Havana's International Convention Center hosted an awards ceremony, with the presence of the five anti-terrorist fighters, to recognize the most outstanding Cuban athletes in 2014 and the Cuban sports delegation to the 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico.

Gerardo, Ramón, Antonio, Fernando and René also presented trophies and certificates to several athletes chosen for their outstanding results in a poll by the Cuban Sports Institute (INDER for its acronym in Spanish) and a group of sports journalists in a ceremony on Monday.

New Delhi - The adoption by the United Nations of June 21 as the International Day of Yoga entails a world recognition to the diplomatic efforts of the Indian government, assured today here Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Never in the history of United Nations a resolution of this nature had such a large number of co-sponsors, said the minister in a joint session of both houses of Parliament.

Havana - The Colombian tripler Caterine Ibarguen, and the Argentinian soccer player Lionel Messi hoarded today prizes to the best athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean this year, according to the traditional survey by Prensa Latina.
Ibargüen, monarch of the Diamond League and the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, received 59 votes to lead by a wide margin the women's division.

Rabat - The International Football Federation (FIFA) decided with a vote the possible publication of a report on corruption in the processes of attribution of the world of Russia - 2018 and Qatar-2022, said the entity Friday.

The organization will settle the problem on December 18 and 19 in the meeting of its Executive Committee in Marrakech, Morocco, if it shows or not the controversial investigation, in which it examines the conditions of allocation of the future universal competitions.

Budapest - Cuban judoka Idalis Ortiz ended the year 2014 in the top of the world ranking, and occupied the 6th place among the athletes of all divisions, as stated by the International Judo Federation Wednesday.

Ortiz, from the Cuban western province of Artemisa, and now the current Olympic and Pan American Champion, got 2,808 points in the universal ranking, established in 2014. She was also the best Cuban athlete in individual sports in 2014, after getting her 2nd world title and the crown of the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico.

Havana, Cuba - Cuban chess player Lázaro Bruzón won with 12 points the Blitz event and remained on top of the classical contest ITT Millonario, which ends today in the Colombian city of Bogota.

Bruzón achieved 11 wins, two draws and only lost once at the hands of the host David Arenas, who finished ninth in a competition convened to 14 five-minute matches by the Swiss System.