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With two homers in last night’s game (April 13, 2012) at Las Tunas, giant first baseman Joan Carlos Pedroso has now moved into the career Top Ten list for lifetime Cuban League home runs. His shots led Las Tunas in an important 13-7 win over Santiago de Cuba in their battle for an Eastern Division playoff ticket.

The Cuban male and female archery teams will be competing in the Olympic qualifier in Colombia, to be held April 20 to 24.

The Cuban women’s volleyball squad will play for the regional Olympic qualifying title in Tijuana, Mexico, from April 27 to May 6th.

Cuban chess master Yusnel Bacallao won the 39th La Roda International Tournament in Albacete, Spain, reported the sports daily Marca.

Cuba ended up with six gold medals on Wednesday in the international Judoguis Golden and Jose Ramon Rodriguez Memorial judo tournaments held in Havana.

“I would have liked to have done it in front of my fans in Granma Province, but it just didn’t work out like that. I knew that at any moment I would break the record, but I never figured that it would be with a broken bat,” said Alfredo Despaigne.

The Cuban women’s volleyball team won the Copa Latina on Monday in Lima, Peru, against the host team. The Cuban squad won all three sets and remained ahead throughout the play.

The “Golden Judoguis” women’s judo tournament and the “Jose Ramon Rodriguez Memorial” men’s tournament will be held in the Cuban capital from April 3 to 6.