Four out of the five members of the Cuban team that attended the last Chess Olympics are among the more than 100 players registered in the Carlos Torre Memorial, to start next Friday in Merida, Mexico.

Win by Osley Iglesias and losses to Julio Cesar La Cruz and Erislandy Savon marked the Cuban performance in the promotional match of the 9th World Series of Boxing (WSB) held in Moscow, Russia.

According to the official website of the Astana Women's Team, Cuban Arlenis Sierra, captain of that professional cycling club, extended her contract and will also ride in 2019 for the Kazakh squad.

The four-time world champion Julio Cesar La Cruz (81 kg) heads the trio of boxers of the Cuba Domadores team that will depart today to Moscow to attend the promotional match of the 9th World Series of Boxing (WSB).

Cuban Juan Miguel Echavarria leads the traditional poll made by Prensa Latina news agency to choose the best athletes of the year in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Osniel Solis increased to four the number of Cubans invited to the Guangzhou World Masters, in China, scheduled for next December 15 and 16 next as the closing of the IJF World Judo Tour 2018.

The largest Cuban marathon race, Marabana, is considered one of the best 17 in the world, according to www.diariodeunamaraton.com

Cuban Roel Santos, hired by the Barranquilla Caimanes in the Colombian Professional Baseball League (LCBP by its Spanish acronym), expressed his desire to be champion in that tournament, in which he participates for the first time.

Idalis Ortiz placed Cuba in fourth seat of the standings of the Osaka Judo Grand Slam 2018 by earning the crown on the women´s +78 kg division, in a tournament won by the host team with 11 gold, 8 silver and 16 bronze medals.

Cuban WGM Yaniet Marrero appears third in the 2018 Women´s American Continental Chess Championships, which grants in the Colombian city of Envigado one ticket for the next women's World Champ.

Despite suffering a bit more than expected, the Cuban men´s team earned a ticket to the table tennis event of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games.

Cuban men Alberto Almenares, in the 60 kg division, and Osniel Solis (66) will debut today in the Osaka Judo Grand Slam 2018, running in that Japanese city until next Sunday and attended by 421 athletes from 71 countries.

Cuban WIM Lisandra Llaudy remains leader of the 2018 Women´s American Continental Chess Championship, which grants in the Colombian city of Envigado a ticket for the next women's World Championship.

Cuban Lisandra LLaudy will play today as solo leader the fourth round of the 2018 Women´s American Continental Chess Championship, which grants in the Colombian city of Envigado a ticket for the next women's World Champ.

Cuba defeated 1-0 the Dominican Republic in match for the 2018 CONCACAF Nations League at Havana´s Pedro Marrero stadium.

Cuban Yudari Sanchez (women´s freestyle 68 kg) will fight today for the gold medal of her division in the U23 World Wrestling Championships underway in Bucharest, Romania, until next Sunday.