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Yoana Rodriguez (81 kg) lost her first fight in the 2025 Women’s World Boxing Championship―held in Nis, Serbia―which is Cuba’s first setback in the competition following the historic victory won Monday by her teammate Melani Girado (57 kg) after her contender Halima Vunjabe (Tanzania) was a no-show.

Cuba debuted with victory in its first participation at a women's world boxing championship, with Melani Girado, 57 kilograms (kg), who defeated on Monday her first rival, the Tanzanian Halima Vunjabei.

The four Cuban judokas who are training for this year’s tournaments are already in Hungary to continue their preparation after competing in the Grand Slams of Paris and Tashkent.

Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro’s strategy to place Cuba at the forefront of world sports is the main topic of the book En las venas del deporte cubano, una potencia de amor y de esperanza (In the veins of Cuban sports, a power of love and hope), printed thanks to the solidarity of the Andalusia Cuba Association and presented by its author, journalist Oscar Sánchez Serra.

The second group of Cuban rowers who will participate in the qualifier for the Junior Pan American Games of Asuncion 2025, will head out today to that Paraguayan city, venue of the tournament prior to the multi-sport event, scheduled from the 18th to the 23rd of next year.

Cuban boxing is putting the final touches to its preparation for the three competitions scheduled to take place in March: Champions’ Night on the 7th, the Women's World Championship from the 8th to the 16th, and the Challengers Match on the 21st and 22nd.

Havana’s “Ciudad Deportiva” sports complex is hosting the 2nd International Sports Fair, an event encouraging the development of Cuban sports through actions to promote local trade, investment opportunities and innovative solutions to current challenges facing the Cuban Sports system.

The Cuban men's basketball team will play tonight its qualification to the FIBA AmeriCup 2025 in a game against the Bahamas, marked by the urgency of having to win with only nine players out of the 15 called up.

The Havana Challengers Match and the Night of Champions in Russia are among the most upcoming events of Cuban boxing in 2025, according to their organizers, who offered details including the participants, with a highlight for Julio Cesar La Cruz in the first one.

With only nine of the 15 call up players so far, Cuba’s national basketball team will be opposite the Bahamas today at the Sir Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium in Nassau in a vital pool play game to secure a direct pass to the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup, to be held in Managua, Nicaragua, on August 23-31.

Cuba’s Luis Enrique Zayas won the silver medal with a 2.25m jump in the High Jump Meet of Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, a World Indoor Tour Silver Meeting.

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