Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/08/02
By: Lung Po-an and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Aug. 2 (CNA) The Sports Administration on Friday ordered the secretary-general of the

Chinese Taipei Skating Union (CTSU) to be removed from his position to punish the group for giving up the right to host a figure skating event later this year in Taipei.

The order came after a Ministry of Education (MOE) task force completed an investigation into the controversy over the right to host the 2019 Asian Open Figure Skating Classic and found that Eddy Wu (吳奕德) had not followed proper procedures in handling the case.

The CTSU was originally set to host the event at Taipei Arena from Oct. 30 to Nov. 3, but its hosting rights were eventually switched to Hong Kong, with the competition now scheduled for Dongguan in China's Guangdong province.

According to Sports Administration deputy head Lin Che-hung (林哲宏), the investigation task force found that the ISU asked the CTSU in June for its agreement that Hong Kong could host the event.
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‘DON’T TELL ME’: The Taiwanese veteran hailed the sport’s newcomers for their skill after defeating an 18-year-old to set up a quarter-final match against a 17-year-old

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 03, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA and Reuters

Taiwanese veteran Hsieh Su-wei on Thursday came through a tough match against young Russian

Varvara Gracheva to advance to the quarter-finals of the Citi Open in Washington.

It took the fourth seed 2 hours, 39 minutes to defeat world No. 211 Gracheva 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (8/6) on the Grandstand court, leaving her as the only seeded player in the singles.

Hsieh needed three grueling sets to outlast Gracheva and book her spot in the final eight.

The 18-year-old Russian late last month qualified for the main-round event of the Citi Open and won her first WTA singles main-round match by defeating fellow Russian Anna Blinkova in three sets in the previous round.
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Taipei Times
Date: Aug 02, 2019
By: The Guardian

For one brief, wild moment in 2012, Jeremy Lin was the most talked-about athlete in the world.

Over a handful of games with the New York Knicks, he went from being an unknown player struggling

to escape the NBA’s D-League to an unstoppable basketball force.

Now, at age 30, Lin remains a free agent and is struggling with the knowledge that he is close to the end of his career.

“Rock bottom just seems to keep getting more and more rock bottom for me,” Lin told a church in New Taipei City’s Xindian District (新店) on Sunday. “Free agency has been tough, because I feel like in some ways the NBA’s kind of given up on me.”    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/07/31
By: Huang Chiao-wen and Joseph Yeh

Taipei, July 31 (CNA) Two of Taiwan's top badminton players, Chou Tien-chen (周天成) and Wang

Tzu-wei (王子維), advanced to the second round of the Thailand Open on Wednesday, after beating their respective opponents in the men's singles.

Chou, ranked third in the world, defeated Lee Dong-keun of South Korea 21-13, 21-13, in a 43-minute match at Bangkok's Indoor Stadium Huamark.

Earlier this month, Chou clinched the men's singles title at the Indonesia Open in Jakarta, becoming the first Taiwanese to do so.

Meanwhile, Wang, ranked 29th in the world, upset former world No. 1 Chen Long (諶龍) of China, 21-13, 21-18, in a first round match that lasted 43 minutes Wednesday.    [FULL  STORY]

Currently ranked 29 in the world badminton rankings, he won in two sets

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/07/31
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan’s Wang Tzu-wei (王子維) upset China’s Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold

winner Chen Long (諶龍) in two sets at the Thailand Open, on Wednesday (July 31), Liberty Times reported.

Wang, ranked 29 in the world, beat the world No. 4, 21-13, 21-18, to advance into the round of 16 in the men’s singles, the report said. It added this is the second time Wang has upset the Chinese ace.

Wang’s head-to-head record against Chen was 1-2 before the match. Wang’s last win against Chen was in Germany, in 2017, the report said.

Unlike this match that was won in just two sets, the pair’s last three meetings were all three-setters.
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Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/07/31
By: Chiang Chin-yeh and Evelyn Kao

Washington, July 30 (CNA) Taiwan tennis ace Hsieh Su-wei (謝淑薇) and her younger sister Hsieh Yu-

chieh (謝語倢) advanced to the second round of the women's singles and women's doubles, respectively, at the 2019 Citi Open in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.

Fourth seed Hsieh Su-wei, who lifted her third women's doubles trophy at Wimbledon earlier this month, defeated Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 6-4, 6-3 in two straight sets in the opening round to go through to the second round.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/07/29
By: Hsieh Ching-wen and Frances Huang

Taipei, July 29 (CNA) Taiwan overwhelmed Czech Republic 16-0 in a Group A game at the U-12 Baseball World Cup in Tainan on Monday, improving its record to 3-1 in initial round robin play.

Taiwan opened the tournament Friday with a win over powerhouse Cuba and followed that with a victory over South Africa before losing to Japan on Sunday.

On Monday, the game was called after five innings because Taiwan had a lead of more than 10 runs.

A group of four Taiwanese pitchers — starter Kuo Chen-an (郭辰安) and relievers Chen Yu-an (陳昱安), Chang Yao-yun (張耀允) and Yu Yan-cheng (余硯誠) — combined to whitewash the Czechs, who entered the game with a 2-1 record after defeating Fiji and South Africa.
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