Ciego de Avila remained on top of the standings in the Cuban baseball championship with balance of seven wins and only two losses, after beating Guantanamo 4-0.

Cuba will face Brazil on Friday in the first round of group C in the U-21 Men's World Volleyball Championship, event that will bring together 16 teams in several Mexican cities.

With the presence of 13 Latin American players, including five Cubans, it will be inaugurated on Thursday in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, the Chess World Cup, attended by 128 contestants.

Cuba will face Russia on Friday in the first round of U-20 Women's World Volleyball Championship, which will take place until February 20 in several cities in Puerto Rico, with the participation of 16 teams.

The reigning champions Ciego de Avila appeared today at the head of the Cuban baseball championship in its 55th edition, when combining its win over Guantanamo with the loss of the then leaders Granma to Las Tunas.

Cuban Greco-Roman wrestlers Miguel Martinez and Yasmany Lugo will debut today at the World Wrestling Championship, based in Las Vegas, United States.

The Cuban Angel Fournier finished sixth in the (M1x) men's single sculls in the World Rowing Championships, based in Aiguebelette, France, contest that granted Olympic tickets to the six A finalists for each of the events convened.

The Cuban women's squad defeated South Korea, in the World Volleyball Cup that ended in several Japanese cities with the participation of 12 teams looking for two tickets to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016.

Cuba beat 3-2 Chinese Taipei in the fifth round of the Under 18 World Baseball Cup, which takes place in Japan, and now accumulates four wins and one loss.

Cuban athletes who will participate in the World Wrestling Championship to be held in Las Vegas, USA, from September 7 to 12 are developing a training base in that country.

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 31 (acn) Cuba finished in the tenth place in the standing positions of the Athletics World Championships held in Beijing China, with 2 gold medals and a silver one.

The Cuban Pedro Pablo Pichardo won the silver medal in the triple jump of the World Athletics Championships based in Beijing, China.

With two gold medals and one silver, Cuba ranks sixth in the standings after six rounds of the World Athletics Championships hosted by Beijing, China.

Success Stars Pan Sounds, steel band from Trinidad and Tobago will be presented on August 28th in this city.

The Cuban U 23 women team needs to beat today Saint Kitts and Nevis by nine goals in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) qualifying tournament based in the Dominican Republic.

Yanet Bermoy appears as the main trump card for Cuba today in the second day of the World Judo Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, which is attended by 729 judokas -432 men and 297 women- from 120 countries.