Cubans Barbaro Sotomayor, Melissa Hurtado, Yurisleidis Hernandez and Adelaidis Lemus will depart today to the UAE, to compete from next 23 to 27 in Abu Dhabi, in the Junior World Judo Championship.

The boxers that played the leading role in Cuba's triumph at the recently concluded World Boxing Championship in Doha, Qatar, dedicated their victory to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro and to the Cuban President, Army General Raul Castro.

Cuba announced the roster of the team that will participate in the World Baseball Championship Premier 12, called from November 8 to 21 in several cities of Taipei China and Japan.

Cuban Leinier Dominguez finished 13th in the World Blitz Chess Championship based in Berlin, which was won by Russian Alexander Grischuk.

The Cuban badminton player Osleni Guerrero debuts today in the International Tournament of Chile, event that will run until October 18 and he is the defending champion.

After seven straight wins, Holguín appears sixth in the standings of the Cuban baseball championship, strongly competing for one of the qualifying ticket to the next phase.

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 15 (acn) Titles won by Joahnys Argilagos and Arlen López guaranteed in advance Cuban victory in the World Boxing Championship headquartered in Doha, Qatar, where it will seek today three more titles.

Cuban taekwondo athletes Robelis Despaigne and Rafael Alba will have a paramount test against the best exponents of the world in the division of more than 80 kg in the Grand Prix of the British city of Manchester.

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 14 (acn) Cuban Leinier Dominguez kept his good performance and appears fourth in the World Blitz Chess Championship after its first 11 rounds in Berlin, Germany.

Ciego de Avila took another step towards its primary objective of qualifying for the second round of the Cuban baseball championship when beating 4-1 Artemisa, achieving thus its 25th win of the season and ratifying itself as undisputed leader.

Cuba had a flawless semifinal of three wins and will try to achieve six crowns between Wednesday and Thursday at the World Boxing Championship organized in the capital of Qatar.

Cuban Camilo Gomez finished second by lower tiebreaker in the Central University of Bogota Chess Tournament, in Colombia, where the local Alder Escobar won the crown.

The lefty Wilber Pérez achieved last Sunday his 100th victory in Cuban National Baseball Series, in the triumph of Isla de la Juventud 2-1 over Cienfuegos.

The GM Lazaro Bruzon is the Cuban better ranked after the first day of the World Chess Rapid and Blitz Championship that began last Saturday with five games for the 158 players gathered in Berlin, capital of Germany.

Cuba finished second in the NORCECA Men's Continental Volleyball Tournament, based in the city of Cordoba in Veracruz, Mexico, after losing to Canada.

Granma is now third in the Cuban baseball championship after completing the sweep on Villa Clara, with a 5-3 victory.