Cuban Ariel Martinez hit his seventh home run of the season Friday, being a key player in the 8-2 victory of the Nippon Ham Fighters over the Yomiuri Giants, in the Japanese Professional Baseball League.

The 5th edition of the Youth Parapan American Games, to be held in Bogota, Colombia, began its activities with the medical-functional classifications in several sports.

Cuba’s Rose Mary Almanza finished sixth in the 800-m race of the international athletics meeting of the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver category held in Montreuil, France.

Cuban discus runner Silinda Morales finished third at the international athletics meeting of the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver category held in Montreuil, France.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz lamented the death of Raiza Ofarril Bolaños, a member of the golden generation of the volleyball team known as Morenas del Caribe, and sent his condolences both to her family and to the Cuban sports movement.

Cuban Boxing directives and trainers announced that 13 local boxers will contest the Central American and Caribbean Games to open June 23 in San Salvador.

Mexico City hosted the 1st Central American Games in 1926, coinciding with the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in America (October 12) and as the starting point for what today is considered the oldest regional multisport event in the world.

Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra, champion of the 1st Vuelta a Andalucía, will not compete in the second edition, taking place from today until June 4 in southern Spain.

Raiza Mirelda Ofarril, a member of the prestigious Cuban volleyball team known as " Las espectaculares morenas del Caribe ", died at the age of 51, authorities of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation ( INDER by its Spanish acronym) reported today.

High jumper Luis Enrique Zayas and four-time champion Roxana Gomez will take part in the third stop of the Wanda 2023 Diamond League, to be held in Florence, Italy, on June 2.
Both join the triple jumper Lazaro Martinez, world indoor champion in Belgrade, Serbia, last year, already confirmed several days ago.

The current sports season will have an important moment in the Central American and Caribbean Games - scheduled to take place June 23 to July 8 in San Salvador - as part of the preparation of the athletes of the region for the current Olympic cycle, and as a gauge of the potential of each country in the fight for medals.

The 54th Anniversary of Cuban Field Hockey is celebrated this May 29 because on the same date, but in 1969, the first official game of this sport on the island took place between two Cuban teams.

Cuban U21 women's national team defeated the Dominican Republic 3-1 to win the bronze medal in the North, Central America and Caribbean (NORCECA) Pan American Volleyball Cup, held in Nogales, Mexico, with the gold medal awarded to the United States.

Cuban triple jumper Leyanis Perez won the second stop of the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Rabat with a personal best of 14.84m, good enough to earn her another eight points for the ranking and to confirm her supremacy in outdoor events so far this year.

Cuban heptathletes Marys Patterson and Adriana Rodriguez finished 22nd and 23rd, respectively, at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold meeting in Gotzis, Austria.

Cubans Adriana Rodriguez, champion of the Pan American Games in Lima 2019, Marys Patterson and Yancarlos Hernandez, will compete this Saturday and Sunday at the Gotzis Meeting, Austria, with gold category of the World Athletics.