S P O R T S

• Cuba dominates Track Cycling World Cup
February 27, 2007
ONCE again, cycling is making headlines in Cuba’s sports news. Yoanka González, Lisandra Guerra and Yumari González have accomplished a real feat in the Cycling Track World Cup series, which was held in four stages: Sydney (Australia, in November 2006); Moscow (Russia, December of that year); Los Angeles (U.S.A., January 2007) and Manchester (United Kingdom, last week).

• Canadian Tuft wins Vuelta a Cuba
February 26, 2007
THE 32nd Vuelta a Cuba cycling championship has ended with a new winner, Canadian Svein Tuft, while the national sextet recovered the collective cup, and took off the rest of the titles. The Vuelta is history and motive for reflection in terms of a show superior to that of the last 15 days.

• Mexicans and Venezuelans brighten up Vuelta a Cuba
February 22, 2007
VENEZUELAN Anthony Brea was overjoyed to receive the yellow shirt in the Vuelta a Cuba cycle race but is keeping his feet on the ground and hoping to finish in the top five and contribute to the team victory.

• First place in Women’s World Cup judo
February 22, 2007
THE Cuban women’s judo team finished in first place at the Women’s Judo World Cup which took place last weekend in Vienna, Austria, according to a report from Prensa Latina.

• U.S. prevents its Greco-Roman team from training in Cuba
January 25, 2007
THE refusal to allow the U.S. Greco-Roman wrestling team to visit Cuba has added a new page to the long-standing history of this kind of situation promoted by the government in Washington.

• Best athletes of 2006 in Cuba
December 29, 2006
ATHLETE Zulia Calatayud and boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux were selected as the best athletes of 2006 in Cuba, from a survey of the National Sports Institute (INDER), which also elected baseball the most outstanding team sport.

• Cuba takes back the crown, thanks to triple by Urgellés
November 20, 2006
TAICHUNG, Chinese Taipei.—Cuba attained its goal in the 16th Intercontinental Cup: to win the crown of that competition for the 10th time in the history of that tournament, in three assists, with a 6-3 win over Holland, a fierce rival that did not fall without first giving battle.

• WOMEN’S WORLD VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Cuba aims for the finals
November 2, 2006
BRAZIL looked to be the favorite for the Women’s World Volleyball Championship, which began on October 31 in several cities in Japan, where the Brazilians arrived emboldened by their recent success at the Grand Prix. The South American players are hoping to shed their reputation for losing major events like the Olympics and world championships, where they have never been able to come out on top.

• Rogge acknowledges Cuba’s extraordinary contribution to the international sports movement
November 1, 2006
CONTRIBUTING to sports being more attractive for young and old alike and encouraging the practice of sports...

• President of IOC begins visit to Cuba
October 31, 2006
HAVANA, October 31 (PL) —. Belgian Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) begins his second visit to Cuba today to participate in the International Sport for All Congress from November 1 to 3.
- Baseball players on the way to Taipei

• Cuba wins Boxing Nations Cup
October 24, 2006
BAKU, October 21 (AIN).— Olympic champion Odlanier Solís proved himself once again as the great fighter that he is by beating (RSC) Islam Timurziyev in the third round, bringing Cuba’s final score against Russia to 6-5, thus winning the Boxing Nations Cup.

• IOC and FIFA presidents to attend the World Sports Congress
October 13, 2006
AT a time when the world of baseball is immersed in a battle to return to the Olympic program from which it was excluded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), President Jacques Rogge is to travel to Cuba where baseball is the king of sports. Rogge has confirmed his participation at the World Sports Congress in Havana – from October 31 to November 3, said José Ramón Fernández, president of the event’s organizing committee.

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