The Cuban table tennis said goodbye to Santiago de Chile with a successful performance at the Olympic qualifying tournament after winning five medals and two tickets to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk will again be the attraction of the Capablanca Chess Tournament, as he has already confirmed his presence for this year's edition, to be held from June 8 to 20 in the resort of Varadero.

Pinar del Rio beat 6-3 Ciego de Avila and scored their first victory against three losses in the final play off of the Cuban baseball championship in its 55th edition, in match that took place at Capitan San Luis stadium, in this city.

Ciego de Avila reached their third win of the final play off and now appears within walking distance of Cuban baseball title when beating 6-5 Pinar del Rio in match held at Capitan San Luis stadium in this city.

Cubans Nivaldo Diaz and Sergio Gonzalez repeated the title won the previous weekend when defeating Americans Slick Stafford and William Allen in the third phase of the North, Central American and Caribbean (NORCECA) Beach Volleyball Circuit.

Ciego de Avila beat 2-1 Pinar del Río, achieving thus their second win of the final play off and now appears halfway of retaining the title of the Cuban baseball championship.

The reigning monarch Ciego de Avila beat 9-4 Pinar del Rio in the first game of the final play off of the Cuban baseball championship in its 55th edition, in match held at José Ramón Cepero stadium, in this city.

Cubans Nivaldo Diaz and Sergio Gonzalez will try to keep the title won in the second phase of the North, Central American and Caribbean (NORCECA) Beach Volleyball Circuit, based in Guaymas, Mexico, when competing this weekend in the third stage.

Cuban table tennis representatives will try today being included in the doubles finals of both sexes of the Santiago de Chile Open Tournament, based in the capital of that South American nation.

About 100 young people will make a tour on bike today from the Revolution Square to the Bay of Pigs, in tribute to the first defeat of imperialism in Latin America and the 90th birthday of the leader of the Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz.

The Cuba Domadores will receive on April 21 and 22 the Mexico Guerreros during the quarterfinals of the 6th World Series of Boxing (WSB).

With Capitalinos and Ciego de Avila teams as animators, the final of the men's Superior Basketball League (LSB by its Spanish acronym) will start today at the Sports City Coliseum in Havana.

Cubans Nivaldo Diaz and Sergio Gonzalez reached the gold medal of the second phase of the North, Central American and Caribbean (NORCECA) Beach Volleyball Circuit based in Mexico when defeating Americans Stafford Slick and William Allen.

Pinar del Rio beat 3-2 Matanzas in the seventh game of the semifinal playoffs, and will challenge the current monarch Ciego de Avila in the series for the title of the Cuban baseball championship in its 55 th edition.

With two representatives for each sex, Cuba will take part as of Friday in the pre-Olympic table tennis competition, to be held at the Olympic Training Center of Santiago de Chile.

The current monarch Ciego de Avila will seek today the final victory to access for the second consecutive year to the title discussion of the Cuban baseball championship after beating Industriales 2-1 yesterday.