Products and services related to sports competitions, facilities and practices were showcased at the International Sports Fair underway in this city capital.

Carlos Daniel Albornoz and Lisandra Ordaz, the only Cuban players still in action in the FIDE World Cup, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, settled for a draw in their first Round 2 matches.

 Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel celebrated the victory of Havana’s baseball team Industriales over Santiago de Cuba, which gave the winners the chance to compete for the 52nd National Championship after 11 years.

Cuba will play in the 20th women's Pan American Volleyball Cup, to be held on August 6 to 13 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, with 12 teams competing for two tickets to the 19th Pan American Games of Santiago de Chile 2023.

The 1st International Sports Fair, which has the participation of more than 100 companies from 13 nations, was opened today at the Ciudad Deportiva in Havana, with a cultural event attended by senior political, government and sports leaders.

From today until August 6, the 1st International Sports Fair will host exhibition, commercial and business spaces, as well as a variety of recreational offers, in Havana.

Venezuela’s general director for Sports Development at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Pablo Alfonso Yustiz is in Cuba to take part at the First International Sports Fair underway since August 1st at Havana’s Ciudad Deportiva Sports Complex.

Cuban volleyball will find it difficult to qualify for Paris 2024 in the pre-Olympic tournament to be held from September 30 to October 8 in Brazil, Japan and China.

The 28th place of Elisbet Gamez in the 200 meters (m) freestyle is the best for Cuba after the first three days of swimming in the 20th World Aquatic Sports Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Luis Ernesto Quesada's triumph and Carlos Daniel Albornoz's draw marked the performance of the Cubans, who remain in the top 10 of the masters tournament at the Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland, which has only three rounds left.

Cuba won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal, and finished in third place countries (3-1-1), behind the host Peru (3-4-2) and Brazil (3-2-1), after two days of action at the Videna Polideportivo 3 in Lima.

Cuba lost 0-3 to Canada and finished in sixth place in the 5th edition of the Women's U23 Pan American Volleyball Cup, held at the Sonora Arena in Hermosillo, Mexico, where the undefeated Dominican Republic and Mexico will fight for the title.

The Cuban women returned to the continental Group II of the World Tennis Cup after finishing second in key A of Group III of the Americas.

The Cuban swimming delegation made its debut in the 20th World Aquatic Sports Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, with Julio Calero's 55th place in the 100 m breaststroke event.

Cuban Carlos Daniel Albornoz scored a victory during the fourth round of the Masters Tournament of the Biel Chess Festival, in Switzerland, during a day in which his compatriot Luis Ernesto Quesada agreed a draw.

The Cuban mixed team finished ninth today among 14 quartets in the diving tournament of the 30th World Aquatic Sports Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.