Havana - Cuban Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez urged the Cuban sports movement to be aware on the scientific progress and use the new techniques and reinforce the contracts in other nations.

Havana, Cuba - The bout between the twice Olympic champion Robeisy Ramirez (56 kg) and Yoel Finol, Rio 2016 Olympics bronze medalist, will be the best of today´s match in the 8th World Series of Boxing (WSB), in which the Cuba Domadores will face the Venezuela Caciques.

Paris - Cuba was elected to the vice presidency of a UNESCO anti-doping group, a recognition for the country''s results in this field, stated specialist Víctor Cabrera Oliva today.

Moscow - Over time, the media and political campaign of the United Kingdom against Russia seems to show more clearly its tactical objectives: demonize President Vladimir Putin and boycott the World Cup.

The president of the Cuban Baseball Federation Higinio Velez described current contracts signed by Cuban baseball players with foreign leagues as necessary but painful.

Havana, Cuba - Cuban slugger Alfredo Despaigne hit three homers in the 6-7 loss of his club, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, to the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the preseason of the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB).