Taiwan News  
Date: 2018/08/03
By:  Central News Agency

Teresa Lu  (盧曉晴) from Taiwan was tied for third after the first round of the 2018 Ricoh

Women’s British Open Thursday, with a five stroke under par score of 67.

The 30-year-old, ranked 43rd in the world, carded a total of eight birdies and three bogeys at the major LPGA tournament, being held at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England, from Aug. 2-5 with a purse of US$3.25 million.

Lu trailed Australian Minjee Lee, who led with a seven-under-par 65, and second placed Mamiko Higa of Japan, who scored a six-under 66 in the first round of the four-round tournament.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/03
By: Lee Chin-wei and William Yen

Taipei, Aug. 3 (CNA) Taiwanese Chen Hung-ling (陳宏麟) and Wang Chi-lin (王齊麟) beat

Takuto Inoue and Yuki Kaneko from Japan on Friday to advance to the men’s doubles semifinals at the 2018 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships in Nanjing, China.

The Taiwanese pair, ranked 15th in the world, defeated their seventh-ranked opponents 21-11, 17-21, 21-13 in one hour and nine minutes.

They reached the quarterfinals by upsetting third seeds Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogenson of Denmark 21-19, 21-10 on Thursday, and will face the fifth-seeded Japanese duo Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda on Saturday for a spot in the final.

The Japanese reached the semifinals after knocking off the top-seeded Indonesian duo of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 21-19, 21-12.
[FULL  STORY]

FAN FAVORITE: Viktor Axelsen said he gained strength from the crowd, who have taken to him because of his excellent grasp of Mandarin and willingness to use it

Taipei Times
Aug 03, 2018
By: AP and AFP, NANJING, China

World No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan yesterday defeated Zhang Beiwen of the US 21-19,

21-14 to reach the quarter-finals of the badminton World Championships.

Tai played a very strategic game, mixing up her shots beautifully to keep Zhang guessing the entire match, but for Tai, it was just business as usual.

“Everyone has adapted to my play, I assume,” Tai said. “It has barely changed.”

Tai has looked unstoppable this year, with only one loss in 36 matches. Her lone defeat came against Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon in the final of the Malaysia Masters in January.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 01, 2018 
By: AFP, NANJING, China

Taiwanese world No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying yesterday eased through in her badminton World

Championships opener to underline her status as the woman to beat in Nanjing, China.

The top seed was never really in trouble against Wendy Hsuan-yu Chen of Australia, winning 21-10, 21-16 to reach the third round.

Similarly untroubled were former world No. 1 Saina Nehwal of India, the 10th seed, and seventh seed Carolina Marin of Spain.

Ratchanok Intanon survived a major scare as the fourth seed battled back from the brink of a shock early exit.
[FULL  STORY]

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-08-01

President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday visited Taiwan’s team for the upcoming Asian

Games. The 2018 Asian Games will open on August 18 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Taiwan’s athletes are training hard at the National Sports Training Center in Kaohsiung in preparation for this month’s Asian Games in Jakarta. This year, Taiwan’ s biggest ever team will take part in the games. There are strong medal contenders in several categories, including weightlifting, gymnastics, and track & field.

President Tsai visited the center on Tuesday and saw the athletes training. She acknowledged the athletes’ efforts and said they will enjoy her full support at the games.

Tsai also reminded Sports Administration officials to provide the best support for Taiwan’s athletes during their final preparations. The goal, she said, is to free the competitors from any logistical worries and allow them to focus on their training and perform at their best.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/31
By: Ozzy Yin and Ko Lin 

New York, July 30 (CNA) Taiwanese pitcher Chien-Ming Wang (王建民), who returned to the minor league Staten Island Yankees at Richmond County Bank Ballpark Monday to throw out the first pitch and sign autographs for fans, said he will not rule out coaching if the opportunity arises.

Age certainly plays a toll on the body, the 38-year old pitcher said, admitting that his physical stamina would make it difficult for him to remain at the Major League level.

Although he has not officially announced his retirement from baseball, the former ace pitcher for the New York Yankees said that he is leaning more toward coaching, because he hopes to pass on his knowledge to the next generation of young players wishing to play in the United States.

Wang, who attended the July 29 premiere of a documentary featuring the latter years of his professional baseball career, advised young players from Taiwan to never give up on their dreams, and urged those already playing in the Minor League to hang tough.
[FULL  STORY]

University student finishes Kinmen 3,000 meter swim competition in just 38 minutes

Taiwan News 
Date: 2018/07/29
By: Renée Salmonsen, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Over 2,000 people dove in to the 16th annual “Kinmen Long-distance Open Water Swimming” competition the morning of July 29.

Competitors challenged themselves to swim 3,000 meters (1.86 miles) as fast as they could off the coast of Kinmen in today’s welcoming 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) water.

Chao Hsu-ten (趙旭騰) of Southeast University finished the competition with the fastest time, 38 minutes and 20 seconds. Chao said that as soon as he entered the water a feeling of unity with nature took hold of him and he was able to push as hard as he could through the end of the race, reported CNA.

One 68-year-old Taoyuan resident surnamed Liu (劉) recounted that today is the 14th time he has took on the 3,000 meter stretch. “As long as your race time stays between 70 and 75 minutes, that’s progress,” said Liu.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/26
By: Lung Po-an and Ko Lin

Taipei, July 26 (CNA) Taiwan’s Cheng Chao-tsun (鄭兆村)

grabbed the gold medal in the men’s javelin at the Karlstad Grand Prix in Sweden Wednesday with a throw of 83.67 meters.

Jiannis Smalios of Sweden took home the silver with a throw of 79.78 meters, while Huang Shih-feng (黃士峰), also from Taiwan, snagged bronze with 76.77 meters.

Wednesday’s victory marked Cheng’s second gold medal win in Sweden, after the Gotas Ungdomsspel (youth games) held the previous week.

In late May, he also took gold at the Taiwan Athletics Open in Taipei with a throw of 83.67 meters, despite nursing a minor shoulder injury.    [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2018/07/25
By:  Central News Agency

Taipei, July 25 (CNA) Taiwan’s Sports Administration (SA) said Wednesday

that the country will compete in the 2018 Asian Games next month normally in the wake of the East Asian Olympic Committee (EAOC) revoking Taichung’s right to host the first East Asian Youth Games a day earlier.

The decision to revoke was made at an EAOC extraordinary meeting in Beijing that was reportedly called by Chinese representatives to weigh whether or not to hold the Taichung event as planned in August 2019.

The Chinese side reportedly brought up the issue due to concern over a public campaign in Taiwan to hold a referendum on whether Taiwan should participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games as “Taiwan” rather than its standard Olympic name of “Chinese Taipei.”    [FULL  STORY]