LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Success with Australia’s women’s national baseball and softball teams at the world championships this summer has entered Leigh Godfrey into the history books as the first player to medal at a baseball world championship and a softball world championship.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Success with Australia’s women’s national baseball and softball teams at the world championships this summer has entered Leigh Godfrey into the history books as the first player to medal at a baseball world championship and a softball world championship.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Record crowds, along with strong broadcast viewing and social media figures, for the Women’s Baseball World Cup in Miyazaki Japan, which were driven by the gold medal winning performance of the Japanese Women’s Baseball National Team — “Madonna Japan” — have added to the growing chorus of national support in Japan that is being echoed in other parts of the world for baseball and softball to be included at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

MIYAZAKI, Japan – The Japanese Women’s Baseball National Team, “Madonna Japan”, completed a perfect run at the 2014 Women’s Baseball World Cup, defeating the United States, 3-0, in front of another big crowd of 14,500 fans at Sun Marine Stadium.

MIYAZAKI, Japan – The Australian Women’s National Baseball Team, the “Emeralds”, have claimed the 2014 Women’s Baseball World Cup bronze medal, erasing an early 2-0 deficit to beat Canada 3-2 on Sunday.

The championship finale will be streamed online for free at internetv.tv. Another big crowd is expected for the finale.

Gold medal match will be broadcast by TV Asahi and AYM Sports’ internetv.tv.

Win for Japan sets stage for a gold medal rematch against USA Sunday.