An attractive three-game series began Monday between baseball teams from Sancti Spiritus and Cienfuegos in the Jose Antonio Huelga Stadium, home to the former. Both teams involve in the fight for the qualifying tickets of the West zone to play off.»
Sancti Spiritus got to sweep Industriales Lions for the first time in the 51st Cuban baseball national season by defeating them on Monday with 12-5 score and Yuliesky Gourriel’s 21st homer.»
An attractive three-game series began Saturday between Industriales Blue Lions and Sancti Spiritus Roosters in the latter’s headquarters, the Jose Antonio Huelga Stadium.»
The upcoming Olympic Games in London will be the greenest in history due to the environmental actions taken in the construction of facilities, said British Ambassador to Ecuador Linda Cross. She told Andes news agency that low-cost buildings will be constructed for the Olympics and that 97 percent of the materials used were recycled, thus minimizing spendings in monetary and »
Roosters catcher Eriel Sanchez shot his 200 homer in national seasons while Ismel Jimenez celebrated two important achievements: his 12th victory in the tournament and the thousand innings worked .»
As part of the terrorist tactic to assassinate prominent figures in Syrian society, an armed group shot boxing champion Ghiath Tayfour to death in the northwestern city of Aleppo, the news agency SANA reported.»
Cuban triple jumpers Mabel Gay and Yargeris Savigne classified during the final day at the World Indoor Track which is based this city.»
Eleven Cuban athletes will participate in the IAAF World Indoor Championships to be held in the city of Istanbul, Turkey, from March 9-10, local authorities said.»
Outstanding former baseball player Lourdes Gourriel returned to his home in Sancti Spiritus after a long hospitalization in Havana due to a cardiac disorder. He said he was glad to be back and promised to stick to the prescribed medical treatment.»
Even with their ace Ismel Jimenez on the box Roosters could not defeat Woodcutters and lowered to the 6th position in the West standings of the 51st Cuban baseball national season, as Metropolitanos tied in the 4th with Pinar del Rio.»
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