Non-Olympic Sports


Baseball-softball swing for the streets in Rotterdam

By James Crook

The world's first street baseball-softball diamond is now up and running in RotterdamSeptember 2 - The world's first street baseball/softball facility has been developed and successfully tested in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, which World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) officials claim could herald a revolution in sports participation.


Baseball-softball "best choice" for Olympics, says home run king Oh

By James Crook

 Japanese baseball legend Sadaharu Oh has declared his support for the bid to get baseball-softball September 1 - Japanese legend Sadaharu Oh has thrown his weight behind the baseball-softball bid for inclusion to the Olympic Games from 2020 as the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) staged the six-day World Children's Baseball Fair Youth Baseball Educational Clinic and Friendship Games in Fukui.












Squashercise proves to be a big hit with the ladies

By Gary Anderson at the Wimbledon Lakeside Squash Club in London

July 31 - SQUASHERCISEFormer England professional squash player James Powley put a group of enthusiastic women, including reality television star Cheska Hull, through their paces during a new fitness class called "Squashercise" at the Wimbledon Lakeside Squash Club today.