The Chinese team inflected Cuba its fourth defeat in a row 1-3, at the World Team Chess Championship, based in the city of Tsakhkadzor, Armenia.

After the echoes of the National Series in its 54th edition, the Cuban baseball is now going through a period of apparent calm, marked by the preparation for the key commitments in the international arena.

Representatives of the National Basketball Association (NBA) arrived in Havana on Thursday with the objective of exchanging experiences, sharing knowledge and learning together.

Cuba starred yesterday another high-flying performance by defeating Armenia in a match that included wins by Lazaro Bruzón and Yuniesky Quesada, which allowed them to remain at the forefront of the World Chess Team Championships.

The Cuban women's and men's judo teams leave today for Canada to participate on April 24 to 26 in the continental tournament of Edmonton, qualifying for the Pan American Games to be held next July in the Canadian city of Toronto.

Leinier Domínguez had an amazing performance and led his team when Cuba defeated 2,5-1,5 Russia, sharing thus the top spot in the World Chess Team Championships in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia.

Cuba tied Hungary at 2 points in its debut at the Chess World Team Championship, under ways in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia, attended by 10 countries.

Rolando Acebal, head coach of the Cuba Domadores, considers that the 5-0 win his pupils achieved over the British Lionhearts in the 5th World Series of Boxing (WSB) fell within the forecast.

Admiration for the life and work of American writer Ernest Hemingway will again bring together specialists and experts on the Nobel Prize for Literature in the 15th International Symposium dedicated to the novelist, to be held in this capital city from June 18 to 21.

Obtaining the six still pending tickets for the Pan American Games in Toronto will be the goal of Cubans that will compete in the continental wrestling championship to be held in Chile from April 24 to 26.

The substantial biography El Gigante del Escambray (The Escambray Giant), about Antonio Muñoz´s life and baseball performance, was presented at Cienfuegos, within the program of the 15th Book Fair.

Cuban baseball players Alexei Bell, Ismel Jiménez, Yordan Manduley and Yunieski Gourriel will play next season with the Quebec Capitales, team that belongs to the Canadian Independent League, after signing their contracts with that entity.

With the presence of nine fighters included among the 100 best Cuban athletes in the 20th century, the 3rd Teofilo Stevenson In Memoriam Boxing Cup was inaugurated last night in this city and will conclude on April 17th.

The Cuban duo of José Antonio Guerra and Jeinkler Aguirre won the bronze medal in the synchronized platform during the final day of the third stop of the Gatineau Grand Prix, in Canada.

Despite losing in the Grand Final against the Ciego de Ávila Tigers, the Isla de la Juventud Pirates wrote one of the most epic and memorable pages of Cuban baseball in recent decades.

Ciego de Avila´s Tigers and Isla de la Juventud´s Pirates, will play tonight the last game of the best-of-seven series to define the Cuban Serie Nacional champions.