The first rounds of games in Taiwan’s Super Basketball League (SBL) and Women’s Super Basketball League (WSBL) are to tip off tomorrow at the Fu Jen Catholic University Gymnasium in New Taipei City.
The four-team leagues are to play two games each tomorrow, starting with the WSBL’s Taiyuan Textile against Taiwan Power at 1pm, followed by Cathay Life against Chunghwa Telecom at 2:40pm.
The SBL’s Taiwan Beer face the Yunlin Dinos at 4:30pm, with Bank of Taiwan rounding off the day’s proceedings against Changhua BLL at 7pm.
Photo: CNA
The regular season, composed of 60 SBL games and 48 WSBL games, also includes rounds at Banqiao Stadium, Hsinchu Municipal Gymnasium, National Changhua University of Education and Kaohsiung Fengshan Stadium, the CTBA national body said in a statement on Wednesday.
The SBL and the WBSL ended their seasons early last year in April due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
Bank of Taiwan were declared the winners of the SBL based on their regular-season record, with Cathay Life declared the winners of the WSBL.
CTBA secretary-general Lee Yun-hsiang told a news conference on Wednesday that the SBL and the WSBL, which are now in their 20th and 18th editions respectively, had come a long way.
“Over the 20 years [of the SBL], we have seen many great players who are now coaches or general managers of basketball teams,” Lee said. “And over the 18 editions of the WSBL, we have also seen it produce so many young players who are now performing well at international tournaments.”
Taiwan’s top male badminton player, Chou Tien-chen, on Saturday bowed out in the men’s singles semi-finals at the Thailand Open after losing in straight games to Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn. The world No. 6 Chou, seeded fourth at the Super 500 tournament, lost to the world No. 2 Thai 21-7, 21-19 in 53 minutes. The victory improved Vitidsarn’s head-to-head record against Chou to 3-5. Chou, 36, trailed throughout the opening game after the score was tied 2-2. His relatively passive approach allowed the 25-year-old Thai to capitalize on Chou’s defensive clears with powerful smashes while committing few unforced errors. The Taiwanese
FRUSTRATION: Gauff smacked herself on the head with her racket before storming down the tunnel, emerging afterward to have a heated discussion with her coach Elina Svitolina on Saturday won the Italian Open after beating Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2 to claim her third Rome title, while Jannik Sinner set a date with Casper Ruud in the men’s final. Ukraine’s Svitolina had not claimed a WTA 1000 title since her last victory at the Foro Italico eight years ago, but prevailed over the ever-erratic Gauff to claim her 20th tournament triumph. Saturday’s win over Gauff was her third in a row against a player in the top four of the world rankings — including Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina — ahead of the French
West Ham United’s 3-1 defeat at Newcastle United on Sunday left Tottenham Hotspur realistically only needing one more point to win the battle for English Premier League survival, while Bruno Fernandes made history in Manchester United’s 3-2 win over Nottingham Forest. Spurs can avoid dropping out of the English top flight for the first time in nearly 50 years with victory at Chelsea today, but a draw would also likely suffice thanks to their much superior goal-difference over West Ham. “Overall bad performance. Too many things [went wrong], I think we gifted them the goals,” West Ham head caoch Nuno Espirito Santo
MLB is experiencing an epidemic of guys being dudes. At ballparks all across the US, groups consisting of mostly young men are joining in on the “Tarps Off” trend that is loud, goofy, infectious and new to the baseball world. Joining in on the fun is simple: Go to the section where the party is happening, take off your shirt and start twirling it above your head. Soccer-like chants or singing usually follow — injecting a jolt of energy for a sport that is occasionally chided for its lack of energy inside the stadium. After getting its start in St Louis, Missouri, on
RSS