The biggest hero in pool play for the United States during the 2026 World Baseball Classic wasn't Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper or Kyle Schwarber.

By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME, March 11 (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday delivered her strongest criticism yet of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, describing it as part of a growing and dangerous trend of interventions "outside the scope of international law".

Manager Mark DeRosa says his premature comment about the United States having already punched its ticket to the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals before facing Italy was just an “overly confident s

Wales head coach Steve Tandy names an unchanged team to play Italy in Cardiff on Saturday (16:40 GMT). Blair Murray returns to the bench as the only new face from narrow loss to I

Italy’s Vinnie Pasquantino hits his third homer of the game against Mexico and became the first player in World Baseball Classic history to hit three home runs in one game.

USA suffered a shocking loss to Italy and will have to wait 24 hours to see if they'll make the WBC quarterfinals.

Team Italy’s roster is filled primarily with players who were eligible for Team USA but weren’t selected over the superstar names. Puerto Rico’s would-be roster was adversely affected by the unfortunate insurance and injury issues that prevented some of the island’s biggest products from participating.