Industriales completed the quartet of teams qualified to playoffs of Cuban baseball championship in its 55th edition by knocking out 14-4 Pinar del Rio.

The successful progress of the preparation of Cuban athletes to the 31 st Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was highlighted by executives of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER by its Spanish acronym).

Cuban chess player Leinier Dominguez finished fourth in the Blitz event, giving thus away another good performance in the IMSA Elite Mind Games organized in the Chinese city of Huai'an.

Industriales faces Pinar del Rio today in search of a victory that earns them the last ticket available towards postseason of Cuban baseball championship in its 55th edition.

The Cuban Baseball Federation informed that on March 22 a Cuban team and the Tampa Bay Rays team of the Major American League will play a friendly game at the Latin American Stadium in Havana.

Several dozen Cuban coaches will contribute to the development of different sports in Mexico, Luis Alberto Perez, general director of Cubadeportes, told Prensa Latina on Tuesday.

Cuban Osleni Guerrero won the Guatemala badminton tournament, which has International Series category and earned thus 2 500 points for the world ranking.

The Cuban baseball championship will held from today its last subseries of the regular schedule, with two teams already secured to postseason and three other sides with options of advancing to that stage.

Artemisa´s Jose Mojica retained his title of 2015, when winning the Guantánamo-Pinar del Rio-Havana cycling tour , which last stage was won by Havana's Leandro Marcos.

Cuban Osleni Guerrero will try today to advance to the semifinals in the Guatemala badminton tournament, which has category of International Series and grants 2 500 points for the world ranking.

Cuban Leinier Dominguez will have a demanding debut today in the chess tournament of the IMSA Elite Mind Games when facing Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk in the phase of matches to 20 minutes.

After leading the Cuban baseball championship for most of the season, Ciego de Avila accentuated its decline when losing 9-7 to Las Tunas to score thus its eighth defeat in the last 10 outings.

Upon completion of the eighth stage of the Guantanamo-Pinar del Rio-Havana Cycling Tour, a stretch of 73 kilometers from Cienfuegos and Santa Clara, Artemisa´s José Mojica remains as leader of the competition.

The flyweight Yosbany Veitía and super heavyweight Leinier Pero will debut this Saturday at the 6 th World Series of Boxing (WSB) when the Cuba Domadores to face the local side of the Ukraine Otomans in the city of Kharkiv.

After six rounds, Cuban GM Maritza Arribas appears tied on top of the standings of the Continental Women's Chess Championship organized in Lima, Peru, with the local GM Deysi Cori and Colmbian IM Ángela Franco.

The Guantánamo -Pinar- Havana cycling tour reaches today its eighth stage which is a 60 km c ircuit on the Paseo del Prado promenade of Cienfuegos city.