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.

Cuban discus throwers Yaime Perez and Denia Caballero finished first and second, in that order, at the eleventh stop of the 2019 IAAF Diamond League, based at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, Great Britain.

Cuban Yarisley Silva, London 2012 Olympic runner-up, won the bronze medal in the women´s pole vault event of the eleventh stop of the 2019 IAAF Diamond League, which took place in Birmingham, UK.
Silva, Beijing 2015 world monarch, reached the height of 4.65 meters and finished third tied

Cuban Gabriel Rosillo (97 kg) won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman style of the 2019 World Junior Wrestling Championship, which concluded last Sunday in Tallinn, Estonia, where the Caribbean island also earned another title and a silver medal.

Cuba will participate from August 18 to 25 in the 1st Pan American Women's Baseball Championship, to take place in the Mexican city of Aguascalientes.

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 15 (acn) The five champions in the recent 18th Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, are among the nine Cuban athletes to compete in the World Judo Championship of Tokyo, Japan, scheduled from next August 25 to September 1.

Cuban Alfredo Despaigne blasted his thirtieth homer of the season and drove in two runs and was a key figure in the 3-0 win of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, in the Pacific League of the Japanese Professional Baseball (NPB).

The crown of Yaime Perez in the women´s discus throw was the best by the Cuban delegation in the eleventh day of competitions of the 18th Pan American Games, running in the Peruvian capital city until next Sunday.

Cuba continued in seventh seat of the medal table of the 18th Pan American Games, taking place until next Sunday at the Peruvian capital city.

Cuban Alfredo Despaigne was a key figure again today in the last win of his team, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, in the Pacific League of the Japanese Professional Baseball (NPB).

Leydi Laura Moya and Eliani Camara achieved the most outstanding performance of the Cuban pentathlon when becoming runners-up in the women´s relay event of the 18th Pan American Games of Lima 2019, in Peru.

Cuba woke up today in the sixth place of the medal table of the 18th Pan American Games taking place until August 11 in Lima, Peruvian capital.