Sports

NBA Wizards player serves as one-day manager in Taipei restaurant

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/27
By: Lee Yu-cheng and Bill Lin

Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) NBA Washington Wizards shooting guard Bradley Beal served as 201508270030t0001the one-day manager of a sub-sandwich restaurant in Taipei on Thursday during his five-day visit to Taiwan.

Beal shared his favorite sub-sandwich and made a sub-sandwich during the event. Also, it was the first time for him to make a sub-sandwich.

He was invited to attend the 2015 NBA Youth Madness final games on Aug. 28-30 in Taipei. In addition to the competitions, he will also coach Taiwan’s young players in a basketball camp.     [FULL  STORY]

‘Chubby Kid’ bats way into records

Taipei Times
Date:  Aug 28, 2015
By: Paul Huang  /  Contributing reporter

Lin “Chubby Kid” Hung-yu batted his way into the record books earlier this week by homering on three straight at-bats against the Uni-President Lions on a six-RBI night to become just the eighth player in league history to accomplish the feat.

The veteran slugger out of Taipei’s Chinese Culture University let his bat do all the talking after a sub-par effort in his previous dozen games, in which he went a combined 10-for-37 (0.270) to bring his batting average down from 0.352 to 0.343, crushing not one or two, but three offerings from the Lions pitching to end his slight “slump.”

“Going 10-for-37 is a solid performance for most hitters in the league, but not for [Lin]; going hitless for two straight games is a rarity for him,” said a Lamigo Monkeys teammate, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan clinches equestrian jumping berth for 2016 Olympics

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/26
By: Lee Yu-cheng, Bill Lin and Maria Tsai

Taipei Aug. 26 (CNA) Isheau Wong (汪亦岫) of Taiwan on Wednesday gained the 201508260033t0001country’s first-ever ticket to compete in an equestrian event at the Olympic Games when she beat Samantha McIntosh of New Zealand to finish at the top of the Olympic qualifier competition in Hagen, Germany.

The victory qualifies Taiwan to compete in the equestrian jumping event at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil, according to the Chinese Taipei Equestrian Association.

Wong and McIntosh were tied after two rounds of competition, with merely four faults each. Wong won the jump-off match by breaking the beam in 36.38 seconds, three seconds ahead of her opponent.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan wins Junior League Baseball World Series

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/24
By: Lee Ching-wei and Christie Chen

Taipei, Aug. 24 (CNA) Taiwan defeated the United States 12-0 on Sunday to win the

(Photo courtesy of the Taichung City Baseball Association)

(Photo courtesy of the Taichung City Baseball Association)

Junior League Baseball World Series championship for a third consecutive year.

Taiwan won all five games in the tournament, which was held in Taylor, Michigan, from Aug. 16-23. Taiwan’s pitcher Gu-Lin Ruei-yang (古林睿煬) threw seven shutout innings to lead his team to victory, scoring five strikeouts and giving up only three hits.

Liu Ji-hong (劉基鴻) scored three hits while Chuan Hao-wei (全浩偉) hit his third homerun of the tournament in Sunday’s finals.

Taiwan took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, scored three in the second, five in the sixth and three in the seventh inning.     [FULL  STORY]

Ko beats Lewis in Canadian Pacific playoff

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 25, 2015
By: AP, COQUITLAM, British Columbia

Lydia Ko won the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open for the third time and the first time as

Lydia Ko, left, and Kaohsiung-born Candie Kung of the US talk in the final round of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open in Coquitlam, British Columbia, on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Lydia Ko, left, and Kaohsiung-born Candie Kung of the US talk in the final round of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open in Coquitlam, British Columbia, on Sunday. Photo: AFP

a professional on Sunday, beating Stacy Lewis with a par on the first hole of a playoff.

The 18-year-old Ko finished with an even-par 72 to match Lewis at 12-under 276 at Vancouver Golf Club. Lewis, also a playoff loser this year at the ANA Inspiration, had a 67.

“This feels amazing,” Ko said. “I had an amazing week… To play good golf in front of great crowds was one of the highlights of this week. I feel somewhat Canadian.”

Ko won in 2012 at Vancouver Golf Club at 15 years, 4 months to become the LPGA Tour’s youngest winner and fifth amateur champion. The New Zealander successfully defended her title in 2013, also as an amateur, in Edmonton, Alberta. She has three victories this year to push her career total to eight.      [FULL  STORY]

Taiwanese woman triathlete wins Ironman Japan Hokkaido

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/23
By: Li Chin-wei and S.C. Chang

Taipei, Aug. 23 (CNA) Taiwanese triathlete Li Shiao-yu (李筱瑜) clocked 10:22:59 to 201508230022t0001successfully defend her title at the 226-km Ironman Japan Hokkaido women’s division Sunday.

Li finished the 3.8-km swimming in Lake Toya with 1:12:51, the 180-km bike leg with 5:54:25 and the 42-km road run with 3:08:53 to beat a field of 220 competitors. This was her third consecutive win of the 226-km triathlon event in Hokkaido.

