World runner-up Arisnoides Despaigne (69 kg) heads the Cuban team of nine boxers who will attend the 2019 Chemistry Cup in Halle, Germany, scheduled from April 9-13 next.

Cuban long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarria made a phenomenal leap of 8.92 meters in the final of the 2019 Cuba Athletics Cup last Sunday at Havana´s Pan-American Stadium.

The Cuban national senior champions in the last two years, Carlos Albornoz and Yuri Gonzalez, will be the only local players in the Elite group of the Capablanca Memorial Chess Championship, to be held from next May 2-13 at Habana Libre Hotel, this time with the attraction of featuring the global ace Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk among the attendees.

Undoubtedly, Cuban children will categorically benefit from the signing yesterday of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Little League Baseball Incorporated (LLBI) and the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB).

Without risking too much, Cuban IM Carlos Albornoz signed peace with local GM Noel Studer during the eighth and penultimate round of the Accentus Young Masters 2019 chess tournament, which takes place in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland.

The State Council, at the proposal of its President Miguel Diaz-Canel, agreed to remove Antonio Eduardo Becali Garrido from the position of President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER), in response to deficiencies in his work.

The Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB by its Spanish acronym) and the Little League Baseball International (LLBI) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will allow the participation of Cuba in the Caribbean events and the World Series of that organization.

Cuban IM Carlos Albonoz was handed his first loss in the Accentus Young Masters 2019 chess tournament running in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, where local GM Noel Studer remains as solo leader after seven rounds.

Cuban IM Carlos Albornoz will face today German IM Lev Yankelevich during the seventh round of the Accentus Young Masters 2019, running in the Swiss city of Bad Ragaz, where local GM Noel Studer appears as solo leader.

Cuban right-hander pitcher Lazaro Blanco signed a contract with the squad of Chiriqui that will play from today in the 76th Panama´s Major National Baseball Championship.

The Cuban men´s side will participate in the 2019 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup by teams, based in the Russian region of Yakutsk from next March 16-17.

Cuban IM Carlos Daniel Albornoz will try to achieve his first win today when facing Russian IM Nikita Petrov during the continuation of the Accentus Young Masters 2019 chess tournament, held in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland.

With White pieces and as rival of German Dennis Wagner, Cuban Carlos Daniel Albornoz will debut today in the Accentus Young Master 2019, which brings together 10 young talents of chess in the Swiss town of Bad Ragaz.

Cuban judoka Idalis Ortiz (+78 kilos) won the title and placed her nation in fifth seat of the IJF Dusseldorf Grand Slam 2019, in Germany, contest attended by 605 athletes from 93 countries.

The Cuban men's basketball team won their ticket to the FIBA Americup 2021 after achieving three victories in same number of games in the pre-qualifier tournament held until last Sunday, in Belize.

Eight Cuban judokas will participate this weekend in the IJF Dusseldorf Grand Slam 2019, in Germany, after attending last week the Paris Grand Slam on French soil.