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Joint Baseball and Softball Bid for 2020 Olympics Gets Green Light
The long-anticipated joint 2020 Olympic Games bid from baseball and softball will go ahead after the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and International Softball Federation (ISF) signed a...
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Baseball and Softball Appoints Helios to Help Olympic Campaign
The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and International Softball Federation (ISF) agreed last month to come together to present a joint bid to try to persuade the International Olympic Committee...
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Returning Baseball and Softball to the Olympics
The third edition of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) came to a thrilling conclusion as the Dominican Republic beat Puerto Rico 3-0 in San Francisco last month. We were there, not only to witness the...
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Gender Equality Key in Baseball-Softball Regaining Olympic Status
Gender equality, with concurrent men’s and women’s tournaments staged in the same arena, as in tennis, could be a key element in the campaign by Baseball and Softball to return to the Olympic Games in...
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Nuzman Denies Backing Baseball-Softball for 2020 and Reiterates Support for...
Honorary International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Carlos Nuzman has insisted he has not backed the joint baseball-softball bid for inclusion at the 2020 Olympics, despite the World Baseball...
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Don Porter Swinging for the Fences
Don Porter has served as president of the International Softball Federation (ISF) since 1987, and has been re-elected five times since then. Prior to that he served as the first Secretary-General of...
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Why Softball is Far More than Just Baseball’s Little Sister
I recently visited Oklahoma City for the World Cup of Softball, hosted by the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) with USA Softball and sanctioned by the International Softball Federation (ISF), the...
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Canadian Appointed International Softball Federation President
Succeeding softball’s “Grand Old Man” Don Porter, Canada’s Dale McMann was appointed President of the International Softball Federation at the ISF Congress in Cartagena, Colombia. The long-time...
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In a dramatic twist here on the eve of the first-ever World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Congress, Presidential candidate Don Porter has decided to pull out of tomorrow’s election, leaving...
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International Softball Federation begins fundraising drive for Hall of Fame...
The International Softball Federation (ISF) is embarking on a drive to raise funds for the creation of the sport’s Hall of Fame and Museum in the United States. Plans for the facility formed part of...
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