Cuba advanced directly and undefeated to the semifinal stage of the 2019 Women´s U20 Pan American Volleyball Cup, which takes place at the Manuel Bonilla Coliseum, in Lima, Peru.

Cuban Alfredo Despaigne hit two home runs and drove in three runs, but he could not avoid the 4-5 loss of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to the Saitama Seibu Lions, in the Pacific League of the Japanese Professional Baseball (NPB).

Four players who didn´t attend the training sessions carried out in the Mexican altitude were included in the team announced today by the Cuban baseball authorities for friendly matches to be held in that country.

Erisbel Arruebarruena, member of the Cuban team to the 2013 World Baseball Classic, was the main attraction in the first training session of the Matanzas Crocodiles facing the 59th Cuban National Baseball Series (SNB by its Spanish acronym).

Cuba will face the local side today in the closing day of the group stage of the 2019 Women´s U20 Pan American Volleyball Cup, running until next Saturday at the Manuel Bonilla Coliseum, in Lima, Peru.

Cuban Jasiel Rivero was included in the All-Star Team of the 2019 Argentine Basketball League, as reward for his outstanding performance in the Boca Juniors team.

Six Cubans will attend from tomorrow and until next Sunday the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, UK, which grants points for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic ranking.

Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk was crowned for the eighth time in the Elite group of the 54th Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament that took place in Havana´s Habana Libre Hotel.

Cuba will seek its second success today against Honduras in the 2019 Women´s U20 Pan American Volleyball Cup running until next Saturday at the Manuel Bonilla Coliseum, in Lima, Peru.

The win by Spanish David Anton and the loss of Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk heat up the Elite group of the 54th Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament, when there is only one day shy for the closing of the contest that takes place at Havana´s Habana Libre hotel.

Cubans Aimee Hernandez and Yariulvis Cobas won the bronze medal in the women´s double scull (W2x) event of the World Rowing Cup I, based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Cuba closed with two gold and two bronze medals its performance in the fourth stop of the 2019 North, Central America and Caribbean (NORCECA) beach volleyball tour, with stage at Varadero beach resort.

Cuba won the title of the 2019 Men´s U21 Pan American Volleyball Cup with stage at the Manuel Bonilla Coliseum, in Lima, Peru.

Cuba will face Guatemala today in the first day of the 2019 Women´s Pan American Volleyball Cup, which will run until next Saturday at the Manuel Bonilla Coliseum, in Lima, Peru.

The Cuban duos Yariulvis Cobas-Aimee Hernandez and Jesus Rodroguez-Carlos Ajete will debut today on World Rowing Cup I, which will run until next Sunday in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Keeping the pace they showed yesterday during the sixth round should be the goal for Cuban GMs Carlos Albornoz and Yuri Gonzalez, who today will face rivals who already beat them in the Elite group of the 54th Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament.