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.

The Salukis, basketball team of the Southern Illinois University, from United States, beat 79-78 (17-12, 22-22, 12-22, 28-22) a squad made up by members of the Cuban national side in the first of three matches to be staged in this city.

Cuba ended up the penultimate day of the 23 rd Central American and Caribbean Games with a large harvest of 21 gold medals, result with which it exceeded 100 crowns.
The first two titles came early in the morning in boating through Fidel Vargas and Yurieni Guerra, winners of the K-1 200 meters men´s and women´s events, in that order.

With only hours left for the Central American and Caribbean Games to conclude in Barranquilla, Colombia, Cuba is in second place in the medal standings with 102 Gold, 71 Silver and 68 Bronze medals.

The Cuban delegation won four Gold medals in Athletics during the next to last day of the Central American and Caribbean Games underway in Colombia.

Cuba earned three gold and one bronze medal today in the men´s canoeing tournament of the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games, with a stage at Calima Lake in the Colombian city of Cali.

I told mom to look for another nail to add a new gold medal on the wall, because I will bring it from the Central American and Caribbean Games, in Barranquilla.

Cuba finished its performance last Monday in the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games of Barranquilla, as main stage, and the co-hosts cities of Cali and Bogota, with balance of nine gold, five silver and eight bronze medals.

Three–time Olympic champ in wrestling wins in Barranquilla 2018

Cuban Taekwondo athlete, Arlettys Acosta in the 67 kilogram division got Gold on Monday at the Central American and Caribbean Games underway in Colombia.

The Cuban cyclists “devoured” the distance and led in over 10 seconds their Colombian counterparts on Monday in the battle for the Gold medal in the team persecution of the cycling tournament of the Central American and Caribbean Games underway in Colombia.

Cuban gymnasts continue to contribute to the medal standings at the Central American and Caribbean Games with Manrique Larduet getting Gold and Silver, Marcia Videaux won two Silver and Randy Leru obtained a Bronze.

The Cuban women’s basketball team secured a post for the finals defeating their Mexican counterparts on Monday 86 to 58 during the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games underway in Barranquilla.