Pinar del Rio defeated Matanzas 6-0 and became the solo leader of the Cuban baseball championship, relegating thus its rival to second seat in the standings.

Cuban Leinier Domínguez will be from today among the 16 players attending the men's chess tournament of the Mind Games in the Chinese city of Huian.

Yan Carlos Arias, from Las Tunas, wears for the third time the leader's jersey in the third edition of the Guantánamo-Pinar- Havana cycling tour, which runs today its seventh stage.

José Armenteros (100 kg) won the silver medal in the in the last day of the Judo Grand Prix of Dusseldorf, Germany, and placed Cuba in 13th seat of a contest won by Japan with three gold and one silver medals.

Santiago de Cuba's Argenis Frómeta won the sixth stage and the two intermediate sprints of the National Tour which covered 106 kilometers from Camagüey to Ciego de Avila.

Matanzas scored its sixth victory in line when beating 5-0 the leader Pinar del Río to climb to second seat of the standings at just one game of the top in Cuban baseball championship.

HOLGUIN, Cuba, Feb 22 (acn) The designation of karate as an Olympic sport for the event of Tokyo 2020 is a dream shared today by the family of that martial art in Cuba.

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.