Sports

Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying advances to semifinals at Malaysia Open

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/06/29
By: Huang Tzu-chiang and Romulo Huang

Singapore, June 29 (CNA) Taiwan’s top badminton player and world No. 1 Tai Tzu-

Photo courtesy of a private contributor

ying (戴資穎) advanced to the women’s singles seminfinals at the Celcom Axiata Malaysia Open 2018 after defeating the host country’s Goh Jin Wei with straight games 21-15 and 21-15 on Friday.

The 24-year-old defending champion took a while to warm up in the opening game and began to rally her plays after trailing her 18-year-old rival 6-11 at the mid game interval break.

In the second game, Tai demonstrated her superiority over her Malaysian rival and won the match in a relatively easier manner.

Tai will take on India’s Pusarla V. Sindhu in the semifinals Saturday. The world No. 1 has won eight of the 11 competitions with Sindhu and their last four meetings since the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.    [FULL  STORY]

Philippines defeat Taiwan in World Cup qualifier

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 30, 2018
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Despite putting on a good fight, Taiwan were yesterday defeated 71-93 by the Philippines in their Asia Zone Group B qualifier for next year’s FIBA Basketball World Cup.

With the support of a boisterous home crowd, Taiwan started off with hot shooting for a quick 12-4 lead and led 19-16 at the end of the first quarter.

However, visiting Gilas Pilipinas seized the momentum and settled down with a pressure defense to deny the hosts, then surged ahead with 28 points in the second quarter to take a 44-37 lead at halftime.

After the break, Taiwan tried to hit back, but the Philippines maintained their advantage and dominated under the posts, leading the close game 68-60 at the end of the third quarter.    [FULL  STORY]

Gilas upbeat vs Taiwan despite lack of practice

The Philippine Star
Date: June 25, 2018
By: Nelson Beltran (The Philippine Star) –

MANILA, Philippines — Gilas Pilipinas departs at noon today for Taiwan for its third

Deprived of a complete lineup in practices at home, coach Chot Reyes will finally have all his players at his disposal as they set foot in Taiwan four days ahead of their matchup Friday at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
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and last “away game” in the first round of the FIBA World Cup qualifiers, seeking a repeat of its “home” win over Chinese Taipei in a bid to firm up its spot at second place behind mighty Australia in their group.

Deprived of a complete lineup in practices at home, coach Chot Reyes will finally have all his players at his disposal as they set foot in Taiwan four days ahead of their matchup Friday at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium

Save for Kiefer Ravena and Kevin Alas, all Gilas players who suited up in the Phl-Taipei game at the Smart Araneta Coliseum last November will be in the Team Phl delegation flying to Taipei via China Airlines.

Jason Castro top scored with 20 points, June Mar Fajardo produced 17 points, eight rebounds and two assists while Matthew Wright and RR Pogoy chipped in 11 points apiece as the Nationals overcame a gritty Taipei side, 90-83, in their first matchup.
[FULL  STORY]

Taiwan’s weightlifters prepare for Asian Games

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-06-22

Taiwan’s weightlifters are fine tuning their performance in preparation for the

Taiwan’s weightlifters are fine tuning their performance in preparation for the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia. (CNA file photo)

upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia. This year’s event will open on August 18 in Jakarta.

While the roster for the weightlifting team has yet to be finalized, the star lifters are certainties for the games and have entered the final stage of their training.

The main focus is on Kuo Hsing-chun, the female weightlifter who won bronze at the 2016 Olympics. Kuo said Friday that her goal is to win gold at the Asian Games and break her personal record. At the 2017 Taipei Universiade, Kuo took gold and set a world record of 142kg in the clean and jerk.    [SOURCE]

Registration for 2018 Penghu Cross-sea Marathon begins now 

Taiwan News  
Date: 2018/06/21
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)–The 2018 Gaillardia Island Penghu Cross-sea Marathon,

(photo taken from the event’s Facebook page)

which will take place on November 4 in Taiwan’s outlying county of Penghu, will feature creative cheerleaders, creative food and drink stalls along the way, and beautiful running route, organizer of the event Taiwan Tourism Bureau said in a press release on Thursday.

A press conference was held in Taipei on Thursday to promote the running event, and Taiwan’s sports legend Chi Cheng and the country’s tourism goodwill ambassador OhBear showed up to express their support of the running event.

