Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez thanked the support by people and institutions who helped overcome obstacles in the way of the Cuban baseball team to participate at the pre-olympic Meet to be hosted by the US State of Florida.

Cuba will begin its action today with Jose Manuel Romero, in the first day of the IBSA Judo Grand Prix Baku 2021, to be held until Wednesday in Baku, Azerbaijan, the penultimate qualifying event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Some of the Cuban favorites taking part in the World Chess Cup Qualifying Tournament achieved initial victories in the second round matches without difficulties, and this Tuesday they will only need a draw to be included among the semifinalists in their groups.

Cuban Jasiel Rivero closed a great season in the ACB basketball league in Spain, where he finished as the second best Latin American player, only behind Brazilian Marcelinho Huertas.

Thirteen Cubans will start today the second matches of the Qualifying Tournament for the World Chess Cup, which is being played online from America with a hybrid format that is a novelty.

Cuban triple jumper Liadagmis Povea intends to be a finalist in the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games, although she admits that she has more ambitious goals.

Cuban discus throwers Yaime Perez and Denia Caballero will compete next May 28 in the second stop of the Wanda 2021 Diamond League in athletics, to be held in Doha, capital of Qatar.

Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra remained in the elite of the disputed VI Vuelta a Burgos, after the steep final challenge of the four-day race and category 2 of the World Tour, in northern Spain.

Cuban canoeists José Ramón Pelier and Yarisleidis Cirilo won gold medals this Saturday in the A finals of the single-seater canoe (C-1) at 1,000 and 200 meters, in the penultimate date of the canoeing World Cup, held in Barnaul, Russia.

The best Cuban racing cyclist in the last decade, Arlenis Sierra, will compete from today until Sunday in the VI women's edition of the Vuelta a Burgos, category 2 of the World Tour.

Yipsi Moreno, national commissioner of athletics, said in Havana that Cuba aspires to have over 20 qualified athletes in that sport for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, an event for which 17 athletes already have tickets.

The National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder) announced on Tuesday the suspension of all national and international events and competitions convened in Cuba until July 31, as part of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cuban Jasiel Rivero scored 12 points in the 89-98 setback of his club Hereda San Pablo Burgos against Bilbao Basket, in the return to action of the Spanish basketball league, one of the highest quality leagues in the world.

The best Cuban cyclist in recent times, Arlenis Sierra, finished sixth on Tuesday in the Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria Classic, in the Basque Country, a category 1 race of the International Cycling Union (UCI).

The performances of Cuban reliever Raidel Martinez and outfielder Leonys Martin highlighted Tuesday the actions of Cuban players in the professional baseball league in Japan.

Canoeist Fernando Dayán Jorge was the most outstanding for Cuba in the recently concluded canoeing World Cup, which concluded with six medals, divided into one gold, two silver and three bronze, held in Szeged, Hungary.