Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has donated $1.5 million the Palestinian cause in a move to alleviate the suffering of people in the besieged Gaza Strip.... More


The World Medical Association has urged doctors not to enforce sexist new IAAF gender rules for classifying female athletes, warning that attempts to do so would breach ethical codes.... More


Havana, April 10 (RHC)-- The president of the Confederation of Professional Baseball of the Caribbean (CBPC), Juan Francisco Puello, blasted Trump’s decision to annul a deal reached last December by the Cuban Baseball Confederation and Major League Baseball, saying “no one should traffic in human dignity.”... More


Havana, April 1 (RHC)-- Ivan Silva (90 kilos) earned the title of the 2019 IJF Tbilisi Grand Prix, in Georgia, thus placing Cuba fifth in the medal table of the contest led by France, which accumulated three gold, one silver and three bronze medals.... More


Havana, March 29 (RHC)- Cuba participated in the Special Olympics, held for the first time by a Middle Eastern nation, the United Arab Emirates, with a delegation of eight athletes. ... More


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Havana, March 29 (RHC)-- The Cuban National Baseball Directorate (DNB by its Spanish acronym) announced that the Cuban pre-selection team will hold three friendly matches in Mexico as part of their training towards the Lima 2019 Pan American Games.... More


Havana, March 20 (RHC)-- Cuban Roberto Luis Fernandez contributed a couple of medals to the Cuban delegation attending the 2019 Special Olympics Summer World Games, based in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.... More


Havana, March 18 (RHC)-- In the fifth seat match, Cuba defeated 6-4 Mongolia, in a contest in which the powerful Russian team beat 9-1 Iran in the final; while the United States won 6-4 over Japan in the bronze medal dispute.... More


Daniela Fonzeca, one of the champions in Yucatan

Havana, March 12 (RHC)-- Cuba won the two crowns of the individual events in the 5th Yucatan Table Tennis Open, held in Mexico, which was attended by 150 players from 10 countries, including several well-ranked athletes.... More


Havana, March 11 (RHC)-- Cuban long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarria made a phenomenal leap of 8.92 meters in the final of the 2019 Cuba Athletics Cup last Sunday at Havana´s Pan-American Stadium.... More


Antonio Becali Garrido

Havana, March 7 (RHC)-- According to a release read on primetime newscast Wednestay evening, the Council of State, following the proposal of its President, has agreed to demote the president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER),Antonio Eduardo Becali Garrido, due to deficiencies in his work. ... More


Stephen D.Keener, left, and Higinio Velez right, announcing the agreement.

Havana, March 7 (RHC)-- The Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB by its Spanish acronym) and the Little League Baseball International (LLBI) signed Wednesday a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow the participation of Cuba in the Caribbean events and the World Series of that organization.... More


Havana, March 2 (RHC)--Cuban International Master (IM) Carlos Daniel Albornoz won his first match on Saturday at the Young Masters chess tournament,underway in the Swiss city of Bad Ragaz, on  against his Austrian counterpart Dominik Horvach.... More


Havana, February 27 (RHC) The new talent of Cuban male chess, the IM Carlos Daniel Albornoz (2577), will make his debut on Wednesday with clear figures in the Young Masters of Switzerland facing the German GM Dennis Wagner, first in the ranks of the tournament with 2587 units. ... More


Cuban judoka Idalis Ortiz

Havana, February 25 (ACN) Cuban judoka Idalis Ortiz (+78 kilos) won the title and placed her nation in fifth seat of the IJF Dusseldorf Grand Slam 2019, in Germany, contest attended by 605 athletes from 93 countries.... More


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