Sijhih, Taoyuan off to Japan
Taipei County's Sijhih Elementary School (
The Taichungers fought back bravely from 0-6 down with three innings to go, but a towering home run that cleared the stadium sealed the win for the plucky Sijhih side, which was undefeated in the tournament.
On Tuesday, Taoyuan County defeated Taichung City 7-6 to take the Taiwan National Senior Youth Cup in Lotung (羅東), Ilan County, marking a double disappointment for Taichung City's teams.
The winners of both competitions proceed to regional playoffs in Japan, which will decide Asian qualifiers for their respective world championships in the US.
Volley girls beat Sri Lanka
Taiwan's women's youth volleyball team scored its first victory in Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand, on Tuesday, defeating Sri Lanka at the Sixth Asian Girls Youth Volleyball Championship.
After losing to the favored Japanese squad in their first match on Monday, Taiwan came back on Tuesday to steamroll their way to a 1-1 record with a 25-4, 25-11, 25-8 victory.
Eight teams are competing in the double-elimination tournament -- Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka and Australia.
The top three teams will qualify to compete in the world competition scheduled for July.
FIFA on Friday blamed the empty seats during the FIFA World Cup match between South Korea and the Czech Republic in Guadalajara, Mexico, on fans who watched from the concourses. There were many visible empty spots at the 45,664-capacity Guadalajara Stadium, with sections in the middle of the stands showing many unoccupied spaces and with other empty seats scattered around the venue. The announced attendance was 44,985 — including FIFA president Gianni Infantino. “Official attendance figures reflect the number of tickets scanned and spectators present within the stadium footprint, rather than visual assessments of seating occupancy at any given moment
Japan captain Wataru Endo on Thursday was ruled out of the FIFA World Cup with injury and announced his international retirement, three days before his team’s opener against the Netherlands. The Liverpool midfielder pulled out of the tournament after failing to recover from a foot injury and was replaced in Japan’s squad by Shuto Machino. The 33-year-old Endo said on social media that he was “frustrated” at not being able to play, but backed his team to impress in Group F, where they face the Netherlands, Tunisia and Sweden. “There will definitely come a time in the future when Japan win the World
A rotting body was found on Friday in the trunk of a car parked near the stadium where Iran’s FIFA World Cup team is training in Mexico. The gruesome discovery came with games under way in the tournament, which is being jointly hosted by Mexico, the US and Canada. Reporters watched as police in Tijuana opened the trunk of the gray Toyota SUV, which had California plates, in the parking lot of a supermarket directly across from the Caliente Stadium, where Team Melli are training as they prepare for three games in the US. Specialists in white protective suits worked
About 100 people gathered at a bar in Taipei to watch the FIFA World Cup start in Mexico, despite the early hour of 3am yesterday. All seats had been reserved before the game started, said a clerk at the Brass Monkey, a bar in Taipei where customers can watch live sports broadcasts. The Group A clash between Mexico and South Africa drew supporters from multiple continents to the venue. For Misael Alanis, a Mexican student who has lived in Taiwan for two-and-a-half years, the atmosphere was just as important as the game itself. “There are a lot of Mexicans here and you can tell
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