A WBSC World Rankings update shows Cuba in first place as the island continues to stand out among the region's powerhouses in other disciplines.

Cuban duo of Noslen Diaz and Jorge Luis Alayo won silver medal in St. Petersburg, one of the stages of the Russian Beach Volleyball League, losing in the final to the Yamal-1 Torch team, comprised of Stoyanosk and Leshukov.

Nearly 900 runners participated in the tenth in-person 10-km-long Nelson Mandela-Fidel Castro World Peace Race-Walk, organized by the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation (INDER), the South African Embassy in Cuba, and the Marabana-Maracuba National Race and Walk Commission.

Cuban Marifelix Sarria will compete today at Senior Pan American Weightlifting Championship, which will take place at the Miguel Calero Coliseum in the Colombian city of Cali.

Cuban men's national team defeated favorite and host Poland 3-1 on the second day of the third week of preliminary matches at the Volleyball Nations League (VNL), which will be held until Sunday in Gdansk, where they will face France today.

Two-time Olympic champion Arlen Lopez defeated Mexican Paul Valenzuela in Madrid in a 10-round professional bout in the light heavyweight division, retaining the World Boxing Association (WBA) Latin American continental title.

Cuba won three gold medals in the final of the Guizhou Open Boxing Tournament in Chinaon Thursday, thanks to boxers Saidel Horta, Jorge Cuellar, and Nelson Williams.

Cuba will play against Bulgaria today in the opener of the third and final week of the Volleyball Nations League preliminaries in Gdansk, Poland.

The Cuban Volleyball Federation (FCV) issued the following official statement:

The Cuban triple jumpers Leyanis Pérez and Liadagmis Povea reasserted their quality at the Grand Prix Brescia 2025 by finishing first and second, respectively, with world-class marks.

Cuba’s Saidel Horta (57 kg), world runner-up in Tashkent 2023, won for the third time at the Guizhou Open Boxing Tournament in China and will fight on Thursday for the division belt.

FIDE Masters Osiel Alberto Alonso, Adrián Jesús Almaguer and Jinela de la Caridad Rodríguez will be in one of the teams representing Cuba in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad, set to take place in Barranquilla, Colombia, on August 16 to 23.

Cuba increased its bronze medals to six at the Guizhou Open Boxing Tournament in China, following Jorge Cuellar's (71 kg) easy 5-0 victory over local champion Gang Wang on the fourth round of the event.

Ten Cuban cyclists will participate in the 2025 Tour de Panama, scheduled for July 22-26, with the participation of 12 international and ten local teams.

The Cuban team expected to compete in the Caribbean qualifier for the Little League Softball World Series for girls aged 9-10, to be held in Puerto Rico on July 14-18, could not travel to the venue because several members of the delegation were denied the visa.

Although only half a point behind the leaders, the Cuban chess player Carlos Daniel Albornoz finished in eighth place at the Valencia International Open.