U.S. Beats Australia to Claim Softball Gold
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The United States won the gold medal in  softball Monday, beating Australia 5-1 on two home runs from  Crystl Bustos and masterful pitching from Lisa Fernandez.
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ATHENS - Australia won the Olympic men&#39;s hockey title for the first time in history on Friday, beating defending champions the Netherlands 2-1 with a golden goal.
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ATHENS, Greece - Brendan Kingman&#39;s sixth-inning single sent Australia to a stunning 1-0 victory Tuesday over Japan, putting the Aussies in the gold medal game.
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ATHENS, Greece - One more victory and U.S. softball team will have its goal: a third Olympic gold...
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Brendan Kingman&#39;s sixth-inning single sent Australia to a 1-0 victory Tuesday over stunned Japan, putting the Aussies in the gold medal game.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - The United States dazzled on the floor and vault to win the women's team gold at the world gymnastics championships on Wednesday.
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The U.S. women took their third  consecutive gold medal in Olympic basketball on Saturday,  breaking open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat  Australia 74-63.
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The U.S. softball team wins its third straight gold medal with an unprecedented and nearly unblemished romp through the Olympics, capped by a 5-1 victory Monday over Australia.
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The U.S. offense was already scoring big long before Crystl Bustos&#039; long ball. She just put the finishing touches on another dominant showing by the Americans. Bustos homered and drove in five runs as the United States jumped on China for a 10-run first inning in a 14-0 win Saturday night at the World Cup of Softball.
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They missed shots, threw the ball away and got beat on defense. In the end, though, Shannon Johnson and Tina Thompson helped the Americans pull off another gold-medal victory. Johnson and Thompson gave the United States a huge lift with their second-half scoring, and the Americans beat Australia 74-63 on Saturday for their third straight Olympic basketball title.
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The United States womenâs national team advanced to the Gold medal match with a 2-1 win over Germany at Heraklio Stadium in the semifinal on Monday.
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The US women&#39;s soccer team won the gold medal at the Athens Olympics, beating Brazil 2-to-1 in overtime. Lindsay Tarpley scored in the 39th minute to give the US the game&#39;s first goal.
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Tanya Harding jumped up, shrieked with delight and wrapped her arms tightly around Australian catcher Marissa Carpadios as the two kicked up dust with a dance in the infield dirt. The Aussies were guaranteed one more game at the Olympics &#151; and another shot at the United States. This time for a gold medal.
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ATHENS, Greece The US women&#39;s basketball team completed an eight-game run through the Athens Olympics with a 74-to-63 win over Australia.
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The US women took their third consecutive gold medal in Olympic basketball Saturday, breaking open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat Australia 74-63.
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The United States kept itself firmly on  course for a third straight Olympic softball gold medal when it  thrashed Australia 10-0 Sunday.
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BULLETINBC-OLY--Women's Final BKW,0040BULLETIN    ATHENS, Greece   --  The United States won the gold medal Saturday in women's basketball, beating Australia 74-63.