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Cuba Wins 4th Gold Medal in Youth Olympic Games
The gold medal was awarded to Jordan Diaz in the boy’s triple jump event. The Youth Olympic Games will come to a close todayCuban Jordan Diaz won the gold medal in the boy’s triple jump event of the 3rd Youth Olympic Games running in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Diaz, junior world champion in Tampere, Finland, last … Continue reading
Cuba: León Richards Appointed as New President of Olympic Committee
Richards was elected on Monday for the position held since 1997 by José Ramón Fernandez, who has been now granted the status of Honorary Life President Roberto León Richards was elected president of the Cuban Olympic Committee (COC) in an ordinary assembly that applauded the proposal to grant José Ramón Fernández Álvarez the status of … Continue reading
Cuban Duo Wins Punta Cana Beach Volleyball Tournament
The Cuban team earned the title by defeating 2-0 (21-15 and 22-20) Mexicans Josue Gaxiola and Jose Rubio last Sunday The Cuban duo of Karell Peña-Luis Reyes won the gold medal of the 4th stop of the 2018 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, with the presence of 21 teams per … Continue reading
Cuban Mejias Outstands in Pan-Am Track Cycling Championships
The Cuban athlete earned two silver medals in the individual pursuit and scratch events, in addition to a third seat in the points race Marlies Mejias starred in the best performance for Cuba in the 2018 Pan-American Track Cycling Championships of Aguascalientes, Mexico, qualifier for the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games and that was attended by … Continue reading
Cuba Announces Team to Attend Youth Olympic Games
Triple jumper Jordan Diaz, world U18 (2017) and U20 (2018) champion, will be Cuba’s leading ace in athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina After being one of the most followed stars in the junior contest of Tampere, Finland, just a few weeks ago, Diaz intends to add another title … Continue reading
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
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