The captain of the Cuban soccer team, the central defender Yenier Márquez, said that there is a "contagious optimism" in the team of being able to advance to the second round of the Gold Cup, in United States.

Cuba’s 17 and 18-year-old boxers just completed their best performance of the season at the World Juniors Championship being held in Agadir, Moroco.

The main venue of which is in Sancti Spiritus, 224 miles to the East of Havana.

The Cuban squad is directed by Carlos Marti, manager of the Granma team in the Cuban National Baseball League.

Cuban athletes Yumileidi Cumba, Dayron Robles and Yipsi Moreno finished third in their individual competitions

Cuban Dayron Robles is overwhelmed with his own performances this season

Parker had 16 points and nine rebounds

Yaima Boulet was amazing on the court, but this time her team mate Yaquelín Plutín became the offensive reference of the Cuban female basketball team

The Cuban women’s national basketball team debuted at the 15th World Championships

Undefeated Brazil won the grand finale. Brazil and Cuba were the two teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean that made it to the Grand Prix final round.

Cuba's world record holder in javelin throwing, completed her competition schedule in 2006 due to a leg injury.

Cuba remained undefeated shutting out Mexico 4-0 on Sunday while the United States topped Panama 11-5, allowing both teams to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Cuba, the only unbeaten team. The winning teams get two direct entries into the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, six to the 2007 World Championship in Taipei and seven to the Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro that year.

Chess is a sportive game that brings about rivalry.

With a 15-1 drubbing of Ecuador on Wednesday, Cuba (5-0) was the only team to finish the first round of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Baseball Qualifying Tournament undefeated.

Forty-five year old Nicaraguan lefthander Astrudes Flores made his fourth attempt to defeat Cuba

Cuba and the United States, both 3-0, easily won their games Monday against the Dominican Republic and Mexico respectively

Alexei Ramirez with a homerun gave Cuba a come from behind 7-6 win over Panama

Cuba had an easy time against Colombia winning 14-0

Starting Aug 26 Cuba will host the Pre-Olympic Baseball Tournament of the Americas

Yumilka Ruiz, captain of the Cuban Women’s Volleyball team, knows a maximum effort is needed to triumph at the Volleyball Grand Prix, after losing 2 of the 3 opening matches last week.

Defending champion Brazil overpowered Japan to score a straight-sets victory on Sunday, denying the host a third straight win on the final day of the World Grand Prix Tokyo leg in women's volleyball.

The United States defeated Chinese Taipei Tuesday 18-9 behind a 22-hit offense to repeat in first place at the University Baseball Championship being played in Havana. Cuba beat Japan 9-3 to finish third.

Cuban athlete Yordanis Garcia won the silver medal in the decathlon Thursday, at the 11th World Junior Championship in Beijing, China.

After plowing its way through the NORCECA Men's Junior Continental Championship without losing a set, the U.S. Men’s Junior National Team hit a roadblock in the form of the Cuban team on Sunday in Monterrey, Mexico.

Venezuela defeated Cuba 8-7 and went through to the final stage of the Pan American Youth Baseball Championship

World champion Zulia Calatayud leads a group of 11 Cuban athletes that will soon travel to Europe to participate in the last stage of a European tour that will conclude with the World Cup of Athens

Puerto Rico beat Czech Republic 9-2 in Group B and the US defeated the Virgin Islands in the World University Baseball Championship on Tuesday.