Havana, October 13 (RHC)-- Cuban pitcher Raidel Martinez got his 22nd save of the year, after striking out two of the three batters he faced in an inning of relief in the 3×2 win of the Chunichi Dragons over the Yakult Swallows, in the Central League of Japanese baseball.... More
Las Vegas, October 12 (RHC)-- In U.S. sports news, Jon Gruden, the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders football team, has resigned after an NFL investigation uncovered a series of racist, sexist and homophobic e-mails he had written prior to becoming the coach of the Raiders. ... More
Havana, October 12 (ACN) -- Cuba has already secured six quotas for the judo tournament of the First Pan American Youth Games of Cali 2021, but aspires to another four, informed Rafael Manso, president of the National Federation of that martial art.... More
Havana, October 11 (RHC)-- The Cuban boxing squad traveled to Uzbekistan for a 10-day training base, before facing the World Championship to be held in Belgrade, capital of Serbia.... More
Havana, October 11 (RHC/JIT)-- Cuban Ivan Fernandez Quiros was elected member of the executive council of the Pan American Taekwondo Union (Patu), the entity that governs the destiny of the sport in the Americas.... More
Havana, October 11 (RHC/JIT)-- Security checkpoints for the First Junior Pan American Games have already been set up in the city of Cali, as well as in the other five sites of the event. In addition to Cali, security controls have been implemented in the sub-sites of Palmira, Yumbo, Jamundi, Buga and Calima El Darien.... More
Havana, October 10 (RHC/JIT)-- Cuban Alfredo Despaigne hit his seventh home run of the 2021 professional baseball season in Japan on Sunday to give the SoftBank Falcons a 3-1 win over the Orix Buffaloes.... More
Havana, October 10 (RHC)-- Cuba's Javier Sotomayor and American Dick Fosbury, two of the legends of the high jump, participated as special guests at the Sports Festival in Trento (Italy), which paid tribute to several Italian sports stars, among them the Tokyo Olympic champion in the high jump, Gianmarco Tamberi. ... More
Havana, October 10 (RHC)-- The race for October 10th is taking place this Sunday throughout Cuba as a tribute to the start of the country's War of Independence against Spanish colonialism, on the same date in 1868.... More
Minas Gerais, October 9 (RHC)-- Cuban Miguel Angel Lopez won his second title with Sada Cruzeiro in Brazilian volleyball, defeating Fiat Gerdau Minas 3-1 in the final of the Mineiro Championship.... More
Havana, October 9 (RHC)-- Doctor of Science Iván Román will be exalted this 2021 to the Weightlifting Hall of Fame of the American continent, informed the president of the Cuban Federation of that sport, Jorge Luis Barcelán.... More
Havana, October 9 (RHC/JIT)-- Cuban cycling star Arlenis Sierra signed a two-year contract (2022-2023) with Movistar, one of the most prestigious clubs in cycling and where the phenomenal Annemiek Van Vleuten rides.... More
Havana, October 8 (RHC)-- Cuban judo, now with six places, still aspires to take 10 competitors to the First Pan American Junior Games in Cali, Colombia, scheduled for November 25 to December 5th.... More
Havana, October 8 (RHC)-- The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic Miguel Diaz-Canel called on sports authorities on the island to use the tools of science and innovation to regain the top places occupied by the country.... More
Havana, October 8 (RHC)-- The most popular sport in Cuba will be proclaimed Cultural Heritage of the Nation on October 19, as confirmed at a press conference in which INDER First Vice President Raúl Fornés Valenciano highlighted the scope of the strategy approved for its development.... More
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