The first Gaillardia Island Penghu Cross-sea Marathon took place last year, and many runners have praised the event for its beautiful scenery along the running route. Like last year, runners of this year’s marathon will start from Xitai Visitor Center in Xiyu Township, run through Baisha Township and Huxi Township, and finish at Guanyin Pavilion in Magong City.    [FULL  STORY]

Chan Hao-ching ousts elder sister at Nature Valley

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 21, 2018
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with AP, BIRMINGHAM, England

Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching yesterday won a showdown with her elder sister in the first round of the doubles at the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham, while in the singles Petra Kvitova on Tuesday began her title defense with a revenge win.

Unseeded Chan and Yang Zhaoxuan of China thwarted a fightback by third seeds Latisha Chan and Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada to complete a 6-4, 3-6, 10-5 victory in 1 hour, 21 minutes on the grass courts at Edgbaston Priory Club.

The cross-strait duo saved 12 of 14 break points and converted two of five to advance to a quarter-final against either Japan’s Shuko Aoyama and Romania’s Raluca Olaru or Elise Mertens of Belgium and Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands.

In the singles on Tuesday, fourth seed Kvitova sent out a warning to the other Wimbledon contenders with a 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Johanna Konta, who last year became the first British woman to reach the Wimbledon singles semi-finals in almost 40 years.    [FULL  STORY]

How to watch the World Cup in Taiwan

How to watch 2018 FIFA World Cup soccer matches on TV and internet in Taiwan, as well as venues in Taipei

Taiwan News
Date: 2018/06/19
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

(FIFA image)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Despite the fact that the 2018 FIFA World Cup being held in Russia is being watched by 3.4 billion people across planet earth, the Taiwanese TV gods in their infinite wisdom decided that they will not show most of the matches on regular network or cable television, but fret not, Taiwan News has put together a guide for ways to view the stupendous soccer spectacle from the comfort of home, as well as some select venues in Taipei.    [FULL  STORY]

Taiwanese athlete Yang Chun-han breaks 100m National Record twice in a day 

Taiwan News  
Date: 2018/06/16
By: Mabel Neo, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Image provided by Chinese Taipei Athletics Association

TAIPEI(Taiwan News)- Taiwanese athlete Yang Chun-han (楊俊瀚) clocked a new personal best of 10.11 seconds to break the men’s 100m national record at the Japan University Games Men’s 100m finals at 5:25 p.m. (Japan time: 6:25 p.m.)

He broke the national record by clocking in 10.18 seconds in the semi-finals, and he broke the national record once again in the 100m finals.    [FULL STORY]

 

Taiwan player and side edged out in Russia

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 14, 2018
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, in MOSCOW

Taiwan’s Danny Carroll on Tuesday failed to advance from the group stage of the Football for

The African Wild Dog’s Danny Carroll, No. 7, watches after taking a shot in the team’s first group match in the Football for Friendship World Championship at Sapsan Arena in Moscow on Tuesday.  Photo: Dave Carrol, Taipei Times

Friendship World Championship in Moscow, as his side African Wild Dog fell to two narrow defeats before winning their final group match at the Sapsan Arena.

To promote ecological conservation, each of the 32 teams represented a rare and endangered species of animal and Carroll was joined in the Africa Wild Dog team at the five-a-side tournament by goalkeeper Andrey Ponomarenko of Russia, Luca Durso of Australia, Sam Clarke of Grenada, Wadia Chery of Haiti and Alvaro Nogues Couchonnal of Paraguay.

In the first group match against Whale Shark, a visibly frustrated Carroll saw his effort hit the crossbar and bounce to safety in the first minute.

Africa Wild Dog took the lead, but Whale Shark equalized before halftime before going on to score a winner with the final kick of the game for a 2-1 victory.    [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan player and side edged out in Russia

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 14, 2018
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, in MOSCOW

Taiwan’s Danny Carroll on Tuesday failed to advance from the group stage of the

The African Wild Dog’s Danny Carroll, No. 7, watches after taking a shot in the team’s first group match in the Football for Friendship World Championship at Sapsan Arena in Moscow on Tuesday.  Photo: Dave Carrol, Taipei Times

Football for Friendship World Championship in Moscow, as his side African Wild Dog fell to two narrow defeats before winning their final group match at the Sapsan Arena.

To promote ecological conservation, each of the 32 teams represented a rare and endangered species of animal and Carroll was joined in the Africa Wild Dog team at the five-a-side tournament by goalkeeper Andrey Ponomarenko of Russia, Luca Durso of Australia, Sam Clarke of Grenada, Wadia Chery of Haiti and Alvaro Nogues Couchonnal of Paraguay.

In the first group match against Whale Shark, a visibly frustrated Carroll saw his effort hit the crossbar and bounce to safety in the first minute.    [FULL  STORY]