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The CTBC Brothers clinched the Chinese Professional Baseball League's (CPBL) second-half title Sunday with a 12-1 victory over the TSG Hawks, securing a playoff berth after finishing last in the first half.

Taiwan's Rita Chou (周婕妤) won the Women's 9-Ball World Championship in Bali, Indonesia, on Sunday, securing the title for the second time.

The 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games wrapped up its final day of events on Sunday, with Team Taiwan taking home only five gold medals, its lowest total since the 1990 games in Beijing, China.

Hsieh Su-wei (謝淑薇) and Liang En-shuo (梁恩碩) won women's tennis doubles gold at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, securing Taiwan's fifth gold medal of the Games.

One of the biggest stars on the Detroit Tigers' Threads account is infielder Lee Hao-yu (李灝宇), with posts featuring the Taiwanese rookie rarely drawing fewer than 5,000 likes, far more than the 1,000 likes posts featuring other players only occasionally draw.

Team Taiwan won eight medals at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, as of 8:30 p.m., including one gold, four silver and three bronze.

Taiwanese Olympic boxing champion Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷) is looking toward the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics after winning gold at the Asian Games on Friday, following a period when uncertainty over gender-testing procedures kept her out of competition.

Olympic champion Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷) of Taiwan won her second consecutive Asian Games boxing gold medal on Friday, defeating her Chinese opponent in the women's 60-kilogram final.

Taiwan, competing under the name of Chinese Taipei, has gained 55 medals -- including 5 gold medals, 17 silver and 33 bronze -- at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games (the 20th Asian Games), as of 5:50 p.m. Sunday.

Taiwan's Chang Cheng-wei (張正韋) won a silver medal in the men's individual compound archery at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Thursday, recording the country's best finish in the event.