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.

The Cuban team that will attend the 16th edition of the Rotterdam Baseball Tournament traveled to the important Dutch port city, where they will face three other squads from July 1 to 9.

Cuban slugger Alfredo Despaigne hit his 19th homerun on Wednesday to help his team, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, beat 6-5 the Nippon Ham Fighters in the Professional Baseball League of Japan (NPB).

With a harvest of 11 crowns, equal amount of silver and three bronze medals, Cuba heads the standings in the 5 th Ibero-American Shooting Championship, underway in El Salvador.

Cuban lefty Livan Moinelo made his debut last Tuesday in the first division of the Japanese Baseball League (NPB) with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.

Cuba broke their losing streak and beat 4-3 the Rockland Boulders, leader of the standings in the Canadian-American Independent Baseball League (Can-Am), in match heal at Palisades Park.

Cuba defeated Iran in the first round for Group E in the 19th edition of the Men's U21 World Volleyball Championship in the Czech city of Brno.