Sport News Roundup May 10

Cuban female pole vaulter Yarisley Silva had a modest day and finished 2nd in the first leg of the Athletics Diamond League, held in Doha, Dakar, won by Greek athlete Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou.... More


Sport News Roundup May 9

Alfonso Urquiola was appointed as director of the Cuban baseball team, which is formed with local college athletes whose age does not exceed 25 years, for the bilateral top against the United States scheduled for July 23rd to 27th in Cuban territory. ... More


Sport News Roundup May 8

The Cuban boxing team secured 9 tickets of 9 possible at the 1st Qualifier for the Central American and Caribbean Games Veracruz-2014, which takes place in Tijuana, Mexico.... More


Sport News Roundup May 7

With the victory of Julio Cesar La Cruz in 81 kg., Cuba has so far secured 8 berths for the Central American and Caribbean Games, Veracruz 2014.... More


Sport News Roundup May 6

Cuba already has 5 qualified boxers for the Central American and Caribbean Games, Veracruz 2014, next November.... More


Havana, May 2, (RHC), -- Cuba is looking to beat Russia today in the second leg of the semifinals of the World Series of Boxing (WSB) Season IV. ... More


Havana, May 2, (RHC), -- A total of nine Cubans athletes arrived today in Trinidad and Tobago to take part in the International Twilight Games athletic competition.... More


Sport News Roundup May 1st

Cuban GM Leinier Domínguez is today officially part of the group of the 10 best chess players worldwide, according to the latest update of the world rankings.... More


Sport News Roundup April 29

Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez (2768) exceeds for the first time in ELO, his similar Ukrainian counterpart Vassily Ivanchuk (2753), to attend the José Raúl Capabanca Chess Tournament, to be played at the Habana Riviera Hotel, in this capital, since May 7th.... More


Sport News Roundup April 26

US citizen Peter Crowley started today on a quest to cross the Florida Strait from the International Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club in Havana rowing on a kayak.... More


Sport News Roundup April 25

The ashes of Cuban pitcher Conrado Marrero will be laid at the “Cuban Professional Baseball Players Pantheon” at the Colon Cemetery, according to Juventud Rebelde newspaper.... More


Sport News Roundup April 23

The female and male judo selections of Cuba depart today to Ecuador to participate from April 26th to 28th at the Pan-American Championship of Guayaquil, located at the Simón Bolívar Convention Center in order to earn points for the 2015 Pan-American Games in Toronto, Canada.... More


Sport News Roundup April 22

Two Cubans, one Dominican and two Americans, will take part Wednesday in the semifinals of the World Junior Boxing Championship, representing the American continent.... More


Sport News Roundup April 21

Cuban GM Lázaro Bruzón, currently ranked 70th in the world rankings, won for best playoff system the 2014 Open Chess Tournament of Mexico, which concluded on Sunday at the Tabasco Gallerias 2000 Convention Center.... More


Havana, April 19, (RHC), -- The Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball announced that it has a deal with Cuban outfielder Frederich Cepeda, a longtime star on the Cuban national team who will join the Giants next month. According to the Associated Press, Cepeda has a one-year, $1.5 million contract.... More


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