Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/07
By: Hsieh Ching-wen and Evelyn Kao

Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 6 (CNA) A team representing Taiwan paraded into the

opening ceremony of the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games held at the iconic Obelisk on Saturday.

This was the first opening ceremony to have taken place outside a stadium and to be open to the general public.

The Obelisk of Buenos Aires is a national historic monument and icon of Buenos Aires. It is located in the middle of the city’s 140-meter-wide July 9 Avenue, which is the world’s widest avenue.

The 12-day games attract 4,000 athletes aged 15-18 from 206 countries and areas who will compete in 32 sports events.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 08, 2018
By: Cobus du Plessis  /  Staff reporter

Kai-ting “Killer Bee” Chuang of Taiwan lost her ONE Championship kickboxing atomweight

world title to 15-year veteran Muay Thai ace Stamp Fairtex at the “Kingdom of Heroes” event in the Impact Arena in Bangkok on Saturday.

The 23-year-old Chuang, who picked up boxing at the age of 16 and had used it to win a university scholarship, looked to sidestep the hometown favorite’s reach and enter boxing range, but Stamp kept her at bay with jabs and kicks to the midsection.

“Killer Bee” was repeatedly tied up by the challenger and dumped to the mat. While not legal under kickboxing rules, it showed that Stamp had a strength advantage.

Unable to get past the kicks, Chuang charged in, but was dragged into clinches, where she was battered with knees until the referee separated them.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/06
By: Li Chin-wei and Ko Lin

Taipei, Oct. 6 (CNA) Chiou I-jen (邱義仁), head of the Taiwan-Japan Relations Association, was elected Saturday the new president of the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA).

“The association needs restructuring, and new team members,” Chiou said after the election, adding that he looks forward to helping propel Taiwan’s football to the next level.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 07, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying yesterday beat Soniia Cheah of Malaysia 21-16, 21-19 in their

women’s singles semi-final at the Yonex Chinese Taipei Open to remain in contention for a third title in Taipei.

Although the world No. 1 made several mistakes, she overcame seventh seed Cheah in only 37 minutes.

Tai after her victory said that she felt she was doing OK, but “needed encouragement from the crowd” when things did not go well.

Tai is to face world No. 3 Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark in today’s final.

In the mixed doubles, Taiwan’s Yang Po-hsuan and Wu Ti-jung came back against Malaysian duo Chen Tang-jie and Peck Yen-wei 12-21, 21-18, 21-12 to give themselves a chance at becoming the first Taiwanese pair to win the title at the tournament.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/05
By: William Yen

Taipei, Oct. 5 (CNA) Three Taiwan badminton pairs advanced Friday to the men’s doubles semifinals at the US$500,000 Yonex Chinese Taipei Open 2018.

Lu Ching-yao (盧敬堯) and Yang Po-han (楊博涵) defeated compatriots Lee Jhe-huei (李哲輝) and Lee Yang (李洋) 21-19, 17-21, 26-24 in a quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and 21 minutes.

Liao Min-chun (廖敏竣) and Su Ching-heng (蘇敬恒) routed Japan’s Keiichiro Matsui and Yoshinori Takeuchi in straight sets 21-15, 21-17 in a match that lasted only 37 minutes.

Liao and Su will face compatriots Lu and Yang in the semifinals Saturday.
[FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 05, 2018
By: Reuters, SEOUL

Hosts South Korea got off to the perfect start at the LPGA International Crown team

competition yesterday, winning both their matches against Taiwan, while defending champions the US split the points with Sweden.

World No. 1 Park Sung-hyun partnered fellow major winner Kim In-kyung to a one-up win against Candie Kung and Phoebe Yao of Taiwan, before Chun In-gee and Ryu So-yeon won their match two-up against Teresa Lu and Hsu Wei-ling.

Big-hitting Park drove the green at the par-four 14th, which measured 263 yards, then holed her putt for eagle to set South Korea on their path toward victory.

The four-day event at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon pits four players from eight countries against each other in four-ball and singles formats.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/02
By: Sie Jing-wun and William Yen 

Taipei, Oct. 2 (CNA) A total of 59 athletes representing Taiwan departed for the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Argentina after a send-off ceremony presided over by Deputy Education Minister Lin Teng-chiao (林騰蛟) in Taipei Tuesday.

The third YOG to be held in Buenos Aires from October 6-18 is expected to see teams from 206 countries and areas, with competitors aged 15-18 taking part in a total of 32 competition sports.

Taiwan’s 59 athletes are scheduled to compete in 19 of the sports.

Lin noted that although Taiwan performed admirably at the 2017 Taipei Universiade and 2018 Asian Games, he expects the nation’s athletes to excel at the YOG as the team is made up of rising stars, with many potential future Asian and Olympic Games medalists.
[FULL  STORY]

Pokémon GO Safari Zone event to held in Tainan, Taiwan in November

Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/01
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Pokémon GO Safari Zone is going to be held in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan in early November, announced the Pokémon GO Live website on Sept. 30.

According to the announcement, the Pokémon GO Safari Zone event will take 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 Unown, and for a lucky few – a Shiny Pinsir.

The Tainan Tourism Bureau pointed out that during the event, other rare Pokémon will be up for grabs in Tainan’s downtown area. Due to limited parking space at the main venue, the Tainan Metropolitan Park, Trainers are advised to take either Taiwan High Speed Rail (HSR) to Tainan HSR station or Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) trains to Tainan Railway Station and take a bus to Bao’an Station (保安站).     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/09/30
By: Huang Chiao-wen and William Yen

Taipei, Sept. 30 (CNA) Taiwan’s Cheng I-ching (鄭怡靜) finished third Sunday at the

2018 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Women’s World Cup in Chengdu, China, defeating Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan 4-1.

The fourth-seeded Cheng warmed up quickly to beat the second-seeded Ishikawa 11-8, 11-7, 12-10, 13-15, 11-8 at the Sichuan Province Gymnasium.

Earlier in the day, Cheng lost to first-seeded Zhu Yuling (朱雨玲) of China 6-11, 4-11, 13-11, 5-11, 8-11 in the semifinals.

Cheng has previously finished as runner-up at the Women’s World Cup 2016 in Philadelphia, and in third place in 2017 in Markham, Canada.    [FULL  STORY]

CPBL RECORD: Brothers Baseball Club pitcher Elih Villanueva is only the eighth league pitcher to have a no-hitter. The Brothers have achieved two shutouts during the season

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 01, 2018
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Starting pitcher Elih Villanueva of the Brothers Baseball Club made Taiwanese

professional baseball history when he pitched a no-hitter against the Lamigo Monkeys for a 1-0 win in Taichung on Friday.

The right-hander from Florida showed his skill as he sailed through nine innings on 10 strikeouts, allowing only two Lamigo Monkeys to get on base, one on a hit and one on a walk.

With the bases loaded in the first inning, the Brothers got one run against Lamigo pitcher Zeke Spruill — from Virginia and in his second Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) season — when designated hitter Chou Ssu-chi earned a walk, squeezing in the runner on third.

It would be the only run the Brothers needed on the night, as Villanueva took control on the mound and dismissed the Lamigo’s power hitters one by one at the plate.
[FULL  STORY]