Cuban women's road cycling will be present with one representative at Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games (Brazil), next August, after it was known the list of berths per nations published by the International Cycling Union (UCI by its French acronym).

Refused to be guided by the forecasts, welterweight Antonio Bisset beat Venezuelan Gabriel Maestre, achieving thus Cuba's eight crown at Giraldo Cordova Cardin boxing tournament, headquartered by Havana's Sports City Coliseum.

Cuban catcher Ariel Martinez considered positive his preparatory stage in the training of the national pre-selection baseball squad, despite not being chosen for the final roster of the team that will represent the country in the Can-Am League.

Captain Rolando Cepeda leads the Cuban volleyball men's team that will face USA tomorrow at the Sports City Coliseum in the first of two warm-up matches for the Olympic Games next August in Rio de Janeiro.

The three Cuban Grand Masters (GM) involved in the 11th American Continental Chess Championship in the Salvadoran capital, where Canadian Anton Kovalyov is the current leader, appear from 9th to 11th seats.

Pole vaulter Yarisley Silva won the bronze medal at the fifth stop of the IAAF Diamond League, based in Rome, Italy, tourney in which Cuba was represented by four competitors.

The Cuban women's volleyball team will debut today against Croatia in the first round of Group B in the third level Grand Prix, in a match which will take place in the city of Bendigo, Australia.

Cuban Olympic qualified Andy Pereira and Jorge Moisés Campos, along with the promising player Idalys Lovet, will attend from June 3 to 5 the 2016 ITTF Latin American Cup in Guatemala City, capital of that country.

Twenty local athletes reached the semi-finals of Cordoca Cardin boxing tournament to take place today at Havana's Sports City Coliseum.

The Cuba Domadores will use their best weapons to face next Saturday the British Lion Hearts for the crown of the 6th World Series of Boxing (WSB) in match summoned for Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan.

The US men's volleyball team will arrive today in this city to play two matches against that of Cuba, as part of the preparation of both squads to the Olympic Games next August in Rio de Janeiro.

Cuban Angel Fournier finished third in the men's lightweight single in the World Rowing Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland, a result that confirms him as a possible medalist in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Cuban Lazaro Bruzon will try today to improve the position 12 that keeps him far from leaders of the American Continental Chess Championship held in San Salvador that is led by US Aleksandr Lenderman.

Cuban Idalis Ortiz won the title in the more than 78 kilograms division when beating Chinese Sisi Ma in the final of the World Judo Masters in Guadalajara, Mexico, a tournament that awards 700 points to the champions for the Olympic ranking.

Matanzas´ Claudia Baró ignored the presence of local stars when winning the gold medal in the women's points race event of the track cycling Cuba Cup, at national velodrome Reinaldo Paseiro, east of Havana.

The Cuban women's national basketball pre-selection trains in Ciego de Avila province with the aim of participating in the world repechage, from June 13 to 19 in Nantes, France, and get a ticket to the 2016 Summer Olympics.