Sancti Spiritus Roosters are hosts to Las Tunas Woodcutters as actions continue on Tuesday in the 51st Cuban Baseball National Season. The lumbermen top the East along with Villa Clara Orangemen by holding a 33-20 record.»
Carlos Perez Palacio won the Go National Championship by defeating Santiago Alvarez Marin during the final day of the tournament held in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba. Second and third positioned participants were local residents.»
After a long period of medical treatment, former baseball player Lourdes Gourriel, son to Sancti Spiritus, a central Cuban province, recovers in Havana from a cardiovascular affection detected in January.»
The central Cuban city of Sancti Spiritus is currently visited by a Japanese delegation that will attend the National Go Championship to take place this weekend. They visitor came to foster the practice of this board game.»
Three players from Sancti Spiritus baseball team are included in the West squad that is to face its similar from the East, in the Cuban Baseball All-Star Game to take place next Sunday in the Victoria Giron Stadium, in Matanzas.»
The 43th Cerro Pelado-Granma International Tournament will continue on Monday with fights in the 60- and 74-kilogram divisions in the Greco-Roman style, and 48, 51 and 55 kgs in the women”s category.»
Sancti Spiritus Roosters swept Pinar del Rio Lowlanders, current champions of the Cuban baseball, by beating those 6-5 in the last of the three game series played in the Jose Antonio Huelga stadium, home to the former.»
Despite losing the three game series vs. Villa Clara Orangemen, Sancti Spiritus fans left the stadium pleased with their team. Roosters took the worst part again in the Cuban baseball national season, this time facing the best team in the championship.»
More than 25 wrestlers of the United States will participate in the Granma-Cerro Pelado International Tournament, from February 10-16, the media reported on Tuesday.»
Sancti Spiritus boxer Yosvany Veitia is part of the Cuban team, headed by world champions Lazaro Alvarez and Julio Cesar La Cruz, that is to participate in the Bocskai Memorial Tournament in Debrecen, Hungary between February 8th to 11th.»
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