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Cuban
Judokas Win Open Tournament in Belgium
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan
30 (acn) The Cuban national women’s judo team —with four crowns, a
silver, and a bronze medal— won the Open Tournament of Arlon, held
over the weekend in that Belgian city with the participation of 249
representatives from 19 countries.
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Cuban Resort of Varadero to Host
International Golf Tournament
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan
26 (acn) The Fourth Montecristo Golf Cup has been scheduled for
March 19-21 at the Golf Course of the Varadero tourist resort in the
central Cuban province of Matanzas.
Cuban
Chess GM Bruzon Climbs to Second in Tata Steel Broup B
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan
24 (acn) Cuban Grand Master Lazaro Bruzon won his second game in a
row to climb to the second position in the Group B of the Tata Steel
tournament, underway in Holland.
Cuban Road
Cyclists to Compete in VI San Luis Tour, Argentina
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan
23 (acn) National champion Arnold Alcolea heads the Cuban sextet of
road cyclists, which will compete from this Monday through the 29th,
in the sixth Tour de San Luis, Argentina, rated 2.1 by the
International Cycling Union.
Cubans Tennis Players to participate in Slovenia Open
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan
23 (acn) The Cuban table tennis players Andy Pereira and Jorge
Campos Moses will take part in from January 25 through the 29 at the
second stop of the 2012 Pro Tour, which shall be held in the
Slovenian town of Velenje.
Varadero to Host Phase of
NORCECA’s 2012 Beach Volleyball Circuit
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan
16 (acn) The Varadero tourist resort, in the central Cuban province
of Matanzas, will host the ninth phase of the 2012 Beach Volleyball
Circuit of the North, Central American and Caribbean Volleyball
Confederation (NORCECA), which will increase this year the number of
stages (men’s and women’s) to 18.
Cuban Lisandra Guerra Wins Gold Medal
in World Cycling Cup
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan
13 (acn) Cuban Lisandra Guerra won the gold medal in the women’s
500m Time Trial event of the third stage of the World Track Cycling
Cup that is taking place in Beijing, China.
US Mentor
Acknowledges Quality of Cuban Baseball
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan
7 (acn) Steve Lyon, manager of the Lakers team
of the Grand Valley
University, in the United States, praised the
quality of Cuban baseball and its worldwide fame.
Cuban Team
to Participate in Cycling Tour of San Luis in
Argentina
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan
6 (acn) Arnold Alcolea, the only Cuban
representative qualified for the track cycling
event of the London 2012 Olympic Games, heads
the team of the Caribbean nation that will
compete in the Sixth Tour of San Luis,
Argentina, scheduled for January 23-29.
Cuban GM
Leinier Dominguez Advanced to Semifinals of
Donostia Chess Festival
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan
4 (acn) Cuban Grand Master (GM) Leinier Dominguez advanced to the
semifinal stage of the prestigious annual
Donostia Chess Festival that is under way in the
northern Spanish city of San Sebastian.
The Michigan Baseball Team
to Play Three Games in Cuba this Week
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan
4 (acn) The Lakers baseball team, from the Grand
Valley University of
Michigan, United States, will play three games
in Havana this week against a local university
team.
Best Cuban
Sportspeople in 2011 Announced in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec
27 (acn) Boxer Julio Cesar la Cruz and discus thrower Yarelis
Barrios were selected the best Cuban athletes in
individual sports in 2011.
Cuban
Wrestler Elected to Athletes’ Commission of Pan
American Sports Organization
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec
27 (acn) Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez
was elected as one of the five members of the
Athletes’ Commission of the Pan American Sports
Organization (PASO)
Cuba to
Announce 2011 Top Sports Persons
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec
26 (acn) The best Cuban sports persons in 2011,
a long-awaited list by sports specialists and
enthusiasts in a year of Pan American Games and
important world cups and championships, will be
announced Monday.
Cuban GM
Fidel Corrales Won Carlos Torre Chess Memorial
in Mexico
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec
21 (acn) Cuban Grand Master (GM) Fidel Corrales
won the annual Carlos Torre Chess Memorial that
concluded on Tuesday in Yucatan, Mexico.
Three Cubans
Inducted into Hall of Fame of CAC Athletics
Confederation
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec
19 (acn) Cuba’s World and Olympic medalists
Ioamnet Quintero (women’s High Jump), Aliecer
Urrutia (men’s Triple Jump) and Yoel Garcia (men’s
Triple Jump) were inducted into the Hall of Fame
of the Central American and Caribbean Athletics
Confederation (CACAC) during a ceremony held on
Sunday at Havana’s Melia Cohiba Hotel.
