Venezuelan executive Vice-President Jorge Arreaza stressed sports cooperation between Cuba and his country under the Barrio Adentro Deportivo program, which was implemented by Hugo Chavez.»
Cuban pitcher Norberto Gonzalez, Olympic champion in Athens-2004 confirmed his retirement from active baseball after 15 seasons in the island’s national sport.»
The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team completed an historic five-game sweep of Cuba with a 5-3 win on Tuesday night at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.»
Cuba suffered its fourth loss (2-3) in as many games against the U.S. university team durin g the penultimate game of the bilateral match between the two squads.»
Four USA Baseball Collegiate National Team pitchers combined to hold Cuba to four hits and didn’t allow a runner past first base en route to a 1-0 victory Saturday night.»
Matt Chapman’s two-out single in the 11th inning gave the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team a 2-1 victory over Cuba in game one of the Friendship Series.»
Ariel Martinez, one of the forgotten for a long time in Cuban football, was crucial in his team’s dream of moving to quarterfinals as one of the best third-placed.»
Cuba won the men’s Para Pan American Judo Championship tournament for blind and visually impaired, in Colorado Springs, United States, with two gold and three silver medals, and women added another scepter.»
Yulieski Gourriel and Ismel Jiménez are part of the baseball preselection to travel Monday to the United States for friendly games with local university teams.»
Cuban baseball continues to compete at an international level in 2013 summer; the friendly dual meet vs. USA and Canada’s World Baseball Challenge are next in the agenda.»
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