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Date: August 22, 2015
By Megan Lavey-Heaton | mheaton@pennlive.com |The Associated Press

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Kengo Tomita hit two home runs and Tokyo beat

Taipei, Taiwan, 7-5 on Friday night in the Little League World Series opener for both teams

Shingo Tomita led off the game with a home run to right-center for Japan, and Kengo Tomita made it 2-0 with his first homer. Kengo Tomita’s second home run, a solo shot in fifth, gave Japan a four-run lead.

Kengo Tomita also singled in Japan’s four-run second inning.

Yen Cheng Yu hit a two-run home run for Taiwan in the sixth.

Japan will play Mexico in a winners’ bracket game Sunday. Taiwan will face Canada on Saturday.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/22
By: Lee Chin-wei and Y.F. Low

Taipei, Aug. 22 (CNA) Taiwanese golf player Candie Kung (龔怡萍) scored a bogey-free

8-under 64 to take the second-round lead in the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open in Vancouver Friday.

The 34-year-old finished the round with an 11-under 133 and was two shots clear of her closest competitors, Lydia Ko and Karine Icher.

Kung picked up six birdies and an eagle in the second round.

Kung finished last week the 2015 Cambia Portland Classic tied for second at 13 under par, her best finish in an LPGA Tour event since taking second at the Sybase Match Play Championship in May 2012 and her best finish in a stroke play event since finishing second at the U.S. Women’s Open in July 2009.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/21
By: Li Jin-wei and Bill Lin

Taipei, Aug. 21 (CNA)Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) improved her Badminton World

Federation (BWF) rankings in women’s singles after her strong performance at the 2015 BWF World Championships on Aug. 10-16 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Tai, who was fourth entering the World Championships, reached the quarterfinals before losing to her opponent Lindaweni Fanetri of Indonesia 21-14, 20-22, 12-21.

Despite suffering a defeat to the world No. 24, Tai still moved up one notch in the women’s single rankings to third, reaching her career high.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-08-20
By: CNA

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has approved a change of venue

for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2017 Universiade, the host city’s Department of Sports said Wednesday.

The ceremonies will now be held at the Taipei Municipal Stadium instead of the Taipei Dome, the department said.

Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je, during a visit to Gwangju, South Korea to receive the flag from the host city in mid-July, had asked the FISU officially to change the main venue of the sports extravaganza.

After the FISU learned about the difficulties being experienced by the Taipei City government regarding the venue, it officially approved the change, according to Hung Chia-wen, director-general of the sports department.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/19
By: Huang Chun-yen, Huang Li-yun and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Aug. 19 (CNA) The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has

approved a change of venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2017 Universiade, the host city’s Department of Sports said Wednesday.

The ceremonies will now be held at the Taipei Municipal Stadium (台北田俓場) instead of the Taipei Dome (大巨蛋), the department said.

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), during a visit to Gwangju, South Korea to receive the flag from the host city in mid-July, had asked the FISU officially to change the main venue of the sports extravaganza.

After the FISU learned about the difficulties being experienced by the Taipei City government regarding the venue, it officially approved the change, according to Hung Chia-wen (洪嘉文), director-general of the sports department.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/19
By: Li Jin-wei and Angela Huang

Taipei, Aug. 19 (CNA) A team of 13- and 14-year-old Taiwanese pounded out four home

runs to defeat Puerto Rico 12-5 in the 2015 Junior League Baseball World Series in Michigan on Tuesday to virtually secure a spot in the international group final.

The win was Taiwan’s second straight in the five-team international division, after defeating the Latin American representative from Panama 9-2 in its tournament opener on Sunday.

Much like that game in which Taiwan broke a tight game open with seven runs in the final two innings, the team from Taichung was tied with Puerto Rico 3-3 after four innings before erupting for four runs in the fifth and five in the sixth to clinch victory.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/17
By: Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Aug. 16 (CNA) Taiwanese golfer Candie Kung (龔怡萍) shot a 2-under-par 70 in

the final round of the 2015 Cambia Portland Classic on Sunday to finish the event tied for second at 13 under par, eight shots behind runaway winner Brooke Henderson.

It was the 34-year-old veteran’s best finish in an LPGA Tour event since taking second at the Sybase Match Play Championship in May 2012, and her best finish in a stroke play event since finishing second at the U.S. Women’s Open in July 2009.

The steady Kung bogied the par-4 third before recovering with birdies on the par-5 fifth and par-4 ninth and 15th holes to end up in a tie with Pornanong Phatlum of Thailand and Ha Na Jung of South Korea and earn US$89,641 in prize money.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/17
By: Lin Hung-han and Bill Lin

Taipei, Aug. 17 (CNA) Taiwan is set to reopen the Asia winter baseball league at the end

of 2015, according to the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).

With the support of Taiwan’s Sports Administration, the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association, the CPBL, Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), and the World Baseball and Softball Confederation, Taiwan is to host the tournament again to provide a stage for potential players, the head of CPBL John Wu (吳志揚) said.

A total of five teams, including Japan, the defending champion South Korea, Europe united, and two teams from the host country, Taiwan, will participate in the 2015 Asia winter baseball league, the CPBL Secretary-General Chu Kang-cheng (朱康震) said.     [FULL  STORY]

Foxcus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/16
By: Li Chin-wei and S.C. Chang

Taipei, Aug. 16 (CNA) Taiwan’s Teresa Lu (盧曉晴) fired a five-under 67 to win the NEC

Karuizawa72 Golf Tournament 2015 in Japan with a three- round total of 14-under 202 Sunday.

The 27-year-old scored birdies on the 1st, 3rd and 5th holes before carding two more birdies on the back nine, without hitting any bogies throughout.

In the first round, which took place Aug. 14, Lu led the pack by firing eight birdies and no bogies for a total of 64. After the second round, she was ranked 3rd with a total of 135, marred by her second-day card of 71 with three birdies and two bogies.

Sunday’s win marked Lu’s third Japan LPGA Tour win this year, following her victories at the Resort Trust Ladies in May and the Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament in March.     [FULL  STORY][