A total of 1,600 athletes from 35 countries, including 220 women, participated in the race.

Li was hit by a motorcycle and became paralyzed in high school. But she managed to regain her ability to move, walk and finally run again.    [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan enters final of Junior League World Series in Michigan

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/23
By: Lee Chin-wei and Kuo Chung-han

Taipei, Aug. 23 (CNA) Taiwan defeated Puerto Rico 6-0 in the 2015 Junior League

Image from the Junior League Baseball World Series website

Image from the Junior League Baseball World Series website

Baseball World Series in Michigan on Saturday, finishing at the top of the international group and advancing to the final, which will be held Sunday.

Taiwan took a 2-0 lead in the second inning and scored another four runs in the third inning.

Taiwan’s pitcher Lee Chung-yi (李重儀) finished the seven innings with 75 pitches and six strikeouts.

The tournament, one of the Little League Baseball competitions, features five international teams and five American teams.     [FULL  STORY]

Kung shares lead with Ko at Canadian

ONE SHORT:Two-time champion Ko lost a 46-hole bogey-free streak on the 18th hole, which otherwise would have secured her a one-stroke lead over Kung

Taipei Times
Date:  Aug 24, 2015
By: AP, COQUITLAM, British Columbia

Two-time champion Lydia Ko bogeyed the final hole for a three-under 69 to fall into a tie with Kaohsiung-born Candie Kung of the US for the third-round lead on Saturday in the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open.

After going 46 holes without a bogey, the 18-year-old Ko hit her approach on the par-four 18th near the face of the right-side bunker, blasted out to 10 feet and missed the putt.

“Overall I played really solid today, so I’m happy with the way I’m hitting it and the way I’m putting it,” Ko said. “I think every round, unless I shoot 18-under par, I’m probably going to say, ‘Hey, I knew it could have been better,’ but no, I’m playing solid, and that’s the mindset I’ve got to have and just have fun out there tomorrow.”     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwanese sisters advance to doubles final at Cincinnati Masters

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/23
By: Lee Ching-wei and Jeffrey Wu

Taipei, Aug. 23 (CNA) Taiwanese sisters Chan Yung-jan (詹詠然) and Chan Hao-ching (詹

Chan Yung-jan (詹詠然, right), Chan Hao-ching (詹皓晴) (Photo courtesy of Liu Hsueh-chen)

Chan Yung-jan (詹詠然, right), Chan Hao-ching (詹皓晴) (Photo courtesy of Liu Hsueh-chen)

皓晴) beat the world No. 1 pair Martina Hingis of Switzerland and Sania Mirza of India 6-4, 0-6, 10-6 on Saturday to advance to the women’s doubles final of the WTA Premier tournament in Cincinnati.

The unseeded Chan sisters will face 2015 French Open runner-up Casey Dellacqua of Australia and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in the final of the Cincinnati Masters, which carries a total prize of US$2.7 million.

Chan Yung-jan said she and her sister were overwhelmed after the Swiss-Indian pair changed their tactics in the second set, but the Taiwanese duo rallied in the final set to win the match.

Chan Hao-ching said their victory was “revenge” after their 4-6, 2-6 defeat by Hingis and Mirza in the quarter-final in Toronto last week.     [FULL  STORY]

Lin Yi-chuan’s solo homer carries the EDA Rhinos over Lamigo Monkeys 3-2

Taipei Times
Date:  Aug 24, 2015
By: Paul Huang  /  Contributing reporter

Lin Yi-chuan’s walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the ninth broke a 2-2 deadlock as

The Lamigo Monkeys’ Lin Chih-sheng, center, is safe at second in the second inning of their game against the EDA Rhinos in Kaohsiung yesterday. Photo: Chang Chung-i, Taipei Times

The Lamigo Monkeys’ Lin Chih-sheng, center, is safe at second in the second inning of their game against the EDA Rhinos in Kaohsiung yesterday. Photo: Chang Chung-i, Taipei Times

the EDA Rhinos scored two unanswered runs to edge past the Lamigo Monkeys 3-2 at home at the Chengcing Lake Baseball Field in Kaohsiung last night to clinch the three-game set.

The line drive shot over the right-center wall brought the crowd to its feet, capping an otherwise frustrating night for the EDA offense, which managed to plate only a pair of runs on the dozen hits it dialed up off a Lamigo pitching staff that pitched into and out of trouble on more than one occasion to keep it a 2-2 game through the top of the ninth.

“I’d like to thank the fans for sticking with us over the years. This [home run] is for you,” Lin said after being unanimously voted as MVP of the game for his series-clinching blast.

Prior to his late-game heroics, the Rhinos had squandered two golden scoring opportunities by stranding two in the seventh and eighth after placing runners in scoring position in both innings.     [FULL  STORY]