Rain had pushed the semifinals to the tournament's final day. Instead of there being an evening between the semifinal matchup and the medal stage, now the final four national softball teams at the ...

Japan defeated Team USA 2-0 in the softball gold medal game on Tuesday. The US had a chance to come back with two on in the sixth inning, but a double play ended the rally. Japan caught a break when a ...

The No. 1-ranked U.S. Women's National Team will face No. 2 Japan in the gold medal game of the WBSC World Cup Finals at 1 p.m. CT Saturday. Team USA secured its spot in the gold medal game with a 7-0 ...

Softball remained off the Olympic schedule for the past two Summer Games after Team USA last lost to Japan in the gold medal match at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Team USA softball was unable to rewrite ...

Team USA softball was unable to rewrite the history books on Tuesday. The American women fell to Japan in the gold medal match at the Tokyo Olympics, ending the game 2-0 and winning the silver medal.

USA Softball is squaring off in another epic matchup against Japan, this time in the gold medal game at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. If you caught round one on Monday (Sunday night in the US), you ...

Thirteen years after the Japanese women's softball national team achieved their biggest victory when they took down Team USA in the gold medal game at the 2008 Olympics, they returned to the 2020 ...

Team USA settles for silver in softball. It was more of the same as the rest of the tournament for USA softball: Great pitching, great defense, poor offense. Add all that up, and it resulted in a 2-0 ...

It was another full slate of surprises and triumphs at the Tokyo Olympics. The early-morning slate featured the much-anticipated women's gymnastics team final and saw the USA finish second behind the ...

Dan Cancian is currently a reporter for Newsweek based in London, England. Prior to joining Newsweek in January 2018, he was a news and business reporter at International Business Times UK. Dan has ...