Baku - The Chess World Cup 2015 Baku starts today in this capital with the initial matches in the first 64 bilateral duels determined by the location of each chess player in the world list.

The list of foreign competitors does not have the first two in the world's ranking, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen and Indian Viswanathan Anand, the only ones from the Top Ten who are absent to the event.

Cuban rower Ángel Fournier is hoping to reach the final of the Men’s single sculls open weight at this year’s World Championship in Aiguebelette, France, in order to ensure his ticket to the Río2016 Summer Olympics.

The quarterfinals narrowed down the number of competitors, and Fournier finished third in the Men's Single Sculls Quarterfinal Q1, after covering two kilometers with a time of 6:59.73 minutes.

Havana - Cuban volleyabll player Javier Jimenez will go back to Europe to play pro, a way opened by him, and now followed by other players like Rolando Cepeda, Osmany Uriarte, Sulian Matienzo and Melissa Vargas.

Montevideo - The government of President Tabare Vazquez is committed to work for hosting the FIFA World Cup-2030, on the centenary of the first Cup of the world, held in Uruguay.

The determination was expressed in its inclusion in the Five-Year Budget draft presented to Parliament for approval.

London - Jordanian Prince Ali Bin Al Hussain is still considering whether to run again for the presidency of the International Football Federation (FIFA), as he did last May.

"I am talking to national associations and listening to their opinions, right now we need a candidate who is forward-thinking, with new ideas who is not tainted by the past. If the election is done correctly, cleanly and properly, I believe I can win", the prince stated today in the British city of Manchester.

Moscow - Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko was elected today president of the Russian Soccer Union for a one-year term, by unanimous vote.

Mutko's candidacy, the only one submitted for the renewal of the chair in the National Soccer Federation, was welcomed by all delegates to the extraordinary conference, held on Wednesday in Moscow.