Four sweeps in baseball weekend

Havana, February 21 (RHC)'' The victories of Matanzas and Santiago de Cuba left the top of the 61st National Baseball Series intact this Sunday, in a day in which the most striking was the sweep of Mayabeque over Industriales.... More


Havana, February 20 (RHC)-- The first edition of the National Beach Volleyball Cup, 'Villa San Fernando de Nuevitas', will take place between the 25th and 28th in the north of the central-eastern Cuban city of Camagüey, with the participation of pairs of school and youth categories, in both sexes.... More


Havana, February 20 (RHC)-- Carlos Daniel Albornoz achieved Cuba's best result in the Ibero-American Chess Championship, won in Mexico City by Argentina's Sandro Mareco, a man who appears among those confirmed for the next Capablanca in Memoriam.... More


Havana, February 20 (RHC)-- Dariel Góngora and Joel Suárez combined to deliver the only run of the day in the 61st National Baseball Series.... More


Havana, February 20 (RHC)-- Matanzas world runner-up Ivan Silva won the bronze medal at the closing of the Grand Slam in Tel Aviv, Israel, the best performance of the Cuban judo delegation so far this season.... More


Amman, February 19 (RHC)-- In a vast social media campaign, Jordanians have vehemently rejected efforts aimed at what they described as “cultural normalization” with Israelis, boycotting a sports event that hosted a number of Israeli settlers.  Several pro-Palestinian groups demanded the withdrawal of Jordanian and Arab participants from the Jordan Baja Rally over the participation of 13 Israeli settlers in the two-day sports event.   ... More


Havana, February 19 (RHC)-- Cuban judoka Ivan Felipe Silva (90 kilograms) and Andy Granda (over 100) will fight today for the bronze medal in the final day of the Tel Aviv Grand Slam, the best for Latin America.... More


Havana, February 19 (RHC)-- Paris-Saint-Germain (PSG) will visit Nantes today in the continuation of the 25th round of French soccer, a match with expectations focused on the possibility of the return to the starting lineup of the offensive trident Lionel Messi-Kylian Mbappé-Neymar.... More


Havana, February 19 (RHC)-- A great game by Cuban Jasiel Rivero, who scored 20 points, could not prevent the elimination of his club Valencia Basket in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey basketball tournament in Spain, where they lost 83-86 to UCAM Murcia.... More


Havana, February 18 (RHC)-- Cuban Omar Almeida faces the eighth round of the Ibero-American Chess Championship in ninth place, but only half a point behind the leaders: Spain's Jaime Santos, Argentina's Sandro Mareco and Paraguay's Guillermo Vazquez.... More


Havana, February 18 (RHC/JIT)-- With the best world record of the season (17.21 m), Cuban triple jumper Lázaro Martínez had a luxury debut in indoor competitions, winning at the athletics meeting in Lievin, France, a gold category event of the World Athletics Indoor Tour.... More


Havana, February 18 (RHC/PL)-- The Leñadores de Las Tunas won their game against the Avispas de Santiago de Cuba in the National Baseball Series, by winning the third game by a score of 11 to 4.... More


Havana, February 18 (ACN)-- The Vuelta a Cuba, an emblematic road cycling tournament, will return in 2022 with a new format, a regional race, starting in eastern Baracoa on February 23 and continuing in the central region in April and the western region in May.... More


Havana, February 18 (RHC/JIT)-- The Granma-Cerro Pelado 2022 International Wrestling Tournament has been canceled due to the low level of inscriptions, informed authorities of that sport on the island.... More


Lievin, France, February 17 (RHC/PL)- Two Cubans, Yarisley Silva and Lázaro Martínez, compete this Thursday in the athletic meeting in Lievin, France, prestigious for the presence of five Olympic champions of Tokyo 2020, led by the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas, triple jump world record holder.... More


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