Tokyo Olympics: Mercy rule applied as Japan hammers Australian softballers

Updated July 21 2021 - 10:45pm, first published 12:30pm

The opening ceremony might be on Friday but Australia's Tokyo Olympics campaign began on the softball diamond on Wednesday, where the mercy rule was invoked.

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