The Cuban Baseball Federation announced the shortlist for the match against the MLB team Tampa Bay Rays, agreed for March 22 at Havana's Latinoamericano Stadium.

Through Rafael Alba, in the division of over 80 kilograms, Cuba reached at the Pan American Olympic Qualifying tournament in Aguascalientes, Mexico, its first ticket to the taekwondo event in the Olympics of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next August.

The traditional Villa de la Habana Fencing Grand Prix, which will run until March 13, will start today through the knockout stage of the women's foil event.

Cuban Jose Angel Cobas, in the division of 80 kilograms, and Rafael Alba (+80) were seeded in the quarterfinal round of the Pan American Olympic Qualifying Taekwondo tournament, which hosts the Mexican city of Aguascalientes.

With the inclusion of frontball as another of its modalities, Basque pelota aims at its global expansion and attract even more young people, said Xavier Casaubón, president of the International Federation of this sport.

Cubans Roniel Iglesias, Robeisy Ramírez, Erislandy Savon and Leinier Peró will attend the Americas Olympic qualifying boxing tournament that begins this Friday in Buenos Aires.

Through the third seat achieved by Arlenis Sierra in the women's points race, Cuba got its first medal on the penultimate day of the World Track Cycling Championship, based in London, UK.

Cuban Greco-Roman wrestlers won three berths to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, on the closing day of the continental qualifying tournament in the US city of Frisco.

Cuba won a silver medal in the final day of the Lima Judo Open, in Peru, through Onix Cortés, who totaled three wins and one loss, the latter in the final against Colombian Yuri Albear.

Cuba added five tickets to the 2016 Summer Olympics, through freestyle wrestlers present in the continental qualifying tournament in the US city of Frisco, Texas.

Pinar del Rio will seek today the third seat among the four teams qualified for the playoffs of the Cuban National Baseball Series when facing Industriales on the third day of the suspended games of the second stage of the tournament.

The Cuban baseball athlete Yurisbel Gracial became the first player able to hit 15 or more home runs and steal equal number of bases in the 55th National Baseball Series, fact that first occurs within the current structure of the domestic championship.

Cuban Osleni Guerrero, top seed in the men's individual event, lost in his debut against Italian Indra Bagus Ade Chandra in the international badminton tournament in Peru.

Cuban Arlenis Sierra finished seventh in the women's scratch event during the second day of the World Track Cycling Championships, with a stage in the British city of London.

With action in the women's event, the wrestling continental qualifying tournament starts today in the US city of Frisco, Texas, which will grant tickets to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Several of the best foil fencer in the world, including Italian Elissa Di Francisca and Russian Dimitri Rigin, champions last year, will compete in the Villa de La Habana Fencing Grand Prix, from March 11 to 13 in this city.