NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will test robot umpires as part of a challenge system during spring training at 13 ballparks hosting 19 teams, which could lead to regular-season use in 2026. MLB ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Baseball lovers gathered to honor Eric Cooper, a major league baseball umpire from Des Moines, and support the organizations Cooper worked with throughout his career. Eric Cooper ...

One of the very first baseball games I ever umpired was played under protest. It was the summer of 1967 and at 16, I had ...

Renowned chair umpire Carlos Bernardes also called time on his 40-year officiating career. It was a funny coincidence given their history, as Nadal once asked for the Brazilian umpire to be banned ...

A cricket umpire, who was hospitalised after being hit 'flush on the side of the face' by a ball, has revealed he came very close to losing one of his eyes while opening up on the horror injuries ...

A cricket umpire who spent two nights in hospital after he was struck by a ball says he feels like he “won lotto” because he only suffered severe bruising and swelling in the rare and terrifying ...

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Senior umpire Tony DeNobrega took a full-blooded straight drive to the face while officiating a match on November 16. It was a third-grade clash in the WA Suburban Turf Cricket Association (WASTCA ...

Juan Soto is headed for one of the largest contracts in baseball history, perhaps even approaching the $700 million in guaranteed money that Shohei Ohtani got from the Dodgers last offseason, if some ...

Left-hander Lucas Gilbreath and the Colorado Rockies have agreed to a $785,000, one-year deal ahead of the deadline for teams to offer contracts to unsigned players on their 40-man roster ...

Former Aussie rules umpire Ian Stewart is calling for policy changes and funding to support athletes in receiving holistic healthcare following the impacts of concussions.Credit: Eddie Jim June 9 ...

Their match was also a significant one - it was renowned umpire Carlos Bernardes' last time in the chair. The Brazilian officially entered retirement when Berrettini sealed a 6-4 6-2 victory.