Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro receives today in Athens the Olympic flame, 100 days before the opening of the Games, which will start the countdown to the Olympic Games.

Havana - Cuban Greco Roman style wrestler, Gilberto Piquet (85 kilograms), will compete at the Pre-Olympic tournament in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, from April 22nd to 24th, as reported by local sport weekly, JIT, on Wednesday.

Doha - The Qatari government today welcomed the decision of FIFA to set up an independent committee to monitor the working conditions of workers in charge of facilities for the World Cup 2022.

Havana -The male teams of volleyball of Cuba and United States will dispute two preparation matches here, getting ready for the Olympic Games of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) this year, as announced today by Ariel Saínz, president of the Federation of the sport in the island.

Havana - The Cuban cyclist Olga Echenique will represent Cuba for the first time in the Titan Desert, the most demanding mountain bike event in the world, from April 24 to 30 in Morocco, confirmed today the weekly Jit.

Managua - President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, received in his office the Argentine world soccer star Diego Armando Maradona, who is visiting this Central American country since the weekend.