Osvaldo Vento Montiller, president of the Cuban Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation ( INDER by its Spanish acronym), expressed his support for the continuity of the ALBA Games during his speech at the 2nd Meeting of ALBA-TCP Ministers and High Authorities of Sports, held at the Venezuelan foreign ministry in Caracas.

Cuban Oleiny Linares will face today the leader of the chess tournament of the 5th Alba Games, held in Venezuela, with the aim of improving her second position in the ranking after the first four rounds have concluded.

Cuba remained in second place in the medal standings of the 5th ALBA Games, after winning 10 gold medals, four silver and six bronze, in the multidisciplinary competition that gathers 3,500 athletes from 11 countries, also to be held until next April 29 in Caracas, La Guaira and Miranda.

Six boys and two girls will represent Cuba today in the second semifinal match of the boxing tournament of the 5th ALBA Games, which is being held at the Cancha de Paz of the Playa Grande Sector, in the Venezuelan state of La Guaira.

The fencers Leydis Mustelier and Orquidea Ferrer, in women's sabre, as well as Carol Rivero, in men's foil, secured on Sunday three more medals for Cuba at the 5th Alba Games, to be held in Venezuela until April 29.

Cuba won the Pan American Judo Open, winning two gold and three bronze medals, leading the overall medal tally (5-0-4), with stage at the Volleyball Pavilion of the Olympic Center in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

The Cuban Claudia Baró clocked 2:48:08 hours to finish 12th and close her country’s participation in the Pan American Road Cycling Championship, held in Panama, where Cuba only won a bronze medal through Carlos Daniel Montes de Oca in the junior category.

In the presence of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, the 5th Multi-sports Games of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our Americas-ALBA- also known as Friendship Games, opened Friday at the Jorge Luis Garcia baseball stadium in the Venezuelan region of La Guaira.

The 5th ALBA Games will be opened today at the Jorge Luis Garcia Carneiro stadium in La Guaira, Venezuela, a multi-sports event that will host 3,500 athletes from 11 countries, with Russia as guest.

Cuba will be represented by four players at the Chess Continental Championship of the Americas, to be held in the Dominican town of Juan Dolio May 15-23.

Cuba for fourth crown at the 5th Alba Games

Cuban weightlifter Olfides Saez starred the first surprise in the qualifiers for the Central American and Caribbean Games of San Salvador 2023, defeating a favorite world medalist, in a day where a Cuban woman won three gold medals.

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 21 (ACN) Cuba dominated the judo qualifying tournament for the Central American and Caribbean Games of San Salvador 2023, by taking first place in the medal standings, with 10 gold, three silver and two bronze medals, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Amauri Mendive, methodologist of the national commission of this martial art, told the Cuban News Agency that the Cuban men's and women's teams won 10 of the 14 titles disputed on Thursday against representatives from 15 countries.

The Iberian Cycling Union was formally established in a General Constituent Assembly presided over by David Lappartient, head of the International Cycling Union (UCI), and the Cuban José Manuel Peláez was elected as its president, according to an announcement of the Pan American Cycling Confederation (COPACI), directed by Peláez.

Cuba returned to the top on the third day of the ALBA Games after winning on the first one with its main team and losing on day two to Venezuela, which in the end finished second, followed by Chile.

Cuba will be today in three A finals and one B of the rowing qualifiers for the Pan American Games held in San Pedro de La Paz, Chile.