26/04/2013 2 Minute Read

ASA/USA Softball announces Craig Cress as next Executive Director

OKLAHOMA CITY --- The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) and USA Softball Board of Directors announced today the selection of Craig Cress (Edmond, Okla.) as the next Executive Director for the National Governing Body (NGB) of Softball in the United States. Cress, who currently serves as the association’s Director of Membership Services since May 2002, will begin duties as Executive Director effective November 15, 2013 at the ASA/USA Annual Council Meeting in Oklahoma City.

25/04/2013 1 Minute Read

Johnny Stormats new President of Swedish Baseball and Softball Federation

The Swedish Baseball and Softball Federation held their Annual Meeting on the weekend of April 4-6 in Nyköping.

14/04/2013 2 Minute Read

An Olympic flavour at the IBAF Congress

The first 2 sessions of the 2013 IBAF Congress had a strong Olympic flavour, even if the launching of the World Baseball Softball Confederation is scheduled for the afternoon.
Tsunezaku Takeda, President of the Japanese Olympic Commitee, and Ryozo Kato, Commissioner of NPB, made both strong statements in favour of the reinstatement of baseball and softball in the Olympic Games. Takeda mentioned the importance the sports may have if the Games are played in Tokyo.

03/04/2013 1 Minute Read

MLB supervisor Larry Young at IBAF Umpire Camp

The IBAF is proud to announce that Larry Young, MLB Umpire Supervisor, will be one of the camp instructors at the IBAF Umpire Clinic in Barcelona from July 10th to July 14th, 2013.

31/03/2013 1 Minute Read

UPDATE: Umpires selected for the 2013 X World Junior Women's Championship

The International Softball Federation is pleased to announce the Umpires who were selected

30/03/2013 1 Minute Read

UPDATE : Excerpt of the CR for age categories in ESF Competitions

UPDATE: The Age Category table has been updated for the 2013 ESF Competitons.

20/03/2013 1 Minute Read

WELCOME TO THE NEW ESF WEBSITE!

The new website for the European Softball Federation went live at 9.00 am on Wednesday, March 20, and will provide quicker and clearer access to a wide range of information about softball in Europe.

20/03/2013 1 Minute Read

ESF President Van Overbeek 'Fully Focused' on 2020 Olympics Project in Wake of Italian Criticism

André van Overbeek, the newly re-elected president of the European Softball Federation, has hit back at claims he is opposed to a joint project to get softball and baseball back on the Olympic sports programme for 2020, telling Sportcal his support for the initiative "remains undimmed and focused."...

19/03/2013 2 Minute Read

WBC: The Dominican Republic joins Puerto Rico in the final

San Francisco. The Dominican Republic will play the final of the third World Baseball Classic. The Caribbean powerhouse defeated (4-1) The Kingdom of The Netherlands in a game dominated by Dominican pitchers.

15/03/2013 4 Minute Read

240 Kids in 24 Teams at Indoor Baseball Tourney in Germany

On February 16, 2013 24 teams from six federal states followed the invitation of the Luetjensee Little Lakers to Europe’s biggest indoor baseball tournament for kids – the 6th Little Lakers Baseball Cup.