SPORTS

Cuban taekwondo para-athletes go to training base in Cali

Published on: February 29, 2024
12:46

Havana, Feb 29 (Prensa Latina) Four Cuban taekwondo para-athletes are traveling to the Colombian city of Cali on Thursday for a training base, official sources confirmed.

Two Cubans in the Wrestling Hall of Fame in the Americas

Published on: February 27, 2024
13:31

Acapulco, Mexico, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Cubans Filiberto Delgado and Eduardo Pérez are celebrating their inclusion in the prestigious Wrestling Hall of Fame of the Americas on Tuesday.

Angola sanctioned by World Anti-Doping Agency

Published on: February 19, 2024
14:42

Luanda, Feb 19 (Prensa Latina) The Angolan Olympic Committee (COA) faces sanctions from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) due to the failure to meet the deadline to adapt its sports legislation to the statutes of that organization.

NSW League and FCBS to ink baseball MoU

Published on: February 11, 2024
20:35

Canberra, Feb 11 (Prensa Latina) A valuable opportunity for baseball collaboration opens between Australia and Cuba after the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between baseball institutions of both nations.

Argentina´s famous football fan passes away at 83

Published on: February 7, 2024
15:17

Buenos Aires, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Carlos Pascual, Argentina's most famous football fan and more commonly known as 'El Tula,' has died at the age of 83.

Soccer-reaction to passing of German Franz Beckenbauer

Published on: January 8, 2024
17:47

Berlin, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) The soccer world is paying their respects to Franz Beckenbauer, the two-time World Cup winner who died Sunday, aged 78.

Cuba’s oldest baseball player approaches his historic goal

Published on: December 25, 2023
09:16

Las Tunas, Cuba, December 25 (Prensa Latina) Danel Castro, a 47-year-old Cuban baseball player, will try to get closer to 2,500 hits on Monday, in the last game of the regular stage of the 2nd Elite League.

Cuban Luis Orta could be the best Latin American athlete of 2023

Published on: December 19, 2023
11:58

Havana, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) After adding another vote today, Cuban wrestler Luis Orta could be elected as the male winner of the annual poll of the Prensa Latina news agency to choose the best athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Yulimar, Orta and Fluminense lead Prensa Latina’s sports poll

Published on: December 16, 2023
13:50

Havana, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas, Cuban wrestler Luis Orta and Brazil's football team Fluminense keep a wide lead on Saturday in Prensa Latina's annual sports poll, one week before closing.

Israel killed 64 athletes and sports-related personnel in Gaza

Published on: December 9, 2023
09:30

Ramallah, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) The Israeli army has killed 64 athletes and sports-related personnel in the Gaza Strip since the onset of the war on October 7, the Palestinian Olympic Committee condemned Saturday.

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