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 ...

Softball, which has not been played at ... with Japan winning both times. Former national team slugger Utsugi steered Japan to gold in 2021. On how she wants to build the team toward the next ...

The first-of-its-kind event in the United States featured four Japan National Team softball legends, including Olympic and World Champions, led by head coach Reika Utsugi. The two-day camp ...

Hosts Japan hoisted their coach and waved to mostly empty stands to celebrate their second straight gold medal in softball on Tuesday ... the winning team laid her on their shoulders and hoisted ...

Japan defeated Canada (2-7) and will face the United States in the final for the Women's Softball World Championship.

The United States women's softball team came from behind to defeat Japan, 2-1, on Monday, wrapping up round-robin play at the Tokyo Olympics with a bang. The win gives the U.S. the hammer -- the right ...

YOKOHAMA--Hosts Japan beat Canada 1-0 in an extra-inning thriller on a sun-baked turf on Sunday to set up a highly-anticipated Olympic softball final ... said whether his team swing first did ...