Along the Premier-12 route › Sports › Granma
Livan Moinelo, Alfredo Despaigne and Yoannis Yera, the Cubans with three Premier-12. Photos: Ricardo López Hevia and José M. Correa Cuba has already begun its journey through the third version of the most important tournament of the World Baseball and Softball Confederation, the Premier-12. It is a contest that brings together the dozen that top […]
Tomorrow Cuba takes the mound with Yera › Sports › Granma
It will not be Liván Moinelo, the best arm of the pitching staff, who will start Cuba‘s first game in the Premier-12, against the Dominican Republic, at the Tianmu Baseball Stadium, in the capital of Taipei, China. Just before leaving for the preparatory tour of Asia, Armando Johnson, director of the group, had stated – […]
Table tennis girls win Pan American gold › Sports › Granma
Cuba said goodbye to the Pan American Major Table Tennis Championships with the gold medal in the women’s team final by beating the Chilean squad. The final score was 3-1. Along the way, the Cubans left Brazil in the semifinals, and the Chileans left the United States in the semifinals, according to Prensa Latina. Meanwhile, […]
When a shot defines life › Sports › Granma
«I keep everything life has given me. “It took away my ability to walk, but it offered me much more,” confesses Yunier Fernández as if in an unstoppable attack against the shadows of the past, for a point in favor of the light of his present and future. He practiced baseball, judo, boxing, field tennis; […]
Absolute Cuban dominance in Caribbean table tennis › Sports › Granma
Cuba took the seven gold titles in dispute in the 62nd edition of the Caribbean Table Tennis Championship, which was held at the Pabexpo fairgrounds from March 3 to 8. With three titles in their pocket, the mixed doubles and the one for both teams, on the closing day the male and female pairs won […]
Pabexpo hosts the Caribbean table tennis festival › Sports › Granma
Starting this Thursday, March 3, the Pabexpo fairgrounds host the 62nd edition of the Caribbean Table Tennis Championship, with the participation of representatives from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Jamaica, Guyana and Cuba. Seven titles will be played in the individual, men’s, women’s and mixed doubles categories, and by teams. […]
The World Cup is moving away for Cuban basketball › Sports › Granma
The Cuban basketball team fell 65-62 in its second appearance against its counterpart from Puerto Rico, in the World Cup qualifying window for the FIBA World Cup, which took place at the Ciudad Deportiva Coliseum. The first quarter favored the Cubans with a score of 14-12, after recovering from a poor start in the culmination […]
Ready the 12 Cuban basketball warriors › Sports › Granma
The technical director of the Cuban basketball team, Eduardo Moya, announced the list of 12 players and three reserves that will compete today against Mexico, and on the 27th against Puerto Rico, in the World Cup window at the Ciudad Deportiva Coliseum in Havana. The list is led by power forward Jasiel Rivero and shooting […]
Judo: Young Cubans facing world rigor › Sports › Granma
Iván Silva (90 kg) was the only Cuban judoka who came close to a medal at the Grand Slam in Paris, won by Japan, adding seven golds, five silvers and six bronzes among nearly 300 competitors from 52 countries. The Caribbean opened with ippon at 3:58 minutes of the fight against the Colombian Francisco Balanta […]
Like coffee, mixed, judo goes to France › Sports › Granma
Cuban judo opens its international participation in the Grand Slam, in France, on February 5 and 6. This is the most prestigious competition on the circuit in this category, won seven times by Idalis Ortiz, who will not compete this year because she will begin her preparation in Cuba after her vacation. Idalis (over 78 […]