Sports News Roundup June 02

NBA star Carmelo Anthony visited the Pedro Marreo Stadium in Havana city this morning after arriving on Sunday night in Havana along the American Cosmos team and Brazilian soccer star Pele.... More


Sports News Roundup Jun 01

The US New York Cosmos team landed in Havana on Monday, with Brazilian soccer royalty among the delegation, for a slightly unusual slice of the U.S. and Cuba's efforts to improve bilateral relations as it's the first trip by a major American soccer club to Cuba since 1978.... More


Sports News Roundup May 29

A dozen nations are competing from Friday to Sunday at the 5th ITTF Latin America Cup taking place in Havana's Ciudad Deportiva Sports Center.... More


Sports News Roundup May 27

The Baltimore Orioles will become the 1st US big league team to play in baseball-crazed Cuba since a diplomatic thaw, playing Havana's national team, a Cuban official recently said in Havana, following last December 17th when US President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro announced an historic change of course after more than 5 decades of Cold War bad blood.... More


Sports News Roundup May 26

The main figures of Cuban track and field are enrolled at the Cuba-Barrientos Memorial Cup to be held from today until Thursday, May 28th at the Pan-American Stadium, east of the capital.... More


Sports News Roundup May 25

The two grandsons of US writer Ernest Hemingway, John and Patrick, said in Havana that they are happy with the new stage of relations between Cuba and their country.... More


Sports News Roundup May 23

Cuban slugger Alfredo Despaigne had an amazing performance in the Japanese Professional Baseball League by hitting 2 homers in the 10-6 win of his team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, over the Saitama Seibu Lions.... More


Sports News Roundup May 22

Cuban Chess player Leinier Dominguez devided the point with Russian Evgeny Tomashevsky in round eight of the FIDE Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia on Friday.... More


Sports News Roundup May 21

Because playing is a right of children and a human need throughout life, Cuba will make the celebration of May 28th, the International Game Day, a giant party and for all, an opportunity to learn and grow together, embracing children, adolescents, young and adults.... More


Sports News Roundup May 20

In a more friendly than competitive activity, Cubans sailing ships beat the Americans in the "Havana Challenge" Regatta, to be held until next 21st in waters off the Havana's Malecon seafront.... More


Sports News Roundup May 19

Athletes from Cuba and the United States held a regatta today in the waters of Havana's Malecon seafront, which was more symbolic than competitive, because it was a very friendly cap between the two countries following the announcement of the intention of both governments to restore diplomatic relations.... More


Sports News Roundup May 18

Reynier Mena set a national junior record in the men's 100 meters dash, clocking 10.22 sec. at the Rafael Fortun Sport Memorial staged in the city of Camagüey.... More


Sport News Roundup May 16

Cuba remained unbeaten by winning, on Thursday, the fourth game of the Maximo Gomez Men's Volleyball Cup, held throughout the week and continuing in different cities in the Dominican Republic.... More


Sports News Roundup May 15

Cuban Leinier Dominguez defeated Russian Dmitry Jakovenko on Friday in the second round of the Chess Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Dominguez won in 36 moves with a semi-Slavic defense and earned 1,5 points and comes first after two matches.... More


Sports News Roundup May 14

In September 2014, the Latin America Working Group Education Fund coordinated a trip to Cuba with Ernest Hemingway's grandsons John and Patrick to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Hemingway's Nobel Prize in Literature, which he donated to the people of Cuba, with celebrations in the fishing town of Cojimar and Hemingway's estate, Finca Vigia.... More


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