Industriales and Ciego de Avila appeared today tied at the top of the Cuban baseball championship after a day marked by swept in five of the eight subseries in dispute.

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 18 (acn) The men's Cuban team defeated Egypt in the last day of the second round of the Under-21 World Volleyball Championship, which ends on Sunday in several cities of Mexico.

Cuba will face Chinese Taipei in the closing of the second round of the Women's U-20 World Volleyball Championship, based in several cities of Puerto Rico, where they are fighting for one of the positions from ninth to 16th.

Cuba was invited to participate with six athletes in the World Junior Judo Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as well as to assist with two others to a training base in Brazil.

Industriales beat 7-6 Santiago de Cuba and now appears just half-game behind the leader Ciego de Avila, which saw broken its chain of 10 consecutive wins in the Cuban baseball championship.

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 17 (acn) The Cuban men's team lost to France, in match corresponding to group H of the second round of the Under-21 World Volleyball Championship, which takes place in several cities in Mexico .

Industriales totaled 17 hits to beat Santiago de Cuba 11-2 in the first game of the season of the traditional big game par excellence of the Cuban baseball.

Cuba men's team lost to Poland in match of Group H of the second round of the Under-21 Volleyball World Championship, which takes place in several cities in Mexico.

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 16 (acn) Housseyni Amion Guindo, Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Mali, visited the modern Anti-Doping Control Laboratory and the National Volleyball School in this city, as part of his activities in the official visit to Cuba.

Cuban Leinier Dominguez drew and advanced to the third round of the World Chess Cup, held in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan.

The Cuban women's and men's team will face the Czech Republic and Poland, respectively, at the start of the second round of the Under 20 and 21 World Volleyball Championships taking place in several cities in Puerto Rico (W) and Mexico (M).

Cuban Leinier Dominguez won at the start of the second round of the World Chess Cup in Baku, and he just needs a draw to earn the ticket to the stage of 32 players.

The traditional big game between Industriales and Santiago de Cuba, in the ground of the latter, monopolizes today the fan interest in the continuation of the 55th edition of the Cuban National Baseball Series.

Cuban freestyle athletes finished their performance with no medals at the World Wrestling Championship, which ended in Las Vegas, United States.

Cuba defeated the host Puerto Rico on the final day of the first preliminary round of the Women's U-20 World Volleyball Championship, in a match held in the city of Guarabo.
The Cuban girls won 3-2 (25-14, 25-20, 20-25, 11-25 , 15-7) a match of group A which also includes Russia and Bulgaria .

Ciego de Avila achieved its third swept in a row by winning 5-1 over Las Tunas, to be ratified as the undisputed leader of the Cuban baseball championship in its 55th edition.