Cubans Lazaro Bruzon and Yuniesky Quesada escorted Dutch Sergey Tiviakov on top of the Jugando en Concreto chess tournament played in Villahermosa, Mexico.

The top three teams from the qualifying phase, Matanzas, Ciego de Avila and Granma, beat their rivals in the first matches of the second stage of the 56th Cuban National Baseball Series.

Cuban Yuniesky Quesada took advantage of his win in the seventh round to rank as leader of the Jugando en Concreto Chess Tournament, which ends today in Villahermosa, in the Mexican city of Tabasco.

Cuba celebrated today the rise of Leinier Dominguez to 17th seat in the world chess ranking, updated to govern during the month of November.

The ballparks Victoria de Giron, in Matanzas province; José Ramón Cepero (Ciego de Avila) and Martires de Barbados (Granma) will today host the first matches of the second stage of the 56th Cuban Baseball National Series.

With almost perfect performance of 4.5 points in five outings, Cuban Lazaro Bruzon appears as solo leader of the Jugando en Concreto chess tournament played in Villa Hermosa, Mexico.

Las Tunas´ catcher Rafael Viñales won the Home Run Derby of the All-Star Game of Cuban baseball championship with a stage at Victoria de Giron Stadium in this city.

MATANZAS, Cuba, Oct 31 (acn) Occidentales (West) won 2-1 over Orientales (East) the All-Star Game of the Cuban baseball championship, held at Victoria de Giron Stadium in this city.

Cuban freestyle wrestler Alejandro Valdes won his fifth straight bout in the German League when beating Slovenian David Habat by technical superiority.

Opposite to what happened in the previous version; Cuba was eliminated in the group stage of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Men´s U20 tournament held in Curacao.

Cuba lost 1-2 to Haiti in its second match for group B of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Men´s U20 Finals, held in Curacao.

Invited to the Elite event of the Latin American GMs tournament, Cuban Leinier Dominguez will attend the Educational Chess festival, convened from today at the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM by its Spanish acronym) and the Kasparov Foundation.

Cuban Ermes Espinosa won in the final round and earned the scepter of the Jose de Jesus Hernandez chess tournament played since last Thursday in the Mexican city of Pachuca.

Cuban cyclist Marlies Mejias debuted with victory in the Weber Shimano Ladies Power professional club when winning the Criterium Buenos Aires Fijo 2016 race, during the Shimano Fest, held at Argentina's capital.

Camagüey became the fifth team with a ticket to the second phase of the Cuban baseball championship in its 56th edition when beating 6-4 Las Tunas, winning thus 2-1 the wild card series.

Isla de la Juventud kept alive their options to access the second round of the Cuban baseball championship in its 56 th edition when beating 13-6 Holguin, thus matching 1-1 their wild card series.