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Baseball
Lagos, July 14, 2017 (NAN) The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has unveiled its brand new slogan `Game Time’ at a launch event at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.
WSBC President Riccardo Fraccari also revealed that the body already had a vision for 2024, 2028 and beyond in order to earn baseball and softball a long-term place at the Olympic Games.
According to WBSC website on Friday, Fraccari says the launch is in preparation for baseball and softball’s return to the Olympic Programme in 2020.
It said the body was committed to creating a billion-strong baseball and softball community by 2024, with current approximately 200 million athletes and fans worldwide.
“I would like to thank all of our friends from around the Olympic Movement who attended the Olympic Family.
“The WBSC is incredibly excited to return to the Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020, where baseball-softball will feature for the first time since 2008.
“But we already have our sights set on 2024, 2028 and beyond, we have created a new brand to help us demonstrate our disciplines’ long-term value to the Olympic Games and Movement.
“We are growing our sport by making it more appealing, accessible and dynamic than ever,’’ It said. (NAN)
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(Edited by Edwin Nwachukwu/Peter Ejiofor)