Cuban Yurisbel Gracial blasted his twenty-fourth homer but could not prevent the 11-6 loss of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to the Chiba Lotte Marines, in the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB).

The soccer player Luis Javier Paradela was happy after debuting in the United Soccer League (USL) with the club Reno 1868 FC, which made him the first Cuban athlete resident on the Caribbean island to play in the professional sport of the United States without breaking ties with his country.

Cuban Yurisbel Gracial hit a 2-run double and thus helped the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in its 9-6 win over the Chiba Lotte Marines in the continuation of the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB).

Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra won the 2019 Premondiale Giro Toscana, in Italy, when finishing second in the third and last stage, after wearing the leader jersey from the start, last Friday.

Cuba defeated United States in a rematch game and won the 2019 Men's NORCECA Continental Volleyball Championship based at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada.

Cuba beat Puerto Rico and advanced to semifinals of the 2019 Men's NORCECA Continental Championship at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada.

Cuban Jasiel Rivero met one of his dreams of playing in the European basketball when changing the Argentine club of Boca Juniors for the San Pablo Burgos, which belongs to the Spanish first division.

Cuba beat Guatemala (group B) in their debut at the 2019 NORCECA Men´s Continental Volleyball Championship taking place from September 2-7 at the University of Winnipeg, in Manitoba, Canada.

Cuban Leuris Pupo, London 2012 Olympic champion, finished fourth in the men´s 25-meter rapid-fire pistol event at the ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup running in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, contest which grants points for the world ranking.

Efficiency and devotion marked the performance of Cuban athletes in the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games after ranking seventh in the standings with harvest of 13 gold, 10 silver and 16 bronze medals.

Cuba appears today in the sixth place of the standings of the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games, with 12 gold, three silver and nine bronze medals, thanks to the booty achieved on Wednesday at the closing day of the athletics tournament.

Cuba lost in straight sets to Iran in the round of 16 of the 2019 FIVB Boys´ U19 World Volleyball Championship, based in Tunisia.

Cuba will face Iran today in the round of 16 of the 2019 Boys´ U19 World Volleyball Championship running until next Friday in Tunisia.

Cuba will try today to remain undefeated in Group A of the 2019 FIVB Boys´ U19 World Volleyball Championships when facing Chinese Taipei.

Cuba will look for its second win today in the men's competition of the NORCECA Champions Cup when facing the host team of the United States.

Exchanges with Daichi Suzuki, head of the Japan Sports Agency, Norifumi Yamamoto, head of the Gymnastics Association of that country, were the most recent actions of the Cuban delegation visiting the city of Tokyo.