The Cuban team that will participate in the 4th World Baseball Classic (WBC) next March, departs for Asia today, where it will play 11 training matches.

Pedro Portuondo (Santiago de Cuba) won the second stage of the 4th National Road Cycling Tour with time of 3 hours, 9 minutes and 11 seconds, becoming thus the leader of the general individual classification.

The Cuban team that will attend next March the 4th World Baseball Classic (WBC) will receive today the flag that will accompany them to that event at Jose Marti Monument, in this city.

Roel Santos, member of the Cuban team to the 4th World Baseball Classic (WBC), said that currently his priority is to make every effort to have a great performance in that strong tournament and contribute to the victories of his squad.

Cuban judokas won no medals in the Paris Grand Slam, in France, during the two competitive days of the contest, which brought together 412 athletes from 61 countries.

Cuban slugger Alfredo Despaigne will sign with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, club of the Japanese Baseball League (NPB), the Cuban Federation of that sport said.

Cubans Lazaro Blanco, William Saavedra and Carlos Benítez were included in the All-Star team of the Caribbean Baseball Series won by Puerto Rico´s Caguas Criollos who beat 1-0 the local side of the Mexicali Aguilas.

After outstanding performances in Colombia and Uruguay, Cuban Marlies Mejías, considered the best cyclist in the Caribbean country today, will attend from next February 16th the Province of San Juan Tour, in Argentina.

The six Cuban judokas attending the European training tour will leave tomorrow for France, to compete on February 11 and 12 in the Grand Slam of Paris, second competitive stop of the tour.

The Granma Alazanes, representatives of Cuba in the 59th Caribbean Baseball Series, will be received today in this city after their participation in that strong contest, won by Puerto Rico´s Caguas Criollos.

I will face this years before the Olympics better, with much more training, sports maturity and expectations for major events such as Tokyo 2020, said Maikel Massó, world junior long-jump champion in Poland 2016.

The Cuban team to the 4th World Baseball Classic was announced today.

Unhappy as Cubans are when something does not go well, that´s the way in which the Granma Alazanes felt are after being defeated by the Mexicali Aguilas in the semifinal of the 59 th Caribbean Baseball Series, whose final will take place today in Culiacan city, Mexico.

With their 1-0 loss to the local side of the Mexicali Aguilas, Cuba´s Granma Alazanes said goodbye to the 59 th Caribbean Baseball Series in the city of Culiacan, Mexico.

Cuba´s Granma beat 4-0 the local team of the Mexicali Águilas, thus reaching its third win in the 59 th Caribbean Baseball Series.

The Cuban judokas won two gold and one silver medals in the Opens of Arlon, for women, and Visé, for men, in Belgium, first stops of their training tour in Europe, at the beginning of the Olympic cycle that will conclude with the Tokyo 2020 Games.