Olympics

Venezuela rejects UNHCR’s method to include refugees in the Olympics

Published on: May 4, 2024
08:16

Caracas, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela rejected the method implemented by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to include a compatriot who does not meet that condition of refugee in the Olympic team.

INDER vice president concludes working agenda in France

Published on: April 24, 2024
12:49

Havana, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) The vice president of Cuba’s National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER), Omar Venegas, concluded his working agenda Paris, according to a press release published in the digital sports media Jit on Wednesday.

Cuba and Spain take new steps to strengthen sports ties

Published on: April 19, 2024
12:41

Madrid, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and Spain on Friday took new steps to strengthen sports ties, following a meeting in Havana between senior leaders from the sector in both countries.

Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas to miss the Olympic Games

Published on: April 12, 2024
14:58

Madrid, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas, world record holder in the long jump posted on X that she will not be able to attend the Paris 2024 Olympic Games due to an injury in the Achilles tendon of her left leg.

Russia does not intend to create alternatives to the Olympic Games

Published on: April 11, 2024
13:42

Moscow, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) Russia does not intend to create an alternative to the Olympic Games, the Russian Minister of Sports Oleg Matytsin assured on Thursday in this capital on the round table Sports Games of the Brics countries.

Cuba grants four Olympic places in shooting sports

Published on: April 8, 2024
14:53

Havana, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) Cubans Leuris Pupo, Laina Perez, Lisbet Hernandez and Jorge Alvarez were granted on Monday their respective tickets for the Olympic shooting in Paris 2024.

La Cruz, focused on making Olympic boxing history

Published on: April 7, 2024
10:58

Varadero, Cuba, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban boxer Julio Cesar La Cruz reaffirmed on Sunday that his main season dream is to win the crown at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which would place him among the greater boxers in history.

Officials hail use of tech to boost efficiency

Published on: September 26, 2023
22:26

Beijing.- Olympic Council of Asia officials praised the efficiency of the Hangzhou Asian Games' opening ceremony and competition events in six host cities, with a particular emphasis on the use of digital technologies to optimize speed and smoothness.

Cuban pentathletes train in France for Pan-American Games

Published on: September 11, 2023
09:04

Paris, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuban pentathletes, both men and women, are training in France with a view to the Pan-American Games Santiago 2023, as a result of solidarity and cooperation, the Cuba Cooperation France Association (CubaCoop) noted on Monday.

Cuba to face difficult trial at Pan-Am cycling championship

Published on: April 18, 2023
13:10

Panama, Apr 18 (Prensa Latina) Five Cuban cyclists, including four women and one man, are competing until Sunday in the 37th Pan-American Road Cycling Championship in Panama.

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