, Switzerland — The fifth edition of the World Baseball Classic, which serves as WBSC’s Official National Team World Championship, will take place from 9 to 21 March 2023 and be expanded to 20 teams from the previous 16-team format of 2017. All 16 participants from the 2017 World Baseball Classic have been invited to play in 2023 tournament. They will ...
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WBSC Congress approves Babe Ruth League as newest Associate Member
The WBSC Congress, which was held in Taipei City (TPE) from 4-5 July, welcomed Babe Ruth League as the newest WBSC Associate to join the baseball-softball global family. The youth league currently has over one million registered baseball and softball players and has operations across 24 countries and territories, including American Samoa, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bonaire, Canada, China, Chinese ...
Read More »Awards in honor of International Athletes and Sports Journalists
Awards in honor of International Athletes and Sports Journalists to be held in September: Asim Shiraz PESHAWAR: The General Body Meeting of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Writers Association was held under the chairmanship of President Asim Shiraz in which General Secretary Shahid Afridi, Senior Vice President Imran Yousafzai and other officials and members were present. The President of the Association ...
Read More »Hero CPL 2022 squads confirmed
Following the completion of the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League draft the teams for this year’s tournament have been confirmed. The biggest move of the draft saw Shai Hope sign for the Guyana Amazon Warriors where he will join Ronsford Beaton and Veerasammy Permaul. Rahkeem Cornwall has moved from the Saint Lucia Kings to join the Barbados Royals. The Royals ...
Read More »Confident CP Blues to meet aggressive KP Whites in National U19 Cup final
Lahore, 7 July 2022: Two unbeaten sides will clash against each other when Central Punjab U19 Blues take on the last year’s finalist Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Whites in the final of the National U19 Cup on Friday at the Rana Naveed Cricket Academy in Sheikhupura. Both teams topped their pools in the 12-team 50-over tournament. The winning team will receive PKR One ...
Read More »Basketball Champions League Press Release : Qualification Rounds and Regular Season draw completed
MIES (Switzerland) – With four previous champions on hand, and members from all 52 participating teams present in the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball, the draw for the seventh season of the Basketball Champions League was completed on Thursday morning. Nicolas Richotti, who won the inaugural title with Lenovo Tenerife back in 2017, and Dusan Sakota, a winner with AEK ...
Read More »Confident CP Blues to meet aggressive KP Whites in National U19 Cup final
Confident CP Blues to meet aggressive KP Whites in National U19 Cup final • Teams gear up for PKR One million winning prize money; Runner-up to get PKR500,000 • PCB to provide ceremony pictures; live scores will be available on CricHQ Lahore, 7 July 2022: Two unbeaten sides will clash against each other when Central Punjab U19 Blues take on ...
Read More »ICC launches 100% Cricket superstars with unveiling of five players
The International Cricket Council has announced the first five players selected as 100% Cricket Superstars ahead of a historic month for women’s cricket, culminating in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Sophie Ecclestone (England), Amelia Kerr (New Zealand), Hayley Matthews (West Indies), Shafali Verma (India) and Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa) are the first crop of what will ultimately be a 100% Cricket ...
Read More »Tickets for West Indies v India series now on sale
Advanced sales available for matches in Trinidad, St. Kitts and Florida ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced that online ticket sales have gone live via the new WINDIES TICKETS service for the West Indies vs India CG United ODI Series and the T20I Series starting on Friday, 22 July. Fans can purchase in advance from tickets.windiestickets.com on their mobile devices or computers benefitting from ...
Read More »Munro and Seifert back with Trinbago Knight Riders.
The Trinbago Knight Riders have announced their overseas signings for the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League which gets underway on 31 August. Colin Munro, the Hero CPL’s leading overseas run scorer of all time, and fellow New Zealander Tim Seifert are back with the Knight Riders for the 2022 tournament. They will be joined by USA international Ali Khan who ...
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