Cuban women's junior softball team lost 13-1 today in the continuation of the Pan American Championship in Monteria, Colombia, in a game held at the Jose Gabriel Amin Manzur stadium.

Cuban players Ermes Espinosa and Diasmany Otero finished second and third at the Mexican Open Chess Championship, which ended on Sunday in Queretaro with the leadership of the host Jose Eduardo Martinez.

Cuba will compete today in the individual 70m round of the South American Championships held in Maricá, Brazil.

Winning their second matches in the international chess tournament of La Roda, Spain, is the day’s goal for the Cuban players Carlos Daniel Albornoz, Jorge Roberto Elías and Lennis Martínez, who beat the Spaniards Mateo Corchón and Félix Álvarez and the Chinese Yihan Ha, respectively.

The Cuban men's team will be opposite Colombia today in one of the semifinal events of the double round at 70 meters of the South American Archery Championships in Maricá, Brazil.

Cuban judoka Andy Granda won the bronze medal in the over 100 kilograms (kg) category at the closing of the Grand Slam of Judo in Tbilisi, Georgia, by defeating Slovak Marius Fizel by Ippon, a result that placed Cuba in 18th place in the tournament.

The Cuban men's softball team already knows its rivals at the 12th Pan American Tournament in Sincelejo, Colombia, to be played starting next April 7 with five tickets at stake for the World Championship.

After the 22nd edition of the Giraldilla International Tournament of Havana, the next challenge for Cubans will be the Pan American Badminton Championship, to be held in Guatemala April 10-13, which will close the Olympic qualification process in the continent.

Cuba won three bronze medals in the continuation of the Independence Boxing Cup that has been taking place since March 18 in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.

Cuban U15 baseball team lost today 11-1 to Nicaragua at the Pan American Championship being held in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, and could not reach one of the five places offered by the tournament to the World Championship.

Cuban U15 team participating at the Pan American Championship in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, lost today 10-11 to Venezuela in the match closed yesterday by darkness.

Havana’s Sports Office and the Marabana/Maracuba National Walks and Runs Commission, have called on Cubans to join a massive race against Cancer on March 16.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel called for the defense of sports in all scenarios, including social media, during the annual report meeting of the Cuban Sports, Physical Education and Recreation Institute (INDER).

Cuban Di Angelo Loriga won his ticket to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games by placing tenth in the 50-meter (m) SH1 pistol at the Paralympic World Cup in New Delhi, India.

A team of five Cuban divers to compete in the Eurasian Diving Cup in Yekaterinburg 2024, an event to be held March 15-17.

Cuban boxer Alejandro Claro, 51 kilograms (kg) will be in action today at the Pre-Olympic Tournament in the Italian city of Busto Arzizio, in search of the triumph that will guarantee him the ticket to the Paris 2024 Games.