Softball returned to the ... kept the game within reach for Team USA, but they failed to score in the bottom of the frame. Reed was involved in another highlight when she smacked a first-inning triple ...

The gold-medal game will be a rematch of the 2008 Beijing gold-medal game in which Japan was victorious, 3-1. The two softball powerhouses are the only two teams to have captured Olympic gold. The ...

Mayor Takashi Kawamura chomped on Miu Goto's medal at an event last week An Olympic gold medallist ... week to celebrate Japan's victory over the USA in the women's softball final.