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World-leading fitness accessory brand PTP has extended its support of Australian baseball for at least three years, ensuring players in the green and gold are primed to take on the world’s best and enjoy continued success.

Under the partnership extension PTP will continue its support of world No. 7 Team Australia and while also backing the eighth-ranked Australian Emeralds – helping athletes of both the men’s and women’s programs with smarter movement and better performance as international baseball returns to the calendar in 2022.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has postponed the 2020 Women’s Baseball World Cup for a second time.

Mexico will now host the 12-team tournament, which was originally slated for September, from March 1-9 next year.

Six-time Emeralds’ World Cup representative Amy McCann has produced a stunning video looking back on the women’s national team’s historic silver-medal win in 2010.

Silver Linings, released to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of the event, takes a look back at the memorable tournament which saw Australia’s women claim their first medal after three-straight fourth place finishes.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation overnight set new dates for this year’s Women’s Baseball World Cup.

WBSC has rescheduled the 12-team tournament for November 12-21 in Tijuana, Mexico.

This year’s WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup has become the latest event postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The WBSC overnight announced the Women’s World Cup, slated for Mexico in September, was one three global baseball or softball events to be postponed until further notice.

Boral Team Australia has moved up the WBSC Men’s Baseball World Rankings to a new high of sixth.

The WSBC overnight released the latest rankings, showing Australia moving up one spot from seventh after finishing sixth at Premier12 and fourth at the U-18 Baseball World Cup last year.

Boral will continue its support of the Emeralds and get behind the men’s national team ahead of a crucial phase for Team Australia on baseball’s world stage.

Baseball Australia is today pleased to announce the leading Australian supplier of building and construction materials will hold presenting rights of Team Australia through to July 2021, including at the nation’s Premier12 debut in November.

The Boral Australian Emeralds were unable fo hold off a fast-finishing Japan All-Stars in game seven of the 2019 Bendigo Challenge on Sunday.

Japan scored the final 10 runs of the ballgame to wrap up an 18-8 win – their sixth of the series – at Strathfieldsaye Recreational Reserve.