SPORTS

Diaz-Canel highlights young Cuban athletes’ performances in Colombia

Published on: December 4, 2021
09:16

Havana, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday congratulated the Cuban athletes who are participating in the Cali-Valle 2021 Youth Pan-American Games, which are taking place in Colombia, for their outstanding performances.

Sport Stars: Exceptional Babe

Published on: November 21, 2021
08:23

Havana.- An unforgiving disease eventually defeated her, but before that she showed her love and dedication to sport. Such was the case of Mildred "Babe" Didrikson, of US-Norwegian descent, who is part of that group of protagonists with a deserved qualification of feats.

Cuban president congratulates sports movement

Published on: November 19, 2021
10:03

Havana, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel congratulated workers and professionals of the national sports movement on today's celebration of Physical Culture and Sports Day in the country.

Chavez and Capiro celebrate new recognition of Cuban baseball

Published on: October 19, 2021
12:11

Havana (Prensa Latina) Two Cuban baseball glories and former members of the national team, Pedro Chavez and Armando Capiro, are celebrating the designation of that sport as Cuba's cultural heritage on Tuesday.

Cuba’s Arlenis Sierra wins in Varesine, moves up in cycling ranking

Published on: October 5, 2021
13:27

Varesine, Italy, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuban route cyclist Arlenis Sierra won the first edition of Italy's Tre Valli Varesine, and climbed up to the 23rd place in the world ranking in that sport as the best in Latin America.

Cuba’s first Olympic boxing champion dies

Published on: September 22, 2021
15:10

Havana, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban sports movement on Wednesday announced the death of Orlando Martinez Romero, who was Cuba's first Olympic boxing champion after the triumph of the Revolution in 1959.

France investigates 533 cases of sexual violence in sports

Published on: September 14, 2021
12:53

Paris, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) The French Ministry of Sports is investigating 533 complaints of sexual abuse, linked to sports, Minister Roxana Maracineanu assured in statements to Franceinfo on Tuesday.

Cuban sports delegation on working visit to Japan

Published on: September 9, 2021
16:06

Tokyo, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) A delegation headed by the first vice president of the Cuban Sports Institute (INDER), Raul Fornes, is holding meetings with authorities from the main baseball franchises in Japan on Thursday.

Cuban sports movement mourns Giraldo Gonzalez’s death

Published on: August 28, 2021
14:16

Havana, (Prensa Latina) The Cuban sports movement on Saturday lamented the death by Covid-19 of Giraldo Gonzalez, a prominent shortstop of the Pinar del Rio team and the national baseball series. On his Twitter account, the president of the Cuban Sports Institute (INDER), Osvaldo Vento, confirmed the news, which has moved baseball and the entire sports family in the country.

Sports games for war-wounded conclude in Syria

Published on: August 24, 2021
10:49

Damascus (Prensa Latina) The first sports games for military wounded during the anti-terrorist operations, concluded this Monday in the sports facilities of the Syrian coastal city of Latakia.

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