Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/09/2020
By: Lung Po-an and Ko Lin

Taipei, June 9 (CNA) With the COVID-19 situation in Taiwan easing, the remaining 15th Women's Super Basketball League (WSBL) games will allow fans to attend starting Thursday, the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) announced on Monday.

In a statement, the CTBA indicated that spectators will still be required to wear face masks at stadiums as a public safety measure to prevent the potential spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Fans will also have their temperature taken when entering venues, while the WSBL is required to keep a register of the names and National ID card numbers of spectators as they enter, the association said.

For the first part of the season, WSBL games were played in empty stadiums, with only the players, coaches and referees on hand because of social distancing guidelines issued by Taiwan's government amid the epidemic.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/05/2020
By: Yang Chi-fang and Matthew Mazzetta

Taipei, June 5 (CNA) Taiwan's professional baseball league said Friday that from June 7 it will relax restrictions on seating and the wearing of face masks, while also resuming food and beverage sales, in line with Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) guidance allowing greater flexibility for social events.

Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) Commissioner John Wu (吳志揚) made the announcement following a meeting with league executives.

First, Wu said, the league will relax the rules on seating arrangements to allow fans to sit in even-numbered seats in one row, and odd-numbered seats in the rows in front or behind.

Fans are currently required to keep two to three seats between them on either side, while the rows in front and behind must remain completely empt    [FULL  STORY]

New 2 day 1-night Shuangxi canoeing camp added to this year’s program

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/06/03
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — New Taipei City's Sports Office has announced that it will offer free water sports experience camps in the summer, including surfing, stand up paddleboarding (SUP), canoeing, water skiing, and rowing.

The office said that registration for participating in the camps began on Wednesday (June 3) and will stop when the capacity is reached, CNA reported.

Canoeing, rowing, and water skiing experience camps will be held at the Breeze Canal in Luzhou District, while surfing and SUP camps are to be held at Zhongjiao Bay in Jinshan, according to the sports office.

A new 2 day 1-night Shuangxi canoeing camp has been added to this year's program. Participants will canoe down the scenic Shuangxi River to its estuary in Gongliao.
[FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/02/2020
By: Chen Wei-ting, Chang Ming-hsuan and William Yen

Taipei, June 2 (CNA) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Tuesday gave a green light for Taiwan's Yonex Taipei Open badminton tournament to be held in September, as restrictions on the COVID-19 coronavirus continue to ease across the country.

Chen Tsung-yen (陳宗彥), CECC deputy chief, told reporters that the command center has given permission to the Chinese Taipei Badminton Association (CTBA) to open the tournament on Sept. 1 and will also assist in its virus prevention measures, including quarantine for the competitors and physical segregation of teams during practice sessions.

The approval followed a proposal submitted by the CTBA to the CECC in May for the tournament to be held Sept. 1-6 in Taipei.

The CECC has been gradually loosening restrictions implemented to halt the spread of the virus as Taiwan has seen no new domestic COVID-19 infections.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/22/2020
By: Huang Chiao-wen and Kay Liu

Taipei, May 22 (CNA) A national competitive sports event is planned for early August, so Taiwanese athletes originally scheduled to participate in the Tokyo Olympics this summer can review their fitness and make revisions to training programs if necessary, the Sports Administration head said Thursday.

A total of 12 disciplines will be featured in the event scheduled from Aug. 1-8 at the National Sports Training Center in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung, said Sports Administration Director-General Kao Chin-hsung (高俊雄).

The disciplines announced by Kao include athletics, swimming, archery, boxing, karate, gymnastics, table tennis, badminton, weight-lifting, taekwondo, judo, and shooting.

The event is planned so athletes can determine whether their training remains on track, according to Kao.
[FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/15/2020
By: Yang Chi-fang and Ko Lin

Taipei, May 15 (CNA) Some 1,720 fans flocked to a baseball game played in New Taipei on Friday, one day after Taiwan's professional baseball league began relaxing its restrictions by allowing more fans into stadiums and letting them eat and drink while watching the games.

The match was between the Fubon Guardians and Rakuten Monkeys at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in the northern Taiwan city.

All of the infield seats were sold out, Fubon Guardians deputy manager Chen Chao-ju (陳昭如) said, explaining that the lifting of food restrictions at stadiums had helped boost audience turnout.

On Thursday, Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) gave the green light for the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) to allow more fans to attend games played at local stadiums starting Friday, increasing the maximum attendance from 1,000 to 2,000.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/15/2020
By: Yang Chi-fang and Ko Lin

Taipei, May 15 (CNA) Some 1,720 fans flocked to a baseball game played in New Taipei on Friday, one day after Taiwan's professional baseball league began relaxing its restrictions by allowing more fans into stadiums and letting them eat and drink while watching the games.

The match was between the Fubon Guardians and Rakuten Monkeys at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in the northern Taiwan city.

All of the infield seats were sold out, Fubon Guardians deputy manager Chen Chao-ju (陳昭如) said, explaining that the lifting of food restrictions at stadiums had helped boost audience turnout.

On Thursday, Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) gave the green light for the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) to allow more fans to attend games played at local stadiums starting Friday, increasing the maximum attendance from 1,000 to 2,000.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: May 17, 2020
By: Grant Dexter / Staff reporter

The semi-finals of the Taipei T10 Cricket Tournament are scheduled for today at the Yingfeng Cricket Ground after rain halted play halfway through yesterday’s matches.

The TCA Indians reached semi-final 1, where PCCT United await, via a qualifier against the FCC Formosans, with TCA and FCC the top teams from group play.

Sadique Anwar’s 3-15 lifted him near the top of the wicket-takers’ column with eight so far in the tournament and helped restrict TCA to 90-6, with Murugan Subramani hitting 32.

However, the Formosans fell to a four-run loss as captain Manoj Kriplani (0-7) tied down the batsmen with two miserly overs.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/14/2020
By: Yang Chi-fang and Ko Lin

Taipei, May 14 (CNA) The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) will allow more fans to attend games played at local stadiums starting Friday, increasing the maximum attendance from 1,000 to 2,000, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Thursday.

Although spectators will still not be allowed to bring their own food to venues, boxed-meals will be available for purchase at games, the CECC said.

Special seating arrangements, not bound by social distancing restrictions, will also be made available at stadiums for families, the center said.

According to the CPBL schedule, the Fubon Guardians play the Rakuten Monkeys at their home stadium in New Taipei's Xinzhuang District on Friday, while the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions team is at home to the CTBC Brothers at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium the same day.    [FULL  STORY]