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Trinidad beat Cuba 3-1

Trinidad and Tobago toppled Cuba 3-1 in the clash of heavyweights as the Digicel Caribbean Cup football championship concluded its semi-final fixtures on Saturday night at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. The Trinidad and Tobago Soca Warriors actually got their scoring momentum going with an own goal from the Cuba captain Jenier Molina and surged 3-0 ahead midway in the second half before completing a clear win over the Cubans. Read More

Antigua and Barbuda youth minister in Cuba

The Minister for Youth and Sports of Antigua and Barbuda is visiting Cuba with the purpose of strengthening the exchange between the two countries in those areas. On arriving in the island, Winston Williams told the Cuban press about the interest of his country in receiving assistance from Cuban sports experts in the areas of sports medicine, the fight against doping, athletics, volleyball, tennis, cycling and physical education. Read More

Cuba still the top football team in the Caribbean

Cuba, currently chasing their first regional title in the Digicel Cup, have retained the No.1 spot in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) rankings. In the January FIFA Coca Cola rankings released this week, the Cubans slipped two spots on the world list down to No.48, but they remain clear of their nearest CFU rivals Jamaica, who remained steady at 57th. Read More

COI recognizes Cuban Sport groups function

Jose Ramon Fernandez, president of the Cuban Olympic Committee delivered in this municipality, a recognizing trophy to the Sport Groups, sent by the International Olympic Committee (COI). The vice-president of the Cuba Ministers Council highlighted that such merit was possible thanks to the contribution to the development of sports for all. Read More

Cuba Qualifies for Soccers Gold Cup

Unable to deliver a classic "lock" in the match, but with an efficient blocking line in the mid field led by the winger Jaine Colome, the Cuban soccer team played a scoreless game with Guyana in the last phase of the Caribbean Cup in Trinidad and Tobago. Read More

'Golden Jaguars' in must-win situation against Cuba today

Digicel's Man-of-the- Match, Guyana's Nigel Codrington, who scored a hat-trick in the game against Guadeloupe, is a virtual one-man army as he takes on three Guadeloupe players. Read More

Cuba defeat St Vincent and the Grenadines 3-0

Cuba picked up their first win in the finals of the Digicel Caribbean Cup with a deserved win over tricky opponents St Vincent and the Grenadines. As with Guyana in the preceding match before them, Cuba had to win this game if they had any chance of staying in this years Digicel Caribbean Cup finals. They showed why they are the number one ranked side in the CFU rankings when they started brightly and took the game to SVG. Read More

OECS shows concern for Haiti, Cuba in Caricom Cricket World Cup visa

Members of the OECS Authority have lamented that it was unfortunate that nationals of Haiti and Cuba have to present a Special Caricom Visa to visit countries in the Single Domestic Space established for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. Read More

Cuba's Bay of Pigs Boxing Championship starts monday

Double Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeux headlines a field of world class boxers in Cuba's Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs) Boxing Championship, which runs from Monday to Thursday in the central province of Sancti Spiritus. Considered by some the best amateur boxer in the world, Rigondeux won gold medals in the 54kg category in the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Read More

Cuban chess player ranks 30th in the world

Grand Master Leinier Domínguez, Cuba's 2006 national champion, ranks 30th in the world, according to the International Chess Federation. Domínguez, who went up to that place after the latest update of the list, has an ELO score of 2,677 points, his personal record. Read More

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