Taiwan News
Date: 2016-08-18
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

The 2017 Summer Universiade is scheduled for Taipei, Taiwan and will take place from August 19 to August 30, 2017. The host city Taipei is gearing up for the games, also known as University Olympic Games, hoping to impress athletes from around the world.

As a host city, Taipei started construction of the athlete village on August 3, 2013, under the supervision and management of Taipei City. After three years of construction, the village is slated for completion this December. Sitting on a 20-acre lot in Linkou District, New Taipei City, the athlete village for Universiade is composed of 34 24-storey buildings in two main areas. A total of 2,200 apartments in the village are projected to accommodate more than 10,000 athletes and their organizations.

The buildings are designed to withstand strong typhoons and thwart security threats with its design of a close-end village layout, a Taipei City Construction Management Office official says.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/08/18
By: Ku Chuan and Christie Chen

Taipei, Aug. 18 (CNA) China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Airways, two of Taiwan’s leading airlines, will be among the sponsors of the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, offering discounted tickets to delegations from participating countries.

At a press conference to announce the sponsorship Thursday, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said special fares and luggage allowances will be available to the teams traveling on CAL and EVA Airways from other countries, and the two airlines will promote the Games in their magazines and in-flight videos.

The value of the sponsorship by the two airlines will amount to over NT$300 million (US$9.53 million), said Ko, adding that he hopes the Games will help promote Taiwan on the world stage.     [FULL  STORY]

‘LITTLE BIT NERVOUS’:The Taiwanese player said he would try to enjoy his next match against Milos Raonic, despite expecting a crowd of 10,000 to be against him

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 28, 2016
By: AFP, TORONTO

Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun beat Alexander Zverev, a Citi Open semi-finalist, 7-5, 6-3 in the

first round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Tuesday.

The 19-year-old German was making his tournament debut ranked a career-best 25th — he is the youngest in the top 25 since Richard Gasquet 11 years ago.

Lu is to next take on Canadian fourth seed and Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic, the 2013 finalist who lost his opening match at home a year ago.

“If a 10,000 crowd is against you, even if you prepare for it, it is still a shock,” Lu said of his likely Raonic scenario.

“I will be a little bit nervous. I hope I can play my best tennis and try to enjoy the 10,000 people against me,” Lu added.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/26
By: Charles Kang and Lilian Wu

New Delhi, July 26 (CNA) Two players from India’s national basketball team have missed early

games in the Jones Cup being held in Taipei because of a mistake by a travel agency and not because of a deliberate act, Taiwan’s representative to India said Tuesday.

Tien Chung-kwang (田中光) said the travel agency used by India’s national basketball team to arrange the trip used the wrong pictures of two players in their visa applications, leading to the problems.

But Basketball Federation of India (BFI) Secretary-General Shri Chander Mukhi Sharma told the Times of India that the two players who had visa problems are important team members and suggested that the visa snafu was probably a deliberate act to weaken his team.

He said that he will collect related documents and file a complaint with the International Basketball Federation.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/25
By: Chu Tse-wei and Frances Huang

Taipei, July 25 (CNA) The organizing committee of the 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade has received about NT$500 million (US$15.43 million) in non-cash sponsorships from corporations, according to Taipei’s Department of Sports.

Committee chief Su Li-chung (蘇麗瓊) said the city’s goal is to get corporations to contribute NT$890 million worth of products and services to the international sports event, to be held in Taipei in August 2017, and she believed the target should be easily achieved.

Such non-cash sponsorships refer to many different goods and services, the organizing committee said, including donations of sports equipment, such as badminton rackets, discounts on air tickets for foreign athletes coming to Taiwan for the event, and bottled water.     [FULL  STORY]