Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/03
By: Wu Hsieh-Chang and Chi Jo-yao

Taipei, Nov. 3 (CNA) Taiwanese gymnast Lee Chih-kai (李智凱) seized bronze in the men’s pommel horse at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha on Friday, becoming the second Taiwanese ever to win a medal at the world championships.

Lee barely qualified for the final by taking the eighth and final spot in qualifiers with a score of 13.700, but he performed much better when it counted.

His 14.966 in the final was good enough for third place and the bronze medal behind gold medalist Xiao Ruoteng of China and silver medalist Max Whitlock of Great Britain, who both scored 15.166 with Xiao having higher technical execution score.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 04, 2018
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

The Lamigo Monkeys cranked out three big home runs to trounce the Uni-President Lions

10-3 and claim the Taiwan Series at the Taoyuan International Stadium last night, their sixth championship.

The 4-2 series scoreline confirmed the Monkeys as the most dominant CPBL team of the past decade, with five titles since 2012.

Lamigo first baseman Chen Chun-hsiu took the Series MVP award after batting at .500 throughout the series to go with clutch hits.

Lamigo manager Hong Yi-chung received the trophy on behalf of his players.

“All the credit goes to the coaching staff and players for their outstanding performance,” Hong said.

“We have won the championship for the second year in a row and next year we will go for three in a row,” he said.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/02
By: Huang Chiao-wen and William Yen

Taipei, Nov. 2 (CNA) Taiwan finished 6th place after losing to New Zealand at the

International Basketball Federation (FIBA) U18 Women’s Asian Championship in Bengaluru, India on Friday.

Taiwan lost to New Zealand 47-75 in the fifth and sixth place classification game.

New Zealand wasted no time to warm up quickly, which saw them widen the score 10-2 in the first quarter. Despite Taiwan’s efforts to catch up, the quarter finished with New Zealand leading 14-9.

In the second quarter, New Zealand made good use of their free throws and shots from outside the key to finish the first half 37-21.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 03, 2018
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Chinese Taipei Football Association officials handed out team awards and individual

honors at a ceremony on Monday, with Taipei Tatung capturing the Taiwan Football Premier League (TFPL) title, while Taichung Blue Whale claimed the crown in the women’s Mulan League.

Taipei Tatung, who racked up 17 wins, three draws, and one loss this season for 54 points, also received a NT$700,000 check.

Kaohsiung Taipower finished a distant second on 44 points after 13 wins, five draws and three losses.

Taipei Tatung star striker Marc Fenelus hit 27 goals to win the Golden Boot Award for a second consecutive season after he scored 38 goals last year.    [FULL  STORY]

Ready, set, go! 5-day Pokémon GO Safari Zone opened to trainers in Tainan, Taiwan today

Taiwan News
Date: 2018/11/01
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A five-day Pokémon GO Safari Zone event kicked off in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan at 10:30 a.m. this morning.

According to an announcement by the organizer, the Pokémon GO Safari Zone event is taking place in the Tainan Metropolitan Park and the Chimei Museum from Nov. 1 to Nov. 5. During the event, many Pokémon Trainers will be able to encounter Pokémon not normally seen in Taiwan, such as the Water- and Rock-type Pokémon Relicanth, the Psychic-type Pokémon, some undisclosed “unown letters,” and for a lucky few – a Shiny Pinsir.

Each day, the event will run from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the two main venues as well as 30 hot spots in the area, according to Tainan’s tourism bureau. The Tainan government anticipates that over 200,000 people will attend the five-day event.
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Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/31
By: Huang Chiao-wen and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Oct. 31 (CNA) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has written a letter to its

national counterpart in Taiwan, seeking information about the country’s referendum procedures, ahead of a plebiscite on whether Taiwan should apply to attend the 2020 Tokyo Olympics under the name “Taiwan” instead of “Chinese Taipei,” the national Olympic committee confirmed Wednesday.

Citing a report by the Spanish news agency EFE on the name change referendum, the IOC asked about the voting procedure but did not mention whether the referendum might affect Taiwan’s right to participate in the 2020 Games, Shen Yi-ting (沈依婷), secretary-general of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (CTOC), said in response to CNA’s questions following reports in the local media about such a letter.

On Nov. 24, Taiwan will hold 10 referendums, alongside its local government elections, including one that will ask voters whether they agree Taiwan should apply to participate in all international sporting events, including the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, using the name “Taiwan.”

For a referendum to succeed in Taiwan, it must gain a majority in excess of 25 percent of the number of eligible voters.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/31
By: Lung Po-an and William Yen

Taipei, Oct. 31 (CNA) A team in Taiwan’s Super Basketball League (SBL) has signed

American Greg Smith, a former player in his country’s professional league NBA, the team coach said Tuesday.

Smith had been eager to play basketball in Taiwan and wished to play with the Bank of Taiwan team, head coach Wei Chen-ming (韋陳明) said, adding that the relevant procedures were finalized Tuesday.

Bank of Taiwan, one of seven teams in the semi-professional SBL, has signed the 27-year-old former National Basketball Association (NBA) center, who is expected to arrive in Taiwan on the weekend, Wei said.

He said Smith’s first appearance with Bank of Taiwan is likely to be next week, when the SBL teams will play a series of warm-up games at Changhua County Stadium.
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Bunun aborigine athlete becomes 2nd Taiwanese player to win a World Series ring with Boston Red Sox victory

Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/29
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — With the Boston Red Sox beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in 5

to 1 to win the World Series yesterday (Oct. 28), Red Sox player Lin Tzu-Wei (林子偉) has become the second Taiwanese athlete in history to win a World Series ring.

The 24-year-old Lin, who is a member of the Bunun tribe and is nicknamed “Tzunami” in Taiwan, yesterday became the second Taiwanese player to win a World Series ring, after Wang Chien-Ming (王建民) won his with the Yankees in 2009.

Lin, who is an infielder for the team, posted a photo on Facebook of his wife, child, and himself celebrating after his team’s victory and wrote, “A full year’s harvest is over.”
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Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/29
By: Tzeng Yi-shiuan and Elizabeth Hsu 

Paris, Oct. 28 (CNA) Taiwanese badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) failed to defend her title in the women’s singles final at the 2018 Yonex French Open on Sunday, losing to her Japanese competitor in the 67-minute match.

Tai, the world’s top-ranked female player, lost to third-ranked Akane Yamaguchi 20-22, 21-17, 13-21.

Talking to the press after the match, Tai said she had made more mistakes than her rival.

On the issue of losing the women’s singles title, Tai said she was not thinking too much about that.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 29, 2018
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

The Uni-President Lions came back from two runs down in Game 2 of the Chinese

Professional Baseball League (CPBL) Taiwan Series to score four answered runs against the Lamigo Monkeys and win 4-2 last night at Taoyuan International Stadium.

Each side had an American pitcher start off the contest — for the second consecutive game — with the Monkeys’ Michael Nix and the Lions’ Josh Roenicke engaging in a pitching duel.

The game remained scoreless until Lamigo outfielder Chu Yu-hsien pushed a run home on an RBI double in the fourth inning.

In the fifth, lead-off batter Lan Yin-lun slammed a solo homer off Roenicke to bring the Monkeys out ahead 2-0.    [FULL  STORY]