Taipei Times
Date: Apr 19, 2015
By: Paul Huang  /  Contributing reporter

Last-placed Uni-President Lions surprised the Lamigo Monkeys in a 3-2 thriller at the Taoyuan

International Baseball Stadium last night to even their road series in northern Taiwan at one win apiece following Friday night’s series-opening loss.

Warner Madrigal entered in the bottom of the ninth with a 3-1 lead and walked in a run with one out after loading up the bases to put the tying run 27m from the plate.

However, the Lions closer was able to retire the next two batters in a row by striking out Lin “Chubby Kid” Hung-yu and getting Kuo Yen-wen to ground out to second to preserve the victory for the visitors in a dramatic finish.

The Cats needed little time drawing first blood, as they rang up three singles and a walk off Monkeys starter Jared Lansford in the top of the first to take a 2-0 lead.     [FULL  STORY]

HIGH PERFORMANCE:The Asian men’s competition this year is to focus on the top three teams, with Japan being Asia’s sole member of World Rugby’s highest band

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 19, 2015
By: Grant Dexter  /  Staff reporter

The Taipei Baboons saw off the visiting Discovery Bay Pirates of Hong Kong in their rugby

union match in Taipei yesterday, while two women’s games also went the way of the home team.

For the men, the Baboons scored eight tries to two, running out 48-10 winners.

The women’s teams played two games, one 10-a-side and one of Sevens. The women’s Baboons beat their Pirates counterparts 10-0 through two tries to Catherine Jane Mineur in the 10s and also won the Sevens 12-5, three tries to one, with Jane Chuang, Vicki Offland and Shing Wen Chang dotting down for the home side.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/04/18
By: Christie Chen

Taipei, April 18 (CNA) Taiwan’s Hsieh Po-shao (謝伯韶) on Saturday won the women’s title at

the 2015 Penghu Asia Triathlon, which is being held in Taiwan’s outlying county of Penghu.

Hsieh clocked 4:59:50 to grab the title in the women’s division in the 113-kilometer race, which consisted of a 1.9-km swim, 90-km bike section and 21-km run.

Eneko Elosegue of Spain, meanwhile, finished first in the men’s division with a record of 4:11:32.     [FULL  STORY]

RockNews24.com
By: Mike

Not that Western cheerleading really has all that much to do with football or anything, and – last I checked – baseball in the US didn’t even have cheerleaders at all, but the logic goes that cheerleaders are there to get the crowd pumped up and into the competitive spirit. At least on paper, anyway.

In Taiwan, on the other hand, the cheerleaders at baseball games just kind of dance around in skimpy outfits like booth babes that got lost on their way to the auto show or something. It almost looks like they’re doing the exact opposite of what cheerleading is (ostensibly) all about, actually diverting spectators’ attention away from the game and pretty much guaranteeing that the men in the audience will need to remain seated.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/04/16
By: Lee Cheng-yu and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, April 16 (CNA) Taiwan’s Lee Meng-en snatched the country’s first gold at the 1st

Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships in Taipei Thursday, defeating his Iranian opponent in the men’s 65 kilogram weight event.

In total, Taiwan, competing under the title of Chinese Taipei, has taken one gold, three silver and nine bronze medals since the inaugural Asian junior Taekwondo event opened Wednesday at the gymnasium of the University of Taipei.

The 190 cm-tall Lee is a junior high school student from Taoyuan. He was originally a basketball player and started practicing Taekwondo two years ago.

A total of 26 athletes from 10 countries competed for top honors at the 1st Asian Para-Taekwondo Championships on an entry basis, according to the event organizer.

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 15, 2015
By: Dave Carroll and Jason Pan  /  Staff reporters

Taiwan face 2007 Asian champions Iraq in FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifying after the two

sides were drawn together in Group F at Asian Football Confederation headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday.

Iraq, 86th in FIFA’s world rankings, are the top seeds in a group that also includes world No. 125 Vietnam, world No. 142 Thailand and world No. 159 Indonesia

Taiwan head coach Chen Kuei-jen said he is looking forward to exciting matches in a challenging group.

“We know about the type of players in Vietnam, Indonesian and Thailand. They have good pace and are fast on the counterattack. We must improve our short-passing game and complementary movement for the matches against these Southeast Asian countries,” Chen said.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/04/12
By: Lee Chin-wei and S.C. Chang

Taipei, April 12 (CNA) Taiwanese billiard player Lin Yuan-chun (林沅君) defeated Filipina

Rubilen Amit 11-9 to win the 2015 Amway eSpring International 9-ball Championship in Taipei Sunday.

It was Lin’s second win in eight years, following her victory in 2008.

Earlier in the day, Lin overcame Kelly Fisher of Great Britain to earn a berth in the semifinal, the only Taiwanese player to do so.

She then encountered a strong contender — China’s Liu Yuchen who put up a fight until the last game, conceding defeat to the Taiwanese 9-8.     [FULL  STORY]