Boxer Julio Cesar La Cruz and discus thrower Yarelis Barrios were selected Cuba’s Best Athletes in 2011 on Monday. La Cruz, world and Pan-American champion, and Barrios, winner of the Diamond League and Pan-American champion, won nearly all votes.»

In individual sports the selected athletes were Yumari Gonzalez (cycling) and Serguey Torres (canoeing). Yumari was silver-medalled in Guadalajara Pan American Games and in the ALBA Games.  She finished 6th in the World Cup.»

Although Sancti Spiritus baseball team was defeated by Ciego de Avila’s 4-3 in the Sunday game, Roosters won the three-game series 2-1 while maintaining the second position of the Western region in the 51st Cuban baseball national season.»

Golden hit by Yuliesky Gourriel in the 10th inning gave Sancti Spiritus victory over Ciego de Avila 4-3 in the Friday night game of the 51st Cuban Baseball Championship. Tigers took the lead in the very first inning by Rusney Castillo’s solo homer before Roosters’ ace Ismel Jimenez.»

Roosters will go for a run of good luck when they face runners up in the Cuban Baseball Golden Season: Ciego de Avila Tigers. The encounters are to be played in Sancti Spiritus soil, in the Jose Antonio Huelga Stadium, during the weekend. This is roosters’ 5th three-game series in …»

A team of Cuban boxers will train in Europe for the 2012 London Olympics, said National Boxing Federation President Alberto Puig.»

An excellent performance of Matanzas lefty Yosvani Fonseca, give victory to Crocodiles over Sancti Spiritus Roosters in the 4th three-game series of the 51st Cuban baseball national season. Thus, Victor Mesa’s players defeated Zamora’s 7×2 in the Victoria Giron Stadium while tying in the top of the Western region.»

With a stable performance during the beginning of the 51st Cuban baseball season, Sancti Spiritus team top the Western region as they start on Monday the 4th three-game series vs. Matanzas Crocodiles. They currently hold a 6-3 record after having won subseries vs. Pinar del Rio, Santiago de Cuba and …»

A seven-men squad led by Arnold Alcolea will represent Cuba at the 47th Cycling Tour of Costa Rica, scheduled for December 16-28. Alcolea -two-time champion of the annual Vuelta a Cuba cycling tour and leader of the point classification in Costa Rica last year- will be accompanied by Yasmani Martinez, …»

by Prensa Latina The Cuban men’s team defeated its counterpart of Brazil 3-2 on Monday in the 2011 Volleyball World Cup and totaled its fifth victory with two defeats, while group-leaders Poland and Russia also won on this date.»