ICE HOCKEY
Chinese Ice Hockey League
GP W L OTL L10 PTS
Bears 13 10 0 3 9-0-0-1 23
Tigers 13 9 4 0 7-3-0-0 18
Lions 13 6 4 3 3-4-0-3 15
Sharks 12 5 3 4 5-2-0-3 14
Raptors 13 6 6 1 5-4-0-1 13
Wolves 13 5 6 2 4-5-0-1 12
Rhinos 13 4 9 0 2-8-0-0 8
Results from Sunday:
Bears 8, Sharks 7, OT
Lions 4, Wolves 3
Sharks 6, Rhinos 1
Tigers 5, Raptors 4, OT
SOCCER
Tavern Premier League-Cup
April 15
Taipei 2, Celts 2
Zhong Cheng 4, Neng Ren 0
Ching Shui 7, International 1
Red Lions 2, Daan 1
April 22
MDI Jako 2, Celts 0
Red Lions 1, M.C.U. 0
Carnegies 12, International 0
Zhong Cheng 2, Animals 0
BASEBALL
Chinese Professional Baseball League
Standings following Sunday's games:
W L Tied Pct. GB
1. La New Bears 12 8 0 .600 0
2. Macoto Cobras 12 8 0 .600 0
3. Chinatrust Whales 12 9 0 .571 .5
4. Sinon Bulls 9 9 1 .500 2
5. Brother Elephants 7 11 1 .389 4
6. Uni Lions 7 14 0 .333 5.5
Sunday's results:
Cobras 9, Elephants 17
WP: Wang Chin-li (1-0) 4.2 IP, 3 R, 8 H, 4 K, 0 W
LP: Tsai Shih-chin (0-1) 0.0 IP, 6 R, 4 H, 0 K, 1 W
MVP: Wang Chin-li
Chinatrust Whales 5, Uni Lions 20
WP: Tsao Chun-yang (1-1) 7.0 IP, 3 R, 9 H, 2 K, 1 W
LP: Kao Chien-san (1-1) 0.0 IP, 5 R, 2 H, 0 K, 2 W
MVP: Tsao Chun-yang
Today's games
Cobras v Whales, 6:35pm, Hsinchu
Elephants v Bulls, 6:35pm, Taichung
BASKETBALL
Super Basketball League
Standings following Sunday's games:
W L Pct GB
1. Videoland Hunters 20 8 .71
2. Yulon Dinos 19 8 .70 .5
3. Taiwan Beer 19 9 .68 1
4. Dacin Tigers 15 12 .56 4.5
5. ETTV Antelopes 15 13 .54 5
6. Azio Eagles 5 23 .18 15
7. Bank of Taiwan 4 24 .14 16
Sunday's results:
Hunters 91, Banker 81
Jonathan Sanders (Hunters) 30 PT, 24 RB
Chien Ming-fu (Bankers) 20 PT, 6 RB
Antelopes 84, Eagles 79
Ou Yang Chin-heng (Antelopes) 19 PT, 4 RB
Chien Chia-hung (Eagles) 18 PT, 11 RB
Beer 76, Tigers 70
Lin Chih-chieh (Beer) 18 PT, 6 RB
Tien Lei (Tigers) 23 PT, 13 RB
Shohei Ohtani and his wife arrived in South Korea with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates yesterday ahead of their season-opening games with the San Diego Padres next week. Ohtani, wearing a black training suit and a cap backwards, was the first Dodgers player who showed up at the arrival gate of Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul. His wife, Mamiko Tanaka, walked several steps behind him. As a crowd of fans, many wearing Dodgers jerseys, shouted his name and cheered slogans, Ohtani briefly waved his hand, but did not say anything before he entered a limousine bus with his wife. Fans held placards
Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying yesterday advanced to the quarter-finals at the All England Open, beating Kim Ga-eun of South Korea 21-17, 21-15. With the win, Tai earned a semi-final against China’s He Bingjiao, who beat Michelle Li of Canada 21-9, 21-9. Defending champion An Se-young defeated India’s P.V. Sindhu 21-19, 21-11. An on Wednesday cruised into the second round, unlike last year’s men’s winner, Li Shifeng, who suffered a shock defeat. South Korea’s An, the world No. 1, overcame Taiwan’s Hsu Wen-chi 21-17, 21-16 to set up the match against Sindhu. In other women’s singles matches, Taiwan’s Sung Shuo-yun lost 21-18, 24-22 against Carolina Marin of
EYEING TOP SPOT: A victory in today’s final against Storm Hunter and Katerina Siniakova would return 38-year-old Hsieh Su-wei to the world No. 1 ranking Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens on Thursday secured a spot in the women’s doubles finals at the BNP Paribas Open after dispatching Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the US and Australia’s Ellen Perez 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) at Indian Wells. Hsieh and her Belgian partner Mertens, who won the Australian Open in late January, coasted through the first set after breaking their opponents’ serve twice, but found the going tougher in the second. Both pairs could only muster one break point over 12 games, neither of which were converted, leaving the set to be decided by a tiebreaker. Hsieh and Mertens took a 6-3 lead,
DOUBLES PAYBACK: Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Martens avenged their defeat in the quarters at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open against Demi Schuurs and Luisa Stefani Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei on Wednesday advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. Hsieh and partner Elise Mertens of Belgium dispatched Demi Schuurs and Luisa Stefani 6-1, 6-4 to set up a clash against Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the US and Australia’s Ellen Perez for a spot in the final of the WTA 1000 tournament. Hsieh and Martens made a blistering start to their rematch after they lost to Schuurs and Stefani in the quarter-finals at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open last month, winning three games without reply at the start of the first set