Cuba stakes its qualification for the semifinals of the 2026 Americas Baseball Series when they play Colombia’s Caimanes de Barranquilla today.

The Cuban team that will participate on February 5 to 13 in the 2^nd Baseball Series of the Americas was presented with its flag at Havana’s Latin American Stadium by the renowned former pitcher and coach Pedro Luis Lazo and received by team captain Alfredo Despaigne Rodríguez, symbolically escorted by outfielders Roelquis Gibert and Roel Santos.

Cuban Leyanis Perez jumped 14.65 meters to win the Val de Reuil Indoor Athletics Meeting in France, and in doing so, took the top spot in the winter season rankings.

Cuba already knows who its volleyball team will play and where in the qualifying phase of the 2026 Volleyball Nations League (VNL), a men's and women's tournament to be held in 17 cities across 12 countries.

Cuban canoeists YarisleidisCirilo and YinnolisFranchesca Lopez will travel to Portugal today for a training camp, marking the beginning of the critical path approved for 2026.

Arsenal defeated Chelsea 3-2 today in the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals in English football.

Albacete secured passage to the next round of the Copa del Rey thanks to a late goal from Jefté Betancor in the 94th minute.

Winning a medal in the women's individual table tennis event at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo is a key goal for Daniela Fonseca, Cuba's top-ranked player, this year.

Cuban swimmers won a total of 12 medals – two gold, six silver, and four bronze – at the Claude Sufrin in Memoriam 2026 Tournament in Martinique, which concluded on Sunday.

Cuban rowing plans to begin 2026 with a training camp at the Hanabanilla Dam in the central province of Villa Clara, with its sights set on the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo.

While awaiting approval of the 2026 critical path, Cuban judokas are intensifying their training to participate in the Paris Grand Slam, a tournament that awards points for the world ranking (WR) in preparation for the Olympic cycle culminating in the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

With their recent victories, the Leones de Industriales and the Cazadores de Artemisa qualified for the postseason of the 64th Cuban National Baseball Series, a feat previously achieved by Las Tunas, Matanzas, Holguín, and Mayabeque.

Just like in 2024, beach volleyball players made a name for themselves in the sport, with standout performances from the duos of Noslen Diaz and Jorge Luis Alayo, and Damian Gomez and Eblis Veranes, who secured prominent positions in the poll to select the best Cuban athletes of 2025.

The Cuban Baseball and Softball Federation (FCBS) issued a statement describing as disrespectful its exclusion from the upcoming Caribbean Series, to be held in Guadalajara, Mexico, in February 2026.

Cristian Menéndez achieved his goal of retaining the title he defended at the XXXVI World Junior Racquetball Championship in the Dominican Republic 2025.

 With a fury that exceeded all predictions, Cuban boxer Giorvis Salfrán opened the day in Dubai with a resounding victory that further elevated his squad’s perfect record in the IBA World Championship.