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Cuba to Skip Caribbean Baseball Championships

Cuba will not take part in the regional championship, the Caribbean Series, in Puerto Rico next month, said the Caribbean baseball confederation.

Outrageous Soccer Madness in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Unrest and destruction as the Brazilian soccer club Cruzeiro was relegated to the second tier of the league for first time,

Live Baseball Broadcasting Initiative in Las Tunas, Cuba Squashed

Rolando, the Las Tunas team statistitian announced that he had been banned from livestreaming games: “I don’t have authorization to broadcast, it isn’t my job, they say.”

Cuba at the Premier 12 Baseball Event: Another Stripe for the Tiger

What are Cuban baseball fans saying after their team was eliminated in embarrassing fashion in the first round of the Premier 12 tournament in Seoul?

Sports in Cuba during Fuel Cuts

“Just the other day, president Miguel) Diaz-Canel said that the energy-saving measures were here to stay. He didn’t go into too much detail, but it seems to me like this business of being “temporary” is going to become permanent,” said a boxing trainer.

Cuban Baseball: In Crisis or Not?

The debate took place a few days ago on a television program, and although it was brief, it reveals the dissatisfactions that exist among specialists regarding the performance of Cuban baseball players in the international events of recent years.

Brazil Wins Copa America with Neymar Outside Looking In

Rather than the iconic yellow of Brazil, Neymar had to settle for a white t-shirt as he took his place in the VIP section of the Maracana on Sunday to watch his teammates become champions of South America.

Dennis Martinez in MLB Spotlight with His Eyes on Nicaragua

On Sunday June 7, Dennis Martínez, the first and most famous Nicaraguan Major Leaguer of all-time, will be managing the National League All-Star Futures team playing in Cleveland. As in the rest of the matters in his life, he is determined to win, however he also has something else that weighs heavy on him…

Cuba’s Take on the US Blocking Baseball Players from Joining MLB

The Cuban Baseball Federation on Monday blasted a US government decision to block an agreement that allowed Cuban players to join Major League Baseball teams without having to defect.

Soccer in Venezuela in Times of Extreme Crisis

Sports are not exempt from the crisis engulfing Venezuela with the first soccer players beginning to position themselves in the ongoing political power struggle.