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.

Lazaro Blanco, considered the best Cuban pitcher today, will join Granma, his team in the Cuban National Baseball Series, and will be the starter versus Holguin, next Sunday.

Carlos Benitez, Granma second baseman, has hit three grand slams in the current Cuban National Baseball Series, and ranks first in that statistic.

Right-hander Denis Castillo pitched his second consecutive shutout in Industriales´ 4-0 win over the leader Pinar del Rio in the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series, which thirteenth subseries ends up today.

The National Electoral Commission, in compliance with the agreement of the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba of September 18 of this year, where it has to postpone the general election in its first stage for November 26, decided to extend until October 30 the holding of the nomination assemblies of candidates for delegates to the municipal body of People's Power.

The Cuban duo of Leodannis Martinez and Tahimara Oropeza won a silver medal at the 8th International Badminton Tournament, which concluded this Sunday in the Mexican city of Aguas Calientes.

Cuba will participate in the Santo Domingo Pan American Judo Open 2017, based in the Dominican Republic on September 23 rd and 24th; to be attended by 16 countries seeking for tickets to the Barranquilla 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 19 (acn) Cuban Alfredo Despaigne hit a homer and drove in one run in the 13-14 loss of his team, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, to the Seibu Lions in the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB).

In order to diagnose how Cuban soccer is, a delegation from the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA by its French acronym), related to its area of Development Project, will visit the Caribbean island for three days starting next Sunday.

With two RBIs in the last game, Cuban Alfredo Despaigne, who plays for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB), now totals 99 and is the current leader of that statistic on the Pacific Circuit.

Under the slogan "We will always remember you Fidel", two over-60 cyclists from Canada and Cuba will cover over 600 kilometers between Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba cities to visit the tomb of the Commander in Chief.

Turkey won the gold medal at the 2017 FIVB Women's U23 World Championship, which took place in the city of Ljubljana, Slovenia, where Cuba finished sixth.