Cuba Secures
53 Tickets to London Olympic Games
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec
13 (acn) After several qualifying events and
only seven months until the beginning of London
2012 Olympic Games, Cuba has already 53
sportspeople qualified for the quadrennial event,
while there are still possibilities in a dozen
disciplines during the first few months of the
upcoming year.
Cuban GM
Lazaro Bruzon Won JAVH MacGregor Chess Open
Tournament
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec
12 (acn) Cuban Grand Master (GM) Lazaro Bruzon
won the Second JAVH MacGregor Chess Open
Tournament that concluded on Sunday in the
Colombian city of Bogota.
Bronze Medal
for Cuban Judoka at Grand Slam Tournament in
Tokyo
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec
9 (acn) Cuban judoka Yanet Bermoy won the bronze
medal of the women’s 52-kilo category during the
first day of competitions at the Grand Slam of
Tokyo that began on Friday in the Japanese
capital.
Cuba to
Participate in Costa Rica’s Annual Cycling Tour
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec
8 (acn) A seven-men squad led by Arnold Alcolea
will represent Cuba at the 47th Cycling Tour of
Costa Rica, scheduled for December 16-28.
GM Lazaro
Bruzon: Favorite at JAVH MacGregor Chess Open
Tournament
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec
6 (acn) Cuban Grand Master (GM) Lazaro Bruzon is one of the pre-tournament
favorites attending the Second JAVH MacGregor
Chess Open that begins on Tuesday in the
Colombian city of Bogota.
Cuban Judoka
Leaves Today for Japan’s Grand Slam
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec
6 (acn) Cuban judoka Asley Gonzalez leaves
Tuesday for Japan to participate on December
9-11 at the Grand Slam of Tokyo, which will add
points for the world rankings.
Int’l Sports
Convention Kicks Off in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec
6 (acn) The Fourth International Convention of Spots and Physical
Activity (AFIDE 2011) began on Tuesday at
Havana’s Convention Center with the
participation of more than 400 delegates from 29
countries.
Cuba Placed
Fifth at Men’s World Volleyball Cup
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec
5 (acn) Cuba finished in the fifth place of the
International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men’s
World Cup that concluded over the weekend in
several Japanese cities.
More Than
400 Delegates to Attend Int’l Sports Convention
in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov
30 (acn) More than 400 delegates from 29
countries have confirmed their participation in
the Fourth International Convention of Spots and
Physical Activity (AFIDE 2011), scheduled for
December 5-8 at Havana’s Convention Center.
Cuba Downs
Top-Ranked Brazil at Men’s World Cup of
Volleyball
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov
28 (acn) After beating World No. 3 Italy on Sunday, the Cuban
national men’s volleyball squad edged pre-tournament
favorite and triple world champions Brazil 3-2
(17-25, 25-22, 25-23, 20-25, 15-12) on Monday to
post one of the biggest surprises thus far of
the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB)
Men’s World Cup that is under way in several
Japanese cities.
Leinier
Dominguez Wrapped Up Excellent Performance at
Championship of Spanish Chess Clubs
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov
28 (acn) Cuban Grand Master (GM) Leinier
Dominguez tied with Ukrainian GM Ruslan
Ponomariov and thus wrapped up his superb
performance in the Division of Honor of the
Spanish Championship of Chess Clubs that
concluded on Saturday in the Spanish enclave of
Melilla.
Cuba to Host
Int’l Convention on Sports
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov
26 (acn) The Fourth International Convention on
Sports and Physical Activity (AFIDE 2011) is
scheduled for December 5-8 in Havana with the
participation of nearly 400 specialists from 23
countries.
Leinier
Dominguez Continues Superb Performance at
Championship of Spanish Chess Clubs
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov
25 (acn) Cuban Grand Master (GM) Leinier
Dominguez beat Indian GM Pentala Harikrishna on
Thursday and thus continued his excellent
performance in the Division of Honor of the
Spanish Championship of Chess Clubs that is
under way in the Spanish enclave of Melilla.
Leinier
Dominguez Unbeaten After Four Rounds at
Championship of Spanish Chess Clubs
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov
24 (acn) Cuban Grand Master (GM) Leinier
Dominguez beat Armenian GM Gabriel Sargissian
and Ukrainian GM Sergey Fedorchuk on Wednesday
and thus remained undefeated after three days of
competition in the Division of Honor of the
Spanish Championship of Chess Clubs that is
under way in the Spanish enclave of Melilla.
