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Cuban Judoist Mariset Espinosa Wins Bronze at Rio Grand Slam
Cuban Judoist Mariset Espinosa (63 kg) won a bronze medal on Saturday at the Río de Janeiro Grand Slam. “The mole,” as she is known among Judoists, made the team at the last moment as a substitute for World bronze medalist Yaritza Abel, who is injured. And she did not disappoint Coach Ronald…
Volleyball-League: Cuba Trounces S. Korea
Seoul, Jun18.- Cuba trounced South Korea today and moved up to second place in Pool D of the men''s Volleyball World League, with a total of four wins and three losses, while South Korea had 3-4. The Cubans played sets of 25-20, 25-22 and 25-20 in the city of Gwangju, and the win gave Cuba three …
Sports and recreation at San Juan de Dios People's Council
By Pablo Labrada Olivera / Radio Cadena Agramonte.piti@rcagramonte.icrt.cu Colonial-era houses and paving stones are distinctive characteristics of San Juan de Dios People's Council, a place located at the historic core of the city of Camagüey, in eastern Cuba, within the portion of town proclaimed…
Massive Participation in Olympic Day Run in Cuba on Saturday
Havana, Cuba, Jun 18.- The annual Olympic Day Run, held on Saturday in the 169 municipalities of the country with the participation of thousands of people, served as opening event of a series of sports and recreational activities organized by the Cuban Olympic Committee and the Cuban Institute of Sp…
IAAF, Czech Republic, decathlete, Leonel Suarez, Kladno, Gotzis, Austria
Havana, Cuba, Jun 16.- Cuban decathlete Leonel Suarez won the gold medal of one the third stop of the 2011 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge that took place on Wednesday and Thursday in the Czech city of Kladno. The Cuban 2008 Olympic silver medallist in Beijing accumulated 8,231 points to rel…
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Omen of a Sad Reality for Cuba

By Leonardo Pupo Pupo/ Taken from ACN

The recent elimination of the Cuban soccer team in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup showed the condition of this sport that raises passion in Cuba, even tough it is not the national sport.
United States, Champion of Hemingway Fishing Tournament
Havana, Cuba, Jun 13.- The crew aboard the DE-Bait Able boat from the United States was the champion of the Cuba-hosted 61st International Marlin Fishing Tournament Ernest Hemingway after capturing four marlins. According to the organizers of the event, hosted every year by Marina Hemingway in Ha…
Cuba Finished Second in Montreaux Volleyball Masters Tourney
Havana, Cuba, Jun 13.- The Cuban women’s volleyball team won the silver medal in the Montreaux Volleyball Masters Tournament, in Switzerland, when it lost to Japn in the final match 0-3. According to the website of the event, the Cuban team lost 24-26, 18-25 and19-25 in a match that lasted on…
Cuban Yargelis Savigne Wins Second Gold at IAAF’s 2011 Diamond League
Havana, Cuba, Jun 10.- The 2007 and 2009 women’s Triple Jump World champion Yargelis Savigne won the gold medal during the fifth meeting of the 2011 Diamond League of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) that took place on Thursday in Oslo, Norway. Thus, Savigne remains…
Mexico Steamrolled Cuba 5-0 at CONCACAF Gold Cup
Havana, Cuba, Jun 10 (acn) Mexico on Thursday took their second 5-0 victory in as many outings in Group A of the CONCACAF Gold Cup that is underway in several cities of the United States as they steamrolled Cuba in Charlotte, North Carolina. Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez and Giovani Dos Santo…