Cuba's rowing increased to nine the quotas for the 2nd edition of the Junior Pan American Games of Asuncion 2025, Paraguay, after a letter from the president of the Pan American Confederation (CPR), Maria Arge Diez Gonzalez sent to the Cuban Olympic Committee (COC).

The Panam Sailing, continental entity of this sport, granted another quota to Cuba for the Junior Pan American Games of Asuncion 2025, and now has three, since it previously won two in the Mayan Wind Fest tournament in Cancun, Mexico, held in January.

Cuba’s Olympic Committee extended congratulations to Zimbabwean ex-swimmer Kirsty Coventry after having been elected as the first woman ever to lead the International Olympic Committee.

Led by Ivan Silva, since this year in the 100 kilograms (kg), the trio of Cuban judokas training in Nymburk, Czech Republic, have their sights set on Georgia, host from March 21 to 23 of the Grand Slam of Tbilisi.

The work on the physical aspect, especially in weight training, is one of the keys to the good start of Ivan Silva, Cuban judoka universal subtitle in 2018, during the first months of 2025 and in the new division of up to 100 kilograms.

The third day of the Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championships resulted in the first gold medals for Cuba, while the tournament advances today towards its decisive stage with the women's 77 and 86 kilograms divisions competing in Havana.

Cuba won on Thursday its first gold medal at the Pan American Youth Championships in Havana, at the expense of Emanuel de la Rosa, who lifted 310 kilograms in the biathlon.

Yoana Rodriguez (81 kg) lost her first fight in the 2025 Women’s World Boxing Championship―held in Nis, Serbia―which is Cuba’s first setback in the competition following the historic victory won Monday by her teammate Melani Girado (57 kg) after her contender Halima Vunjabe (Tanzania) was a no-show.

The men's 60-kilogram division opens today the competitions of the Pan American Youth Weightlifting Championship, to be held at the Manuel Suarez Fernandez Gymnasium in Havana.

The Cuban national soccer team called up for the first time nationalized players to play against Trinidad and Tobago in the 2025 Gold Cup qualifiers.

Cuba debuted with victory in its first participation at a women's world boxing championship, with Melani Girado, 57 kilograms (kg), who defeated on Monday her first rival, the Tanzanian Halima Vunjabei.

The Cuban boxer Teudys Brook (71 kg) will seek today his second victory to secure a bronze medal in the Youth World Cup Adriatic Pearl 2025, held in Budva, Montenegro.

The four Cuban judokas who are training for this year’s tournaments are already in Hungary to continue their preparation after competing in the Grand Slams of Paris and Tashkent.

Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro’s strategy to place Cuba at the forefront of world sports is the main topic of the book En las venas del deporte cubano, una potencia de amor y de esperanza (In the veins of Cuban sports, a power of love and hope), printed thanks to the solidarity of the Andalusia Cuba Association and presented by its author, journalist Oscar Sánchez Serra.

The Cuban boxer Teudys Brook achieved the island’s first victory in the Youth World Boxing Cup “Adriatic Pearl”, held in Budva, Montenegro.

The second group of Cuban rowers who will participate in the qualifier for the Junior Pan American Games of Asuncion 2025, will head out today to that Paraguayan city, venue of the tournament prior to the multi-sport event, scheduled from the 18th to the 23rd of next year.