Sports

Rays visit Blue Jays to open crucial 5-game series

Published on: September 12, 2022
17:03

Washington, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) Tampa Bay Rays (78-60, second in the AL East) and the Toronto Blue Jays (78-61, third in the AL east) will play on Monday crucial five-game series, aspiring to reach postseason.

More than 240 foreign runners confirm for marathon in Cuba

Published on: September 5, 2022
16:50

Havana, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) A total of 242 foreign runners from 34 countries have already confirmed their attendance to the 2022 Havana Marathon (Marabana), director of the National Commission for Races and Walks, Carlos Gattorno, announced today.

Cuban trainers in Cambodia to help develop volleyball

Published on: September 2, 2022
10:26

Phnom Penh, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) The arrival of four Cuban beach and indoor volleyball coaches and officials is welcomed this Friday by sports officials in Cambodia, a country that will host the Southeast Asian Games in 2023.

Cuban champion Juantorena at home after several days in hospital

Published on: August 26, 2022
13:37

Havana, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Cuban two-time Olympic champion Alberto Juantorena is recovering at home after spending several days in hospital due to dengue fever and bronchopneumonia, Deporcuba reported on Friday.

Yoon and Al Thani discuss joint cooperation

Published on: August 18, 2022
14:03

Seoul, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday met in Seoul with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani to discuss bilateral cooperation.

Cuban Judo celebrates Cruz’s silver in Junior World CuP in Ecuador

Published on: August 14, 2022
15:19

Guayaquil, Ecuador, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuban judo celebrates the silver medal won by Omar Cruz on the last day of the individual competition of the Junior World Championship, which ends here today with the team event.

Cuban president wishes prompt recovery to sports glory Juantorena

Published on: August 13, 2022
10:16

Havana, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Friday wished a prompt recovery to sports glory Alberto Juantorena, two-time champion in the 400- and 800-meter races at the Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada, in 1976.

French association boosts project to support Cuban sports

Published on: August 12, 2022
12:39

Paris, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) The Cuba Cooperation France Association (CubaCoop) on Friday updated the progress of an ambitious project to support Cuban sports, an initiative that consists of training athletes to compete in the Paris-2024 Olympic Games.

Cuba organizes half marathon for the Olympic Ideal

Published on: August 5, 2022
00:16

Havana, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) As a worthy tribute to the 96th birthday of the leader of the Revolution Fidel Castro, Cuba organizes the 12th edition of the Ideal Olympic half marathon, the National Commission of Races and Walks confirmed here.

Russian court sentences American basketball player

Published on: August 4, 2022
15:59

Moscow, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) A court in the Russian city of Khimki ruled today to sentence the American basketball player Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for smuggling cannabis oil.

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