Two-time Olympic champion Arlen Lopez defeated Mexican Paul Valenzuela in Madrid in a 10-round professional bout in the light heavyweight division, retaining the World Boxing Association (WBA) Latin American continental title.

Cuba won three gold medals in the final of the Guizhou Open Boxing Tournament in Chinaon Thursday, thanks to boxers Saidel Horta, Jorge Cuellar, and Nelson Williams.

Cuba will play against Bulgaria today in the opener of the third and final week of the Volleyball Nations League preliminaries in Gdansk, Poland.

The Cuban Volleyball Federation (FCV) issued the following official statement:

The Cuban triple jumpers Leyanis Pérez and Liadagmis Povea reasserted their quality at the Grand Prix Brescia 2025 by finishing first and second, respectively, with world-class marks.

Cuba’s Saidel Horta (57 kg), world runner-up in Tashkent 2023, won for the third time at the Guizhou Open Boxing Tournament in China and will fight on Thursday for the division belt.

FIDE Masters Osiel Alberto Alonso, Adrián Jesús Almaguer and Jinela de la Caridad Rodríguez will be in one of the teams representing Cuba in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad, set to take place in Barranquilla, Colombia, on August 16 to 23.

Cuba increased its bronze medals to six at the Guizhou Open Boxing Tournament in China, following Jorge Cuellar's (71 kg) easy 5-0 victory over local champion Gang Wang on the fourth round of the event.

Ten Cuban cyclists will participate in the 2025 Tour de Panama, scheduled for July 22-26, with the participation of 12 international and ten local teams.

The Cuban team expected to compete in the Caribbean qualifier for the Little League Softball World Series for girls aged 9-10, to be held in Puerto Rico on July 14-18, could not travel to the venue because several members of the delegation were denied the visa.

Although only half a point behind the leaders, the Cuban chess player Carlos Daniel Albornoz finished in eighth place at the Valencia International Open.

The Santa Clara team, which will represent Cuba in the Latin American Little League Baseball Series for 9-10 year-olds, to be held in Mexico on July 20 to 27, was officially minted for the competition in a ceremony held at the Mausoleum of the Villas Front, next to the Commander Ernesto Che Guevara Sculptural Complex.

World runner-up Saidel Horta won his second fight at the Open Boxing Tournament in Guizhou, China, where his fellow countrymen Nelson Williams and Dayira Mesa also harvested victories in their debut.

The Cuban beach volleyball pair of Noslen Díaz and Jorge Luis Alayo won the gold medal in the tough 2025 Moscow Open tournament of the Russian Circuit.

Cuba will be present at the World Youth Chess Olympiad, to be held from August 16 to 23 in Barranquilla, Colombia, with two mixed teams, made up of players with strong performances in their categories.

Cuban men's team and host France will play a warm-up match today, looking ahead to the third and final week of the group stage of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL), which will be held starting July 16 in Gdansk, Poland.