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Japan edge Australia to reach World Baseball Classic quarter-finals

Japan survived a scare to beat Australia 4-3 at the World Baseball Classic on Sunday as the defending champions booked their place in the quarter-finals as Pool C winners.

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Japan 2026 World Baseball Classic roster, schedule and pool

Major League Baseball · 1h

World Baseball Classic Power Rankings: Quarterfinals Edition

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World Baseball Classic shows off the growing global reach of an American sport

America’s national pastime will take to the world stage in the World Baseball Classic, with teams from 20 countries participating.

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Italy, USA and Canada advance at World Baseball Classic

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Team USA's World Baseball Classic hopes take massive hit with Italy upset

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As Team USA awaits its World Baseball Classic fate, it should never have come to this

Give Italy credit. For issuing only one walk to a U.S. team that drew 17 in its opening victory over Brazil. For scoring eight runs even though its top five hitters went 0 for 22. For hitting three ho...

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Team USA Makes Clayton Kershaw Decision Amid World Baseball Classic

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USA-Mexico Breaks World Baseball Classic Viewership Record

Dodgers, Yamamoto and Samurai Japan

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Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto: Starting in WBC quarterfinals

Starting in WBC quarterfinals

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Yamamoto to Start for Samurai Japan against Venezuela

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Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto to stay with Japan for rest of WBC after initial report said otherwise

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Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani Continues Pitching Program

The World Baseball Classic quarterfinals begin on Friday, March 13, and Team Samurai Japan find themselves to end up on top.

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Will Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani pitch in WBC? Team Japan star has 2-word answer

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Team USA Loses Key Pitcher Before WBC Quarterfinals After NY Mets Demand His Return

Shohei Ohtani, World Baseball Classic and Ramp up

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Shohei Ohtani continues with carefully managed pitching ramp-up

Shohei Ohtani and Team Japan are back in Miami as they sit just three wins away from repeating as World Baseball Classic champions. Ohtani helped lead the Samurai Japan team to a WBC title at loanDepot Park in 2023,

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Shohei Ohtani reveals whether he'll pitch in the World Baseball Classic

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Shohei Ohtani, Japan beat Korea in World Baseball Classic: Live updates and reaction

MLB · 18h

The top 10 moments from the World Baseball Classic (so far)

Identifying the top 10 moments thus far from the 2026 World Baseball Classic is no easy task.

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World Baseball Classic quarterfinals are set

MLB · 12h

Perfect Italy surges into quarterfinals powered by caffeine and kisses

World Baseball Classic 2026: Japanese fans give Czech electrical worker, pitcher Ondřej Satoria curtain call

It was quite the encore performance three years after he famously struck out Shohei Ohtani, a world icon and one of the most impressive athletes in sports history. So when Satoria

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MLB risks angering Japanese baseball fans with controversial Netflix move

MLB controversially handed local broadcast rights to the 2026 World Baseball Classic to Japan in a move that has slowed growth of the tournament in the baseball-crazed nation

In Japan, concerns arise that Netflix exclusivity dampening World Baseball Classic appeal

In Japan, where Netflix has exclusive rights to the WBC, residents are not used to paying subscription services to watch sporting events.

NBC Los Angeles

When did baseball start in Japan and how did it become so popular?

The country has dominated the World Baseball Classic in the 2000s, but its baseball history started long before.

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Japan secures unbeaten group stage in World Baseball Classic with 9-0 victory over Czech Republic

Japan completed the World Baseball Classic group stage unbeaten, defeating the Czech Republic 9-0, highlighted by Munetaka Murakami's grand slam. The team advances to the quarterfinals in Miami.

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Baseball-samurai Japan top gutsy Czech team on way to WBC playoffs

By Rocky Swift TOKYO, March 10 (Reuters) - With superstar Shohei Ohtani on the bench on Tuesday and Samurai Japan assured a playoff berth in the World Baseball Classic, attention in the Tokyo Dome momentarily focused on an electrician from the Czech Republic.

Major League Baseball

Undefeated Japan to clash with Venezuela in Classic quarterfinals (Sat., 9 p.m. ET, FOX)

Any loss from here on out means the end of the tournament and a trip back home. Venezuela is the away team after finishing second in Pool D following a close loss to the Dominican Republic on Wednesda

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Sean Cruz signs pro baseball contract in Japan

Local baseball trailblazer Sean Cruz is keeping his baseball career alive after signing with Japanese pro team Saga Asia Dreams of the Kyushu Asia League.