Cuba appointed 50-year-old Antonio Eduardo Becali, a Doctor of Sciences and rector of the University of Physical Culture and Sports, as new president of the National Sports, Physical Education and Recreation Institute in replacement for up-to-date president Julio Christian Jimenez.

Cuban Osleni Guerrero traveled to the Canadian city of Markham to participate in the Pan American Badminton Championships, where he will defend the title won last year.

Olympic monarchs Robeisy Ramirez and Roniel Iglesias gave two more wins to Cuba on the second date of Mohamed VI Boxing Cup, which takes place in Marrakech.

Matanzas beat 6-3 Las Tunas to achieve its fifth win in a row and tied on top of the standings of Cuban baseball championship with Ciego de Avila, which lost to Granma.

Matanzas appeared today in the second seat of the Cuban baseball championship, just a game below leader Ciego de Avila, after beating 10-5 Las Tunas on Monday, achieving thus its fourth win in a row.

After successfully playing in Japan Professional Baseball League, the star player Yulieski Gourriel is already in Cuba to, after a break, play with the Havana Industriales in Cuban National Baseball Series.

The defeat hit again Cuban Leinier Dominguez during the ninth round of the Baku Chess Grand Prix, where six of the 12 players share the top.

The surprising team of Artemisa and Matanzas, current runner up, share the second seat of the qualifying stage of the 54th Cuban National Baseball Series after winning their respective games.

Cuban and Honduran under 21 men's soccer teams will play today the first of two friendly matches as training towards the Central American and Caribbean Games, to be held in Veracruz, Mexico, next November.

Ciego de Ávila appears on top of the Cuban baseball championship today after beating 2-0 Cienfuegos, to become the first team with 10 wins on the season.

Cuban men's team defeated the Dominican Republic in the fourth day of the preliminaries of the 2nd Under 23 Pan American Volleyball Cup, which takes place in the Sports City Coliseum, in Havana.

Cuban chess player GM Leinier Dominguez drew for the third consecutive time, now with Azeri Shakriyar Mamedyarov, during the sixth round of the Grand Prix Baku 2014.

Cuban men's team achieved its second win in the Second Under 23 Pan American Volleyball Cup, by beating Guatemala in the Sports City Coliseum in Havana, where they will play today against El Salvador.

Ciego de Ávila appeared today as undisputed leader of the Cuban baseball championship by beating yesterday 3-2 Matanzas, current runner-up.

The Cuban women's basketball team will play today against South Korea a key match for its aspirations to advance in the World Championship, based in Turkey until next October 5th.