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2025 Canada Cup Women's Softball: British Columbia vs Czechia

2025 Canada Cup Women's Softball: British Columbia vs Czechia

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Watch Team British Columbia and Team Czechia go head-to-head from the 2025 Canada Cup at Softball City in Langley, B.C.
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