The Cuban player Yulieski Gourriel denied today having being disrespected with the contract linking him to the Yokohama Bay Stars DeNA club from the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB).... More
Cuban cyclist Marlies Mejias edged up-and-coming American rider Coryn Rivera in a bunch sprint to win the Pan-Am Continental Road Race Championship on Saturday.... More
Current Pan-American Men’s Singles champion, Cuban Osleni Guerrero, will headline a packed cast of international players who will visit Trinidad and Tobago for this nation's first-ever International Badminton Tournament which serves off at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sporting Arena, Tacarigua, from May 20th-24th.... More
Boxing announced its retirement from the competitive program of the World Combat Sports Games through disputes between organizers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).... More
Wrestlers from the U.S. and Cuba will compete in a dual meet in Times Square later this month --a preview of top contenders for the 2016 Olympic Games and the first time since the longtime rivals will be on the mat against each other since the thawing in political relations began late last year.... More
Chinese 100 meters hurdler Liu Xiang -gold medalist in 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece- will say farewell to active competition during the event of the Diamond League on May 17 in Shanghai, said organizers of the event on Tuesday.... More
The Sports Club of Prado in Cienfuegos city, the oldest in the country, celebrates its 75th anniversary of its foundation today full of local fans and supporters of the national passion --baseball. Alfredo Rodríguez Yera, president of the association, said to Prensa Latina News Agency that the club was originally created by a group of local baseball players who worked for and represented a small local shop called Estany House. ... More
The Cuban quartet of women's 4x800 meters relay ranked 4th in the 2015 IAAF World Indoor Championships, IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas-2015 to set the best performance of the delegation of Cuba.... More
May 2 - The International Boxing Association (AIBA) says Cuba earned five places in the 2016 Olympics men’s draw through its World Series of Boxing.... More
May 2 - The Wyoming Seminary wrestling team, the Blue Knights, are coming to Havana this weekend to participate in the Junior Pan American Games, the Times Leader reports.... More
May 1 - Cuba now has 389 athletes who are classified in 30 sports for the next Pan-American Games in Toronto, Canada, between July 10th and 26th, said official sources in Havana.... More
May 1 - In an attempt to diversify its tourism offer, Cuba will present at the upcoming International Tourism Fair, FitCuba 2015, a new modality that will appeal to lovers of water sports: kite-surfing.... More
The 1st and 3rd seats achieved by Yuniesky Quesada and Leinier Domínguez as 3rd and 1st boards in the World Team Chess Championship held in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia, stands out in the 8th place overall reached by Cuba after they both shone individually, mainly Quesada, in the final outcome of the Cuban team, which got 7 points, divided into 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats in a row.... More
The top teams and players of the recently concluded 54th National Baseball Series are being recognized today in the Cuban Baseball Gala, with a stage in the Sports City Coliseum here in Havana.... More
After echoes of the 54th National Baseball Series, Cuban baseball is now going through a period of apparent calm, marked by preparation for the key commitments in the international arena.... More
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