With his powerful and effective swing, Cuban Yurisbel Gracial appears today as the most effective hitter of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, franchise of the Pacific League in the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB).

Cuban Fernando D. Jorge won his second medal in the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships held in the Portuguese city of Montemor-o- Velho.

Cuba headed Group A, thus advancing to semifinals of the 2018 Centrobasket Women's Championship hosted in Manati, Puerto Rico, where they also qualified to the 2019 FIBA AmeriCup.

Cuban ballplayer Yurisbel Gracial hit two home runs today, thus amounting three in the last two matches, during the continuation of the regular stage in the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB).

Cuba debuted with victory of Christian Pinder (81 kg) in the AIBA Youth Women´s-Men´s World Championships which hosts Budapest, capital of Hungary.

Cuba debuted with an easy win over their Dominican Republic in the 2018 Centrobasket Women's Championship hosted in Manati, Puerto Rico.

Christian Pinder (81 kg) will be in charge today of Cuba´s debut in the AIBA Youth Women´s Men´s World Championships which started yesterday in Budapest, capital of Hungary.

Cuban Yurisbel Gracial blasted his first homerun in the 2018 Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB) yesterday night.

Triple jumper Jordan Diaz, world U18 (2017) and U20 (2018) champion, will be Cuba´s leading ace in athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 13 (acn) Cuba ranked fourth in the Budapest Grand Prix 2018, in Hungary, with harvest of one gold and a bronze medal.

Cuba earned a bronze medal in the men's 4x400m relay in the last competitive day of the 2018 NACAC Track & Field Championships which concluded last Sunday in the Canadian city of Toronto.

After the hard-fought victory of Granma in the opening game of the 2018 season, all the teams (16) enrolled in the 58th Cuban National Baseball Series will have action today.
Granma, defending monarch, beat 8-7 Las Tunas yesterday in match scheduled between the two finalists of the previous year.

There is no longer room for more and with the match between Granma, current monarch, and Las Tunas (runner-up), the curtains of the 58th National Baseball Series, Cuba´s favorite pastime, will be lifted today.

Six Barranquilla 2018 champions head the group of 12 Cubans who between next August 10-12 will compete in the NACAC Track & Field Championships in the Canadian city of Toronto, with the presence of several Olympic and world medalists.

With a stronger roster and better effectiveness, the Cuban men´s team beat 80-67 (25-11, 20-17, 17-17 and 18-22) the Salukis, basketball side from the Southern Illinois University, United States, in the second of the three game-match to end today at Havana´s Sports City Coliseum.

The government of Barbados has recognized the contribution of Cuban sports cooperation in that Caribbean island, according to a report published on Tuesday in Cubaminrex website.