Australian baseball team pulls out of Tokyo Olympic qualifying

Australia has withdrawn from the final baseball qualifying tournament for this summer's Tokyo Games because of difficulties stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, the sport's national governing body announced Wednesday.Baseball Australia chief executive Glenn Williams said Australia would not send a team to the June 22-26 event in Mexico, originally slated to be held from June 16 in Taiwan, after the late change in venue made coronavirus safety measures unworkable."We worked through multiple options and scenarios but the logistical challenges of providing a safe environment for the group w…READ FULL ARTICLE