China’s ambassador to Cuba Ma Hui thanked the island’s Olympic Committee its firm stance in support of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympic Games, slated to take place February 4 to 20.

Franklin Guevara, president of the Cuban Handball Federation (FCB), ruled out Cuba as the venue of the World Men’s Handball Championship qualifiers.

The best Cuban diver in the last four years, Anisley Garcia, will improve her level with a one-year scholarship starting in early February at the International Center for Aquatic Sports in the Russian city of Kazan.

Cuban Jasiel Rivero could rejoin today his Spanish club Valencia Basket in the eleventh round of the Eurocup basketball tournament, which in terms of quality is only behind the Euroleague in the Old Continent.

Cubans Yoandry Freire and Ludisneli Fleitas won the First Escambray Mountain Bike Challenger, a competitive success in three stages from the Sancti Spiritus mountain range to Ancon Beach in Trinidad(central Cuba).

Fazil Abdelnour Ferhat, vice president of the Olympic Committee of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, at the end of a one-week working visit to Cuba, ratified his country's interest in continuing to expand sports cooperation between the two nations.
At the José Martí International Airport, the official was seen off by the head of the Cuban Olympic Committee, Roberto León Richards Aguiar and by the second head of the Algerian embassy on the island, Omar Rekia.

 The Russian Arkady Dvorkovich, president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), will visit Cuba February 8-10.

The unpredictable game of baseball has three lines of play: offense, defense and pitching; but the strategy of seeking their necessary combination for a team to perform as clockwork and prevail in any tournament is in the lap of the manager.

The Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) is determined to develop and update as soon as possible the national sport, in need of an obvious renovation.

The President of the World Baseball and Softball Confederation Riccardo Fraccari said on Monday that he will return to Switzerland very optimistic about his visit to Cuba because he met his goal of opening doors and offering support for Cuban executives to launch their projects to develop Cuban baseball.

The National Chess Championship for people with disabilities will be held in the city of Santa Clara (cental Cuba) February 22-27 and should bring together more than twenty players.

Six decades later, revolutionary baseball lives and keeps the legacy of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro, said Osvaldo Vento Montiller, president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER by its Spanish acronym) during a working visit to Matanzas.

In a fierce duel marked by great rivalry, the Cuban women's water polo team defeated Slovakia 9-8 in the first match of the training period for both teams in this city.

Guillermo Carmona, local team Industriales’ seasoned manager for the upcoming 56th National Baseball Series, will use as his main weapon the speed of his players as a function of the offense.

In order to avoid the coincidence with the Continental Championship of America, the organizers of the Capablanca in Memoriam Chess Tournament moved up the event to the second half of April.

A top-class pitching staff and a 27-year-old average age distinguish the roster of the Vegueros de Pinar del Río team, announced today, for the 61st National Baseball Championship (SNB by its Spanish acronym), which is scheduled to begin on January 23. Led by Alexander Urquiola, the team is made up of athletes and coaches with experience for several seasons in different categories, an important aspect to achieve a good performance this year and to improve the fourth place of the previous campaign.