Sancti Spiritus Rolando Cepeda and captain of the Cuban team Wilfredo Leon, were both key elements in their country qualifying for 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League Finals after beating Serbia on Thursday.»
With two wins and three defeats, Sancti Spiritus junior baseball team finished in the fourth place in the final stage held in their own headquarters, a bad result taking into consideration last year’s second position.»
The team from Havana, current champion of Cuban Junior Baseball, defeated runners up Sancti Spiritus 10-0 in the finals of the national championship held in the Cuban central territory.»
From June 19th to 24th Sancti Spiritus is venue to the final stage of the Cuban Junior Baseball Championship, this time accompanied with rains and the need to propose a new scheduled for the coming confrontations.»
The Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, dedicated his latest reflection to the recent deceased Cuban boxer Teofilo Stevenson.»
Fidel: “Teofilo Stevenson deserves the recognition of the Cuban people for his athletic success derived from his discipline, his dedication to the sport, his courage, his moral (…) We believe that he set an example even more valuable than that, and it’s evidenced in the moment he was spoken of the possibility of winning a million dollars.»
“It is the result of the training I had”, said Yulieski Gourriel, the only member of the Roosters baseball squad included in the All Star Team, when interviewed by Escambray.»
The Cuban men’s volleyball team defeated Zcheck Republic, its first if three rivals, in 4 fought sets (27-29, 25-23, 25-23, 25-21) in the 2010 Olympic Qualification held in Germany.»
The Cuban men’s volleyball team will have to defeat three rivals to get the only ticket to London offered by the pre-Olympic championship in the German capital. The island’s group is about to start its fight this morning against the Zcheck Republic.»
Cuba took revenge on Korea after being defeated in the past pre-olympic tourney and beat the Asian team 3-2 (23-25, 27-25, 25-18, 23-25, 15-11) in a heart-breaking match, as reported by the FIVB (International Volleyball Federation) website.»
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