Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra, America's best road racer in the last 12 years, will lead Team Movistar Team today in the first category professional race Nokere Koerse, disputed by 20 teams in Belgium.

The Cuban women's basketball All-Star Game will be held today in the province of Ciego de Avila(central Cuba), in the Giraldo Cordova Cardin Hall, where the most outstanding players in the Superior Basketball League will be playing.

Elisbet Gamez, the best Cuban swimmer in the last two quadrenniums, won her third gold medal at the Malaysia Open today, winning the 200m freestyle final.

The Australian team defeated the Czech Republic 8-3 today to finish second in Group B and face Cuba in the quarterfinals of the 5th World Baseball Classic, to be held at the Tokyo Dome in Japan.

The Cuban men's handball team won the gold medal in the junior version of the IHF’s Intercontinental Cup held in Costa Rica.

Cuba does not sleep when its team plays, said today on Twitter Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel, to highlight this morning's game, in which the national team won its first victory at the 5th World Baseball Classic.

With a powerful offense of 21 hits, Cuba beat Panama 13-4, obtained its first victory and stayed alive at the 5th World Baseball Classic in Group A at the Taichung Intercontinental Stadium, in Taipei, China.

Cuban lightweight Lazaro Alvarez will become today the first Cuban boxer to face a 10-round fight, after the Cuban Institute of Sport granted its fighters the authorization to fight in the professional circuits.

Team Cuba once again fell victim to its poor hitting and lost 2-4 to its nemesis, the Netherlands, in the opening game of Pool A of the 5th World Baseball Classic in Taichung, Taiwan.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero highlighted today on Twitter the passion of Cubans for baseball and affirmed that for the 5th World Baseball Classic, the performance of the national team will be closely followed in Cuba.

Right-hander Yariel Rodriguez has been the designation of Cuban mentor Armando Jhonson to open today against the Netherlands, in Cuba's debut at the 5th World Baseball Classic in Group A at the Taichung Intercontinental Stadium, in Taipei, China.

Cuba is on the Olympic podium, if not in the first place, emphasized today the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, at the Pan American Stadium in Havana, after inaugurating an athletic track donated by Panam Sports.

The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, and the president of Panam Sports, Neven Illic, officially opened today a track donated by the continental sports organization at the Pan American Stadium in East Havana.

Cuba finished today without a medal in the first day of the Grand Slam of Judo in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, a competition that will conclude Sunday with the participation of 364 representatives from 49 countries in search of points for the world and Olympic rankings.

The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), German Thomas Bach, will officially inaugurate today a track at the Pan American Stadium, in eastern Havana, the headquarters of Cuban athletics.

Cuba will debut today with Zamarit Gregorio Vasconsuelo, in the 48 kilograms (kg), Yurisleidy Hernandez (52 kg) and Arnaes Odelin (57 kg) in the first day of the Grand Slam of Judo in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, a competition that brings together 364 athletes from 49 countries.