The head of baseball's world governing body wants its World Cup to serve as a qualifying tournament for the World Baseball Classic, which was created by Major League Baseball and its players' union. Riccardo Fraccari, the new president of the International Baseball Federation, said Wednesday at ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - One of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's sons will help lead world baseball's drive to get the sport back in the Olympics after being elected as a vice president of the game's governing body. Antonio "Tony" Castro, 39, is one of Fidel Castro's better-known sons due to his role as team doctor for the ...

A son of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's has been elected one of three vice presidents of the International Baseball Federation after a vote Sunday in Lausanne, Switzerland, Cuban sports officials said. Antonio Castro, a 39-year-old doctor, was elected to the post along with Japan's Kazuhiro Tawa ...

Authorities are investigating whether Taiwanese baseball players accepted bribes to fix games, a prosecutor said Tuesday, the latest blow to the integrity of the sport on the baseball-loving island. Prosecutor Cheng Hsin-hung refused to identify the players involved in the probe, but former Colorado Rockies ...