Softball: U.S. Thrashes Australia, Japan Wins
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The red, white and blue U.S. softball  machine are one win away from their third straight gold medal  after rolling over Australia 5-0 in their semi-final on Sunday.
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Cat Osterman pitches a two-hit complete game and strikes out nine, lifting the United States past China, 2-0, at the softball world championship in Beijing.
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Abby Wambach stroked home a 58th-minute  winner to give the United States a 2-1 win over Japan Friday,  setting up a semi-final showdown with world champions Germany  in the Olympic women's soccer tournament.
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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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The US women's softball team has won its first five games by shutout. Three of its triumphs were so lopsided that international softball's mercy rule kicked in and shortened the game, as in the five-inning, 7-0 rout of Canada yesterday that propelled the US women into Saturday's semifinals.
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The US Women&#39;s National Team did not string together a complete 90 minutes of soccer in beating Japan 2-1 in its Olympic quarterfinal on Friday, however, it was the side&#39;s finest performance of the tournament so far.
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Japan claimed a best ever fifth-place finish in the women's hockey World Cup when they beat the United States 1-0 in a playoff match in Madrid 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 gold medal Saturday, a 74-63 victory over Australia that was ugly but immensely satisfying for the Americans. They did it by turning up the defense, crashing the boards harder in the second half and, most important, finding their shooting touch - something the U.S...
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Brendan Kingman's sixth-inning RBI single sent Australia to a stunning 1-0 victory yesterday over Japan, putting the Aussies in today's gold medal game against Cuba.
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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.
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ATHENS, Greece - Right now, the Americans aren't just a Dream Team - they're more like the Perfect Team. Lisa Fernandez pitched a three-hitter Sunday and Crystl Bustos drove in two runs as the Americans rolled to their eighth shutout in eight days, 5-0 over Australia, putting them into the gold medal game...
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When Australia scored a token run in the fifth inning of the gold medal game Monday at the Olympic Softball Stadium, it was the first scored here against the US - in the ninth and final game
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Abby Wambach scored her 17th goal in her  last 18 matches as the United States beat Japan 2-1 on Friday,  setting up a semi-final clash with world champions Germany in  the Olympic women's soccer tournament.
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Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and the  United States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the  first time in 28 years on Monday.
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Tairia Flowers homered, Crystl Bustos added a two-run double and Cat Osterman was all but unhittable Monday night as the United States beat Japan 3-0.
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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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Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and United  States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the first time  in 28 years Monday.