Hosts Japan hoisted their coach and waved to mostly empty stands to celebrate their second straight gold medal in softball on ...

Softball returned to the Games for the first time since the Beijing Olympics in 2008. But it's not on the program for Paris in 2024. The six-team tournament featured defending Olympic champion Japan ...

The Tokyo Olympics finally began on Wednesday with softball matches in an empty stadium in Fukushima. Host country Japan's women's softball team won the opening game, thrashing Australia in a boost ...

On home soil, in an event their nation rescued from a state of Olympic neglect specifically for these Games, Japan’s softball team delivered a near-flawless defensive performance to defeat the United ...