Roberto Tamayo Martínez is a boy from Alquízar, in the province of Artemisa, who some time ago decided to wear taekwondo’s white dobok and learn a martial art based on kicks and fists right after he saw a sports exhibition when he was seven years old, according to his mother.

Daniel Osorio, coach of the outstanding Cuban long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarría, said that his pupil's goal is to get a medal in the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games and praised his good preparation to that end.

With the permission of boxing, known as the flagship of Cuban sport, wrestling and athletics are two of the disciplines that can give many joys to Cuba in the nearby Olympic Games in Tokyo, scheduled from July 23 to August 8 this year.

The Cuban men's basketball team will make its debut today against the Bahamas in the pre-qualifying tournament of the Americas for the World Cup of that sport, to be held in 2023.

The best Cuban cyclist in the last decade, Arlenis Sierra, will compete, starting tomorrow, in the 32nd Giro d'Italia Donne, the most prestigious women's tournament in the world circuit.

The Cuban baseball team defeated the local team of Curacao 7-0 on Wednesday to keep its unbeaten record in three games in the III Caribbean Cup, dedicated this year to the late president of the Cuban federation, Higinio Velez.

The Cuban men's basketball team will make its debut on July 2 against the Bahamas in the Basketball World Cup 2023 Americas pre-qualifiers held until July 4 at the José Adolfo Pineda National Gymnasium in the city of San Salvador, El Salvador.

Cuban athletes won five gold medals on Tuesday in the VIII Trofeo Diputación de Castellón, a meeting that serves as preparation for the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Cuba will be represented by 19 Athletics experts at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games, July 23-August 8.

There will be a large presence of Cubans at today's athletics meeting in the Spanish city of Castellon, where 11 representatives of the Caribbean nation will participate, led by long jumper Juan Miguel Echavarria and discus thrower Yaime Perez.

Sprinters Omara Durand and Leinier Savon lead the group of seven Cubans who have so far qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, which will be opened on August 24.

Cuban discus thrower Yaimé Pérez, world champion in Doha 2019, won on Sunday the #TrueAthletes-Classics in Leverkusen, Germany, an athletics meeting in which she achieved a mark of 63.33 meters (m).

Cuba's beach volleyball qualified on Sunday for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, when its pairs defeated the hosts Mexico in a three to win two series, in the closing of the Final of the North, Central America and Caribbean (Norceca) women's beach volleyball Continental Cup.

With a good pitching performance by starter Frank Madam, the Cuban baseball team defeated Peru 9-1 on Sunday and obtained its second victory in the III Caribbean Cup held in Curacao, dedicated this year to the late president of the Cuban federation, Higinio Vélez.

The Cuban women's national team will face Ecuador today in a decisive duel in Panama City on its way to advancement in event B of Group II of the Americas of the Billie Jean King Cup, a world tournament of national tennis federations.

After beating the home team 2-0, the Cuban women's team will meet El Salvador today in Group II of the Americas of the Billie Jean King Cup, a world tournament of national tennis federations.