With seven points in nine games, the Cuban Carlos Daniel Albornoz won the XVI Open Internacional de Ajedrez held in Malaga, Spain.

Cuban sports shooting is one of the island’s sports hard-hit by the US economic blockade of the island, which hinders the purchase of necessary munitions and weapons to develop the modality.

Difficulties in accessing training bases and obstacles to the scientific-technical development of specialists are still among the problems suffered by Cuban sports, hard hit by the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla denounced today that athletes with disabilities on the island are at a disadvantage compared to the rest of the world, due to the restrictions of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade.

Cuba's men's and women's teams lost in the quarterfinals of the Pan American Table Tennis Championship in Santiago de Chile, a qualifier for the world championship and the 2023 Pan American Games.

The London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 63 kilograms (kg), Dalidaivis Rodriguez, heads the Cuban delegation that will participate at IBSA Judo World Championships, to be held Nov. 7 to 9 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

At the closing of the spectacular World Para Powerlifting 2022 African Open Championships, held in Cairo, Egypt, Cuban athletes Oníger Drake and Yusniel Suárez, who made up the world team together with Herbert Aceituno from El Salvador, became champions in the men's team competition.

The team that wins the current 1st Elite League of Cuban Baseball, which will represent Cuba in the upcoming Gran Caracas 2023 Caribbean Series, will face Curacao in its debut on February 2, at the La Rinconera stadium in the Venezuelan capital.

 The Cuban duo of Yasmary Medina and Daniela Darriba won the bronze medal in frontenis at the World Absolute Basque Pelota Championships in Biarritz, France.

Carlos Gattorno, director of the National Racing and Hiking Commission (CNCC) Marabana/Maracuba, reported today that 391 foreign runners from 47 countries, including the United States, France, Switzerland, Spain and Colombia, have already signed up for Cuba's main marathon race, to be held on November 20.

 Cuban Andy Granda appears in third place in the world judo ranking (RM) thanks to his gold medal in the individual tournament of the World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

With only three rounds to go, Cubans Dylan Berdayes and Jerzy Jesus Perez remain at the top of the Elite and Premier groups, respectively, of the Andrés Clemente Vázquez chess tournament held in this city.

Cuban medalists Yasmary Medina and Daniela Darriba won again at the Basque Pelota Absolute World Championship in Biarritz, France, where today they beat a Peruvian duo 2-0.

The Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) announced today that four of the island's top coaches will serve a two-week period of preparation in Japan.

With two representatives of the new generation of Cubans as leaders of each group, the fourth date of the Andres Clemente Vazquez chess tournament will be played this afternoon in Havana.

Cuban pistol shooters Leuris Pupo, Jorge Felix Alvarez and Jorge Grau were today close to the final in the 25-meter (m) rapid fire pistol team event, corresponding to the World Shooting Sport Championships to be held in Cairo, until the 27th.