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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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