SPORTS

Cuba’s oldest baseball player approaches his historic goal

Published on: December 25, 2023
09:16

Las Tunas, Cuba, December 25 (Prensa Latina) Danel Castro, a 47-year-old Cuban baseball player, will try to get closer to 2,500 hits on Monday, in the last game of the regular stage of the 2nd Elite League.

Cuban Luis Orta could be the best Latin American athlete of 2023

Published on: December 19, 2023
11:58

Havana, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) After adding another vote today, Cuban wrestler Luis Orta could be elected as the male winner of the annual poll of the Prensa Latina news agency to choose the best athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Yulimar, Orta and Fluminense lead Prensa Latina’s sports poll

Published on: December 16, 2023
13:50

Havana, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas, Cuban wrestler Luis Orta and Brazil's football team Fluminense keep a wide lead on Saturday in Prensa Latina's annual sports poll, one week before closing.

Israel killed 64 athletes and sports-related personnel in Gaza

Published on: December 9, 2023
09:30

Ramallah, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) The Israeli army has killed 64 athletes and sports-related personnel in the Gaza Strip since the onset of the war on October 7, the Palestinian Olympic Committee condemned Saturday.

China’s collaboration with El Salvador grows

Published on: December 2, 2023
00:15

San Salvador, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Despite the decline in exports from El Salvador to the Chinese market, collaboration between the two countries is strengthening, according to media reports.

59th edition of Prensa Latina’s Sports Survey opens

Published on: November 30, 2023
13:05

Havana, Nov 30 (Prensa Latina) The 59th edition of Prensa Latina's Sports Survey opened on Thursday to choose the best athletes and teams from Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023.

South Korea wants to hold the best youth Olympics in history

Published on: November 27, 2023
13:30

Seoul, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) The newly appointed president of the Organizing Committee of the upcoming Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games, Choi Jong-gu, said today that South Korea wants to hold the best such event in history.

Cuba is ready to host Afide 2023

Published on: November 25, 2023
01:00

Havana, Nov 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is ready to host the 10th International Convention on Physical Activity and Sports (Afide 2023), Dr. C. Mélix Ilisástigui told a press conference on Friday.

Cuban table tennis player Yunier Fernandez is close to a medal (+Photos)

Published on: November 17, 2023
12:22

Santiago de Chile, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Yunier Fernandez took another important step towards the medals today by defeating Fernando Eberhardt from Argentina 3-0, in the second day of table tennis of the VII Parapan American Games Santiago 2023.

Lula regrets lack of idols in Brazilian soccer

Published on: October 31, 2023
13:30

Brasilia, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday regretted the lack of true idols in Brazilian soccer, and described Argentine player Lionel Messi as an example for young people to follow.

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