Selection in Cuban Baseball Reinforcement is Official

The teams qualified for the 2nd round of the 53rd Cuban Baseball Series formalized their reinforcements, in order to assume greater chances within this more demanding stage of the competition.

Thus, prevailed the choosing of 22 pitchers, above 8 outfielders, 7 infielders and 3 catchers, while Granma and Ciego de Avila granted 7 players each, followed by Las Tunas and Camagüey (6), Mayabeque (5), Sancti Spiritus (4), Guantanamo (3) and Cienfuegos (2).

National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship Kicks Off Today

The best exponents of Greco-Roman wrestling in Cuba will discuss from today the National Championship title of the discipline in Ciego de Avila city, told AIN news agency Eduardo Pérez Téllez, national commissioner.

The tournament, which runs until tomorrow, has the presence of 84 athletes from l4 provinces and the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, except Artemisa, in the new divisions, which include the categories of youth and national selection teams.

The gladiators of Free Style will bump in the city of Camagüey, noting that the changes in the rules and weights reflect a strategy of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) overlooking the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro 2016, noted Guillermo Orestes Molina González, president of the Cuban Federation of Rule and Arbitration.

Cuban Boxers Are Ready

The national boxing team of Cuba, Los Domadores, are ready to duel with Azerbaijan Baku Fires team.

The bilateral stop to be discussed in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, kicks off tomorrow in the closure of the 1st round of the World Boxing Series.

Nadal Will Open Against Tomic to Reconquest the Australia Open

The Spanish Rafael Nadal, seeded first, will start against Australian Bernard Tomic to reconquest the Australia Open, a tournament that Serb Novak Djokovic has won in the last 3 editions and whose defense will open facing Slovakian Lukas Lacko.

On his return to Melbourne, Nadal opens against local tennis player Bernard Tomic in a match expected to be complicated, like the way that the Spanish will have toward the end of the first Grand Slam of the year.

Meanwhile, the Dutch Igor Sijsling, the talented young Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, Frenchman Gael Monfils, the Japanese Kei Nishikori, Argentine Juan Martin del Potro and British Andy Murray will have to wait for these results to take part and move on to the 2nd round, the quarterfinals, and the semifinals, respectively.

Last News Regarding Schumacher

The prosecution of the French commune of Albertville said today that investigations into the accident on the slopes of the former champion of Formula 1, Michael Schumacher, are progressing well.

During a press conference in the department of Savoie in the French Alps, prosecutor Patrick Quincy said that Schumacher lost his balance and fell on a rock while skiing 8 or 9 feet from the edge of the track.

The German racer suffered a severe brain injury that keeps him in critical condition at the University Hospital of Grenoble, where he underwent two surgeries.

The camera on the helmet of several times Formula 1 world champion captured the accident image by image.

According to the prosecutor, specialists will determine whether the Ski Station committed any irregularities, although the signals and conditioning snow meet the requirements of French law.