Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/05/03
By: Milly Lin and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, May 3 (CNA) More than 4,500 runners from 38 countries took part in the annual Taipei 101 Run Up Sunday, with Poland’s Piotr Lobodzinsky and Australian Suzy Walsham winning in the men’s and women’s elite group categories.

Lobodzinsky and Walsham won with time of 11:8 and 13:16, respectively. They were each awarded NT$38,000 (US$1,236) in prize money.

Among the local runners, Kuo chun-ku (郭俊谷) and Chiu Li-ching (邱麗卿) won the men’s and women’s top titles, with times of 12:53 and 19:39, respectively, earning each of them also NT$38,000.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/05/03
By: Chang Ming-kun and Kuo Chung-han

Taipei, May 3 (CNA) Taiwanese tennis player Hsieh Su-wei (謝淑薇) defeated

South Korea’s Jang Su-jeong 6-2, 6-3 Sunday, winning the women’s singles title at a lower-tier International Tennis Federation (ITF) event in Nanning, China.

The ITF Nanning event is a US$25,000 tournament held in Guangxi Province in southern China.

The 20-year-old Jang won singles titles in Clare, Australia and Bangkok in February and March, respectively.     [FULL  STORY]

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Taipei Times
Date: May 04, 2015
By: Paul Huang  /  Contributing reporter

The Uni-President Lions completed an impressive three-game sweep of the

Chinatrust Brothers in northern Taiwan by topping the hosts 4-1 at the Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium last night.

Wang Ching-ming was rock solid in his sixth start of the season, tossing seven strong innings of one-run ball on six hits to lift the Cats past their foes.

The right-hander took a 3-0 shutout one out into the sixth, before serving up a solo blast to Chen Tzu-hao for the Brothers’ lone run of the game.

Equally impressive was setup man Kuo Hung-chih, who worked a quick eighth by retiring all three of the hitters he faced on eight pitches for his third hold of the year.

The former major league player has not given up a run in five appearances this season to maintain a perfect ERA of zero.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/05/02
By: Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, May 2 (CNA) About 4,500 runners from 38 countries will take on the

challenge Sunday of Taipei 101, Taiwan’s landmark skyscraper, when they hope to conquer 2,046 steps to reach amost the top of the building.

The race, which kicks off at 8:30 a.m., will take participants all the way up to the 91st floor at 390 meters high, the organizers said.

What could drive contestants even more is that starting this year, the annual run-up will be recognized by the Tower Running World Association, which means that their scores will be included in the world-wide tour.

Now in its 11th year, the run-up will see participants ranging from 15 to 70 years old, with roughly 28 percent of them female, organizers said.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: May 02, 2015
By: Reuters

Juli Inkster, inspired by a pre-tournament dinner with former US president

George W. Bush, surged into a three-way tie for the lead after the opening round of the North Texas Shootout on Thursday.

The 54-year-old compiled six birdies to join fellow Americans Cristie Kerr and Sydnee Michaels at five-under 66 at the Las Colinas Country Club in Irving.

Hsu Wei-ling was a shot further back after a 67, while fellow Taiwanese Yani Tseng was on two-under after carding a 69 and Kaohsiung-born Candie Kung of the US posted an even-par 71.     [FULL  STORY]