S P O R T S

• 38th WORLD CUP
Reviewing concepts and strategies
October.1.09
NETTUNO, Italy.— It doesn’t matter that the games were held in seven countries and more than 20 cities, from the icy Swedish town of Sundbyberg to the warm Messina in Sicily. The 38th Baseball World Cup had Europe as its venue, but America led on the field.

• Mijaín López: world champion for the third time
October.1.09
GRECO-Roman wrestler Mijaín López was crowned world champion for the third consecutive time in the World Wrestling Championship, which took place in the Danish city of Herning.

• 12th World Championships in Athletics
Leonel Suárez’s heroic silver medal in the decathlon
August.21.09
BERLIN.— Having three decathletes among the nine best in a World Championships event may not be an absolute record, but it is no doubt a stupendous average for anybody, and definitely an unprecedented feat for small countries like Cuba...

• 12th World Championships in Athletics
Dayron runs for the gold today
August.20.09
BERLIN.— Both of Cuba’s “Dayrons” have classified for the 110-m hurdles and three of its decathletes are among the top eight halfway through the event. These were the highlights of Cuba’s performance in Wednesday’s events at the 12th World Championships in Athletics.

• Ticket to World Championships assured
August.19.09
WITHOUT further ado, the Cuban men’s volleyball team classified for the World Championships in Italy next year after defeating Canada during the last round of the North, Central America, and Caribbean (NORCECA) qualifiers.

• 12th World Championships in Athletics
Copello wins bronze in triple jump
August.19.09
BERLIN.— Cuba begins this Wednesday, August 19, in 8th place by medals (1-1-1) and by points (28), in large part owing to its triple jump team’s performance on Tuesday, particularly that of Alexis Copello, who jumped from sixth place to third, taking the bronze with a mark of 17.36 on his sixth and last opportunity.

• Savigne and Gay, double historic victory in the triple jump
August.18.09
YARGELIS Savigne and Mabel Gay have given Cuba a double historic victory in the women’s triple jump after winning the gold and silver, respectively, in the Berlin World Championships in Athletics.

• Dayron seeking medal as a present for Fidel
August.17.09
ALTHOUGH he will have to wait until August 20 to run in the finals of the 110-meter hurdles in the current Berlin World Championships, Dayron Robles, Olympic champion and world record holder, affirmed that "a medal would be a good birthday present for the Commander in Chief."

• Cuba rejects IOC Executive Committee decision
August.14.09
HAVANA.—The Cuban Olympic Committee (COC) yesterday rejected the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to propose seven-a-side rugby and golf as the only two sports with the possibility of being added to the Olympic Programme. COC President José Ramón Fernández stated...

• José R. Fernández reelected president of Cuban Olympic Committee
June.25.09
JOSÉ Ramón Fernández has been reelected president of the Cuban Olympic Committee for the 2009-2012 term, in which the London Olympics will be the main goal.

• Cuba has six judocas among the world’s top seeds
June.25.09
CUBA is the country with the highest number of judocas in the Top Ten by divisions of the world ranking, a list led by Japan, France and Russia, in that order.

• Brazil and Cuba: the vanguard of Volleyball World League
June.25.09
THE first two weekends of the 20th edition of the Volleyball World League have ended. That is to say, each team has played four matches and just one of the 16 of them competing in this event has remained undefeated.

• Wilfredo León: the big kid of the World League
June.25.09
AT just 15 years, Wilfredo León, the best server in the current volleyball World League, is the youngest player in the tournament.

• Cuba’s inexhaustible pool of baseball players
May.15.09
CLAUDIO Jérez puts all the strength of his 14 years into the ball as he warms up his arm on a modest field in the capital’s Playa municipality.

• Raúl receives Cuban baseball team
March 20.09
PRESIDENT Raúl Castro Ruz received the Cuban baseball team who returned to the homeland in the early hours of this morning. Waiting at the foot of the steps of the plane, he Cuban president welcomed each member of the delegation.

• Japan puts Cuba out of the World Classic
March 19.09
THE entire country intensively lived every play during last night’s decisive game against Japan, when the Asian team left Cuba without possibilities of advancing to the semifinals in this 2nd World Classic.

• Today, in a decisive match, Cuba vs. Japan once again
March 18.09
THE Cuban baseball team taking part in the 2nd World Classic faces Japan again tonight, in a decisive game that will see the winner moving on to the semi-finals and the elimination of the losing team. The match begins at 11 p.m. (Cuban time) at the Petco Park stadium in San Diego, California.

• Cuba leaves for San Diego unbeaten
March 13.09
MEXICO CITY.— A barrage of 16 hits – including three homeruns – on the offensive, secured the Cuban team’s knockout victory against Mexico (16-4), bringing to an end Pool B’s games in the 2nd World Baseball Classic and ensuring that they left for the city of San Diego unbeaten. Coach Higinio Vélez...

• Raúl presents flag to Cuban baseball team
February 20.09
PRESIDENT Raúl Castro Ruz yesterday presented the flag to the Cuban team who will defend their national colors at the 2nd World Baseball Classic. During the official ceremony, Raúl presented the Cuban flag to team captain and shortstop, Eduardo Paret, who was accompanied by Yosvany Peraza and Yoennis Céspedes.

• Robles and Savigne with minds fixed on summer world championships
January 29.09
CUBANS Dayron Robles, Olympic champion of the 110-meter hurdles and Yargelis Savigne, world title holder in the triple jump, are to compete in indoor meets, but with their minds fixed on the World Championships this coming August in Berlin.

• Four Olympic medalists win national boxing championship
January 29.09
VICTORIES for four boxers who won medals in the Beijing Olympics and defeats for two marked the end of Cuba’s Playa Girón National Boxing Championship, which took place in the eastern city of Guantánamo.

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