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X-Bikes Get Air

Thursday photo in the theme competition is from the Taipei Cycle Show earlier this year.


Chinese Taipei v Taipei City FC

Chinese Taipei’s national football team met Taipei City FC, an all-star team comprising the top foreign players from the various Taipei teams, at Zhongshan Soccer Stadium. Photos by Craig Ferguson and Selina Tseng. ©Craig Ferguson Images 2008


Taiwan University Games

The National Intercollegiate Athletics Games (NIAG) are Taiwan’s university games. Beginning on May 9th and running until the 13th, over 12 000 athletes representing 169 universities and colleges in Taiwan will be competing. As the biggest sporting event in Taiwan prior to the Beijing Olympics, these games will feature members of the Chinese Taipei Olympic [...]


Tour de Taiwan 2008 – Stage 8

The final stage of the 2008 Tour de Taiwan was a 60 lap criterium around Taipei City Hall. The race was opened by Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin  who led the VIP ride before the race itself began. The stage was won by Polish cyclist Marek Wesoly of Merida Europe Team in a time of 1:22:10.


Tour de Taiwan 2008 – Stage 7

Stage 7 of the Tour de Taiwan saw riders engaged in a 58km criterium made up of 40 laps in the streets around the new Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. The newly built exhibition center was holding its first event, the Taipei Cycle Show. An action packed stage, featuring fast racing, a number of breakaways and [...]


Tour de Taiwan 2008 – Stage 3

Stage 3 of the Tour de Taiwan was held on March 11th in Changhua county, starting and finishing at Baguashan. Going into the day, John Murphy held the leaders yellow jersey and Merida Europe were the leading team after Wesoly Marek’s win in stage two. Unlike the first two stages, the Baguashan stage was a [...]


Tour de Taiwan 2008

The Tour de Taiwan is a professional cycling race and is the tenth race on the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) 2007-08 Asian tour. UCI is the world governing body for professional cycling with headquarters in Switzerland. The 2008 Tour de Taiwan feaures eight stages, beginning with a 40 lap, 88km criterium around the Love River, [...]


2008 CIHL Taipei Cup International Hockey Tournament – more photos

Some more photos from the hockey tournament. For a full report, take a look at the previous post about the 2008 Taipei Cup International Hockey Tournament.


2008 CIHL Taipei Cup International Hockey Tournament

The first annual Taipei Cup International Hockey Tournament was held at the Taipei Arena from January 24-27. Organized by the Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey League, the event saw 8 teams from East Asia taking part. The event was also a fundraiser in memory of CIHL’s MVP Matt Stever, who was involved in a traffic accident [...]


2007 ING Taipei International Marathon

The 2007 ING Taipei International Marathon was held in the streets of Taipei yesterday, December 16th. A record 110 000 runners took part in the various races, with 22 000 running in the full marathon. Kenya’s Hillary Bett won the international mens division in a time of 2:17:01, finishing ahead of Tanzania’s Disdery Hombo (2:17:35) [...]


Merida Cup @ Shetou, Zhanghua

This weekend saw the 2007 Merida Cup take place in Shetou), Changhua county. A series of mountain bike races over back roads and hiking trails was held. I meet up with Joe from Fotozon and we headed down to see the action. We arrived in time to see five uphill races spaced out over a [...]