Backed by his fastball, Cuban Raidel Martinez scored his third save of the season today in the 3-2 victory of the Chunichi Dragons over the Yomiuri Giants, in the Central Zone of the Nippon Professional Baseball.

The second Cuban duo of Lidianny Echeverría and Yanileydis Sánchez lost their unbeaten record on Thursday, when they lost in their second match corresponding to the main draw of the best 32 at the third stop of the world beach volleyball circuit, held in Cancun.

Lidianny Echeverria and Yanileydis Sanchez, Cuba's second pair, will see action today as part of the 32 players who made it to the third state of the world beach volleyball circuit, held in Cancun until May 1.

The Hereda San Pablo Burgos club, where Cuban Jasiel Rivero plays, has confirmed its qualification for the play offs of the ACB basketball league in Spain, where they are currently in sixth place in the standings.

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 26 (ACN) As planned, Cuba will attend with three gladiators the world pre-Olympic wrestling tournament to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, in early May, where they will seek their tickets to the summer event in Tokyo.

The Cuban duo of Lidianny Echevarria-Yanileydis Sanchez will try to win their third victory today in the continuation of the second stop of the world beach volleyball circuit, which is taking place until Monday in Cancun, Mexico.

Cuban boxing prospect Jorge Luis Felimon will go today to the most important fight in his short career, when he faces host Jakub Straszewski for the title, in the Youth World Boxing Championships held at the Hala Legionow Complex in the Polish city of Kielce.

The Cuban pairs of Leila Martínez-Maylen Delís and Lidianny Echevarría-Yanileydis Sánchez will debut today in the second stop of the world beach volleyball circuit held in Cancun, Mexico until next Monday with athletes from 27 countries.

A Cuban showdown will take place today in the ACB basketball league in Spain, where Jasiel Rivero, from Hereda San Pablo Burgos, and Javier Justiz from Casademont Zaragoza will play against each other.

Four men and two women led by national champion Carlos Daniel Albornoz make up the Cuban team that will participate in the World University Chess Championship, to be held in Paris, France, from July 27 to 31.

Cuban Alfredo Despaigne hit 4-3, with a double, two singles, a run scored and another run driven in, to break out of the offensive slumber that haunted him and be key today in the 6-4 victory of the SoftBank Falcons over the Rakuten Eagles, in the Japanese baseball league.

With the goal of guaranteeing tickets to the Tokyo Olympic Games, five Cuban fencers will travel in the coming days to San Jose, Costa Rica, host of the continental qualifying tournament.

The three Cuban fighters who are still in action will step into the ring today in the semifinal round of the World Youth Championship at the Hala Legionow Complex, scheduled to conclude on April 23.

Cuban judoka Orlando Polanco was included in the qualification zone for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, postponed to next summer, according to the latest update published on Monday on the website of the International Federation of this sport.

Team Cuba will have six fighters today in the marathon phase of the World Youth Championship quarterfinals at the Hala Legionow Complex.

The Cuban National Baseball Commission announced Friday the baseball team to the III Caribbean Cup slated for May 8-15 in Willemstad, Curacao.