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Cuba Placed Third in Barranquilla 2018
This Monday Cuba has great opportunities for titles in disciplines such as rowing, shooting, track cycling and taekwondo, among others Cuba earned 13 gold medals on the fourth day of the competition program of the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games based in the Colombian city of Barranquilla, main venue, and the co-hosts of Cali … Continue reading
First Cuban Athletes in Colombia for Central American Games
The first group of Cuban athletes is already in Barranquilla, Colombia, and the Cuban flag was the first to be raised in the villa Several of the members of the Cuban delegation that will attend from next July 19 to August 3 the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games of Barranquilla departed last Sunday to … Continue reading
History of Cuban Sports Treasured in Havana’s New Hall
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel inaugurated the Cuban Sports Hall, located in an area of the Coliseum in Havana’s Sports City Also present at the event were Olga Lidia Tapia Iglesias, member of the Party’s Central Committee Secretariat; José Antonio Torres Iríbar, first secretary of the PCC in Havana; Reynaldo García Zapata, president of the People’s … Continue reading
Cuban Silinda Morales Wins Bronze in IAAF U20 World Championships
The event was won by Moldovan Alexandra Emilianov (57.89), who was escorted by the local Helena Leveelahti (56.80) Cuban Silinda Morales won a meritorious bronze medal on the third day of the IAAF U20 World Championships running in Tampere, Finland, until next Sunday. Morales, gold medalist last year in the U18 universal contest with stage … Continue reading
US College Baseball Team Beats Cuba
This Wednesday, also in the Latin American stadium, the second of the five matches scheduled in the match will be played With a hermetic pitch from its starter Drew Parrish and a 13-hit offensive, the U.S. college baseball team defeated the Cuban national team that will take part in the upcoming Central Caribbean Games in … Continue reading
Cuban Larduet Golden at Guimarães World Challenge Cup
Larduet had an exceptional performance on Portuguese soil where he reached very high scores Cuban gymnast Manrique Larduet won three gold medals in the men’s events (rings, vault and parallel bars) of the 2018 IGF World Challenge Cup of Guimaraes, Portugal, in which his countryman Randy Leru also earned a silver medal in the high … Continue reading
Cuban Athletes to Play in Italian Baseball League
Eight Cuban baseball players will sign their contracts next Friday to professionally play in the Italian Baseball League (IBL) Several of the athletes to play in the European nation are local aces such as left-hander pitcher Ulfrido Garcia (Parma Baseball A.S.D), and right-handed pitchers Erly Casanova (Parma Baseball A.S.D) and Bladimir Baños (Polisportivo Padule), in … Continue reading
Uzbekistan Secures 4-1 Win over Cuba in World Series of Boxing
After this setback, the Cuban Domadores now have balance of 11 wins and four losses in the current WSB edition The Uzbekistan Tigers defeated 4-1 the Cuba Domadores at Tashkent Sports Complex and thus broke the unbeaten status of the Caribbean side in Group A of the 8th World Series of Boxing (WSB). According to … Continue reading
Cuban Athletes Head to World Indoor Athletics Championship
The championship will be held March 1-4 in Birmingham, Great Britain, where 632 competitors will be participating Cuban pole vault star, Yarisley Silva and a group of 8 athletes will participate in the 17th World Indoor Athletics Championship to be held from March 1st to the 4th in Birmingham, Britain. Together with 2012 London Olympic … Continue reading
Cuban Athletes Win Valladolid Open Chess Tournament
The contest was attended by 72 players, most of them locals, with only Argentina and Cuba as guest countries Juan Carlos Obregon, Ermes Espinosa and Isan Ortiz won the three medals for Cuba in the 2018 Valladolid Open Chess Tournament held in the Mexican city of Mazatlan. The first two of them finished tied with … Continue reading
Cuban Left Out of Caribbean Series Final
The Aguilas Cibaeñas, from the DR, beat 7-4 the Alazanes of Granma, thus leaving Cuban out oif the Caribbean Series Final This was the second win of the Dominicans over the Cuban side, whom they were previously defeated 7-1 in the qualifying round. Cuba took a 3-0 lead in the second inning with RBIs by … Continue reading
Cuba Defeats Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Baseball Series
Both teams have qualified for the semi-finals, to be played Wednesday in Jalisco The Alazanes of Granma defeated on Tuesday the Criollos of Caguas from Puerto Rico in the last game of the preliminary stage of the Caribbean Baseball Series held in the Mexican city of Jalisco. Cuban relief pitcher, Leandro Martinez obtained the victory, … Continue reading
Cuba Loses to DR in 2018 Caribbean Baseball Series
Cuba lost 1-7 to Aguilas Cibaeñas Caribbean Baseball Series underway in the Mexican city of Jalisco, Mexico Cuba lost its undefeated status in the 2018 Caribbean Baseball Series when losing 1-7 to the Aguilas Cibaeñas, from the DR, at the Pan American Stadium of the Mexican city of Jalisco, Guadalajara, where today they will face … Continue reading
Granma Takes the Lead in Final Playoff
Granma defeated 11-5 Las Tunas in the fifth game of the grand final of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series This is Granma´s 8th consecutive home victory in this postseason: 2 over Ciego de Avila in the last matches of the qualifying stage; 3 against Matanzas in semifinals and these 3 versus Las Tunas in … Continue reading
Cuban Wrestlers to Attend Major International Tournaments
The Cuban athletes will compete in important tournaments to be hosted by Iran and Russia this month Three Cuban Greco-Roman wrestlers, led by Olympic and world champion Ismael Borrero (59 kg), will attend the Takhti Cup in the Iranian city of Mahshahr, next January 25 and 26. Borrero, who will now compete in the 67 … Continue reading
Cuba: Marlies Mejias Joins US Cycling Club
Last year, the young Cuban athlete was called by the Weber Shimano Ladies Power, from Argentina Cuban female cyclist Marlies Mejias traveled to Australia, where she will debut this year with the Canadian-based American club TWENTY20 Sho-Air in the 2018 Santos Women´s Tour, from next January 13 to 21, after being enrolled last year with … Continue reading
Three Already Classified to Cuban Baseball Playoffs
Las Tunas, Matanzas and Industriales, the three teams already qualified to the playoffs of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series, won their games vs Granma, Artemisa and Pinar del Río, respectively Las Tunas, Matanzas and Industriales, the three teams already qualified to the playoffs of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series, managed to sweep Granma, … Continue reading
Cuba Wins Silver and Bronze in World Judo Masters 2017
The competition, held in the russian city of St. Petersburg, was attended by 214 athletes from 46 countries Idalis Ortiz (+78 kg) won the silver medal in the IJF St. Petersburg World Judo Masters, in Russia, where the also Cuban Alex Garcia (+100) ranked third. Ortiz, Olympic champion and runner up in London 2012 and … Continue reading
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