The powerful and consistent batting of Cuban Alfredo Despaigne powered the champion SoftBank Falcons to a 5-2 victory over the Seibu Lions in the Pacific zone of Japanese professional baseball.

Cuban right-hander Jose Eduardo Santos pitched a complete game for Cuba's 7-1 victory over the Czech Republic, in group A of the U23 baseball World Cup at the Yaquis de Obregon stadium in Mexico.

The Cuban men's team will look for another victory today in the second round of the U21 volleyball World Championship, with shared venues in Bulgaria and Italy, after defeating Cameroon 3-0 on Monday, by no-show in the H key.

A total of 41 Latin American countries will contest the First Cali 2021 Junior Pan-Am Games as confirmed by the coordination commission with Panam Sports and the organizing committee.

The Cuban men's team will face Cameroon today to begin the second round of the Volleyball U21 World Championship, jointly hosted by Bulgaria and Italy.

The Cuban U23 baseball team will play a key match today against the host and champion representative Mexico, in Group A of the 3rd World Cup of that category, which is being held at the Yaquis de Obregon stadium in Sonora.

With 18 wrestlers, 12 men and six women, Cuba will attend the wrestling tournament of the First Pan American Junior Games, to be held in Cali, Colombia, from November 25 to December 5 this year, with a full team.

The Cuban men's team will face today the host, in the second day of the group phase of the U21 volleyball World Championship, with shared venue until next October 3 in Bulgaria and Italy.

Cuban slugger Alfredo Despaigne continued today with his good performance in his at-bats, but the champion SoftBank Falcons fell 1-4 to Nippon Ham and their qualification to the postseason in the Pacific zone of the Japanese professional baseball league is complicated.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel extended his condolences to the family and friends of ex-boxer Orlando Martínez Romero.

The Cuban team lost 1-3 to Poland in the first day of the Volleyball U21 World Championship, held in Italy and Bulgaria until October 3.

The Cuban U-23 baseball team will make its debut today against a decimated Dominican Republic in the World Cup to be held at the Yaquis Stadium in Obregon, Mexico.

Cuba's men's team will debut today opposite Poland in the first day of the 2021 Volleyball Men’s U21 World Championship, to be held in Italy and Bulgaria until October 3.

Cuban Maritza Arribas will replace Lisandra Ordaz and will be the Cuban representative in the selection of America in the FIDE World Women's Team Championship, scheduled for the Spanish city of Sitges from September 26 to October 3.

Cuban Alfredo Despaigne hit his fourth home run of the season Monday, and was a key player in the 5-4 victory of the SoftBank Falcons over the Rakuten Eagles, in the Pacific League of Japanese professional baseball.

Cuba will face Puerto Rico today, in search of the last chance of victory in the preliminaries for both teams, in the 19th women's senior volleyball Pan American Cup, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.