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.

Cuba rea ched undefeated the semifinal stage of the NORCECA Men's V olleyball Tournament, under way in Cordoba, Mexico, after beating the local squad.

Cuba will seek to finish undefeated the preliminary stage of group B of the NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship, under way in Cordoba, Mexico, when facing today the host team, a qualifying match for the Final Four.

The Cuban U-23 soccer team drew 2-2 with Canada for Group A of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship under way in the United States, and failed to advance to the semifinals.

Villa Clara woke up today outside the zone of qualification to the second round of the Cuban baseball championship, after losing for the second consecutive day against Granma.

The Cuban U-23 soccer team is forced to beat Canada to reach the semifinals of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament, held in several U.S. cities, which hosts on Tuesday the final day of the qualifying competition.