Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/26
By: Lee Chin-wei, Sie Jing-wun and William Yen

Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Taiwanese golfer Teresa Lu (盧曉晴) fired a two-under 70 on

Sunday for a total of 15-under 273 to win the LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup in Japan, her fourth win this year.

Lu carded 68, 68 and 67 in the first three rounds, scoring two birdies in the final round Sunday, totaling 273 to finish four shots ahead of South Korean Lee Min-young and win 25 million Japanese yen (US$ 224,180) in prize money.

It was her fourth title of the year on the Ladies Professional Golfers’ Association of Japan tour, following wins at the Studio Alice Women’s Open in April, Nichirei Ladies in June and the Fujitsu Ladies in October.
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LAST CHANCE: Although scoreless, the second men’s final was no snoozer, as Taipower launched a late attack with a flurry of opportunities all denied by Taipei’s keeper

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 27, 2017
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

The nation’s top soccer leagues wrapped up the season this weekend, with Taipei-Tatung

claiming the men’s title on an away goal advantage and Taichung Blue Whale capturing the women’s championship trophy with a 2-0 victory.

Both teams had a fighting chance in the men’s Taiwan Football Premier League final on Saturday, with Taipei-based Tatung hosting Kaohsiung-based Taipower for the second leg of their championship matches.

In the first leg in Kaohsiung on Saturday last week, the two sides fought to a 1-1 draw, with midfielder Lin Chien-hsun converting a penalty for the home team and Taipei-Tatung replying with a late goal headed in by defender Chen Wei-jen after a cross supplied by striker Marc Fenelus.

Leading into the second game at a disadvantage due to the away-goal rule, Kaohsiung knew they had to score at least one goal or win at Taipei Municipal Stadium to seal the victory.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/25
By: Lung Po-an and Ko Lin

Taipei, Nov. 25 (CNA) World No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) of Taiwan reached the women’s

singles final of the Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships 2017 after topping South Korean Sung Ji-hyun in the semifinals on Saturday.

Tai overcame the South Korean 21-9, 18-21, 21-7 in a match that lasted 52 minutes.

It was the third time that the Taiwanese has reached the Hong Kong Open finals, after having previously won the title in 2014 and 2016.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 25, 2017
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan yesterday opened their FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B qualifying campaign

on a sour note when Australia ran riot in a 104-66 victory at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium.

There were high hopes for a good result, with Taiwanese fans packing the venue as the nation hosted its first Asian World Cup qualifier since 1963.

However, the fans left disappointed after the heavy defeat, as the Australia players took advantage of their height advantage and physicality to shred Taiwan’s defense as the visitors pulled away to a 45-26 halftime lead.

The visitors had five players in double digits, led by the hot shooting duo of Jason Cadee and Daniel Kickert with 16 and 15 points respectively.    [FULL  STORY]

The 23 year-old broke the world record in the 58 kg weight class at the Taipei Summer Universiade Games earlier this year

Taiwan News 
Date: 2017/11/20
By: Eric Kao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwanese weightlifter Kuo Hsingchun, who won gold at the

29th Summer Universiade Games in Taipei while simultaneously breaking the world record, is set to appear on the cover of the 142nd edition of the World Weightlifting Magazine.

The cover photo which has appeared on the 142nd edition of the World Weightlifting Magazine, issued by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), is the close-up taken after she had won gold at the Summer Universiade Games earlier this year.

Below the photo reads, “Kuo Hsing-Chun, TPE, 142kg, Clean and Jerk in 58kg: The year’s first and so far only women’s world record was set by the local favorite at the Taipei2017 Universiade.”

The 2017 Weightlifting World Championships will take place in Anaheim, U.S. from the 28th of November to the 5th of December. Team Taiwan will consist of seven female athletes and five male athletes, including Kuo Hsingchun and Hsu Shuching, lead by coach Tsai Wenyi.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/20
By: Kuan-lin Liu and Lee Chin-wei

Taipei, Nov. 20 (CNA) Wu Ching-kuo (吳經國), the longtime president of the International

Boxing Association (AIBA), officially stepped down from his post on Monday, following allegations of financial mismanagement and a vote of no-confidence which led to his suspension in October.

The Taiwanese official, who has served as AIBA president since 2006, released a joint statement with AIBA saying that he has decided to step down “for the sport I love and have dedicated my life to.”

During an interview with CNA, Wu clarified what he meant by stepping down for the sake of boxing, saying that “it was time to stop (with the trials) for the sake of boxing’s future.”

Wu was at the center of one of the biggest scandals in AIBA’s history, in which he was accused of abuse of power and financial mismanagement, which allegedly landed the organization with US$10 million worth of debt.   [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/18
By: William Yen

Tokyo, Nov. 18 (CNA) Taiwan lost to Japan 8-2 in the last game of the preliminary round

in the Asia Professional Baseball Championship in Tokyo Saturday, failing to secure a spot in the final of the three-team tournament.

Japanese outfielder Tonosaki Shuta hit a solo home run in the top of the second inning after two outs giving Japan a 1-0 lead.

The Japanese nine scored another two runs in the fifth inning, three runs in the seventh inning and one run in each of the eighth and ninth innings.

Taiwanese Chu Yu-hsien (朱育賢) fought back with a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving Taiwan its first run of the game.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/17
By: Hsieh Ching-wen and William Yen

Taipei, Nov. 17 (CNA) Taiwan had opportunities but could not come up with the clutch hit

as its team of young professionals lost to South Korea 1-0 in the Asia Professional Baseball Championship at the Tokyo Dome on Friday.

The only run came in the bottom of the sixth in a game in which both teams could only muster four hits apiece.

Taiwanese starter Chen Kuan-yu (陳冠宇), who pitches professionally for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan, gave up a two-out walk to Kim Ha-seong and a run-scoring triple to right on a hanging breaking ball to Lee Jung-hoo.

Lee’s deep fly ball just eluded the outstretched glove of Taiwanese right-fielder Chen Tzu-hao (陳子豪) and bounced off the right-field wall away from Chen, who fell to the ground. By the time Chen retrieved the ball, it was too late to prevent Kim from scoring.
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