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.

Isla de la Juventud evened to one win apiece the Cuban baseball championship semifinal against Matanzas by defeating them 4-2 as visitor at Victoria de Girón stadium in this city.

The debut of Cuban Osleni Guerrero, top seed in the men´s event, will be one of the attractions today at the Giraldilla de la Habana International Badminton Tournament.

The Matanzas Crocodiles will face today at home the Isla de la Juventud Pirates in the beginning of the first semifinal series of the 54th Cuban baseball championship.

The Cuban women's judo squad, which will participate in the New York Teams tournament, will depart today to that American city, where they will face the national teams of Canada, France and the locals.

Cubans Isam Ortiz and Yuniesky Quesada won their respective matches in the Kolkata Open Chess tournament, in India , but they are still far from the leading trio.

Cuba won the bronze medal when defeating Puerto Rico in the 3rd U-18 Women's Pan American Volleyball Cup in the Sports City Coliseum, in Havana, where Argentina won the title.

With the piece Amigas, the Cuban Lizt Alfonso Ballet Company carried out 14 presentations in some 10 cities of Canada, as part of a tour of that country in February.

Pinar del Río completed the sweep over Artemisa by beating them 6-5 to feed their chances of qualifying for the postseason of Cuban baseball, result they could not finally achieve due to Isla de la Juventud beat Industriales by the same score.