Matanzas became the new record-holder of wins in a 90-game season of the Cuban National Baseball Series by reaching 67 victories when knocking out 16-1 Granma, surpassing the previous record set by Industriales (66) in 2003.

When only six games left for the end of the regular season of the 56th Cuban National Baseball Series, Matanzas swept Villa Clara and achieved their 64th win, and they are closer to break the record set by Industriales (66) in the 42nd Series.

Felix Savon, Cuban three-time Olympic champion, is among the stars recognized with the status of Legends of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) on the 70th anniversary of that entity.

Villa Clara knocked out 12-2 Ciego de Avila and Camaguey beat 6-0 Granma when only nine games left for the conclusion of the regular calendar of the 56th Cuban national baseball series.

Cuban Lázaro Bruzón won for the fifth time the Carlos Torre Memorial Chess Tournament by retaining a crown that is his since 2013 after previously conquered it in 2005.

Judoka Idalis Ortiz and Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez were awarded as the best Cuban athletes in 2016 in a gala especially devoted to Commander in Chief Fidel Castro.

With the presence of thousands of fans, friends and relatives gathered at Augusto César Sandino stadium, Villa Clara´s first baseman Ariel Borrero Alfonso officially said goodbye to baseball.

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.