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U.S. triumphs over Japan in extra innings to reach final at softball worlds
Japan missed a chance to go straight to the gold-medal game of the Women's Softball World Championship on Saturday in a 4-3 extra-innings loss to the United States. Rachel Garcia drove in the winning run in the eighth inning at Zozo Marine Stadium. Kelsey Stewart's ...
Monica Abbott fans 18 as U.S. tops Australia at softball worlds; Japan routs Puerto Rico
Monica Abbott had 18 strikeouts and the United States defeated Australia 3-1 on Friday in the playoffs of the Women's World Softball Championship. Abbott gave up a game-tying solo home run to Stacey Porter in the fourth inning but was solid the rest of the ...
Kristi Merritt and Sahvanna Jaquish homered as the United States beat South Africa 7-0 in five innings to remain undefeated at the Women's Softball World Championship on Tuesday. Merritt hit a three-run homer in the second inning to give the defending champions a 4-0 lead, ...
North Korea gripes about sanctions, 'alarming' U.S. impatience with denuclearization
North Korea on Saturday said the U.S. was acting with "alarming" impatience on the issue of denuclearization, after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed the need to maintain full sanctions pressure on Pyongyang. The contrasting comments at a security forum in Singapore came after a ...
U.S., Japan in hunt for title at Women's Softball World Championship
Alison Aguilar and Delaney Spaulding drove in three runs each as the United States beat Taiwan 7-0 Saturday to improve to 2-0 in Group A at the Women's Softball World Championship, a qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Aguilar hit a bases-loaded double in a ...
Japan suffered a 4-2 loss to the world No. 1 United States on Thursday in their first match of the Tournament of Nations, a four-team women's international tournament. Mina Tanaka equalized for No. 6 Japan after U.S. striker Alex Morgan opened the scoring at Children's ...
Japan snubs homegrown weaponry to buy from the U.S., putting domestic industry under threat
While there's little prospect that Japanese consumers will ever buy enough American cars to please U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe government's record spending on defense is shaping up as a bright spot in bilateral trade for the U.S. president. Japan's purchases through ...
North American trio beats Morocco for hosting rights to host 2026 World Cup
North America will host the 2026 World Cup after FIFA voters overwhelmingly opted for the financial and logistical certainty of a United States-led bid over a risky Moroccan proposal for the first 48-team tournament. The soccer showpiece will return to the U.S. for the first ...
In yet another stunning turn of events on the Korean Peninsula in recent days, the leaders of the two Koreas held a second summit, secretly meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone on Saturday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Close aide to Kim Jong Un returns to Pyongyang after mystery trip to Beijing: sources
A close aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un returned to Pyongyang from Beijing on Saturday, informed sources said, after making a brief trip expected to draw even more speculation after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly canceled next month's summit with Kim. Kim Chang ...
Japanese officials take the development in stride, saying meeting for meeting’s sake should not be a priority with the nuclear-armed hermit state.
Abductees' families still hopeful after canceled U.S.-North Korea summit
Families of Japanese people abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s expressed regret Friday at U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to cancel a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but remained hopeful they will eventually be reunited with their long-lost ...
