Cuba, the defending champions, will face Mexico in the semifinals of the Caribbean Series baseball tournament on Saturday evening after eliminating the host Dominican Republic by a score of 4-2 in 11 innings on Friday.
Read MoreVenezuela and Puerto Rico advanced Thursday to the semifinals of the Caribbean Series baseball tournament after beating Cuba and the Dominican Republic respectively. Cuba and the DR now square off Friday to determine the final four.
Read MoreCatcher Sebastian Valle drove in five runs today and Mexico, represented by the Mazatlan Venados, defeated Cuba’s Ciego de Avila Tigers 9-3 to score its second victory in the Caribbean Baseball Series, being played in the Dominican Republic, reported dpa news. Cuba, which had the day off on Monday is now 0-1.
Read MoreCuba returned to the Caribbean Baseball Series in February of 2014, represented by Villa Clara. A year later, Pinar del Rio made it to San Juan hoping merely to improve on the terrible image offered by its predecessor…and ended up taking the throne. Now, it’s Ciego de Avila’s turn to represent Cuba, but, unlike on previous occasions, it bears all of the pressure that defending the title secured by Pinar del Rio entails.
Read MoreIn the game last Sunday between the Chicago Cubs and White Sox, three of the four runs scored in the 3-1 White Sox victory, came on solo homers from three different Cuban players, Jorge Soler, Jose Dariel Abreu and Alexei Ramírez.
Read MoreCuba rallied for a four-run bottom of the ninth walk-off 7-6 win for the bronze over Puerto Rico and Canada with a three-run bottom of the tenth took the game away from the USA, also by the score of 7-6, for the gold.
Read MoreWith a convincing win in Game Three of their exhibition series, Cuba’s baseball fans were all smiles on Friday night after their national team woke up after suffering through back-to-back 2-0 shutouts including a no-hitter.
Read MoreRaul Gonzalez, one of the historical players of Real Madrid, was surprised today by the passion aroused by soccer in Cuba in recent years. The current New York Cosmos player arrived Sunday in Cuba with his team to play a match on Tuesday with the Cuban national team.
Read MoreReserve the car from your home country because you might get here and have problems getting a car the last minute. Even though tourism is now entering low season (June-September) sometimes cars to rent get scarce in Havana.
Read MoreAfter a 15 year freeze, the waters separating Cuba and the United States warmed again to the event dubbed the “Havana Challenge,” organized by the Cuban Yacht Club, the Key West Yacht Club and the Key West Navigation Center.
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