Leinier
Dominguez Ties in Second Day of Championship of
Spanish Chess Clubs
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov
23 (acn) Cuban Grand Master (GM) Leinier
Dominguez tied with local GM Francisco Vallejo
in the second day of competitions of the
Division of Honor of the Spanish Championship of
Chess Clubs that is under way in the Spanish
enclave of Melilla.
Cuban
Leinier Dominguez Wins in Debut at Championship
of Spanish Chess Clubs
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov
22 (acn) Cuban Grand Master (GM) Leinier
Dominguez beat Russian GM Alexey Dreev during
the opening round of the Division of Honor of
the Spanish Championship of Chess Clubs that
began on Monday afternoon in the Spanish enclave
of Melilla.
Cuba
Defeated Host Japan in Men’s World Cup of
Volleyball
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov
22 (acn) Cuba beat host Japan 3-0 (25-21, 25-23,
25-22) on Tuesday and in the process improved
their win-loss record to 2-1 at the
International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men’s
World Cup that is under way in several Japanese
cities.
Cuban
Taekwondo Experts Secure Three Berths for London
2012 Olympic Games
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov
21 (acn) Cuban taekwondo experts Robelis
Despaigne (80 kg), Nidia Muñoz (57 kg) and
Glenhis Hernandez (67 kg) secured tickets to the
London 2012 Olympic Games during a regional
Olympic qualifier held over the weekend in the
Mexican city of Queretaro.
Three
More Crowns and World Record for Cuba at Parapan
American Games
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 18 (acn) Cuban representatives
won three gold medals and set a world record on
Thursday to help the Caribbean nation remain in
the fourth spot of the standings of the Fourth
Parapan American Games that are under way in the
Mexican city of Guadalajara.
Cuba Climbs
to Fourth Place of Parapan American Games
HAVANA, Cuba,
Nov 17 (acn) Cuba climbed on Wednesday to the fourth spot in the
standings of the Fourth Parapan American Games
that are under way in the Mexican city of
Guadalajara.
Belarus
Sports Official Studies Cooperation with Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba,
Nov 15 (acn) Belarus Sports First deputy
Minister Grigory Kosyachenko met with Cuban
ambassador Alfredo Nieves to receive an update
of the Cuban sports movement.
Cuban
Breaks World Record at Parapan Games despite
Racing Alone
HAVANA, Cuba,
Nov 14 (acn) 16 (acn) Cuban Yunidis Castillo raced alone in the T46
200 meters events, a decision she made to honor
the Cuban sports movement
and broke her own world record in the Telmex
Stadium, in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Cuban
Swimmer Wins First Gold Medal at 2011 Parapan
American Games
GUADALAJARA,
Mexico, Nov 14 (acn) Cuban swimmer Lorenzo Perez
won the first gold medal for the Cuban
delegation taking part at the Fourth Parapan
American Games in Guadalajara.
Cuba to Face
Poland in Debut at Men’s World Cup of Volleyball
HAVANA, Cuba,
Nov 14 (acn) Cuba will face Poland on November 20 in their debut at
the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB)
Men’s World Cup scheduled for several Japanese
cities.
Parapan
American Games Inaugurated
HAVANA, Cuba,
Nov 13 (acn) The 4th Parapan American Games were inaugurated on
Saturday evening (7:00 p.m., local time) at the
Telmex Athletics Stadium in Guadalajara, with a
call to the
world for inclusive sports, accessible to all.
Cuban GM
Lazaro Bruzon Leads Field of JAVG Mac Gregor
Chess
HAVANA, Cuba,
Nov 11 (acn) Cuban Grand Master (GM) Lazaro Bruzon leads the field
of the Second JAVG MacGregor Chess Tournament
scheduled for December 6-11 in the Colombian
city of Bogota.
Cuban Taekwondo Experts to Compete Soon for Olympic Tickets in
Mexico
HAVANA, Cuba,
Nov 10 (acn) Cuban taekwondo experts will be looking for their
tickets to the London 2012 Olympic Games during a regional qualifier
scheduled for November 18-20 in the Mexican city of Queretaro.
Cuba Received Record Number
of Visitors from Argentina
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 8 (acn) Cuba received from January to October
a record number of 64,705 visitors from Argentina, in a year in
which the island is expected to welcome around 2.7 million
international tourists.
