Sport

Sancti Spiritus volleyball player Osniel Melgarejo was awarded the rookie of the year recognition, while Mijaín López and Idalis Ortiz were chosen as best athletes of the year»

Escambray reproduces the opinions of some outstanding sport personalities who tells  thier own experinces with the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro»

The North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) made the anouncement on November 18th, as reported by the president of the association, Victor López in Havana»

Cuban runners Henry Jaen and Misleidys Vargas were the protagonists of this authentic party in the streets of Havaa, after they took the lead to become the marathon male and female winners, respectively»

A baseball match for the visually impaired will be held between teams from Cuba and Italy during the second half of November, which will be the first international event of this type involving Cuban athletes. Cuban blind people first practiced this sport in 2000 with Italian teachers Alfredo Mellit and Patricia Bombardieris, twelve years before the Italian Baseball League for »

The traditional Cuban marathon, Marabana, will have a record number of participants this year, according to the list updated five days before it is held in the Cuban capital»

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt appears again among the three finalists in the men’s category Athlete of the Year of the International Athletics Federation (IAAF)»

The 1-1 draw with Saint Lucia in their last match for Group B denied Cubans the possibility to earn one of the five berths to the CONCACAF finals, which grants tickets to the South Korea 2017 World Cup»

The acquisition of sports equipment and uniforms for athletes at high prices in third countries is among the damages suffered by Cuban sport because of the US blockade»

Daviel Gómez will be the only athlete of Sancti Spiritus to play in the All-Star Game of baseball to take place next October 29th, in the Cuban city of Matanzas»