Cuban male volleyball team defeated Japan on Friday in its first appearance in the 23 Edition of the World League. The Cubans won in the Japanese city of Hamamatsu with scores of 25-22, 28-26 and 25-20, after react in the second set, in which they were losing for a while.»
The general director of the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports of Mexico (Conade), Bernardo de la Garza, arrived in Cuba on Wednesday.»
Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles will compete for the first time in the United States in June, Jorge Luis Aguilera, member of the Technical Committee of the Cuban Athletics Federation, said on Wednesday.»
With the performance of important British bands, the stadiums Hyde Park and Victoria Park will host a free festival of music to combine with sports during the next Olympics, it was reported here on Monday.»
Cuban men’s volleyball team debuted with a victory at the NORCECA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, after defeating Puerto Rico in Long Beach by 3-0 (25-20, 25-18 and 25-18).»
Another excellent performance by Matanzas Jorge Alberto Martinez led his team to semis in the West region by defeating 4×3 Sancti Spiritus Roosters, a squad eliminated once more in these key phase of the Cuban baseball seasons.»
The long-cherished dream has just come true. Cuban athlete Dayaris Mestre will be in London, thus, becoming the first female judo competitor from Sancti Spiritus province that has ever participated in Olympic Games.»
Cuba defeated host Mexico in straight sets (25-17, 25-14, 25-9) on Tuesday to win Pool B of the North, Central American and Caribbean (NORCECA) Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament that is underway in Tijuana, and in the process advanced directly to the semifinals of the competition.»
With a knockout victory (11×1), Sancti Spiritus has Matanzas up against the walls and achieved the third victory in the seven-game playoff of the West zone in the 51st Cuban baseball national season.»
Sancti Spiritus’s female judo athlete Dayaris Mestre was awarded one of the four gold medals won by the Cuban team at the Pan American Judo Championship.»
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