Two-time Olympic champion Julio Cesar La Cruz lost by a 2- 3 split vote in the round of 16 in the 92 kilogram boxing division of the Olympic Games, and said goodbye to the dream of winning his third title in these competitions.

Cuban Lisbeth Hernandez finished in 36th place in the women's 10-meter (m) air rifle event, corresponding to the sport shooting at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Cuban Yariulvis Cobas could not advance to the quarterfinals in the women's single sculls, in the repechage 1 corresponding to the rowing of the Olympic Games held in this city, so she was left without options to be included in the next round.

 Cuban journalist Jose Dos Santos (1947) died today in Havana, Cubaperiodistas reported.

Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez stood out at the London 2012 Olympic Games, repeating as flag-bearer of the delegation and champion, a performance that contributed to Cuba's rise to 16th place in the medal standings by country, after finishing 28th four years ago in Beijing.

Returning to the Olympic golden path could be one of the goals of Cuban athletics in the upcoming summer event in Paris 2024, scheduled to be held July 26 to August 11.

Cuba finished fourth in the XVII NORCECA Men's Pan-American Cup, held in the Dominican Republic, after losing 1-3 the bronze medal match to Puerto Rico.

Poor performances in various finals pushed Cuba down on the medal table of the 2008 Olympic Games. From the 11th place achieved in Athens, the island fell to the 28th in Beijing, winning only three gold medals in this event in which 158 Cuban athletes competed in 18 sports.

Cuba advanced directly and undefeated in Group B to the semifinals of the 17th Men's Senior Volleyball Pan American Cup, after defeating the host Dominican Republic 3-1 at the "Profesor Ricardo Gioriber Arias" Volleyball Palace in Santo Domingo.

The Cuban men’s basketball team has made a successful preparation tour of China towards the classification meet for the America Cup next year.

Archer Hugo Franco will be the first Cuban in action at the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where he will make his debut on July 25, one day before the opening ceremony of the great multisport event.

Cuba will participate July 14-21 with a second team at the 7th Men's Senior Volleyball Pan American Cup, to be held at the "Profesor Ricardo Gioriber Arias" Volleyball Palace in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

After a long absence from Olympic Games, Cuba reappears in the IX edition held in Amsterdam from May 17 to August 12, 1928, with the sprinter José Barrientos, who arrives in the Dutch city with good references.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, flagged off today the Olympic and Paralympic delegations that will attend the Paris 2024 Games.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic attends the flag-raising ceremony of Cuba's Olympic and Paralympic delegations.

 Although the modern Olympic Games began in Athens in 1896, Cuba made its debut four years later in Paris, where fencer Ramon Fonst won the first gold medal for Latin America.