Taiwan wins over United Arab Emirates
Taiwanese judoka Yang Yung-wei won his first Grand Slam title on Friday, beating Russia’s Ramazan Abdulaev in the men’s under 60 kg judo final in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). With seconds left on the clock, Yang, 24, used a quick throw to pin his opponent to the mat with a strangled arm to score a waza-ari, the second-highest score in the three-level judo system. . Abdulaev tried to come back quickly, but it wasn’t enough before time ran out, allowing the young Taiwanese to take gold. Before the final, Yang had already played three matches in Abu Dhabi, scoring ippon – the highest score – against each of his opponents, first in the first round against Ahmed Al Naqbi of the United Arab Emirates, then Dilshot Khalmatov of Ukraine. in the quarter-finals and Samuel Hall of the United Kingdom in the semi-finals. Yang won silver at the Tokyo Olympics. The only other Taiwanese present at the event in the UAE was Lin Chen-hao, who lost the first match and only faced Belgium’s Ellencs Salens in the women’s under 48 kg category.
TABLE TENNIS
Cheng and Lin move on
Taiwanese Olympic medalist Cheng I-ching and compatriot Lin Yun-ju advanced to the next round of the mixed doubles on Friday after beating Singaporeans Pang Yew En Koen and Lin Ye 3-0 (11-8, 11-9 , 11-6) during the final of the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, Texas. In the quarterfinals, they will face the Hong Kong duo Ho Kwan Kit and Lee Ho Ching. However, Cheng lost 1-4 (6-11, 13-11, 6-11, 5-11, 2-11) in the round of 16 singles match against China’s Chen Xingtong. Taiwan’s other mixed doubles, world number 58 Chen Szu-yu and Chen Chien-an, came off after losing in the round of 16 to Chinese players Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha. The score was 1-3 (7-11, 6-11, 11-7, 6-11). In men’s doubles, Chen Chien-an and Chuang Chih-yuan lost 0-3 (4-11, 6-11, 5-11) to South Korean No. 14 duo of the world Jang Woo-jin and Lim Jong- hoon.
Chan from Taiwan in the lead
Yesterday, Taiwanese Chan Shih-chang led the standings after the third round of the Phuket Blue Canyon Championship in Thailand. Chan, who was tied with a four-under-68 in the second round, threw a 68 yesterday to climb to the top of the scoreboard alongside American Sihwan Kim. The third was the Thai Sadom Kaewkanjana, two strokes behind the first.
? FOOTBALL
Klopp recommends Mane
Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp on Friday urged striker Sadio Mane to control his emotions when opponents try to charge him and ‘pay them back’ with the quality of his play. Klopp said the players in the opposition often tried to upset Mane. “It’s been a lot longer,” Klopp told British media. “Even when it wasn’t obvious on the outside, in matches you can see they take it because they want to get it out. Klopp said he spoke to Mane about how to handle such situations. “Sadio is now at an age where he’s not so emotional anymore, but we all need emotions, of course, and sometimes we are in control of them better and sometimes less,” he said. “We had these discussions… The title [from our discussions] is: “We pay with football. Whatever we do, we pay them back with the football. ‘ “
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