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Sports News Roundup September 07

Cuban Greco-Roman gladiators Miguel Martinez and Yasmany Lugo debut today at the World Wrestling Championship, based in the U.S. city of Las Vegas, and running until September 12th.... More


Sports Roundup September 5th

Sept 5 - Today Cuba lost 0-9 to Japan and is now left without the possibility of competing for the medals of the World Sub-18 Baseball Championship based in the Japanese city of Osaka. ... More


Sports News Roundup September 04

The 2015 World Rowing Championships in France continued with the final round of semifinals in the all important Olympic boat classes. The athletes' aim was to be among the top three spot to get into Sunday's final. It also keeps their 2016 Olympic qualification hopes alive.... More


Sports News Roundup September 03

The gateway to the Super Round of the XXVII WBSC Baseball World Cup 2015 is still open for half of the 12 nations in Osaka, with Japan and South Korea having already taken the top spots in the next round of battle that starts Thursday.... More


Sports News Roundup September 02

Industriales said victorious goodbye at the Jose Ramon Cepero Stadium, beating the host and defending champion, Ciego de Avila, this time 9-4, in the 3rd date of the 55th National Baseball Series.... More


The first games of the 55th National Series, classic baseball in Cuba, concludes today with matches to be played from the center to the east of the Island.... More


The team of Cuba won its 3rd success at the U-18 Baseball World Cup by knocking 11-1 to Canada in 7 innings in a game played in Osaka, Japan.... More


Sports News Roundup August 29

American athlete Ashton Eaton successfully defended his decathlon title by breaking his own world record with a score of 9045 in the Beijing World Championships.... More


Sports News Roundup August 28

With the presence of 15 countries and the same number of duets in each gender, today began the fourth phase of the NORCECA Circuit Beach Volleyball, in Resort Barcelo Solymar-Arenas Blancas tourist destination of Varadero, 145 kilometers east of Havana.... More


Cuban Pedro Pablo Pichardo was second with 17.73m after American Christian Taylor who came through with a sixth-round leap of 18.21m in the men's triple jump final, just eight centimeters short of Jonathan Edwards' 20-year-old world record.... More


Cuba reached fourth place in the medal table at the World Athletics Championships Beijing, thanks to the second gold medal won by pole vaulter Yarisley Silva.... More


Sports News Roundup August 25

Cuba's Denia Caballero offered the first discus title to her country in the history of World Cup by winning in Beijing -2015, beating her rival, Croatian Sandra Perkovic.... More


Sports News Roundup August 24

Cuban Yarisley Silva, favorite for the pole vault final of the World Athletics Final being held in Beijing, says that what she's most passionate about is dancing. ... More


Sports News Roundup August 21

Cuba's Pedro Pablo Pichardo believes he has to do his best mark of the year in the World Championships in Beijing if he wants to qualify for the gold in the triple jump, something that he is perfectly trained for.... More


Sports News Roundup August 20

Half of the 32 players that form the Camagüey baseball team for the 55th National Series announced today for August 29th , come from the team that represented the province in the sub-23 Cuban Championship that finished recently, where the squad finished in 9th place.... More


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