Cuban Arlenis Sierra climbed to the tenth seat of the 2017 Giro d'Italia Femminile or Giro Rosa when finishing sixth in the time trial of 12.73 kilometers, in a stage won by Dutch Annemiek Van Vleuten.

Students from Ciego de Avila began on Tuesday the National Sports Games with the objective of achieving a better outcome than the previous edition.

A two-run homerun by Steele Walker in the same first inning was devastating in Cuba's second loss, this time 1-5, to the US national college squad in the Friendly Baseball Match between these two nations.

With a 13-hit attack, the Cuban baseball team defeated 7-6 Chinese Taipei and maintained their unbeaten status in three outings at the five-nation international tournament in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Antonio Becali, president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER by its Spanish acronym), received the Cuban team that won the silver medal in the Men´s U21 World Volleyball Championship held in the Czech Republic.

The undefeated Cuban baseball team, managed by Vladimir Hernandez, will face Chinese Taipei in their third match at the international tournament in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, attended by five squads.

The Cuban duos of Sergio Gonzalez-Nivaldo Diaz, Karell Peña-Daisel Quesada and Lidiannis Echeverria-Leila Martinez already know their groups and rivals for the start of the World Beach Volleyball Championships, based in Vienna, Austria.

Cuban national team, which recently played 21 games in the Can-Am Baseball League, will try to tie the match it began last Sunday against the US college squad in North Carolina.

Cuban pitcher Livan Moinelo, who plays for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, got his first win in the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB) when beating 5-4 the Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Cuba finished with the silver medal in the 19th Men´s U21 World Volleyball Championship when losing in the final to Poland, in the Czech city of Brno.

Cuba won two gold medals in the City of Barcelona meeting through Rose Mary Almanza (women´s 800 meters) and Yoandys Lescay (men´s 400m).

Cuba finished last night, with a 5-6 loss to the Rockland Boulders, its participation in the Canadian-American Baseball League (CAN-AM), in match played at Palisades Park.

Cuba will face Russia on Saturday in the semi-finals of the 19th edition of the Men's U21 Volleyball World Championship, which will conclude on Sunday in the Czech cities of Brno and Ceske Budejovice.

Cuba and Burkina Faso signed on Thursday in Havana a cooperation accord with the objective of promoting bilateral relations in sports.

Cuba lost 12-1 to the Rockland Boulders in its penultimate game in the Can-Am Independent Baseball League.

Cuba lost to the strong team of Poland but still hopes to be included in the final four of the Men´s U21 World Volleyball Championships based in Brno, Czech Republic.