The Mbolekwa Sports Complex, in Atteridgeville, South Africa, will host the Senior Men and Junior Women’s African Championships from 10-13 January. The final games on Saturday 13 will be live streamed by 360 Sport.

USA Softball announced that Gregg Leather will serve as Head Coach for the 2019 USA Softball Men’s National Team. Selected by members of the USA Softball Men’s National Team Selection Committee, Leather will lead the Red, White and Blue at select events on the 2019 schedule.

WBSC Men’s Softball World Rankings expands to record 48 nations. South Africa takes over as the top-ranked African nation. All five Olympic continents featured within the Top 12.

In another showcase of men’s softball continuous development in the Old Continent, the newly established Team Europe beat world champion New Zealand by a score of 6-5, in a 10-innings exhibition game played in Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic.

Six of the top 12 nations in the world will kick off tomorrow the first edition of the Men’s Softball Intercontinental Cup, to be held at the newly reconstructed Svoboda Ballpark in Prague, Czech Republic, host of the WBSC Men’s Softball World Championship 2019.