Villa Clara beat twice Ciego de Ávila and now appears alone in the third seat of the 56th Cuban National Baseball Series with 47 wins and 32 losses.

Cuban Lázaro Bruzón remained, tied with five other players, on top of the Carlos Torre Memorial chess tournament, which will hold today its seventh and eighth rounds in the Mexican city of Mérida.

The most outstanding Cuban athletes, teams and sports in 2016 will be announced today in a press conference at Havana´s Sports City Coliseum.

Granma and Villa Clara resume today their dispute for the third seat in the standings of the 56th Cuban National Baseball Series when facing each other at Martires de Barbados ballpark.

Granma swept Holguin in their particular sub-series that took place at Calixto Garcia Park when beating them 2-1 in the last match between them in this second stage of Cuban Baseball Championship.

Ismael Borrero, Greco-Roman Olympic champion of the 59 kilograms, was one of winners in the Cuban Wrestling Gala, in an evening that included 22 bouts.

The best all-time closer of Cuban National Series, Jose Angel Garcia, starred a superb performance in Ciego de Avila´s 6-5 win over Matanzas in the first of two games last Sunday.

Cubans Marlies Mejías and Yoandy Freire finished first and second, in that order, in the 2nd Titan Tropic mountain biking race, which concluded on the sands of Jutías Key, north of this province.

Villa Clara now ranks third in the standings in the 56th Cuban National Baseball Series, sending thus Granma, which lost twice, to fourth seat, after beating also twice Holguin in Augusto Cesar Sandino Stadium.

Cuban swimmer Elisbet Gámez, considered the leading figure of this sport in the Caribbean country, will compete today at the 13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), held since yesterday in Windsor, Canada.

Although 2 out of 3 matches were won by knockouts in the last day of Cuban Baseball Championship, only three homers were hit, one per game.

Cuban Marlies Mejías maintained her status as leader in the Titan Tropic mountain bike race when winning the second stage, a 111-kilometer stretch between the towns of Soroa and Viñales.

Cuba´s pre-selection to the 4th World Baseball Classic (WBC) was published in a message released by the National Federation of this sport.

With the contribution of Cubans Lisván Valdés and Orestes Torres, the team of Santa Tecla qualified to the final of El Salvador Basketball Major League.

Cuban ballplayer Norel González, considered one of the biggest prospects in the country, longs to represent the Caribbean Island in the 4th World Baseball Classic (WBC), to start on March 6.

Colombian Diego Tamayo and Cuban Marlies Mejías will appear as leaders in the second stage of the 2nd edition of the Titan Tropic mountain bike competition, which covers a distance of 140 kilometers today between the towns of Soroa and Viñales.