Barcelona FC star Lionel Messi, Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo (CR7) and Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon have been shortlisted for the 2016/17 UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award, with the winner to be named during the group stage draw on August 24.

Local Yarisley Silva won the bronze medal at the Athletics World Championship underway in London, Great Britain.

“I will be better than my dad”, that was the beginning of a dialogue with Victor Mesa, who is training these days at Capitan San Luis stadium of Pinar del Rio, along with the junior team that will participate in the World Baseball Championship of the category the upcoming September.

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been called to appear in a Spanish court on July 31 to testify in a case in which he is accused of evading taxes, according to The Confidential newspaper.

For the fourth consecutive time, Cuban boxing has reached its goal of making the finals in the World Series of Boxing (WSB), just as the Tournament of the Americas is underway in Honduras, June 10-18, where they hope to qualify for the 19th World Championship, scheduled for September in the German city of Hamburg.

Cuba will attend the Grand Prix of Judo in Cancun, Mexico with 8 fighters, in a competition that has confirmed the presence of 190 athletes from 39 nations up to now, and giving points for the world ranking.

Almost half a hundred Cuban athletes from seven different disciplines are currently playing under contracts in 11 nations, protected by legal rules and by the principle of protecting the athletes.

Since its emergence in the second half of the 19th century, baseball has featured nine positions, of which one is considered to be the most important of all: the pitcher.

Five Cuban baseball players that will participate in the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball (Can-Am) League, signed their respective contracts on May 5, in the protocol lounge of Havana’s Latinoamericano Stadium.

It took the President of the International Football Association Board (FIFA), Gianni Infantino from Switzerland, only a few hours to gain a good impression of Cuba, traveling to the island for the first time on Saturday, April 29, as part of a working visit to several Caribbean nations.