Sports News Roundup July 09

A total of 431 runners from the United States are registered to compete in the next edition of Marabana, which is a record figure, announced Carlos Gattorno, general director of the famous Cuban marathon project.... More


Sports News Roundup July 08

Major League veterans Brian Bogusevic and Casey Kotchman both hit impressively long home runs and 5 pitchers combined on a 6-hit shutout as the U.S. Pan-American Men's Baseball Team defeated Cuba, 4-0, on the 2nd day of the Americas Baseball Festival at the USA Baseball National Training Complex on Tuesday.... More


Sports News Roundup July 07

Alexander Malleta ripped a homer to help lead the Cuba National Team to a 4-1 win over the USA Collegiate National Team, in the finale of the five friendly-game series, on the 1st day of the Americas Baseball Festival on a perfect Monday night at the USA Baseball National Training Complex.... More


Sports News Roundup July 06

Cuba's First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel saw off the first group of athletes that will compete in the Pan-American Games to be held in the Canadian city of Toronto, July 10th-26th.... More


Sports News Roundup July 4th

The Cuban national team of baseball beat US university staff 5-1 to achieve its 1st victory after 2 consecutive failures in the traditional bilateral top between the two baseball powers.... More


Sports News Roundup July 03

Peru and Paraguay teams aim to end their Copa America campaign on a high after missing out on a place in the final.... More


Sports News Roundup July 02

The relationship between the United States and Cuba has been fractured along political and economic lines for a generation, our governing systems diametrically opposed for much of the last half century.... More


Sports News Roundup July 01

The Cuban baseball team will face off today against the U.S. national university team in the city of Cary, North Carolina, in the 1st game between the two top traditional baseball powers.... More


Sports News Roundup June 30

A new boat race in favor of friendship between the peoples of US and Cuba will be held in November, when a flotilla of motor boats from Key West in the United States will arrive in Cuban waters.... More


Sports News Roundup June 29

Cuba’s Karell Piña and Daisel Quesada pulled a convincing 2-0 (21-16, 21-18) victory against Canada’s Garrett May and Daniel Dearing in the men’s gold medal match of the Punta Cana Beach Volleyball Tournament, the 2nd stop of the 2015 NORCECA Circuit.... More


Sports News Roundup June 26

Paraguay's president Horacio Cartes ratified on Thursday a law removing impunity from the South American confederation of soccer CONMEBOL and thus allowing investigators to enter the premises and search for documents and material related to corruption. A draft of the law was presented in the country's congress a few days after United States investigators launched a probe into the international soccer body FIFA last month, issuing dozens of arrests warrants for high-level figures within the organization. So far, 14 current and former officials within FIFA have been indicted over corruption charges involving more than $150 million in bribes. ... More


Sports News Roundup June 25

Cuban cyclist Lisandra Guerra participates in competitions giving points for the Olympic track cycling ranking, while training in Germany for the Pan-American Games in Toronto from July 10th to 26th.... More


Sports News Roundup June 24

Cuba will sign this week the agreement that will officially constitute the 2nd sports joint venture aimed at developing a large building complex linked to the activity of golf, east of the capital.... More


Sports News Roundup June 23

Cuba defeated Nicaragua by a score of 3-0 at the Latinoamericano Stadium in Havana, in the first of a 5-game match prior to Toronto 2015 Pan-American Games.... More


Sports News Roundup June 22

Cuban First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel handed over to 5-time world champ wrestler Mijain Lopez the Cuban flag that will head the Cuban sports delegation to the 17th Pan-American Games to be held in Toronto, Canada, from July 10th-26th.... More


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