Ciego de Ávila increased its lead at the top of the Cuban baseball championship in its 55th edition when beating 6-1 Holguin.

The weather conditions in the western region caused the cancellation of the baseball match between Cuba and the Netherlands, scheduled for the Latinoamericano stadium in this city.

Cuba and Holland will tighten their links on baseball with the development of an intense day of exchange agreed for Monday and Tuesday next week at Latinoamericano stadium in this city.

As visitor, the young Cuban soccer team will face Panama today, at Rommel Fernandez Stadium, in search of a ticket for the Centennial Copa America, to be held this year in various US cities.

Ciego de Avila was ratified on top of the standings and Holguin entered the qualifying area to the playoffs when both teams completed the sweep in the continuation of Cuban baseball championship.

Ciego de Avila is consolidated at the top of the Cuban baseball championship by beating Granma 14-4 in the only game played yesterday due to the impact of rains in several provinces.

Holguin starred the only sweep in the last subseries of Cuban baseball championship when defeating twice Pinar del Río, starting to regain ground in the struggle for access to the postseason.

Winning the 27th edition became Cuban Lazaro Bruzon in the first four-time champion of Carlos Torre Memorial chess tournament, in the Mexican city of Merida.

Cuban Lazaro Bruzon (2666 Elo points) retained the leadership in the Carlos Torre Memorial chess tournament after a third day of double round in which he totals five units and better tiebreaker than the other leaders.

Isla de la Juventud reacted in the Cuban baseball championship and achieved its first victory in the second round of the event when beating 6-4 the monarch and current leader Ciego de Avila.

Heriberto Suarez, Cuba's baseball commissioner, said in this city that the clinics could mean the beginning of wider sporting relations between the Cuban Federation of this sport (FCB by its Spanish acronym) and US Major League Baseball (MLB).

Las Tunas and Matanzas completed the first sweeps of the second round of the Cuban baseball championship in the 2015-2016 season.

Ciego de Ávila increased its lead at the top of the standings of Cuban baseball championship by beating Industriales 10-1, result used by Granma to equalize in the second seat.

Ciego de Avila was ratified on top of the Cuban baseball championship by defeating Industriales 5-4 at the start of the second round of the tournament.

GM Lazaro Bruzon will try to achieve his fourth crown (third consecutive) in the Carlos Torre Memorial chess tournament, which will be inaugurated on Thursday in Merida, Mexico.

The Cuban pair of William Dorantes and Marcos Lazo will face today in the quarterfinals against Argentina's duo of Juan Ignacio Galarza and Facundo Mena in the Santo Domingo Futures 3 tennis tournament, in the Dominican Republic.