US 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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The United States won the women's  basketball gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday.
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ATHENS, Greece - The United States shook off early shooting woes and sloppy play to claim its third straight Olympic women's basketball title Saturday, a 74-63 victory over Australia. They did it by turning up the defense, crashing the boards harder in the second half and, most importantly, finding their shooting touch...
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Stacey Nuveman and Lovieanne Jung homered off nemesis Yukiko Ueno to power the United States to the World Cup of Softball title Monday night with a 5-2 victory over Japan.
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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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Australia finally notched its first win in a Women's World Cup, beating Ghana 4-1 Wednesday in a Group C matchup.
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Brendan Kingman&#39;s sixth-inning single sent Australia to a victory over stunned Japan, putting the Aussies in the gold medal game.
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The United States gave Hall of Famer Mia  Hamm the perfect send-off on Thursday, beating Brazil 2-1 to  win Olympic gold in the women's soccer tournament.
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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 - By any measure â-etric or otherwise â - performance here by the United States softball team was Olympian, and one for the gods.
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The losing team made the news Monday in Olympic softball&#39;s gold medal game. It scored a run. With Crystl Bustos hitting two shots that would have dented the outfield fence had
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The only teenager on the U.S. women's soccer team gave the old vets a chance to leave with one last gold. Minutes after missing a wide-open net, Heather O'Reilly scored in the ninth minute of overtime Monday to give the United States a 2-1 victory over World Cup champion Germany and a place in Thursday's gold-medal game.
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Australia won the Olympic men&#39;s hockey tournament for the first time in history on Friday, beating the Netherlands 2-1 with a golden goal.
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Cat Osterman struck out 10 in six innings, Crystl Bustos homered and the United States completed a perfect run through the preliminary round with a 3-0 win over Taiwan on Friday, setting up a U.S.-Australia showdown in the semifinals.
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The US softball team completed its scorched-earth run through the Olympics on Monday with a 5-1 win over Australia, America&#39;s third straight gold medal.
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The US women&#39;s softball team has finished a dominating performance at the Olympics by capturing the gold medal. The Americans had little trouble with Australia in the final Monday, cruising to a 5-1 victory.
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U.S. softball sluggers Jessica Mendoza and Crystl Bustos on Tuesday slammed two homeruns at the world softball championships, clinching a 3-0 victory over Japan and giving the Americans the gold medal.