Camagüey's Julio Valero Martinez was appointed as the new head coach of the Cuban national soccer team, which next month will face the qualifiers for the Caribbean Cup.

Judoka Dayaris Mestre will be the first to compete for Cuba in the Grand Prix of Dusseldorf, Germany, an event that will gather from today until Sunday to 548 athletes -340 men and 208 women- from 86 countries.

Pinar del Río beat 3-1 Ciego de Avila and now both share the top of Cuban baseball championship in its 55th edition.

Holguin beat 7-5 Industriales to complete the sweep in their subseries and gain ground in the fight for accessing to the postseason of Cuban baseball championship in its 55 th edition.

A group of seven Cuban athletes of sport shooting will undergo the next few days training bases abroad, with a view to major confrontations this year.

The results of the Cuban judokas in the first and second tournaments of their European tour can be described as well below expectations, despite the gold medal and two bronze medals achieved this weekend in the Rome Open, in Italy (women's) and Oberwart, Austria (men's).

The official opening of the Guantánamo-Pinar del Rio-Havana National Road Cycling Classic, which will start today in the first of these cities, took place yesterday with the presence of riders from all over Cuba.

Spanish Camila Alonso and Colombian Carlos Javier Quinchara won the sprint elite event, for women and men respectively, in the farewell day of the second edition of the Havana International Triathlon.

Yalennis Castillo and Idalis Ortiz helped Cuba to finish fifth in the women's Judo Open in Rome, Italy, when winning gold and bronze medals, respectively, at the close of the tournament won by China with one gold, two silver and three bronze medals.

The judoka José Armenteros was the highlight of Cuba, in the men's Judo Open of Obereart, Austria, when finishing third in the final day of a contest won by Mongolia with two gold and one silver medals.

Matanzas took revenge from the leader Ciego de Avila and the squads of Isla de la Juventud and Holguin added two victories per capita in the continuation last Sunday of the Cuban baseball championship.

The Cuba Domadores met predictions when beating 5-0 China Dragons to maintain an impeccable performance in qualifying group A of the 6th World Series of Boxing (WSB).

The second edition of the Havana International Triathlon will start today and will be attended by more than 400 athletes from 32 countries in the categories of popular sprint and middle distance, in both sexes.

Cuba will debut today in the European Open Judo Tournaments in Rome, Italy, women's event, and Oberwart , Austria , men's contest, through Dayaris Mestre, in the 48 kg, Maricet Espinosa (63) and Magdiel Estrada (73) respectively .

The leader Ciego de Ávila faces today Matanzas in the resumption of Cuban Baseball Championship , after the stop by the holding in the Dominican Republic of the Santo Domingo 2016 Caribbean Series.

Lack of funding hampers the development of chess in Cuba, Carlos Rivero, national commissioner of the sport, told ACN during the National Championship of the discipline in this city from 8 to 11 this month.