Havana, Cuba - The Russian Dmitry Rigin won for the second consecutive year the men's foil event of the Villa de La Habana Grand Prix, based at PABEXPO fairgrounds, in this city.

Rigin, 30 and who currently appears 9th in the world ranking, defeated (15-12) in the final American Alexan Massialas.

The bronze medals went to the Italian Daniele Garozzo and the also American Race Imboden-champion of the edition of 2013.

Bern - Cuba will bet again for Andy Cruz to replace Olympic champion Robeisy Ramirez in the next match at the World Series of Boxing (WSB), according to the program released in the website of the competition.

Cruz, with two victories in the division of 56 kilograms, seems to have gained the trust of the technicians in a competition that will award the first tickets to the upcoming Olympic Games.

London - Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, boss of the Manchester City denied today the posibility of him leaving the football club in case of loosing this year.

He said that his future was very simple and that his contract lasts until June 2016 and so he will finish it, and if posible he will extended,he fels happy with this team, he said.

Havana - Cuba will take nine judokas to the female continental tournament next April in Edmonton, Canada, qualifying event for the Pan American Games in Toronto-2015, reported Ronaldo Veitía.

The head coach said the team is headed by Idalis Ortiz (+78 kg), Olympic champion London 2012 and world champion Rio-2013 and Chelyabinsk-2014.

Havana, Cuba -  Cuban athletes stood out today with good results during the second day of the 34th Manuel Suárez in Memoriam International Weightlifting Tournament taking place in the city of Cienfuegos.

The women earned three gold medals, two in the divisions of 58 and 69 kg through Saily Valdespino and Mariela Almaguer, respectively, while the third medal was won by Mariela Hernandez, in the U-17 category, with 174 kilograms in the biathlon event.

Brna - Three Cuban boxers remain as first in their respective fighting divisions, as ranked by Category updated today at the official website of the World Series of Boxing (WSB).

According to the listing, Yosbany Veitía has been the best boxer of the 52 kilograms, Yasniel Toledo's the most prominent in the 64, and Julio Cesar La Cruz the best in 81.