Following are the results of the softball preliminaries at the Beijing Olympic Games on Friday:

Canada bt China, 1-0;

U.S. bt Japan, 7-0 (in five innings);

U.S. bt Canada, 8-1 (completion of a delayed game on Thursday);

Australia bt Chinese Taipei, 3-1;

Venezuela bt Netherlands, 8-0 (in five innings)

(Xinhua News Agency August 15,2008)