Taiwanese tennis players Hsieh Su-wei and Chan Hao-ching on Saturday revived their feud at the Asian Games, with Chan fuming at Hsieh for a handshake snub at the end of their women’s doubles final in Nagoya, Japan. The pair last month did not shake hands following a tense US Open doubles match in wh
The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games yesterday wrapped up its final day of events, with Taiwan taking home only five gold medals, its lowest total since the 1990 games in Beijing. Taiwan, competing under the name Chinese Taipei, also won 17 silvers and 33 bronzes to finish with a total of 55 medals. While t
The cruise liner “Mitsui Ocean Fuji” receives a water cannon salute yesterday upon its first call to Penghu County’s Magong Port under its current name, marking the port’s final cruise-ship call of the year. The ship was formerly known as the “Seabourn Odyssey.”
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and rival Flavio Bolsonaro pulled no punches in a last-ditch effort to win voters ahead of today’s election in Brazil.US President Donald Trump said he was “very closely” watching the nail-biter poll, which comes after a string of recent right-wing victo
One of sport’s fiercest rivalries descended on a sleepy corner of Japan yesterday as India and Pakistan clashed in the men’s cricket final at the Asian Games on a converted baseball field, which India won 211-6 over 192-6. The neighbors only meet in international tournaments because of long-running
Tom Kim shot a sparkling final-round six-under 64 on yesterday to win golf gold at the Asian Games — and avoid a long spell in the Republic of Korea Armed ForcesHe let out a roar of “Come on!” as he tapped in for par at the last in Nagoya and celebrated a three-stroke victory after a superb round co
Japanese judo officials said they had never seen anything like it after eventual champion Rin Maeda appeared to be bitten by her Chinese opponent at the Asian Games.Maeda was awarded victory in the quarter-final bout in Nagoya when Tang Jing was disqualified just over a minute into the contest.Tang
Taiwanese Olympic champion Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷) yesterday won her second consecutive Asian Games boxing gold, defeating her Chinese opponent in the women’s 60kg final.Lin beat Yang Chengyu (楊成宇) by a unanimous 5-0 decision at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, adding the 60kg title to her 57kg gold from Han
