Sport News Roundup May 20

The slugger Alfredo Despaigne said in Havana that he has no responsibility at all in the allegation he was charged for allegedly using a false passport in the Mexican Baseball League, which he is part of Los Piratas de Campeche.... More


Sport News Roundup May 16

Alfredo Despaigne, Cuban player of Piratas de Campeche baseball team, has been indefinitely suspended amid doubts about the authenticity of his Dominican passport because of the avalanche of information from national and international media, the Mexican Baseball League reported. ... More


Sport News Roundup May 15

Five Cuban boxers are competing at the Serik Konabayev Boxing Tournament, underway from May 12th to the 18th in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, Cuba's sports media reports.... More


Sport News Roundup May 13

The most renowned team of Japanese Professional Baseball, the Yomiuri Giants, officially presented the Cuban baseball player Frederich Cepeda, who will wear the number 23 on his new uniform, said manager Tatsunori Hara.... More


Sport News Roundup May 12

The Cuban beach volleyball pairs gave an excellent demonstration at the 2nd phase of the NORCECA Circuit, where men won the gold medal again while the women managed to get the bronze.... More


Sport News Roundup May 10

Cuban female pole vaulter Yarisley Silva had a modest day and finished 2nd in the first leg of the Athletics Diamond League, held in Doha, Dakar, won by Greek athlete Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou.... More


Sport News Roundup May 9

Alfonso Urquiola was appointed as director of the Cuban baseball team, which is formed with local college athletes whose age does not exceed 25 years, for the bilateral top against the United States scheduled for July 23rd to 27th in Cuban territory. ... More


Sport News Roundup May 8

The Cuban boxing team secured 9 tickets of 9 possible at the 1st Qualifier for the Central American and Caribbean Games Veracruz-2014, which takes place in Tijuana, Mexico.... More


Sport News Roundup May 7

With the victory of Julio Cesar La Cruz in 81 kg., Cuba has so far secured 8 berths for the Central American and Caribbean Games, Veracruz 2014.... More


Sport News Roundup May 6

Cuba already has 5 qualified boxers for the Central American and Caribbean Games, Veracruz 2014, next November.... More


Havana, May 2, (RHC), -- Cuba is looking to beat Russia today in the second leg of the semifinals of the World Series of Boxing (WSB) Season IV. ... More


Havana, May 2, (RHC), -- A total of nine Cubans athletes arrived today in Trinidad and Tobago to take part in the International Twilight Games athletic competition.... More


Sport News Roundup May 1st

Cuban GM Leinier Domínguez is today officially part of the group of the 10 best chess players worldwide, according to the latest update of the world rankings.... More


Sport News Roundup April 29

Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez (2768) exceeds for the first time in ELO, his similar Ukrainian counterpart Vassily Ivanchuk (2753), to attend the José Raúl Capabanca Chess Tournament, to be played at the Habana Riviera Hotel, in this capital, since May 7th.... More


Sport News Roundup April 26

US citizen Peter Crowley started today on a quest to cross the Florida Strait from the International Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club in Havana rowing on a kayak.... More


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