The Cuban men´s duo of Sergio Gonzalez and Nivaldo Diaz earned a bronze medal in the Chinese city of Quinzhou, home of the 21st stop of the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour when defeating the Belgian pair of Dries Koekelkoren and Tom van Walle, who appear 12 th in the world ranking.

The wild-card series of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series will begin today with the clashes between Granma and Villa Clara at Augusto Cesar Sandino stadium, in this city, and the other match to advance to the next stage will be between Artemisa and Ciego de Avila, always with the second teams as home-club.

With 25 years devoted to archery, Juan Carlos Stevens will attend his fifth World Championship of that sport, which will be hosted by Mexico from October 15 to 22, contest which will also be attended by three other Cubans.

Pablo Civil, manager of Las Tunas, said that being chosen as head coach of the Eastern team in the All-Star Game of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series would be a high honor and a very important moment in his sports career.

Granma, current monarch, and Sancti Spiritus won their respective suspended games yesterday and took a firm step in their aspirations to be included among the four teams involved in the playoffs to the second phase of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series.

Las Tunas beat 4-1 Santiago de Cuba to remain on top of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series, which last and official subseries finished yesterday, although there are many pending matches to be played.

Cuban Manrique Larduet remains as leader after finishing 3 out of the 4 subdivisions of the Men´s Individual All-Around Qualifying contest of the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships taking place in Montreal, Canada.

The Cuban women's and men's teams that will attend the Barranquilla 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games judo qualifying tournament, to be held next October 28th and 29th in the Dominican Republic, will be led by Kaliema Antomarchi (78 kg) and Alex Garcia (+100).

In another hard-fought match, the leader Las Tunas defeated at home 3-2 Santiago de Cuba in the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series, which regular calendar ends up today, although there are many pending games to be played.

Cuban Angel Fournier, men´s single sculls (M1x), won the silver medal in the 2017 World Rowing Championship, based in Sarasota-Bradenton, United States.

In a hard-fought match of good pitching performance, Las Tunas defeated Santiago de Cuba 2-1 and regained the top of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series, which began its fifteenth and last subseries last Sunday.

Cuba won one gold, two silver and two bronze medals in the 8th Pan American Junior Diving Championship, based in the Canadian city of Victoria, with highlight to Yennifer Medina, champion on the girl's 3 meter springboard event.

The three Cuban players attending the Guatemala 2017 Herbalife International Badminton Series will play today their semifinal matches in a contest that ends up tomorrow.

Cuba beat Nicaragua in the first day of the NORCECA Women´s World Championship qualifying tournament based in Vancouver, Canada.

Las Tunas beat away 8-3 Artemisa and climbed to the top of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series, which 14th subseries started this Wednesday.

The Cuban National Cycling Commission (CNC by its Spanish acronym) offered an explanation about the absence of Marlies Mejias to the World Road Championship, held in Bergen, Norway, from September 17 to 24.