Sports News Roundup December 17

Havana's Latinoamericano became an academy on Wednesday to teach and learn in a workshop organized by the United States Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Cuban Baseball Federation.... More


Sports News Roundup December 16

Cuban Ricardo Erick Lòpez Hevia from Granma newspaper won the Sports Media Pearl Awards in the Photography Athletic Prowess category with his work Women more than shadows. ... More


Sports News Roundup December 15

A total of 11 medals and a record by Yunerki Ortega closed the performance of four Cuban para-swimmers in the US Open that took place from Dec. 10th to the 12th in Bismarck, North Dakota. ... More


Sports News roundup December 14

The General Assembly of the Olympic Committee of Panama(COP) unanimously approved the request to host the 24th Central American and Caribbean Games in 2022.... More


Sports News Roundup December 11

50 percent of players chosen to join the qualified teams for the second phase of the Cuban Baseball Series starting on December 15th are pitchers.... More


Sports News Roundup December 10

The Cuban Baseball Federation announced the arrival on Tuesday December 15th in Havana of a delegation comprising representatives of Major League Baseball of America and the Players Association of that organization.... More


Sports News Roundup December 09

Spain's José Luis Carrasco won the 3rd stage of the Titan Tropic Cuba, Mountain Bike category disputed between the wooded hills of Viñales and the town of Tres Cruces de Río, in the western province of Pinar del Río.... More


Sports News Roundup December 08

The Cuban Baseball Federation is still exploring the market to raise the number of contracts for more baseball players in professional leagues, stated Higinio Velez, president of the organization.... More


Sports News Roundup December 07

The stellar Cuban athlete Yipsi Moreno, 3-time world champion and two-time Olympic silver in hammer throw, officially retired from active sports during a Gala for the 110 years of Athletics in Cuba, which also honored other figures of the discipline.... More


Sports News Roundup December 05

The U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) will embark on an historic goodwill tour in Cuba from Dec. 15th-18th. Hall of Famer Joe Torre, MLB's Chief Baseball Officer, and Dave Winfield, the MLBPA's Special Advisor to the Executive Director, will be joined by a group of current Major League players, who will be announced at a later date.... More


Sports News Roundup Dcember 04

Teams from Cuba and the United States met on Friday for their first friendly kickboxing event in Havana. Competition organizers told reporters that low kick and K-1 rules applied at the event.... More


Sports News Roundup December 03

Pinar del Rio defeated the leader and current monarch Ciego de Avila by a score of 7 to 0 to score its 4th consecutive victory in the continuation of the pending challenges of the 1st round of the 55th Cuban Baseball Championship.... More


Sports News Roundup December 02

The London 2012 Olympic champion in the fly category, Robeisis Ramirez, and the super complete Yoandri Toirac, will participate next weekend from December 4th-6th in a boxing fair in the city of Rio de Janeiro, host of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympics Games, which are expected to be one of the most spectacular Olympic Games of all time, said the AIBA President Ching-Kuo Wu.... More


Sports News Roundup December 01

The Colombian baseball club Tigres de Cartagena is negotiating the possible acquisition of Cuban pitcher Freddy Asiel Alvarez, and according to Ernesto Ruiz, a baseball official in the Cuban province of Villa Clara, where Alvarez plays, negotiations are in progress.... More


Sports News Roundup November 30

Cuba's Richer Pérez won the 2nd place in the International Marathon of Panama, escorting the Panamanian Jorge Castelblanco, who won in 2 hours, 32 min. and 58 sec. It's been nearly 20 years since a Panamanian has won this contest, while among women the victory went to Panamanian Williana Rosas with 03:11.47 hours.... More


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