Taiwan out of Futsal Cup
Taiwan was swept out of the qualifiers for the Asia Futsal Cup on Monday after its match with Lebanon ended in a 1-1 tie. Taiwan took the lead when Tseng Tai-lin (
Baseball up and running
The CPBL spring training schedule got under way on Monday when the Brother Elephants played the Macoto Cobras and the Chinatrust Whales matched up against the Sinon Bulls. After revamping their lineup following a disappointing season last year, the Elephants overcame a shaky start by lefty Nicholas Bierbrod to squeak by with a 6-5 win on an errant throw in the bottom of the ninth by Cobras shortstop Kuo Ming-jen (郭銘仁). The Whales-Bulls match turned into a pitchers' duel, ending in a 1-1 tie after nine innings.
Cobras to continue in 2007
Lin Chih-kuang (林致光), owner of the Macoto Cobras, yesterday announced that the team would retain the name for 2007 after a proposed deal to sell off the team finally fell through. Lin said that despite the pressure on him running the team, he would continue to do so over the coming season rather than disband it. The aborted deal to rename the team the Chiuho Dragons will reportedly cost it more than NT$3 million.
Wang's half-million bargain
Yankees pitcher Wang Chien-ming (王建民) yesterday agreed to a one-year deal with the team worth around US$500,000. Though much higher than Taiwanese salaries, the deal is a bargain for the Yankees. Wang's big payday will come this off-season, however, when he becomes eligible for arbitration.
South Korean giants T1, led by “Faker,” won their fifth League of Legends (LoL) world championship crown in London on Saturday, beating China’s Bilibili Gaming (BLG) in a thrilling final. The teams were locked at 2-2 at a packed O2 arena, but T1 clinched game five to make it back-to-back titles after nearly four hours of tense action. China’s BLG started strongly, taking the first game before T1 struck back to level. The Chinese team pulled ahead again at 2-1 only for their opponents to hit back again and go on to take the decider. Faker, who won the Most
Amber Glenn overcame a fall and her own doubts to win a maiden Grand Prix figure skating title on Saturday at the Grand Prix de France. The American skater had the lead from Friday’s short program. That and the support of the crowd got her through a tough free skate in which she fell on a triple flip and put a hand onto the ice to steady herself on two other jumps. “I didn’t feel that great out there today, but I really tried, and the audience really got me through that last half when I was doubting myself,” Glenn
The Major League Baseball World Series trophy is headed to Los Angeles, but the party is extending all the way to Japan. People milled around local train stations yesterday morning in Tokyo as newspaper extras were ready to roll off the presses, proclaiming Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto as world champions along with their Dodgers teammates after a stirring Game 5 victory over the New York Yankees. The 30-year-old is a national hero in Japan whose face adorns billboards and TV adverts all over the country. Ohtani this year became the first player in history to hit 50 home runs and
WORLD SERIES: ‘The individuals that were involved in that last night was a very small segment of the east Los Angeles community,’ the Los Angeles county sheriff said Rowdy crowds took to the streets of Los Angeles after the LA Dodgers won the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series, setting a city bus on fire, breaking into stores and lighting fireworks. A dozen arrests were reported by police on Thursday, but officials said that most fans celebrated peacefully. Video showed revelers throwing objects at police in downtown LA as sirens blared and officers told them to leave the area on Wednesday night after the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the MLB World Series at Giants Stadium in New York. Another video showed someone standing atop
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