Taipei Times
Date: Oct 12, 2016
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

Taiwan last night scored on either side of halftime to beat Timor-Leste 2-1 and advanced to the

next round of AFC Asian Cup qualification 4-2 on aggregate, sending players and fans in Kaohsiung into joyous celebration at the end of match.

It was a home game for Taiwan at the Kaohsiung National Stadium, and the hosts started quickly with midfield dynamo Chen Po-liang pushing into opposition goal area inside the first minute, when he was cut down for a foul.

In the ensuing free-kick, attacking midfielder Wen Chih-hao just missed, with his shot going wide of the goalpost.

Taiwan made good attacking efforts, and in the 10th minute they earned another free-kick from the left side.     [FULL  STORY]

LOCAL HEROES:Kaohsiung-born Candie Kung carded a 69 to finish in a tie for fifth place, while Taiwanese former world No. 1 Yani Tseng was 14 shots further back

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 10, 2016
By: AP, TAIPEI

Jang Ha-na held off Feng Shanshan by a stroke in wind and rain yesterday at the Fubon LPGA Taiwan

Championship in New Taipei City’s Linkou District for her third victory of the year.

Eight strokes ahead of Feng after a birdie on the sixth hole, the 24-year-old South Korean bogeyed two of the next three holes and scrambled to par the final nine for a one-under 71.

Feng finished with a 66.

The Chinese star chipped in for birdie from 35 feet on the par-four 15th to pull within two strokes and nearly holed a bunker shot for eagle on the par-five 18th.
Jang then lagged her 15-foot birdie putt to inches and briefly danced on the green after tapping in.

“I was like nervous every hole,” Jang said. “Shanshan really good play today. That’s why I got very nervous and then I’m just simple every hole because weather is just so bad. And then just keep going the fairway and the green.”

She kept the celebration short after drawing criticism in South Korea for her flamboyant victory celebrations — a “Samurai Lasso” routine in Florida in February and a “Beyonce Single Ladies” dance in Singapore in March.

Also, before the Singapore event, Jang’s father dropped a hard-case suitcase that tumbled down an airport escalator and injured rival player Chun In-gee.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/10/09
By: Lee Yu-cheng and Kuo Chung-han

Taipei, Oct. 9 (CNA) Taiwanese runner Tommy Chen (陳彥博) won the Atacama Crossing ultra marathon

in San Pedro de Atacama in Chile on Saturday in a time of 28 hours 58 minutes and 20 seconds.

The win moved Chen a step closer to winning the overall title for the 4 Deserts Race Series this year, putting him in the lead position after three of the year’s four desert races.

Chen took second in the Sahara Race in Namibia in May and fifth in the Gobi March in China in June before fighting to first in Chile.

He hopes to claim the title when he competes in the Last Desert Antarctica ultra marathon, to be held six weeks from now between Nov. 18 and 29.

Chen struggled in the second-to-last stage in the Chilean desert, a 73.4 kilometer test that saw him vomit when he pushed himself to the limit at about the 50-km mark.

He said on his Facebook page that his will wavered at that point, but he recovered to finish third in the stage in a time of 8 hours 53 minutes and 8 seconds.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/10/09
By: Lu Chun-kang and Kay Liu

Taipei, Oct. 9 (CNA) Taiwan grabbed a total of five medals, including a gold by the country’s first

female Olympic boxer, at the seventh World University Boxing Championship that concluded Saturday in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Chen Nien-chin (陳念琴) took the gold in the women’s middleweight division (69-75 kilograms) after winning the final in a unanimous decision by the three ringside judges (40-36, 40-36, 39-37) against Natalia Hollinska of Poland on Saturday.

The 19-year-old boxer, who made her Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro in mid-August, reached the gold medal bout with a unanimous decision over Russian national champion Oksana Trofimova in the semifinals of the tournament held by the International University Sports Federation as part of the World University Championships (WUC).

Meanwhile, Tu Po-wei (杜柏緯) of Taiwan claimed a silver medal in the men’s light flyweight division (46-49 kg) on Friday, after he was outpointed by Russian Vadim Kudriakov (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).     [FULL  STORY]

LOCAL HEROES:Kaohsiung-born Candie Kung carded a 69 to finish in a tie for fifth place, while Taiwanese former world No. 1 Yani Tseng was 14 shots further back

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 10, 2016
By: AP, TAIPEI

Jang Ha-na held off Feng Shanshan by a stroke in wind and rain yesterday at the Fubon LPGA Taiwan

Championship in New Taipei City’s Linkou District for her third victory of the year.

Eight strokes ahead of Feng after a birdie on the sixth hole, the 24-year-old South Korean bogeyed two of the next three holes and scrambled to par the final nine for a one-under 71.

Feng finished with a 66.

The Chinese star chipped in for birdie from 35 feet on the par-four 15th to pull within two strokes and nearly holed a bunker shot for eagle on the par-five 18th.

Jang then lagged her 15-foot birdie putt to inches and briefly danced on the green after tapping in.

“I was like nervous every hole,” Jang said. “Shanshan really good play today. That’s why I got very nervous and then I’m just simple every hole because weather is just so bad. And then just keep going the fairway and the green.”

She kept the celebration short after drawing criticism in South Korea for her flamboyant victory celebrations — a “Samurai Lasso” routine in Florida in February and a “Beyonce Single Ladies” dance in Singapore in March.     [FULL  STORY]

WU BRACE:Taiwan striker Wu Chun-ching scored twice for Taiwan, who were not technically the hosts, because Timor-Liste did not have a stadium available at home

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 09, 2016
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

Taiwan defeated Timor-Leste 2-1 to win the first round of their two-match AFC Asia Cup qualifier series

at the National Stadium in Kaohsiung last night, with in-form striker Wu Chun-ching grabbing a brace.

The match started a flurry of action at either end, with Timor-Leste going ahead inside five minutes and the hosts equalizing two minutes later.

Wu netted his second goal in the 38th minute, and despite plenty of opportunities, neither team could score in the second half, handing Taiwan the advantage heading into the return leg on Tuesday.

Both matches are to take place in Kaohsiung, as Timor-Leste gave up hosting rights with their national stadium under construction. Yesterday’s game was regarded as a home match for Timor-Leste.    [FULL  STORY]

The China Post
Date: October 8, 2016
By: AFP

NEW YORK — New acquisition Jeremy Lin scored a game-high 21 points to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a

101-94 NBA pre-season win over the Detroit Pistons at Barclays Center on Thursday.

The point guard connected on seven of 11 shots, including five-of-eight from three-point range in 17 minutes on the floor.

He said the work he’s been doing on his jump shot is paying off.

“It felt great,” Lin said. “I got in a zone and honestly if I wasn’t so caught up in trying to hit some more, I think my last two would have dropped.”

Lin, the NBA’s first player of Chinese or Taiwanese heritage, agreed to a three-year deal with the Nets worth a reported US$36 million in July, after turning down a US$2.2 million offer to return to Charlotte for next season.

The move brings Lin back to the Big Apple, where he was a seldom-used reserve with the New York Knicks in 2012 when injuries to several starters gave him a chance to play. He sparked the Knicks to seven straight wins as “Linsanity” gripped Knicks fans.

He spent the next two seasons with Houston and one with the Los Angeles Lakers before joining Charlotte.    [SOURCE]