Matanzas beat away 13-3 Granma for the second day in a row, and thus command 3-2 their postseason playoff in the 56 th Cuban National Baseball Series.

Cuban Alejandro Valdes was instrumental in the 13-9 win of the SVG Weingarten over the KSV Ispringen in the final of the German Wrestling Bundesliga tournament.

Ciego de Avila took a very important step to reach the final of the 56th Cuban National Baseball Series after beating 8-1 Villa Clara and now leads 3-2 their semifinal playoff.

After winning 11-3 the game suspended by rain on Sunday, Granma appears ahead 2-1 over Matanzas in one of the semifinal playoffs of the 56th Cuban National Baseball Series.

The third game of one of the two postseason playoffs in Cuban baseball was suspended by rain when Granma was beating at home 11-3 Matanzas at Martires de Barbados ballpark.

Villa Clara tied 2-2 their playoffs series when beating at home 5-3 Ciego de Ávila at Augusto César Sandino stadium, in the city of Santa Clara.

Matanzas beat 2-1 Granma and thus tied 1-1 one of the semifinal playoffs of the 56th Cuban National Baseball Series.

The possibility of fighting again for the crown of Cuban baseball for the third consecutive time is increasingly close to Ciego de Avila after beating 9-6 Villa Clara in their second postseason game.

Ciego de Avila got the first win in the opening game of the semifinals play-offs of the 56th Cuban National Baseball Series by defeating Villa Clara 10-4.

Pitcher Lázaro Blanco and DH Alfredo Despaigne, considered the best Cuban slugger, were the main supports in Granma's first win over Matanzas at the start of the semifinal playoff of the 56th Cuban National Baseball Series.

For the sixth consecutive time Matanzas qualified to semifinals of the Cuban baseball championship, this time they will face Granma.

Matanzas finished on fire the qualifying stage of the 56th Cuban National Baseball Series when sweeping Ciego de Ávila, achieving thus its 70th win of the season, record for competitions of 90 games.

Losing in his last outing cost to Cuban Leinier Domínguez finishing 10th in the rapid-game event of the 2016 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship taking place in Doha, Qatar, which super-fast event (blitz) starts today.

The combination of Villa Clara´s win and Granma´s loss defined the program of games of the semifinal, which will start on January 4th, of the 56th Cuban National Baseball Series.

Cuban Leinier Domínguez totals seven units from possible 10 and ranks tenth in the 2016 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship taking place in Doha, Qatar.

Cuban Leinier Domínguez reached two wins and three draws during the opening day of the 2016 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship taking place in Doha, capital of Qatar.