According to a report on FIBS.it on Monday the new President of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) Riccardo Fraccari met the President of the European Softball Federation (ESF) Andre Van Overbeek and ESF First Vice President Totoni Sanna in Rome, Italy to talk about the future of both sports in Europe. The main reason for the meeting was to evaluate whether there common strategies for Baseball and Softball in order to improve their chances for reinstatement into the Olympic program. In Europe almost 80 percent of all federations combine Baseball and Softball.