The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) strategically created Baseball5 to overcome challenges in promoting baseball and softball, leading to its rapid spread in regions previously considered baseball deserts. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee invited the Mongolian national team to a domestic Baseball5 tournament. The WBSC president visited North Korea to discuss baseball and softball activation through Baseball5, with North Korea awaiting membership approval at the WBSC General Assembly in October 2025.

Australia will host the 2027 Women’s Softball World Cup Finals in Redcliffe, Queensland, from April 5-11. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari announced the event, emphasizing its role as a bridge to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics, where softball hopes to be included. Softball Australia CEO Sarah Loh highlighted the event's importance in strengthening the case for Olympic inclusion, noting significant global viewership. The Australian federal government has committed $750,000 in funding. The inaugural Women’s Softball World Cup was held in Melbourne in 1965, where Australia won the title.

The International Testing Agency (ITA), on behalf of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), has notified American softball player Cameron Schiller of an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) for 19-norandrosterone, an anabolic androgenic steroid. The sample was collected during the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup on July 13, 2025. Schiller has the right to request analysis of the B sample or provide an explanation for the result. A mandatory provisional suspension has been imposed, which the athlete can challenge.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) reported sanctions against three baseball and softball players for doping violations. Softball player Ben Kantor (Israel) received a three-year suspension after testing positive for multiple anabolic steroids during an in-competition test at the Men's Softball World Cup on July 14, 2024. Baseball players Noel Salas Buitimea (Mexico) and Rubén Darío Tejada Abrego (Panama) each received four-year suspensions. Salas Buitimea tested positive for stanozolol in an out-of-competition test on November 7, 2024, and Tejada Abrego tested positive for drostanolone in an out-of-competition test on November 8, 2024. All three were provisionally suspended December 3, 2024. Kantor's ban runs from August 23, 2024, to August 22, 2027, while the bans for Salas Buitimea and Tejada Abrego run from December 3, 2024, to December 2, 2028. All athletes have the right to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced updated athlete transfer rules, effective January 1, 2025, to promote fairness and transparency. The WBSC also highlighted the significance of accessing Olympic Solidarity, a key initiative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that provides financial assistance to national federations, for baseball and softball's return to the Olympic programme at Los Angeles 2028 and Baseball5's Youth Olympic debut in Dakar 2026. WBSC Europe’s Continental Liaison stressed that securing Olympic Solidarity funds requiresmaintaining a strong working relationship with National Olympic Committees (NOCs).