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Taipei Times
Date: Mar 14, 2017
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with reuters

Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis of Switzerland advanced to the quarter-

finals of the women’s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, while French Open champion Garbine Muguruza survived a fright to reach the fourth round of the women’s singles in Indian Wells, California.

Sixth seeds Chan and Hingis defeated Andreja Klepac of Slovenia and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain 6-1, 7-5 in 1 hour, 14 minutes.

The Taiwanese-Swiss duo saved five of seven break points and converted five of 10 to advance to a quarter-final against fourth seeds Sania Mirza of India and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic.

In the singles, Muguruza got a fright from Kayla Day, but outlasted the precocious American teenager 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 to reach the fourth round.   [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Mar 13, 2017
By: Cobus du Plessis / Staff reporter

Angela Lee, right, celebrates her victory over Taiwan’s Jenny Huang after their “ONE: Warrior Kingdom” bout in Bangkok on Saturday night. Photo: ONE Championship

Dominating with a flurry of strikes from the get-go, atomweight world champion Angela “Unstoppable” Lee stopped Taiwan’s Jenny Huang’s attempt to seize the women’s title in their “ONE: Warrior Kingdom” showdown at the Impact Arena in Bangkok on Saturday.

The 26-year-old Taiwanese judo black belt’s unbeaten run ended as the 20-year-old Singapore-based champion peppered her with a volley of powerful kicks, elbows and straight punches that had Huang backpedaling.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/03/11
By: Lee Yu-cheng and Y.F. Low

Taipei, March 11 (CNA) Taiwan’s Lien Chen-ling (連珍羚) defeated Dussel Jovana Rogic

of Serbia in the women’s 57-kg judo final at the Baku Grand Slam 2017 in Azerbaijan on Friday, making her the first Taiwanese to win a Grand Slam gold.

The 29-year-old Lien, currently a member of the Komatsu Women’s Judo Team in Japan, is the first Taiwanese judo athlete to compete in Japan’s professional league.

She became the first Taiwanese to win a medal in a grand slam competition in 2010, when she bagged a bronze in the Grand Slam Tokyo.

In 2016, Lien represented Taiwan in the women’s 57-kg event at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro but lost the bronze medal match to Kaori Matsumoto of Japan.
[FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 017/03/10
By: Scarlett Cai, Worthy Sheng and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Marc 10 (CNA) A former head of the now-defunct Sports Affairs Council, Lin Te-

fu (林德福), was named Friday to take over the position as director-general of the Sports Administration under the Ministry of Education (MOE).

The appointment was announced by the Executive Yuan one day after Taiwan was eliminated from the 2017 World Baseball Classic after losing three games in the Pool A division being held in Seoul, South Korea.

Premier Lin Chuan (林全) said earlier in the day that the Executive Yuan will conduct a comprehensive review of the operations and functions of the Sports Administration and the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association, including personnel arrangements for the Sports Administration.

According to the Executive Yuan, Lin served as chief of the Cabinet-level Sports Affairs Council from 2002 to 2004. The council was downgraded to an agency under the MOE in January 2013 during government organization reforms.    [FULL  STORY]

The China Post
Date: March 10, 2017
By: Joseph Yeh

TAIPEI, Taiwan — With bitter disappointment and not a single win under its belt,

Taiwan’s national team left the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Thursday after losing to archrival and competition host South Korea 11-8 in extra innings.

After trailing by six runs early in the game, Chinese Taipei fought back to draw even in the seventh inning.

However, it was unable to score off Major League player Oh Seung-hwan, who came to the mound at the bottom of the ninth.

South Korea then added three runs at the top of the 10th, including with a two-run homer, to secure the victory.    [FULL  STORY]

The China Post
Date: March 10, 2017
By: Joseph Yeh

TAIPEI, Taiwan — With bitter disappointment and not a single win under its belt,

Taiwan’s national team left the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Thursday after losing to archrival and competition host South Korea 11-8 in extra innings.

After trailing by six runs early in the game, Chinese Taipei fought back to draw even in the seventh inning.

However, it was unable to score off Major League player Oh Seung-hwan, who came to the mound at the bottom of the ninth.

South Korea then added three runs at the top of the 10th, including with a two-run homer, to secure the victory.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/03/08
By: Lin Hung-han and Ko Lin

Seoul, March 8 (CNA) Taiwan suffered its second defeat at the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday, losing to the Netherlands 5-6 in Seoul.

The loss left Taiwan with zero wins in Pool A after the team’s crushing 7-15 defeat by Israel on Tuesday.

In Wednesday’s game, Taiwan was ahead of the Dutch at the top of the third inning after Lin Chih-sheng (林智勝) gave a sacrifice fly to put Taiwan at 2-1.

However, the Netherlands regained the lead with three runs in the bottom fourth after their batters hit back-to-back singles off the Taiwanese pitcher, ending the inning with 4-2 advantage.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Mar 08, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

Taiwan suffered a humbling defeat to start the World Baseball Classic (WBC), defeated

15-7 by Israel, while in the other Pool A game yesterday the Netherlands shut out hosts South Korea 5-0.

The Israel line-up pounded 20 hits in the game at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, including two homers, one triple and two doubles, pummeling six pitchers sent to the mound by Taiwan manager Kuo Tai-yuan.

In the top of the ninth, Israel had a 15-3 lead and looked assured of a comfortable victory, but Taiwan added a modicum of respectability to the score by getting a walk and stringing together five hits to drive in the final four runs.

Israel have proved a surprise package after defeating South Korea 2-1 in 10 innings in Pool A’s opener on Monday.

Their two wins have placed them in prime position to advance to the next round.

Israel’s 20 hits and 15 runs set the record for most hits and most runs against Taiwan in WBC action, surpassing Japan’s 15 hits in their 14-3 win in 2006 and Cuba’s 14-0 victory in second-round action in 2013.   [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Mar 08, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

Taiwan suffered a humbling defeat to start the World Baseball Classic (WBC), defeated

15-7 by Israel, while in the other Pool A game yesterday the Netherlands shut out hosts South Korea 5-0.

The Israel line-up pounded 20 hits in the game at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, including two homers, one triple and two doubles, pummeling six pitchers sent to the mound by Taiwan manager Kuo Tai-yuan.

In the top of the ninth, Israel had a 15-3 lead and looked assured of a comfortable victory, but Taiwan added a modicum of respectability to the score by getting a walk and stringing together five hits to drive in the final four runs.

Israel have proved a surprise package after defeating South Korea 2-1 in 10 innings in Pool A’s opener on Monday.

Their two wins have placed them in prime position to advance to the next round.

Israel’s 20 hits and 15 runs set the record for most hits and most runs against Taiwan in WBC action, surpassing Japan’s 15 hits in their 14-3 win in 2006 and Cuba’s 14-0 victory in second-round action in 2013.   [FULL  STORY]