Cuba has already qualified 350 athletes for the Pan American Games in Lima, from July 26 to August 11, reportedon Monday the weekly sports newspaper Jit in its online edition.
Cuba’s delegation to the Special Olympics World Games, which concluded Thursday, is leaving Abu Dhabi pleased to have done its homework with 11 medals and received recognition from hosts and other participants.
Cuba´s National Baseball Commissioner, Yovany Aragon, announced the appointment of Rey Vicente Anglada as the new manager for the Cuban national baseball team and revealed the agenda of matches and training with a view to the Pan American Games in Lima.
Cuba”s baseball team was included today in Group C with the teams of South Korea, Australia and Canada to participate in the Premier 12 Baseball Tournament to be held next November.
Antonio Becali, president of the Cuban National Sports Institute (INDER) said that Cuban baseball will have to face important and demanding commitments in the tournaments in which it will be participating all along the present year.
Baseball lovers in El Salvador are joyfully awaiting for the friendly dual meet between a national team and a Cuban visiting nine, thinking of enjoying a great show on the field.
A few days ago, Cuba expressed its desire and interest to host the Caribbean Baseball Series in 2020 or 2021; however, this request will be stored for a long time, as long as the US keeps its blockade policy against the Caribbean island.
Cuba will request the headquarters of the Caribbean Series of 2020 or 2021, said today the president of the Cuban Baseball Federation, Higinio Vélez.
The Leñadores of Las Tunas team, new baseballchampion of Cuba, took on Wednesday several reinforcement players for the Caribbean Baseball Series, scheduled from February 2 to 8 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
The president of the Cuban Football Association (AFC), Luis Hernandez, confirmed the presence of a team from the island in the second edition of the Caribbean Club Shield tournament, qualifier for the Concacaf League.
The Cuban Baseball Federation announced on Thursday it will hold a series of meetings in several provinces of the country to explain to the players the letter and content of the agreement signed several days ago with the Major Leagues of the United States.
The agreement signed between the Cuban Baseball Federation and the Major Leagues of the United States (MLB) assures a safe route for the players of the island, declared here Higinio Vélez, president of the entity of the Caribbean country.
The Athlete of the Year in Cuba, the boxer Andy Cruz, on Tuesday won five votes from Peruvian media to get the same distinction but in Prensa Latina”s Sports Survey.
The five-time Indian world champion M.C. Mary Kom qualified for the finals of the World Women”s Boxing Championship after she won the semifinal fight in the 48-kg division, beating the North Korean boxer Kim Hyang Mi unanimously, so she will try to equal the legandary record set by Cuban male boxer Felix Savon.
Cuban long-distance runner Henry Jaen won for the sixth time the marathon Marabana 2018, the popular race with highest participation in the country.
Cuban competitors won the main prizes at the International Underwater Photography Contest Ohotosub 2018 with surprising images of Cuba”s seabed.
A total of 1,139 foreigners from 47 countries have confirmed their participation in the next edition of Marabana to be held here on November 18, according to Carlos Gattorno, General Director of the project.
Cuban judo debuted on Monday its medal box in the World Discipline Championship with the silver medal achieved by Ivan Silva in the 90 kilograms, after losing the final to the Spaniard Nikoloz Sherazadishvili.
Japan’s Naomi Osaka defeated Italian Camila Georgi 6-2 and 6-3 on Saturday and classified to the final of the Tennis Open in this city.
It is well known by everyone that the Cuban basketball does not experience its best time as it does not have modern facilities with the most current technologies. The deficit of resources ata grass root level and that is to say balls, the court to train, modern ones and gyms with the required equipment, just to mention some examples, have deprived the local basketball of the best results in international competitions.
