Australia withdraw from Olympic baseball qualifying tournament

Australia have withdrawn from the final baseball qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympics due to the spread of coronavirus. 

The "insurmountable" challenges to logistics and safety forced the decision, Baseball Australia chief executive Glenn Williams said.

The qualifying event was moved from Taiwan to Mexico last month over concerns of a surge in Covid-19 cases - and despite a rise in cases in Mexico.

Australia won a baseball silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.