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Cuba sends just two to Melbourne

Cuba, a nation that once boasted the calibre of the likes of Rodolfo Falcon and Neisser Bent, will send just two swimmers to the world championships in Melbourne in March, head coach Luisa Mojarrieta has confirmed. Read More

Toward the pre-Olympic test

To Cuban sport the year 2006 wont pass into history as one of the best first level performances and provided that since early in 2007 there will be opportunities enough to measure again our real sportive potentials. Read More

Zulia and Rigondeux: best female and male athletes

Mid-distance runner Zulia Calatayud and boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux were selected as Best Cuban Female and Male Athletes of 2006 Read More

Cuban Wrestlers Get Ready for Champion Gala

Cuba's best Greco-Roman wrestlers are training to compete in the national Champion Gala, scheduled for mid January. The competition, to be held in the Cuban capital, may also be attended by wrestlers from Venezuela and the United States. Read More

Cubas Yulieski Gourriel hits 100th homer

Yulieski Gourriel, star infielder of Sancti Spiritus, belted in his 100th homerun on Thursday helping his team to an extra inning 3-2 win over the Isla de la Juventud, completing a three game sweep in the 2006-2007 Cuban Baseball League. Read More

Cubas Zulia Calatayud top Latin American female athlete

Cuban runner Zulia Calatyud and Venezuelan pitcher Johan Santana were named the top individual Latin American and Caribbean athletes of 2006 in an annual survey conducted by Prensa Latina. The Brazilan mens volleyball team was recognized as the top collective effort. Read More

Funding hike for boxers' training sought

The Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) is seeking between P15 million to P20 million for training of 36 Filipino proletarian boxers so they can better prepare for international bouts. Read More

Warriors get opportunity to play in Cuba

The Warriors will be paired with a local club team with whom they will practise and scrimmage in a gymnasium without lights. So that means the teams can only play while the sun shines. The Cubans might be modest people with humble surroundings, but that doesn't mean they don't take their basketball seriously. Read More

Cuba's Bruzon faces off Ivanchuk at Mexican Chess Tournament

Just as it was expected, Cuban Grand Master Lazaro Bruzon (2648), and Ukraine's Vasily Ivanchuk (2741) will face each other today at final match of the international chess tournament Carlos Torre Repetto in Memorian, which is underway in this city since December 14. Read More

Venez, Cuba, Brazil win sports poll

Venezuelan Johan Santana, Cuban Zulia Calatayud and Brazilian volleyball players won Prensa Latinas survey on the best Latin American and Caribbean sportspeople in 2006. The US pitcher Santana, Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell and Brazilian soccer player Ronaldinho Gaucho won first prizes of this annual survey. Read More

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