While still in the midst of the final playoff of the Cuban Serie Nacional, young Cuban pitcher Hector Mendoza says he is ready to have a great season in the Japanese professional league.

Camagüey beat 1-0 Havana on the 12th round of the Cuban National Soccer Tournament, to get its ninth straight victory and match a record set by Villa Clara since 2002.

Ciego de Avila won 4-3 over Isla de la Juventud in match held at Cristóbal Labra stadium, in this city, to take 3-2 lead in the Grand Final of Cuban baseball, at just one victory of the title.

Cuban GMs Lazaro Bruzon and Ermes Espinosa took over the leading positions and won the two World Cup berths granted in the Zonal 2.3 Chess tournament.

Aware they will face a high quality tournament, Cuban freestyle wrestlers aspire to have a good performance at the World Cup, based in Los Angeles, USA, on April 11 and 12.

The Isla de la Juventud Pirates will seek to match the series, which favors the Ciego de Avila Tigers2-1, in the grand finale of the 54th Cuban National Baseball Series today at the Cristóbal Labra Stadium.

The Cuban Baseball Federation announced the cancellation of a contract for player Yulieski Gourriel with the Japanese Central Professional League.

As part of efforts to control the lionfish in the south coast of the province of Sancti Spiritus, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA by its Spanish acronym) in the territory summons a Sport Fishing Tournament for its capture on April 11 and 12.

Ciego de Ávila became the first finalist of the Cuban baseball championship in its 54th edition when defeating 3-0 Granma to win that semifinal series with balance of 4-1.

Isla de la Juventud will be included for the first time in the grand finale of Cuban baseball championship after beating 15-5 Matanzas and win the semifinal series with balance of 4-2.

The Cuban women's judo squad won the silver medal in the team event in New York, United States, when losing 2-3 to the hosts, in a series in which Yanet Bermoy could not fight due to an injury she had in the previous match against France.

The Ciego de Ávila Tigers will try to achieve today the last win they need to access to Cuban baseball title discussion after beating 9-4 Granma and taking a 3-1 lead in the semifinal series.

Ciego de Avila took the lead in the semifinal round of the Cuban baseball with record of two wins and one loss, by beating 6-0 Granma.

Matanzas knocked Isla de la Juventud out by the score of 13-0 to stay alive in the semifinal round of Cuban baseball, now with two wins against three losses.

Cuban Osleni Guerrero won the title in the Giraldilla de La Habana International Badminton Tournament, which was held at the Sports City Coliseum.

Cubans Yuniesky Quesada and Isam Ortiz are the the players with the highest ELO among the more than 170 athletes registered for the Alajuela Chess Open, which began yesterday in Costa Rica.