Sports

Havana premieres hosting Champions Night boxing

Published on: August 27, 2024
10:34

Havana, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) This capital will premiere today as the venue for a Night of Champions of the International Boxing Association (IBA), with a pair of fights in professional format at 7:00 p.m. (local time) at the emblematic Ciudad Deportiva.

IBA wants to promote gender equality in boxing

Published on: August 26, 2024
12:47

Havana, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) The president of the International Boxing Association (IBA), Umar Kremlev, from Russia, advocated gender equality on Monday as one of the pillars of the organization in the coming years.

World Boxing Day celebrations begin in Cuba

Published on: August 26, 2024
11:00

Havana, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) With the celebration of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Boxing Association (IBA), the celebrations for the World Boxing Day begin here today.

Cuban triple jumper Leyanis Pérez finishes second in Diamond League

Published on: August 25, 2024
11:50

Silesia, Poland, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuban triple jumper Leyanis Pérez finished second in the twelfth stop of the Diamond League in this city on Sunday, when she jumped 14.42 meters.

Dominican Committee unveils roster of paralympic athletes to Paris’24

Published on: August 23, 2024
15:51

Santo Domingo, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) Ten athletes from the Dominican Republic will participate in five sports in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, scheduled to begin on August 28th, the Dominican Olympic Committee (COD) announced on Friday.

President Díaz-Canel congratulates Mijaín López on his 42nd birthday

Published on: August 20, 2024
12:59

Havana, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated five-time Olympic champion Mijaín López on his 42nd birthday on Tuesday.

Arevalo announced construction of four sports cities in Guatemala

Published on: August 18, 2024
12:37

Guatemala City, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala today received with joy the announcement by President Bernardo Arévalo of the construction of four sports complexes in the country of similar magnitude to the Olympic City of this capital.

Mijain Lopez’s feat makes headlines in African press

Published on: August 14, 2024
09:56

Nairobi, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) The return to Cuba and the feat by athlete Mijain Lopez made headlines on the platform AfricaNews, that highlighted his winning the gold medal for the fifth consecutive time in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Construction of National Stadium advances in El Salvador

Published on: August 13, 2024
13:32

San Salvador, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) The National Stadium in El Salvador is making progress today in its construction and is already expected to be the new venue available to host qualifying matches for the World Cup.

Paris 2024 is gone, but the emotions of sport remain

Published on: August 11, 2024
15:44

Paris, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) You can be insensitive, but it is difficult to do so with sport: a shoe changes the color of a medal, while the cauldron of the Olympic Games is extinguished taking with it a reservoir of emotions.

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