The Philippines men's national basketball team,commonly known as Gilas Pilipinas,is the basketball team representing the Philippines. The team is managed by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas.
The Chinese Professional Baseball League is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989 and played the first season in 1990. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 2003. As of the 2023 season,the CPBL consists of six organizations,all of which have teams in the main league and farm league.
The R. William Jones Cup,also known as the Jones Cup,is an international basketball tournament organized by the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) held annually since 1977 in Taiwan.
The China men's national basketball team represents the People's Republic of China in international basketball tournaments. The national team is governed by the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Based on the number of tournament titles,China is considered a major basketball powerhouse in Asia and has by far the most successful basketball program on the continent.
The 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women took place in Brazil from September 12 to September 23,2006. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Confederação Brasileira de Basketball,the Brazilian national federation.
In Taiwan,some of the most popular sports include baseball,basketball,badminton,football,softball,table tennis,tennis,and volleyball. Martial arts such as t'ai chi ch'uan and taekwondo are also practiced by many people. International-known athletes include Jeremy Lin,Tai Tzu-ying,Kuo Hsing-chun,Yu Chang,Chien-Ming Wang,Lin Yun-ju,Yang Chuan-kwang,Chou Tien-chen,Hsieh Su-wei,and Yani Tseng among others.
Pan Wei-lun is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).
The Chinese Taipei baseball team is the national men's baseball team of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is governed by the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association. The team is ranked fourth in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation. The team is usually made up of professionals from Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League,Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball,and Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball from the United States.
Marcus Eugene Douthit is a Filipino-American former basketball player. He graduated from Providence College. After his stint with the Providence Friars,he was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2004 NBA draft. Born in Syracuse,New York,he became a naturalized Filipino citizen on March 11,2011,thus allowing him to play for the Philippines' men's national basketball team.
China was the host nation of the 2008 Summer Olympics. China was represented by the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC),and the team of selected athletes were officially known as Team China.
South Korea competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,China. This is a list of all of the South Korean athletes who qualified for the Olympics and their results. South Korea sent a delegation of 267 athletes to these games.
Taiwan competed as Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,where it sent 80 competitors in a record 15 sports. Since 1984,athletes from Taiwan have competed at the Olympics as "Chinese Taipei",not as the "Republic of China (ROC)",due to opposition from the People's Republic of China.
Akanksha Singh is an Indian basketball player and captain of the India Women's National Basketball Team.She has played for the national team since 2004. She and her sisters,Divya,Prashanti,and Pratima are known as the "fantastic four" of the Indian women's basketballers,and are also known as the "Singh Sisters".
Wu Chien-Lung is a Taiwanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Pure Youth of the Super Basketball League. Wu also plays for the Chinese Taipei national basketball team and made his national team debut at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009.
Quincy Spencer Davis III is a Taiwanese professional basketball player who plays for the New Taipei Kings of the P. League+. He renounced his U.S. citizenship in June 2013 to naturalize in Taiwan so that he could play for the Chinese Taipei national team in international competition.
Emma Meesseman is a Belgian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the EuroLeague Women. After playing basketball in Belgium,Meesseman was drafted by the Washington Mystics with the 19th overall pick in the second round of the 2013 WNBA draft. She has also played for the Belgian international team and several European professional teams. She was named the 2011 FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year and the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP. Meesseman studied physical education at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Chinese Taipei competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil,from 5 to 21 August 2016. "Chinese Taipei" is the designated name used by Taiwan to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events,including the Olympic Games. Neither the common name "Taiwan" nor the official name "Republic of China" would be used due primarily to opposition from the People's Republic of China. This was also the region's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Chinese Taipei competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang,Indonesia,from 18 August to 2 September 2018. At the last Games in Incheon,the country bagged a total 51 medals,including 10 gold,18 silver,and 23 bronze. This time,Chinese Taipei is set to send a 738-strong team to compete in 36 of 40 sporting events,including 588 athletes.
The People's Republic of China competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,Japan. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020,the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1952. The opening ceremony flag-bearers for China are volleyball player Zhu Ting and taekwondoin Zhao Shuai. Sprinter Su Bingtian,who broke the Asian record of 100m during the Games,is the flag-bearer for the closing ceremony. The delegation competed in all sports except baseball (softball),handball,and surfing.
The P. League+,pronounced as Plus League,is a Taiwanese men's professional basketball league founded in 2020.
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