Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/07/09
By: Jay Chen and Jeffrey Wu

Taipei, July 9 (CNA) Jeremy Lin (林書豪), the first NBA player of Taiwanese descent, announced Thursday that he will join the Charlotte Hornets next season after one season with the Los Angeles Lakers.

A league source told Yahoo Sports that Lin’s deal with the Hornets will be “two-year, US$4 million-plus.”

Lin became an unrestricted free agent July 1 after his three-year, US$25 million contract expired at the end of last season.

The 26-year-old guard made the announcement on his Facebook page, saying that he will do his best to contribute to his new team.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/07/08
By: Bill Lin

Taipei, July 8 (CNA) Taiwan’s national baseball won its second game in a row in the preliminary round of the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea on Wednesday, defeating the United States 5-3 in 10 innings.

The victory left Taiwan on top of Group B and well-positioned to advance to the eight-team tournament’s semifinal round.

Taiwan, which won its first Group B game against Mexico 9-1 on Monday, plays the Czech Republic (1-1) on Thursday to determine whether it makes it into the final four.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/07/08
By: Oscar Wu and Bill Lin

Taipei, July 8 (CNA) Tsao Chin-hui (曹錦輝), the first Taiwanese pticher ever to play in

the major leagues in the United States, has been called up by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Tsao, who last pitched in the major leagues in 2007, signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers in January and has made 21 appearances as a reliever for the Oklahoma City Dodgers, going 2-1 with an ERA of 3.86 and converting five of seven save opportunities.

It was not known if the move is a stopgap measure to provide temporary relief to a Dodger bullpen that has pitched a lot of innings recently or if the Dodgers see him as a longer-term option.

The 34-year-old Hualien native became the first Taiwanese pitcher to play in the major leagues when he took the mound for the Colorado Rockies in 2003.     [FULL  STORY]

VICTORY RESUMED:Top seed Novak Djokovic survived a barrage of aces and winners from Kevin Anderson after their match restarted to proceed to the semi-finals

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 08, 2015
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with AFP and AP, LONDON

Seventh seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Flavia Pennetta had to dig themselves out of a hole

to reach the quarter-finals of the women’s doubles at Wimbledon on Monday.

After losing the first set of their third-round match against Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Coco Vandeweghe of the US, the Taiwanese-American duo bounced back to take the second to love and level the match.

However, the seventh seeds then found themselves 1-4, love-30 down in the decider, before digging deep to fight back and complete a 3-6, 6-0, 9-7 victory in 1 hour, 40 minutes on Court 8 at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in southwest London.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/07/04
By: Lin Hung-han and Y.F. Low

Taipei, July 4 (CNA) Jeremy Lin (林書豪), the first NBA player of Taiwanese descent, said Saturday that his agent has spoken with eight to nine teams that are interested in signing him.

It is uncertain at this time which team he will go with because it will depend on the movement of other players in the free-agent market, he told reporters.

Asked to comment on a report that the Chicago Bulls are interested in Lin as a backup point guard, Lin said he certainly hopes to give priority to teams that can put him in the starting lineup.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date:  Jul 03, 2015
By: AP, BALTIMORE, Maryland

J.J. Hardy hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning to back an effective

pitching performance by Taiwan’s Chen Wei-yin and carry Baltimore past Texas 4-2.

Jimmy Paredes hit a home run and had two RBIs for the Orioles, who yielded eight home runs in losing the first two games of the series.

The Rangers went deep twice more — solo shots by Choo Shin-soo and Ryan Rua — but that was the extent of their offensive output.     [FULL  STORY]