Cuba was included in the tough Poole B of the 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup, which will be held at the Space Coast Complex, in Viera, Florida, United States, from next August 22 to 31.

PhD. Antonio Becali, president of the Cuban Institute of Physical Education, Sports and Recreation (INDER by its Spanish acronym), held a fruitful meeting with Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, as part of his working visit to that country.

With an excellent performance in the second half, the Cuban women's soccer team beat 4-2 Nicaragua, in the first of two friendly matches based at Havana´s Pedro Marrero stadium.

After nine games, Cuban Alfredo Despaigne blasted his first homer in the Japanese professional baseball league (NPB), but he could not avoid the 1-4 loss of his team, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, to the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Cuban Arlenis Sierra will try to improve her performance in the 2018 UCI World Tour when attending the Amstel Gold Race, in the Netherlands, seventh stop of the circuit.

PhD. Antonio Becali, president of the Cuban Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER by its Spanish acronym), described as "academic activity" the meeting held in Tokyo with Cuban baseball players hired by clubs of the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB).

Cuban Osniel Solis will compete today in the first day of the Judo Grand Prix of Antalya, Turkey, from April 6 - 8, contest attended by 319 judokas from 50 countries in search of points for the world ranking.

Nine Cubans are already in the United States to compete in the 2018 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup of Iowa, on April 7th and 8th.

Tsedenbal Tsogzolmaa, Mongolia´s Minister of Education, Culture, Science, and Sports, received PhD. Antonio Becali, Cuba´s president of INDER (National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation), in the Government Palace of that country.

The first secretary of the Cuban Young Communist League, Susely Morfa described as crucial the role of young generations in the economic, social changes taking place in the country.

Cuba was elected to vice-chair an anti-doping team with the UN Education, Science and Culture Organization in what was considered an acknowledgement of the good results of the island in this area.

Cuban Javier Justiz became champion of the 11th FIBA Americas Basketball League with the Argentine club San Lorenzo de Almagro, which won for the first time this continental tournament.

German Fabian Hambüchen, 2016 Olympic horizontal bar champion, paid a visit to Cuban ace Manrique Larduet, who is currently competing in the 2018 German Gymnastics Bundesliga with the Siegerlander KV (SKV).

Four Cuba judokas will attend this weekend the Tbilisi Grand Prix, in Georgia, as part of their preparation for the Barranquilla 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, to take place from July 19 to August 3 next.

The president of the Cuban Baseball Federation Higinio Velez described current contracts signed by Cuban baseball players with foreign leagues as necessary but painful.

Cuban Arlenis Sierra will continue her participation in the 2018 UCI Women´s World Cycling Tour, in Belgium, where she will attend three races from next Sunday.