Cuba’s hurdles champion Dayon Robles set a new record (indoors) for the 60-meter hurdles in World Athletics Championships on Sunday to win the gold medal at Doha 2010. Cubans Yoandri Betanzos (17.69) and Arnie David Giralt (17.36) finished second in third in the triple jump event behind Teddy Tamgho of France who set a new world record of 17.90.
Read MoreA full-length documentary film “Eso que anda” (Still going strong) by director Ian Padron won first prize of the competing works in the 11th edition of the Santiago Alvarez in Memorium International Documentary Film Festival.
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro met in Havana on Saturday with El Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez Bonilla accompanied by the Central American country’s First Lady Vanda Pignato.
Read MoreCuba’s Olympic gold medalist Dayron Robles takes to the track in Doha, Quatar on Sunday in the 13th World Athletics Championship in the 60-meter hurdles. Robles runs in heat two of the three semifinals events. The finals will take place later in the day.
Read MoreThe Puerto Rican hip hop and alternative reggaeton band Calle 13 has a date at Havana’s Anti-Imperialist bandstand for a free concert on March 23. The announcement appeared on a website of Rene Perez “Residente”. Rene said this time the arrangements took place without problems after two unsuccessful attempts. “Were going for the people because I want people to listen to me and I want to listen to them.”
Read MoreHavana Province came to life on Saturday on the road defeating Industriales 4-0 in the Latinoamericano Stadium packed with 54,746 fans. Yadier Pedroso pitched eight innings of seven-hit baseball and Yonder Martinez finished off the job with a perfect ninth.
Read MoreLeonys Martin broke open a 1-1 pitching duel with a two-run homer to start off a five-run seventh inning rally to lead Villa Clara to a 6-1 win Friday night over Ciego de Avila and a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Division Cuban baseball playoffs.
Read MoreWith people pushing me from behind, suddenly I was on the bus and pressed against a sweaty man, in fact my entire body was against his. There was no space to move and my hands were full, plus I couldn’t ask the man to move aside because he didn’t have any room either, and it was I who was standing pressed against him.
Read MoreThe Cuban Sports Institute and Olympic Committee announced yesterday that the Fifth National Sports Olympiad will take place from May 15-29 in nine Cuban provinces. The event takes on greater importance for testing the island’s athletes since Cuba decided not to participate in the Central American and Caribbean Games to take place this July in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
Read MoreWomen should have greater participation in leadership posts in Cuba, but for this to happen it is necessary to “re-conceptualize the masculine and the feminine, and redistribute domestic chores,” said Isabel Moya, director of the Editorial de la Mujer publishers in statements during the first Women’s Workshop, organized in the island’s capital by the Comptroller.
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