Industriales beat away 12-5 Las Tunas thus tying 1-1 their semifinal playoff, while Granma, defending monarch, went ahead 2-1 in their series when winning 7-2 over Matanzas in the postseason of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series,
Industriales took the lead in the very first frame thanks to a 3-run homer by 2B Juan Torriente, but the local squad starred a comeback and in the bottom of the fourth they were ahead 5-4.

Led by Estonian Julia Beljajeva, first in the ranking of the International Fencing Federation (FIE by its French acronym), some 80 athletes from 35 nations will compete in the 2018 Senior Women´s Epee World Cup that will host Havana from next January 19 to 21.

The President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER), Antonio Becali highlighted on Friday in Havana the country's achievements in the sector.

The match between Granma, defending champion, and Pinar del Rio, will be in the spotlight today, in the continuation of the second stage of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series.

Cuban Yusnel Bacallao finished second at the Carlos Torre Repetto Chess Memorial Tournament, held in Merida, Mexico, where Peruvian Emilio Cordova was crowned with half a point of advantage.

The last day of the second stage of the 57 th Cuban National Baseball Series was marked by the qualifying of Industriales to the playoffs, while Las Tunas and Matanzas remained tied on top of standings.

With only one round left, Peruvian GM Emilio Cordova appears as leader of the Carlos Torre Repetto Chess Memorial Tournament with 7 points from possible 8.

Las Tunas, already qualified to postseason, seems ready to finish in style, and yesterday defeated at home 4-1 Artemisa in the second stage of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series (SNB by its Spanish acronym).

The National Baseball Directorate (DNB by its Spanish acronym) announced the list of the best players of 2017 in Cuba, led by the slugger Alfredo Despaigne.

With an attack of 10 hits, Matanzas defeated 7-1 Pinar del Río, thus taking a firm step towards the playoffs of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series (SNB by its Spanish acronym).

More than a hundred young fencers from 21 nations will compete this weekend in the FIE Junior Foil World Cup, for both sexes, at Havana´s Sports City Coliseum.

Cuba will compete this weekend with five judokas in the IJF World Master St. Petersburg 2017, in Russia, tournament that will be attended by the best 16 seats in the world ranking in each of the 14 divisions (women and men) and other athletes invited by the organizers.

Las Tunas batted 13 hits, including four doubles, and defeated away Pinar del Río 7-4 in the closing match of the eleven subseries of the second stage of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series.

Pole vaulter Yarisley Silva and boxer Julio César La Cruz were chosen as best athletes of individual sports in Cuba in 2017, in women´s and men´s categories respectively, in a meeting that took place at Havana´s Sports City Coliseum.

Oscar Pino, bronze medalist in the Paris 2017 World Championships, was chosen as the best Cuban wrestler this year.

The two double-header programs played on Sunday between Pinar del Río-Las Tunas and Matanzas-Industriales ended up both in honors division, so the standings of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series didn´t change.