Taipei Times
Date: Jul 25, 2016
By: AFP, CHICAGO

With Charley Hull back in action on Saturday, England cruised

into the final singles matches along with Taiwan and the US at the LPGA’s UL International Crown team event.

Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Holly Clyburn routed Pornanong Phatlum and Pornani Chutichai of Thailand 7 and 5.

Hull, sidelined by illness on Friday, returned and teamed with Melissa Reid to beat sisters Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn 3 and 1, as England won Pool B with nine points.

Thailand had taken the lead with birdies at the second and fourth by Moriya, but Hull reeled off four straight birdies at the fifth through eighth to put England two up.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/24
By: Lee Yu-cheng and Bear Lee

Taipei, July 24 (CNA) Taiwanese badminton players Lee Yang (李洋) and Lee Jhe-huei (李哲輝)

beat the top-seed Malaysian pair to win the title of men’s doubles at the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open GP 2016 Sunday in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The Taiwanese duo came from behind to claim the victory in the tight final match of men’s doubles.

After yielding the first set of the match to their Malaysian rivals, Kien Keat Koo and Boon Heong Tan, with 18-21, the Lee’s rallied to win the next two sets (21-14, 21-7) and the title of the tournament, a Grand Prix event of the Badminton World Federation with a total US$55,000 in purse.

This was the Lee’s first win over the Malaysian opponents, after having lost all the two last matches against the Malaysian duo, and their first men’s doubles title of the Grand Prix level events.      [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/24
By: Lee Chin-wei and Kuo Chung-han

After yielding its first set to Japan, 14 to 25, Chinese Taipei won the next three sets 25-22, 25-

19 and 25-23 to snatch the gold in Zhangjiagang City in Jiangsu Province.

Eight teams took part in the six-day event that started July 19.

China, Japan, South Korea and Chinese Taipei secured their semi-final berths at the contest on Friday.

The other four teams are Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia and North Korea.     [SOURCE]

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 25, 2016
By: AFP, CHICAGO

With Charley Hull back in action on Saturday, England cruised into the final singles matches

along with Taiwan and the US at the LPGA’s UL International Crown team event.

Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Holly Clyburn routed Pornanong Phatlum and Pornani Chutichai of Thailand 7 and 5.

Hull, sidelined by illness on Friday, returned and teamed with Melissa Reid to beat sisters Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn 3 and 1, as England won Pool B with nine points.

Thailand had taken the lead with birdies at the second and fourth by Moriya, but Hull reeled off four straight birdies at the fifth through eighth to put England two up.

Reid birdied the ninth to stretch the lead before Ariya stepped up with two birdies and a chip-in eagle on the 16th hole to keep within striking distance.     [FULL  STORY]

The China Post
Date: July 25, 2016
By: CNA

“Chinese Taipei” captain Liu Cheng (劉錚) scores a point in a match against the Philippines’ Mighty Sports at the 38th William Jones Cup international basketball tournament in New Taipei City on Sunday, July 24. Liu scored the most points in the single game with 25 points, eight rebounds and two steals. But the Philippines defeated “Chinese Taipei” 81:89. Mighty Sports, a perennial powerhouse in the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League (PCBL), have won three championships in the Republica Cup in 2013, 2014 and 2016. The 2016 William Jones Cup in Taiwan is their first international tournament.     [SOURCE]

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 24, 2016
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

Taiwan B Team kept it close against a more experienced Iran side, but faltered in the second half,

as Iran secured a 73-61 victory over the hosts yesterday, while Egypt showed they could be the surprise package by edging South Korea 74-73 in opening-day results from the William Jones Cup.

Taiwan B Team, consisting of youth players who are to compete in next year’s Universiade Games, knew it was going to be tough to overcome Iran, whose lineup had a height advantage and more experience under their belt.

At the start, forward Huang Tsung-han and point guard Wu Chia-chun paced Taiwan with fast breaks to go ahead 18-13 in the first quarter.

However, Iran tightened their defense and fought back to lead 35-30 at halftime.

In the second half, Iran’s physical superiority and teamwork gradually widened the gap against the hosts. Iran’s star duo of Behnam Yakhchali and Sajjad Mashayekhi led their team with 18 points and 16 points respectively to a 73-61 victory.

Earlier yesterday afternoon, Egypt started brightly and led South Korea 43-25 at halftime.

South Korea mounted rallies through the third and fourth quarters to close within two points at 74-72 with 50 seconds left in the match.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 24, 2016
By: AFP, CHICAGO

The US and Australia bounced back from opening day shutouts, but Taiwan and England still

topped the pools after Friday’s second day of the LPGA International Crown team event.

Hall of Famer Karrie Webb and Rebecca Artis of Australia never trailed as they earned two points in a 2-and-1 triumph over China’s Yan Jing and Feng Simin.

Yan birdied the fourth to square the match early, but Artis responded with a birdie on the fifth to give Australia a lead they did not relinquish.

After losing both matches against Taiwan on Thursday, Webb said the second-day pairings were the difference. Australia earned a third point as Minjee Le and Su Oh halved their match with China’s Feng Shanshan and Lin Xi Yu.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 23, 2016
By: AFP, TAIPEI

He was hailed as the “Warrior God” and won Taiwan’s only men’s Olympic gold, but taekwondo

hero Chu Mu-yen has had to battle back from lurid scandals since his famous victory.

Fans wept with emotion when Chu took the 2004 title in Athens as a 22-year-old, alongside female team counterpart Chen Shih-hsin, who won Taiwan’s first female gold.

However, a year later he had a spectacular fall from grace over an Internet sex scam.

Chu, who was dating a fellow taekwondo player at the time, was blackmailed by a fraud ring which claimed he arranged paid-for sex services. The Olympian admitted that he had spoken to a woman in an Internet chat room, but said he had turned down sex services.

Nevertheless, he handed over US$30,000 to the fraudsters, saying it was out of fear for his and his family’s safety.

Eventually Chu went to police when the fraud ring kept demanding more money. As a result, five people were jailed.

After the scandal, Chu took a disappointing bronze at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where he had been tipped for gold, and retired from competition.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 23, 2016
By: AFP, CHICAGO

Taiwan stunned Australia with two four-ball triumphs on Thursday to open the LPGA International

Crown at the Merit Club in suburban Chicago.

The eight-nation team event saw seedings turned upside down as the top four of the US, Australia, South Korea and Japan managed only one win among them.

In the opening match of the tournament, Taiwan’s Yani Tseng birdied 13 and 15 and Teresa Lu birdied 14 in a 3-and-2 victory over Australian pair Karrie Webb and Su Oh.

In the second match, Kaohsiung-born US player Candie Kung birdied the first and last holes on the back nine for a 2-up win for her and Cheng Ssu-chia over Australians Minjee Lee and Rebecca Artis.     [FULL  STORY]