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Australia won the Men's Softball World Cup for the first time since 2009 as they defeated Canada 5-2 in the final in Auckland.

From playing teeball on Saturday mornings as kids to representing their country on the big stage as adults, a group of talented players from Penrith City Softball Association (PCSA) are proving dreams can come true if you work hard and persevere.

Softball Australia has picked a 15-player squad for this year's World Games and the Canada Cup.

Australia's softball side opened the Tokyo Olympics with a crushing 8-1 loss to Japan in Fukushima, where the mercy rule was invoked. Yu Yamamoto cleared the fence early in the bottom of the fifth innings, boosting her side's lead to seven runs and ending the match in the process. Home runs from Minori Naito and Yamato Fujita, in the third and fourth innings respectively, gave Japan control of proceedings as empty stands and limited fanfare marked the start of the 2021 Games. Japan and Australia's softball teams face off in their first match of the Tokyo Olympic Games (pictured). Japan crushe...

No meeting fans, no eating out and no sightseeing -- life in the Tokyo Olympic bubble could be "challenging" for athletes, the first team to arrive in Japan has warned.