The Cuban U18 baseball team beat Canada 3-0 to achieve its sixth victory and remain undefeated in Pool A of the World Cup qualifier held in Panama.

“You have given a lesson of good boxing, bravery and courage! Have a hug and warm congratulations!”, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel told Olympic champion Erislandy Álvarez over the phone.

Cuban runner Roxana Gomez lost any chance to be in the 400m final after finishing fifth in her qualifying heat at the 2024 Olympic Games.

Cuba’s No. 1 triple jumper Lazaro Martinez qualified for the final of this event of the 2024 Olympic Games.

A great effort marked by his best result this year was not enough for the Cuban Luis Enrique Zayas to make it to the final of the high jump event of the 2024 Olympic Games.

Cuban boxer Ersilandy Alvarez (-63.5 kilos) took the Olympic gold at Paris 2024 after defeating local Sofiane Oumiha 3-2 on Wednesday.

Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Luis Alberto Orta (67 kg) fell today in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Olympic Games.

 Cuban high jumper Luis Enrique Zayas will missed out on the finals of the 2024 Olympic Games.

Cuban José Ramón Pelier will be in the quarterfinals of the C1 1000m event of the 2024 Olympic Games.

Cuban freestyle gladiator Yusneylis Guzman (50 kg) will fight today against the American Sarah Ann Hildebrandt, third in Tokyo 2020, for the gold medal of the 2024 Olympic Games.

In his first Olympic Games, Cuban boxer Erislandy Álvarez (63.5 kg) will seek today the gold medal in a fight against the three-time world champion Sofiane Oumiha (France), who beat the Cuban in the final of the 2023 World Championships in Tashkent.

“There is only one man in the world who has reached Olympic glory five times and that is you, the Cuban Mijaín! We are so proud of you, champion!”, President Miguel Díaz-Canel wrote in a post on X after Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijaín López beat the Chilean Yasmani Acosta—of Cuban origin—and achieved his fifth victory in Olympic Games to the joy of the entire nation.

Leyanis Perez and Liadagmis Povea, two of the top exponents of the triple jump at world level, advanced today to the final of the discipline in the event corresponding to the 33rd Summer Olympic Games.

Andy Granda, in the over 100 kilograms division, could not win the bronze medal today at the Olympic Games in Paris.

Cuban judoka Idalis Ortiz finished the 33rd Olympic Games of Paris 2024 with the satisfaction of participating in her fifth Olympic Games and winning four medals, a record that ratifies her as Cuba's best medal winner.

Cuban boxer Alejandro Claro, in the 51 kilograms (kg) division, lost today by a 2-3 divided vote in the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games, to be held in this city until August 11.