Tokyo, August 23 (RHC/JIT)-- Cyclist Damian Lopez, weightlifter Leidy Rodriguez and tennis player Yunier Fernandez will be the first to compete for the Cuban delegation in the 16th Paralympic Games that will be inaugurated on Tuesday, August 24th at the new Olympic stadium in Tokyo.... More


Durango, August 23 (RHC/JIT)-- The team of Puerto Rico surprised Cuba to score a 3-1 win (25-16, 19-25, 26-24, 31-29) and advance to the discussion of the crown against Canada in the Norceca Continental Championship (M), which ends this Monday in Durango, Mexico.... More


Mexico City, August 21 (RHC)-- The Cuban national team defeated the United States 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-20) and advanced directly to the semifinals by concluding the preliminary round at the top of Group B undefeated on the third day of the Norceca Men's Continental Championship, taking place in Durango, Mexico.... More


Havana, August 21 (RHC)-- With the presence of sprinter Shainer Rengifo in the final of the men's 200-meter dash, Cuba has closed its participation in the World Championship of athletics under 20 years old.... More


Tokyo, August 21 (RHC)-- The Cuban athletic delegation that will participate in the XVI Paralympic Games 'Tokyo 2020' arrived Friday in the Japanese capital from the United Arab Emirates, under strict biosecurity measures to avoid contagion with COVID-19.... More


Ramallah, August 19 (RHC)-- Israel has been snubbed for yet another time in sports as a Mauritanian chess player quit the Junior World Cup to avoid facing an Israeli opponent.... More


Tokyo, August 19 (RHC)-- A first coronavirus case has been detected in the Paralympics village, days before the Games open, organizers say as Japan battles a record wave of infections.... More


Havana, August 17 (RHC)-- The Cuban Paralympic delegation is looking for its traditional high efficiency in the correlation between athletes, medals and final placings," Jorge Reinaldo Palma, its technical chief, told the sports publication JIT.... More


Santo Domingo, August 15 (RHC)-- Cuban cycling was included among the sports that have qualified for the Cali 2021 Pan American Junior Games by securing three slots in the under-23 road race at the Caribbean Championships to be held in Santo Domingo, where the Pan American competition of the specialty will also take place.... More


Dubai, August 15 (RHC)-- The 95th anniversary of the birthday of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro gave a special touch to the day spent on Friday by the Cuban delegation that is preparing in Dubai with an eye on the Paralympic Games that begin on August 24 in Tokyo.... More


Tokyo, August 9 (RHC)-- Authorities from the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER) and the Institute of Sports Medicine of Cuba visited the headquarters of the Japanese company Techno Link to strengthen cooperation relations in this sector.... More


Havana, August 9 (RHC)-- Cuban cyclists set off on Sunday for Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic and venue of the Caribbean and Pan American Under-23 and Elite Road Championships, which will take place from the 12th to the 15th of August.... More


Tokyo, August 8 (RHC)-- Boxer Andy Cruz closed Cuba's performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a victory in the final of the 63 kilograms against American Keyshawn Davis by a score of 4-1.... More


Tokyo, August 7 (RHC)-- Cuban Reineris Salas, after three unsuccessful attempts in the past, took advantage of a new Olympic opportunity today and won the Bronze medal in freestyle wrestling at Tokyo 2020.... More


Tokyo, August 6 (RHC)-- Cuban boxer Julio Cesar La Cruz won by a score of 5-0 in the final to the representative of the Russian Olympic Committee Muslim Gadzhimagomedov and added the sixth Gold for Cuba in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.... More


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