París - Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Alexandre Lacazette, and Argentinian Javier Pastore and Marco Verratti have been announced as the nominees for the Ligue 1 Players'' Player of the Year.

Paris Saint-Germain dominate the field with Ibrahimovic, Pastore and Verratti representing the club, while Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal target Lacazette is the odd one out for Lyon.

Havana - Cuba has now 389 athletes who are classified in 30 sports for the next Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, between July 10 and 26, said official sources Thursday.

In a conversation with Prensa Latina, Cuban Institute Sports and Physical Education (INDER) national director for High Performance Jose Antonio Miranda, said the number might be increased in the next days.

Washington - Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the 2014-15 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player, the league announced today.

Curry is the second player in Warriors history to be named MVP and the first in the team's West Coast Era (since 1962-63),joining Wilt Chamberlain, who earned the honor as a rookie with the Philadelphia Warriors in 1959-60.

Berlin - Bayern Munich head coach, Josep Guardiola, happy for his second title in the German Football League, today dedicated the victory to his players and said he postponed the celebration, due to upcoming engagements.

I must congratulate my team. A title like this is always for players. In the end, they are the most important. Thank you very much, said in the press conference after the delivery of the German Cup.

London - Jose Mourinho has always held out his hand to Alan Pardew, inviting him to watch Chelsea train after Pardew was sacked by West Ham.

But, on Sunday, as Pardew takes Crystal Palace to Stamford Bridge, he is not sure how Mourinho will receive him.

"Last time we met I was at Newcastle," says Pardew. "Jose was pretty upset. We beat them 2-0. He didn´t come for a drink after that one. I hope he´s cheered up a little bit."

Havana - The National Basketball Association (NBA) opened in this capital a sports Camp aimed at supporting the development of basketball in Cuba.

Also protected by FIBA America and the local Federation, the event -being part of the Basketball without Border program- will end on Sunday, April 26, and provides a program of clinics and lectures for children, young basketball players and referees.