International Master (WIM) Yerisbel Miranda (2 221 Elo points), in an unprecendented performance in her career, won this Wednesday the National Chess Championship held in Matanzas.

Cuban female triple jumper Yargelis Savigne might be benefitted with the bronze medal of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing (China), after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed that Russian athlete Tatiana Lebedeva had been consuming drugs, and was disqualified.

The gods of baseball have finally rewarded Carlos Martí with a championship title. Cuban baseball’s longest-serving active manager can now add a National Series trophy to his display case, after dethroning two-time champion Ciego de Ávila in the final of the 56th National Baseball Series.

The Council of the International Football Federation (FIFA) approved the proposal to increase the number of teams participating in the World Cups from 32 to 48, media reported.

Four teams, the survivors after a long 90-game season, are vying for the ultimate title of Cuba’s national sport: that of the 56th edition of the National Baseball Series. Twelve squads failed to make the cut, including historic teams such as Industriales and Pinar del Río.

As anticipated, the sentence passed by the District Court of Pirkanmaa, Finland, following the closed door trial involving six Cuban volleyball players charged with aggravated rape against an adult female Finnish citizen which concluded August 31, was announced September 20.

The community of Herradura, in Pinar del Rio province, is happy today about Mijail Lopez's victory in the Rio-2016 Olympic Games.