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.
The Italian government has cancelled today the joint bid of Milan, Turin and Cortina for the 2026 Winter Games.
The national soccer federations of Cuba and Brazil signed an agreement today for collaboration with the sponsoring of the International Soccer Associations Federation (FIFA).
The organizing committee of the Tokyo-2020 Olympic Games announced on Wednesday the flame lighting for March 12, 2020.
Triple jumper Jordan Diaz, world U18 (2017) and U20 (2018) champion, will be Cuba´s leading ace in athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) assured that he works to see a greater number of teams of the two Koreas unified in world sporting events, such as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Around 50,000 soldiers and police officers will monitor the development of the Asian Games (ASIAD 2018), scheduled to begin next Saturday in Indonesia, said the spokesman for the organizing committee, Danny Buldansyah.
Argentine striker playing for FC Barcelona, Lionel Messi, assured Wednesday that he would do his best for his team to win the 2018 edition of the Champions League this season.
