Cuban beach duo Noslen Diaz-Jorge Luis Alayo won the silver medal at the men's tournament of the North, Central America and Caribbean Confederation (Norceca) Circuit, held at the Barcelo Solymar Arenas Blancas resort in Varadero.

The members of the three Cuban relay teams that will participate at the IAAF World Relays, to be held in the Bahamas on May 4 and 5, will travel today to that Caribbean nation.

Carlos Daniel Albornoz—Cuba’s No. 1 on the leaderboard and America’s 23rd —welcomed May with a new personal record of 2,612 ELO points in the world chess ranking thanks to his results in international tournaments held in Menorca and La Roda (Spain).

Cuba won the silver medal at the mixed team event of the Pan American and Oceania Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro, losing to the hosts, after finishing fifth in the individual event, dominated by the local team, Brazil.

A victorious farewell led Cuban Elier Miranda to the title as owner of five points in the Mi Veracruz National Chess Championship, which for six rounds attracted the attention from that Mexican locality.

 With an accumulated total of 6,729 points, Cuban Josmi Sanchez finished 12th at the Multistars Decathlon and Heptathlon athletic meeting, held in Brescia, Italy.

Three teams are leading the Ajeduni 2024 University Chess Festival, which today will surpass half of its rounds at the Belen Convent, in Havana.

Cuban duo Noslen Diaz and Jorge Luis Alayo had a successful debut in Group A of the main draw of the World Pro Tour Beach Volleyball Challenger Tournament, based in Xiamen, China, by defeating 2-1 and 2-0 pairs from France and Brazil, in that order.

The Cuban duo of Noslen Diaz and Jorge Luis Alayo won a historic bronze medal at the Elite 16 tournament of the World Pro Tour, defeating today 2-0 the German duo Ehlier-Wicker in the edition of Tepic, Mexico, a performance with which they added their third medal on the road to Paris 2024.

Playing without its captain Jonathan Hernández, who until then was its top scorer but was banned from the final on the yellow-card rule, Cuba finished second for the fifth time in as many finals of the CONCACAF Futsal Championships after losing 4-3 to Panama in the gold match of the tournament.

Cuban sports stars Mijaín López, Javier Sotomayor and Ana Fidelia Quirós arrived in Paris as guests of a gala organized by Adidas to present its line of apparels for the 2024 Olympic Games and bound to be an opportunity for active and retired athletes from around the world to meet and share views.

Cuban rowing will continue its pursuit of quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a multi-sport event scheduled from July 26 to August 11.

Cuba has pre-registered in the French capital 138 competitors in 18 sports before the organizing committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, scheduled to be held July 26 to August 11 this year.

The Cuban duo of Noslen Diaz and Jorge Luis Alayo lost 0-2 to the Brazilian duo of Evandro Oliveira and Diego Arthur, and finished fourth at the World Beach Volleyball Challenger Pro Tour, held in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The Cuban recurve archery teams in the double round of 70 meters, in both sexes, could not achieve the Olympic ticket to Paris 2024 in the Pan American Archery Championship held in Medellin, Colombia.

World Athletics (WA), the international governing body for the sport of athletics, will financially reward Olympic gold medallists this year, a move bound to provide an additional incentive to athletes.