Cuban Pedro Jose Urguelles took the gold in 100-meter dash, T12 category, after making it in just 11.55 secs and Aldevis Duran took the bronze at the 5th Para-Athletics Juvenile Games underway in Bogota, Colombia.

Jorge Luis Barcelan, president of the Cuban Weightlifting Federation, said today that the 1st Weightlifting Grand Prix of Havana, to be held June 8-18 at the Pabexpo Fairgrounds, is very important.

With outstanding performances by triple jumper Leyanis Perez and long jumper Maikel Vidal, several Cubans were present on the podium of the athletics meeting in San Lucca, Italy.

The Cuban pair of Noslen Diaz and Jorge Luis Alayo won the gold medal in the NORCECA U23 Beach Volleyball Tour of Punta Cana after a 2-0 victory over Costa Rica.

Olympic champions Javier Sotomayor, Dayron Robles and Anier Garcia, three of the great glories of Cuban sport, will participate as special guests in the "Week of Athletics", a competition scheduled to be held next Monday in Moscow, Russia.

According to reports, there will be no professional fight today between the Cuban Damian Arce and the host Sergio "El Rayo" de la Cruz, agreed in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes and in the category of up to 130 pounds.

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.