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By Paresh Dave
(Reuters) â Action at the Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to start on Wednesday as Japan meet Australia in softball with each team holding vastly different stakes in the sportâs return to the Games.
With the Olympics getting underway a year late because of the COVID-19 pandemic, hosts Japan will throw the first pitch at 0000 GMT in Fukushima. Spectators are banned.
It will be an unusual scene for Japanese players, who hail from a domestic professional league that involves cheerleaders, bands and busloads of employees from corporate sponsors.
âSoftball is the biggest thing out here. The fans, the competitiveness is unbelievable,â said Dallas Escobedo, a pitcher for Mexico who has played in the league since last year.
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