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Baseball in Egypt

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Baseball in Egypt
CountryEgypt
Governing bodyBaseball Egypt
National team(s)Men's national team;
Women's national team
International competitions

Baseball in Egypt is a minor sport.[1][2][3]

History

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The sport has its foundation in the early 1880s as part of Spalding World Tour.[4]

Bibliography

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  • Peter C. Bjarkman, Diamonds Around The Globe: The Encyclopedia Of International Baseball, Greenwood Press, 2004

References

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  1. ^ Buchanan, Zach. "'What if we brought baseball to Egypt?' Inside the grassroots effort to build the game in an unexpected place". The Athletic.
  2. ^ "Baseball's family tree traced to the Ancient-Egyptians". Taipei Times. March 28, 2003.
  3. ^ "Bringing Baseball to the Land of the Pharaohs". HuffPost. May 7, 2017.
  4. ^ "A ballgame played among Egypt's pyramids". MLB.com.