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.

Cuban Claudia Baro won the gold medal in the main event of the Caribbean Road Cycling Championships, at the closing of the tournament in Santo Domingo.

Although they did not reach the finals, the Cuban women fulfilled their preparatory goals at the Aeon Cup of Rhythmic Gymnastics in Tokyo, where they were invited by the International Gymnastics Federation.

 Super heavyweight Marifelix Sarría's gold medal in the rebound closed Cuba's participation in the Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championship in Lima, Peru.

Elisbet Gamez, the best Cuban swimmer in the last two Olympic quadrennials, scored five gold medals and one bronze in Thailand, in her competitive debut as part of an international scholarship.

Two-time world champion and Olympic bronze medalist Rafael Alba fell in his first bout at the Taekwondo Grand Prix in Manchester, when he was injured in a fight he was dominating.

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

Cubans Jorge Luis González Pérez and Liuber Piña Pavón finished 17th and 18th in the individual pursuit event of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.

Cuban Laina Perez placed 26th today in the 25-meter (m) pistol, in the qualifying phase of precision shooting, corresponding to the World Shooting Sport Championship to be held in Cairo, Egypt, until the next 27th.

With a wider offense and the good performance of its pitchers, the Cuban U23 baseball team defeated 2-0 the current champion Venezuela, in its second game of the placement round of the 4th World Cup held in Taipei, China.

The National Baseball Commission (CNB) announced on Thursday that the First Elite League of Cuban Baseball will begin next Saturday, October 22 and that at the time of issuing the expected information it has been confirmed that the general logistics for the event is guaranteed.

After Gabriela Alpajon's third place in the previous day, the Cuban mixed duet won bronze on Thursday at the Central American and Caribbean Amateur Swimming Championships (CCCAN) in Panama.

Cuban freestyle wrestlers Reineri Andreu (57 kg) and Reineri Salas (125 kg) will compete in the Dmitry Korkin Senior international tournament, to be held in Yakutsk, Russia, on October 26 to 30.