Yipsi Moreno, national commissioner of athletics, said in Havana that so far there are four Cuban athletes qualified for the World Indoor Championships, to be held in Belgrade, Serbia, from March 18 to 20.

Cuban pole vaulter Yarisley Silva, London 2012 Olympic runner-up, will compete today at the Czech Indoor Gala in the Czech Republic, making her debut in the current winter season.

With a mark of 2.20 meters (m), Cuban high jumper Luis Enrique Zayas placed third Wednesday at indoor athletics meeting held in Udine, Italy.

As the Cuban National Soccer League approaches February 5, the Diablos Rojos (Red Devils) of Santiago de Cuba look forward to the opening day with optimism.

Cuban Jasiel Rivero and his Spanish club Valencia Basket will face today another team of that nation, Gran Canaria, in the 12th round of the Eurocup basketball tournament, which in terms of quality is only behind the Euroleague in the Old Continent.

The successful Nuevo Futbol Uruguay Company is already prepared for its visit to Havana, where its officials will hold an interesting exchange with the directors of the Cuban Football Association (AFC), February 2 to 5.

Cuban Jasiel Rivero and his club Valencia Basket will seek today their tenth victory in the Spanish basketball league, in a match against Gran Canaria.

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.