Havana, July 22 (RHC)-- Cuba's Daniela Fonseca's debut in table tennis at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday will be a duel of youth against experience, as she will face Australia's Jian Fang Lay, who has five previous participations at that level.... More
Tokyo, July 22 (RHC)-- As Japan prepares to hold the long-delayed Olympics on Friday, it is not only the coronavirus pandemic that is causing concern. There are also worries about the potential threat to the health of athletes and staff from the weather – and the extreme heat and humidity of a Tokyo summer.... More
Tokyo, July 22 (RHC)-- Experienced figures carry the weight in Cuba's delegation to Tokyo-2020. But young talent is always present in Cuban sports and five athletes under the age of 20 earned their place in the select Olympic group of 69 athletes.... More
Geneva, July 21 (RHC)-- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), has thrown his weight behind the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics, even as a surge in the Delta variant drives a resurgence of COVID-19 around the world and the event faces continued opposition just hours before the opening ceremony.... More
Tokyo, July 19 (RHC)-- At least four people, three of them athletes from the South African soccer team, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Tokyo’s Olympic Village ahead of the kickoff to the Summer Olympics later this week. ... More
Havana, July 15 (RHC)-- The bulk of the Cuban delegation left this morning on a flight to Tokyo, with 76 members of the sports movement that includes athletes, coaches and part of the leadership.... More
Havana, July 11 (RHC) Proud and committed to their people, Cuban athletes received today the flag they will defend at the Tokyo Olympic Games, during a ceremony held at the José Martí Revolution Square in the Cuban capital.... More
Havana, July 11 (RHC)-- INDER Vice President Ariel Sainz officially announced that Cuba's flag bearers at the Tokyo Olympic Games will be wrestler Mijaín López and discus throw champion Yaimé Pérez.... More
Ramallah, July 9 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) has criticised a planned exhibition match in Jerusalem involving Spanish side Barcelona. In a letter to the world governing body FIFA, PFA chairman Jibril Rajoub said Jerusalem has been declared a divided city in a United Nations resolution and that Barcelona’s planned opponents Beitar Jerusalem are a racist club.... More
Havana, July 9 (RHC)-- Sadness in Cuban chess and sports left the death, in her native Santa Clara, of International Master Acela de Armas, who finally lost her match against a painful illness... More
Havana, July 7 (RHC)-- Cuba will seek a quota for the men's volleyball tournament at the Cali 2021 Pan American Junior Games, out of the four to be awarded by the Norceca U23 Pan American Cup, scheduled for July 11-16 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.... More
Havana, July 7 (RHC)-- It's now official! There will be 69 athletes to be registered by Cuba for the Tokyo Olympic Games, which begin on July 23rd. ... More
Havana, July 5 (RHC)-- Former athlete Roberto Hernandez, one of the stars of Cuban athletics in its golden age, died Monday in a Havana hospital at the age of 54, victim of complications due to his already deteriorated health.... More
San Jose, July 4 (RHC)-- The United States is afraid of Cuba even in soccer, said the director of Libertad newspaper, Martin Rodriguez, as he repudiated Washington's decision to deny visas to young Cuban athletes in that discipline.... More
Havana, July 4 (RHC)-- The Cuban youth handball team qualified for the First Pan American Junior Games of Cali 2021, after defeating the Puerto Rican team by 34 goals to 25.... More
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