Second and
Third Places for Cuba in Panama Chess Open
HAVANA, Cuba
(acn) The Cubans Walter Arencibia and Aramis
Alvarez ended in the second and third positions
of the recently concluded Panama Chess Open, won
by favorite Dutch GM Sergei Tiviakov.
Cuban Judoka
Wins Gold Medal in Junior World Judo
Championships
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov
7 (acn) Cuban Jose Armenteros won the gold medal
in the men’s 100-kilo category of the Junior
World Judo Championships that concluded on
Sunday in Cape Town, South Africa, with the
participation of 521 judokas from 65 countries.
Cuba’s Delegation to the
Para-Pan-American Games to Depart on Monday
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 5
(acn) The Cuban delegation that will participate in the 4th
Para-Pan-
American Games, to be held from November 12th through the 20th
in Guadalajara, Mexico, will
depart on Monday.
Cuban
Players Lead Latin American Chess Cup in Uruguay
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 3 (acn) After three rounds and
with three victories in as many games, Cuban
Grand Masters (GM) Lazaro Bruzon and Holden
Hernandez
lead the Second Latin American Chess Cup that is
underway in Uruguay.
US Swimmer Nyad Gives Up
again on Attempt to Cross the Florida Strait
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 26 (acn)
The American swimmer Diana Nyad gave up once
again on her attempt to cross the Florida Strait,
after more than 40 hours in the water, covering
67miles of a total of 103 (107.2 kilometers out
of 164.8).
Cuban World
Record Holder Breaks Own Mark in Ball Control
HAVANA,
Cuba, Sept 24 (acn) Cuban Erick Hernandez broke
his own world record in ball control, using only
his tights, without dropping the ball to the
floor for a period of 1:33:29 hours, at the
Copacabana Hotel, in Havana.
Cuba to Face
Panama in Debut at Women’s NORCECA Championship
of Volleyball
HAVANA,
Cuba, Sept 9 (acn) Cuba will face Panama in its
debut at the Women’s North, Central American and
Caribbean (NORCECA) Volleyball Championship that
begins on Tuesday in the Puerto Rican city of
Caguas.
Dayron
Robles Cruises into Diamond League Title
HAVANA,
Cuba, Sep 8 (acn) Setting his season’s best at
13.01, Cuban 110 meter hurdler Dayron Robles
showed a clear recovery from his
disqualification at the Daegu World
Championships, and earned enough points to win
the Diamond League race.
World Chess
Cup: A Victory and a Draw for Cuban Players in
Fourth Round
HAVANA,
Cuba, Sept 6 (acn) Cuban Grand Masters (GM)
Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon began the
fourth round of the World Chess Cup, under way
in the Russian city of Khanty-Mansiysk, with a
victory and a draw, respectively, in the first
of their two classical matches against Hungarian
GM Judit Polgar and Ukrainian GM Ruslan
Ponomariov.
Cuban
Greco-Roman Wrestlers Training in Italy
HAVANA,
Cuba, Sept 5 (acn) Greco-Roman Wrestler Mijain
Lopez, 120 kilogram Olympic champion in Beijing
2008, is heading the group of Cuban athletes now
training in Italy for the World Wrestling
Championship slated for Istanbul, Turkey, from
September 12th through the 18th.
Puerto Rico
Baseball Team to Training Games in Cuba
HAVANA,
Cuba, Aug 24 (acn) The Cuban Baseball Federation
(CBF) announced that the Puerto Rican national
team will travel to Havana to play a series of
training games against Cuba from September 15
through the 18th.
Cuban Dayron
Robles to Compete in Daegu Athletics World
Championship
As a common
saying goes: “render unto Caesar that which is
Caesar’s”, Cuban Dayron Robles, 110 meter
hurdles Olympic champion Beijing 2008, is
getting ready to compete in the 13th World
Championship in Athletics, in Daegu, South Korea,
for assuring his first crown in the history of
those events.
Duos Arrive
in Varadero for Beach Volleyball Circuit
HAVANA,
Cuba, Aug 23 (acn) Duos from Jamaica and Aruba
arrive on Tuesday in Varadero, in the western
province of Matanzas, to participate in the
North, Central American and Caribbean (NORCECA)
Beach Volleyball Circuit, to be held for the
first time in Cuba.
Cuba Wins
World Baseball Challenge in Canada
HAVANA, Cuba (acn)
Cuba beat Chinese Taipei 10-5 on Sunday and in
the process took the crown of the World Baseball
Challenge tournament that concluded in the
Canadian city of Prince George.
