Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/17
By: Lee Yu-cheng and Elaine Hou

Taipei, Oct. 17 (CNA) Taiwan’s Chuang Chia-chia (莊佳佳) finished in third

place Saturday in the women’s 67kg competition at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Manchester, the United Kingdom.

Chuang, who had sprained her ankle before the tournament, said it was pity she had placed only third.

The Taiwanese athlete lost to Haby Niare of France 2-3 in the semi-finals and finished tied with Hyeri Oh of South Korea in third place.

Chuang, the world’s No. 2 in the Olympic rankings in the 67kg category, said after the tournament that she had sprained her ankle during a practice session. She said he had to adjust her training schedule and spend more time receiving treatment so that she could be fit for the competition.     [FULL  STORY]

LATE RALLY:The Brothers Baseball Club gave the home fans a scare with a resurgence in the final inning, but in the end only managed to cut the deficit of their loss

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 18, 2015
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

The Lamigo Monkeys yesterday took Game 1 of the Taiwan Series with an

8-6 win at the Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium, scoring six runs on two home runs in a big rally in the fourth inning. The Brothers Baseball Club attempted to fight back late in the game, but could not overcome the deficit.

More than 19,000 fans witnessed hosts the Monkeys take the first victory in the CPBL’s best-of-seven championship finals against their fierce rivals, who were previously known as the Chinatrust Brothers.

The Brothers are seeking revenge, as this year is a rematch of last year’s Taiwan Series, when the Lamigo Monkeys dusted off the Brothers in five games 4-1, while the Monkeys will try to win the title for the second year straight.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date:  Oct 16, 2015
By: Paul Huang  /  Contributing reporter

The regular season earlier this week came to a crashing end, with the EDA

Rhinos downing the Uni-President Lions 5-2 at the Cheng Ching Lake Baseball Stadium in Kaohsiung.

Nearly 3,000 fans packed the stadium in hope of witnessing history, as the Rhinos’ Kao Kuo-hui looked to conquer the 40-homer plateau on the final day of the regular season after having gone homerless for two straight games.

Even though the slugger out of the former Taipei College of Physical Education did not get the home run that many were hoping to see, going one-for-four from his designated hitter’s role on a night that was filled with anticipation, his 39-homer season is still considered to be one of the greatest-ever in league history.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/12
CNA file photo

Taipei, Oct. 12 (CNA) With the LPGA Taiwan tournament approaching, Yani Tseng (曾雅妮) said Monday that she is looking forward to the competition, which she described as a chance for her to return to Taiwan after a year of battling in foreign countries.

The four-day 2015 Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship will begin Oct. 22 at the Miramar Golf Club in Linkou, New Taipei, with a total purse of US$2 million.

Tseng said she is excited about the upcoming tournament because after playing in foreign countries for a year, she finally has the chance to hit the fairways in Taiwan.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date:  Oct 13, 2015
By: Reuters

Taiwanese No. 1 Lu Yen-hsun crashed out of the first round of the Shanghai

Masters yesterday, while controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios swept aside Andreas Haider-Maurer in straight sets to set up a second-round clash with Japan’s Kei Nishikori.

Qualifier Lu fell to a 6-3, 6-3 defeat to world No. 18 Dominic Thiem of Austria in 1 hour, 17 minutes.

Outspoken Australian Kyrgios, who fired 13 aces and saved all five break points in a 6-3, 6-2 win over his Austrian opponent, had no illusions about the task ahead.

“Kei’s one of the best players in the world right now,” Kyrgios said.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date:  Oct 12, 2015
By: Paul Huang  /  Contributing reporter

The red-hot Brothers Baseball Club continued their recent surge by downing

the Uni-President Lions 7-3 at the Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium last night for their fifth straight victory.

Fresh off an 11-7 slugfest against the Lamigo Monkeys the night before that stretched their winning streak to four, the men in the golden uniforms needed little time getting on the board, with Chang Chih-hao taking Lion starter Liao Wen-yang deep in the bottom of the first with a two-run blast to put his team 2-0 ahead.

The Brothers upped their lead by another run in the second when Wang Sheng-wei led off the inning with a single off Liao and scored three batters later on a run-scoring error by the Lions defense.

After a scoreless third and fourth, the Lions finally broke through against Brothers starter Chiou Ping-rei in the fifth inning on the strength of three singles, but it was considered a moral victory for Chiou, who stranded two with an inning-ending strikeout to hold the Lions offense to a lone run in the inning.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/11
By: Luke Sabatier and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Oct. 11 (CNA) Taiwan’s Yani Tseng (曾雅妮) showed Sunday at the

Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia that her game may indeed be rounding back into the form that once made her a permanent fixture among the world’s top 10 women golfers.

Tseng, who started the final round four shots back of overnight leader Jessica Korda of the United States, was never in contention to win the tournament Sunday.

Korda took care of that with a final round 6-under 65 that gave her a four-round total 18-under 266, four shots better than Lydia Ko of New Zealand, Feng Shanshan of China and American Stacy Lewis.

But Tseng finished in sole possession of fifth place, one shot behind Ko, Feng and Lewis at 13-under after a bogey-free final round 66.     [FULL  STORY]