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OLYMPIC GAMES
Unbeatable Usain Bolt Races his Last Olympic Games
Two days before turning 30, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt will come out to race what he anticipated will be his last final in Olympic Games, the relay 4×100 meters»
Cuba Wins Fourth Gold Medal in Rio de Janeiro
Julio Cesar La Cruz (81 kg) gave Cuba its fourth gold medal when beating Kazakh Adilbek Niyasymbetov at Rio Olympic Games»
Sancti Spiritus Boxer Yosbany Veitía to Fight for Bronze
Yosbany Veitía (52 kg) beat 3-0 Moroccan Achraf Kharroubi in their first fight in Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games»
Cuban Wrestler Mijain Lopez Wins Third Title in Olympics
Cuban Mijain Lopez (130 kg) achieved the triple Olympic crown by beating 6-0 Turkish Riza Kayaalp in the final of the Greco-Roman wrestling tournament of Rio 2016 Olympic Games»
Borrero Wins Cuba’s First Olympic Medal in Rio de Janeiro
Greco-Roman wrestler Ismael Borrero (59kg) won Cuba’s first gold medal of this year’s Río Olympic Games, after defeating Shinobu Ota of Japan, by technical superiority in the final»
Johannys Argilagos Secures First Medal for Cuba at Rio 2016
49kg World Champion Johannys Argilagos defeated Kenya’s Peter Warui by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27 and 30-26), to secure Cuba its first medal (bronze) of the 2016 Río Olympic Games»
Baseball, Softball to Return in 2020 Olympics
The World Baseball Softball Confederation welcomed the decision of the IOC Session to approve adding baseball and softball to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020»
Cuban Athletes Ready for Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Cuban First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel handed the Cuban banner to two-time Olympic champion in wrestling Mijain Lopez, who will be the flag bearer in Rio»
Best of Cuban Track and Field to Compete in London Olympics
Cuba will have a discreet delegation to the 30th Olympic Games in London, UK in 2012, but the passionate followers of the sport in the island trust the outstanding performance of athletics and boxing.»