Meeting of
ALBA Sports Ministers Held in Venezuela
HAVANA, Cuba (acn)
The president of the Cuban Institute of Sports,
Physical Education and Recreation (INDER),
Christian Jimenez, expressed on Sunday his
satisfaction with the results of the First
Meeting of Sports Ministers of the Bolivarian
Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas (ALBA)
held over the weekend in Venezuela.
Nineteen Countries have
already Confirmed Participation in the ALBA Games
HAVANA, Cuba (acn) A total
of 19 nations have already confirmed their attendance to
the 4th edition of the Games of the Bolivarian Alliance for The
Americas (ALBA), to be held
from July 17th through the 30th in Venezuela.
Cuba
Beats Canada and Remains Undefeated at World Baseball Challenge
HAVANA, Cuba (acn) Cuba came from two runs
down in the seventh inning to beat host Canada 9-4 on Tuesday
and in the process remained undefeated in four outings at the
World Baseball Challenge, which is under way in the Canadian
city of Prince George.
Cuba
Routs Beijing Tigers to Stay Unbeaten at World Baseball Challenge
HAVANA, Cuba (acn) Cuba routed the Beijing
Tigers on Monday 10-0 and in the process remained unbeaten in three
outings at the World Baseball Challenge, which is under way in the
Canadian city of Prince George.
Cuba
Remains Undefeated at World Baseball Challenge
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 11 (acn) Cuba downed
the Chinese Taipei National Team 6-3 on Sunday and in the process
remained undefeated in two outings at the World Baseball Challenge,
which is under way in the Canadian city of Prince George.
Russia Sweeps Cuba in Volleyball World League
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 7 (acn) Russia swept Cuba 3-0
in the second game of the XXII Volleyball World League underway in
the Polish city of Gdansk and is one step away from entering the
Final Four stage.
Cuba
Fights but Loses to Brazil Volleyball World
League
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 6 (acn) Cuba fought hard
before finally losing to favorite Brazil 2-3 in
the first day of the Volleyball World League
finals underway in the Polish city of Gdansk.
Cuban Dayron Robles to
Race in Paris Meeting
HAVANA. Cuba, Jul 6 (acn) Cuban Dayron Robles,
110 meter hurdles Olympic champion, will
participate tomorrow in the Paris meeting , part
of the second IAAF Diamond League.
Cuban Baseball Team
Departs for Canada
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 6 (acn) The Cuban team that
will participate in the World Baseball Challenge
travels today to Canada after a training series
against the team that will attend the ALBA games.
Cuba Changes Manager
before World Baseball Challenge in Canada
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 5 (acn) Eduardo Martin will be
Cuba’s new manager to the World Baseball
Challenge tournament to be held in the Canadian
city of Prince George on July 8-17, replacing
Alfonso Urquiola who was hospitalized due to a
sudden illness.
Cuba
to Face Brazil in Opening Day of FIVB World
League Finals
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 4 (acn) The Cuban national
men’s volleyball team will face defending
champions and world No 1 Brazil on Wednesday in
the opening day of competitions of the Final
Round of the International Volleyball Federation
(FIVB) World League Finals in Gdansk, Poland.
Cuba: 110 meter Hurdler
Dayron Robles Wins in Lausanne
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 30 (acn) Olympic champion
Dayron Robles won the 110 meter hurdles event
when he stopped the clocks at 13.12 seconds in
the Athletissima meeting in Lausanne,
Switzerland.
Cuba Drops 20 positions in
FIFA Ranking
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 30 (acn) Cuba descended 20
positions in the FIFA world ranking after its
disappointing performance in the 2011 Gold Cup
recently held in the United States.
Cuban Barrios Shots for
Gold in Switzerland
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 30 (acn) Cuban discos thrower
Yarelis Barrios, second place in Beijing 2008
and Berlin 2009, won with a 64.29 meter shot the
Diamond League’s Lausanne meeting today.
Cuba Defeats Curacao in
Rotterdam Baseball, Barely
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 29 (acn) The Cuban baseball
squad participating in the World Port Tournament
underway in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, defeated
Curacao 1-0 in the beginning of the second round.
Cuba
Advances to Second Round of Olympic Soccer
Qualification in the Caribbean
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 28 (acn) Heviel Cordoves scored a minute after
entering the match in the second half to lead
host Cuba to a 1-0 victory over Guyana on Monday,
good enough to send the Cuban squad to the
second round of Caribbean soccer qualifying for
the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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