Event Notes: Mount Kelud Eruption Impacting Local Sports Schedules In Indonesia

The "fallout from the eruption of Mount Kelud continues to fan out across Java and is now affecting local sports, with football and basketball having to cancel fixtures." Indonesia Super League CEO Djoko Driyono announced on Friday that "it had postponed at least four matches -- three in the worst-hit province of East Java and one in West Java -- while the National Basketball League also called off current series" in Solo, Central Java, due to Kelud's "explosive eruption" late Thursday (JAKARTA GLOBE, 2/14). ... World Baseball Softball Confederation execs have awarded the hosting rights of three youth-centered Baseball World Cups, with Taichung, Chinese Taipei set to host the U21 Baseball World Cup from Nov. 7-16. Japan, which will host the Women's Baseball World Cup in September in Miyazaki, was selected to host the U18 Baseball World Cup in '15. In '17, the U18 Baseball World Cup will go to Canada (WBSC).