Granma defeated Villa Clara 2-0 and got its ticket to the second stage of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series, while Artemisa beat 2-1 Ciego de Avila thus equalizing 1-1 their wild-card series.
Cuban Hurtado wins Bronze Medal in World Junior Judo Championships
Cuban Melissa Hurtado ranked third in the 48 kilograms division in the 2017 World Junior Judo Championships running until next Saturday in the Croat city of Zagreb with the presence of 590 athletes from 83 countries.
Cuban basketball player signs pro contract in El Salvador
Cuban forward Leydis Oquendo will join the Salvadoran basketball team of Santa Tecla.
Wild-card series continues today in Cuban baseball
The second games of the wild-card series of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series will be held today and the two tickets to the second stage could be already defined if Granma and Ciego Avila beat Villa Clara and Artemisa, in that order.
In the first matches, Granma defeated away 5-3 Villa Clara while Ciego de Avila won at home 8-2 over Artemisa.
Cuban Baseball: Granma and Ciego de Avila took the Lead in Wild-Card Series
Supported mainly on their offensive, the current monarch Granma and the runner-up Ciego de Ávila both won their first matches of the wild card series of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series.
Cuban Duo wins Bronze Medal in Beach Volleyball World Tour
The Cuban men´s duo of Sergio Gonzalez and Nivaldo Diaz earned a bronze medal in the Chinese city of Quinzhou, home of the 21st stop of the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour when defeating the Belgian pair of Dries Koekelkoren and Tom van Walle, who appear 12 th in the world ranking.
Cuban baseball: wild card series start today
The wild-card series of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series will begin today with the clashes between Granma and Villa Clara at Augusto Cesar Sandino stadium, in this city, and the other match to advance to the next stage will be between Artemisa and Ciego de Avila, always with the second teams as home-club.
Cuban Stevens to attend his 5th World Archery Championships
With 25 years devoted to archery, Juan Carlos Stevens will attend his fifth World Championship of that sport, which will be hosted by Mexico from October 15 to 22, contest which will also be attended by three other Cubans.
Las Tunas´ Civil could be one of the Managers in Cuba's All-Star Baseball Game
Pablo Civil, manager of Las Tunas, said that being chosen as head coach of the Eastern team in the All-Star Game of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series would be a high honor and a very important moment in his sports career.
Cuban Baseball: Granma and Sancti Spiritus took Important Step to advance to 2nd Stage
Granma, current monarch, and Sancti Spiritus won their respective suspended games yesterday and took a firm step in their aspirations to be included among the four teams involved in the playoffs to the second phase of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series.
Cuban Baseball: Las Tunas remain on Top of the Standings
Las Tunas beat 4-1 Santiago de Cuba to remain on top of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series, which last and official subseries finished yesterday, although there are many pending matches to be played.
Cuban Larduet appears Leader in All-Around Qualifying Event of World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Cuban Manrique Larduet remains as leader after finishing 3 out of the 4 subdivisions of the Men´s Individual All-Around Qualifying contest of the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships taking place in Montreal, Canada.
Cuba announces Teams to the Central American and Caribbean Games Judo Qualifiers
The Cuban women's and men's teams that will attend the Barranquilla 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games judo qualifying tournament, to be held next October 28th and 29th in the Dominican Republic, will be led by Kaliema Antomarchi (78 kg) and Alex Garcia (+100).
Cuban Baseball: Las Tunas remains as Leader.
In another hard-fought match, the leader Las Tunas defeated at home 3-2 Santiago de Cuba in the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series, which regular calendar ends up today, although there are many pending games to be played.
Cuban Fournier wins Silver Medal in World Rowing Championship
Cuban Angel Fournier, men´s single sculls (M1x), won the silver medal in the 2017 World Rowing Championship, based in Sarasota-Bradenton, United States.
Las Tunas returned to the Top of Cuban Baseball
In a hard-fought match of good pitching performance, Las Tunas defeated Santiago de Cuba 2-1 and regained the top of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series, which began its fifteenth and last subseries last Sunday.
Cuba wins Five Medals in Pan American Junior Diving Championship
Cuba won one gold, two silver and two bronze medals in the 8th Pan American Junior Diving Championship, based in the Canadian city of Victoria, with highlight to Yennifer Medina, champion on the girl's 3 meter springboard event.