Havana - A new residential accomodates now top-class athletes in Cuba, including potential candidates for the Olympic podium in Rio de Janeiro-2016.

The Cuban Deputy Vice President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, inaugurated a building saturday with capacity for 36 students of the Cerro Pelado school, historic reserve of champions.

Bern - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) today unveiled the composition of the inspection team responsible for checking Russian reforms to combat the use of prohibited substances, chaired by the Norwegian Rune Andersen.

Sport means "recreation, hobby, pleasure, fun or exercise. The term is characterized by physical and mental activity, rules or regulations, competition, fun, game.Sports, physical education and recreation should be practiced as a means of expansion and solidarity among people and exaltation of the highest human values.

Washington - Loinel Messi and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt were nominated for Sportsman of the Year of Sports Illustrated magazine.

The Argentinian is included in a list of 12 candidates, which include Usain Bolt, Stephen Curry and Novak Djokovic.

Havana - Sports will be the focus of attention and exchange of experiences during the 6th International Convention on Physical Activity and Sports (Afide-2015), to be held at the Havana Conference Center on Nov. 23-27.

Cuba survived a 9-inning meltdown to defeat Puerto Rico 8-7 in 10 long innings on Thursday at the 2015 WBSC Premier 12 Baseball Tournament, based at the Intercontinental Stadium in Taichung, Taiwan, to lead Pool A and improved to 2 wins and 1 loss, while Puerto Rico dropped to 1 win and 2 losses.