The Cuban men's team lost on Thursday 1-3 to the Netherlands in the continuation of group four of the second week of the men's Volleyball Nations League (VNL), based in Ottawa, a tournament that awards points for the world ranking (WR) for the Olympic ( OR) of Paris 2024.

The Cuban beach volleyball players Noslen Díaz and Jorge Luis Alayo will be in the 2024 Olympics thanks to their results in the recent World Pro Tour Challenge Tournament held in Stare Jablonki, Poland, and to the elimination of the Austrian and Chilean pairs in the Elite 16 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Three Cuban Greco-Roman wrestlers, namely Olympic and world champion Luis Orta (67 kg), Kevin de Armas (60 kg) and Yosvanys Peña (77 kg), will compete in the Polyak Imre and Varga Janos Memorial Wrestling Tournament, to be held in Budapest until June 9.

Cuban athletics will have several competitions this month, the first of them on the 15th in Amiens, France, where middle-distance runner Rose Mary Almanza and long jumper Alejandro Parada will participate.

World Athletics (WA), the governing body of world athletics, announced that starting in 2026, each season will have a competition at the highest level, in which the best athletes of the year, including world and Olympic champions, could participate.

The Cuban beach volleyball duo of Noslen Diaz and Jorge Luis Alayo remained in the Olympic qualification zone for Paris 2024, now in 17th place with 7,800 points, after the latest official update -June 3- of the world ranking (WR) of the International Federation of International Volleyball Federation (FIVB).

Cuban triple jumper Leyanis Perez won the seventh event of the 2024 Diamond League held in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Cuban beach volleyball pair Noslen Díaz and Jorge Luis Alayo won the silver medal at the World Pro Tour Challenge Tournament in Stare Jablonki, Poland, after losing 1-2 in the final to the Czech Republic's Onderj Perusic and David Schweiner.

Cuban boxer Fernando Arzola (+92 kg) lost 3-2 in the quarterfinals to Ecuador's German Gilman Congo in the 2024 World Qualification Tournament held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Cuba’s Lelys Martinez notched up eight points in nine rounds to win the rapid games event in the 2024 Absolute Continental Chess Championship of the Americas, held in Medellin, Colombia.

The Cuban women’s team lost 0-3 to the Dominican Republic and finished fourth—and last—in Pool A of the 1st Girls’ U17 Pan American Volleyball Cup, under way in Guatemala City.

Cuba’s Luis Ernesto Quesada notched up a win Wednesday during the eighth round of the Absolute Continental Chess Championship of the Americas 2024, held in Medellin, Colombia, and remained in the fifth position of the tournament.

The Cuban women's volleyball team will be opposite the Dominican Republic today in search of a first victory in the 1st Girls’ U17 Pan American Volleyball Cup, under way in Guatemala City.

Led by Tokyo 2020 finalist Roxana Gomez (400 m), five Cubans will participate in the City of Salamanca Athletics Trophy, to be held on June 1.

Cuban middle-distance runner Rose Mary Almanza got her ticket to the 2024 Olympic Games after marking 1:58.89 min in the 800m event of the international athletics meeting held in Forbach, France.

Led by Roxana Gómez, Olympic finalist in Tokyo 2020, Five Cubans will participate in Meeting International de Forbach, France, to be held on May 26.