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WBSC Congress 2025: Executive Board convenes for final meeting before elections
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Players Associations’ Joint Statement on Legislation Affecting the Rights of College Athletes
Major milestone in international baseball: WBSC unveils Official Rules of Baseball
Sport Integrity Australia acknowledges the decision of Baseball Australia to impose a one-month ban on baseball player Timothy Atherton for the Presence of a metabolite of a Prohibited Substance.
WPA leadership to intensify efforts to strengthen unions & address power imbalances in global sport
WBSC confirmed as Associate Member of ASOIF
WBSC publishes first Integrity Unit annual report
MLB players' union announces historic Minor League bargaining agreement
2023 PCC Conference - Impact of Global Anti-Doping Scientific Research: Innovation and Advancement
WBSC Europe announces event sanctioning procedure
Three Regional Leagues Affiliate to Baseball’s National Governing Body for 2023
WBSC releases new #Safecall guidelines for events
Minor League Players overwhelmingly approve historic first collective bargaining agreement
WBSC publishes first annual Governance Report in line with WBSC Strategic Plan 2022-2028
Statement on Competition Committee vote
Major League Baseball Players Association launches campaign to unionize Minor Leaguers
WBSC opens Nomination procedure for Athletes Representatives elections
Statement on Players’ rejection of MLB’s international draft proposal
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