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Baseball
By Kemi Ajayi
Lagos, Feb. 8, 2017 (NAN) The World Baseball Softball Confederation on Wednesday unveiled its new official emblem and qualified nations for the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The WBSC said on its website that the 4th edition of the championship would hold from July 28 to Aug. 6 in Tainan, Taiwan.
It said 12 countries from six continents in the globe would feature in the World Cup.
The countries are South Africa, U.S., Mexico, Nicaragua, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Germany, Australia and Panama.
According to the statement, Ricardo Fraccari, President of the WBSC, congratulated the countries for qualifying for the championship.
“Congratulations to this global group of nations for advancing to the U-12 Baseball World Cup.
“Congratulations also to the young athletes who, through their performance at the continental championships, have put their countries in this position.
“The U-12 World Cup promises to showcase the global spread, youth appeal, national pride and excitement associated with our sport.
“All these are key elements in our drive to earn a long-term place at the Olympic Games,” it quoted Fraccari as saying. (NAN)
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(Editing by Peter Ejiofor)