S P O R T S

• Cuba will not participate in the Central American and Caribbean Games
March.1.10
FROM July 17 to August 1, the 21st Central American and Caribbean Games take place in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. These games, recognized as the oldest multidisciplinary sports event in the world, are part of the Olympic series.

• 38th WORLD CUP
Reviewing concepts and strategies
October.1.09
NETTUNO, Italy.— It doesn’t matter that the games were held in seven countries and more than 20 cities, from the icy Swedish town of Sundbyberg to the warm Messina in Sicily. The 38th Baseball World Cup had Europe as its venue, but America led on the field.

• Mijaín López: world champion for the third time
October.1.09
GRECO-Roman wrestler Mijaín López was crowned world champion for the third consecutive time in the World Wrestling Championship, which took place in the Danish city of Herning.

• 12th World Championships in Athletics
Leonel Suárez’s heroic silver medal in the decathlon
August.21.09
BERLIN.— Having three decathletes among the nine best in a World Championships event may not be an absolute record, but it is no doubt a stupendous average for anybody, and definitely an unprecedented feat for small countries like Cuba...

• 12th World Championships in Athletics
Dayron runs for the gold today
August.20.09
BERLIN.— Both of Cuba’s “Dayrons” have classified for the 110-m hurdles and three of its decathletes are among the top eight halfway through the event. These were the highlights of Cuba’s performance in Wednesday’s events at the 12th World Championships in Athletics.

• Ticket to World Championships assured
August.19.09
WITHOUT further ado, the Cuban men’s volleyball team classified for the World Championships in Italy next year after defeating Canada during the last round of the North, Central America, and Caribbean (NORCECA) qualifiers.

• 12th World Championships in Athletics
Copello wins bronze in triple jump
August.19.09
BERLIN.— Cuba begins this Wednesday, August 19, in 8th place by medals (1-1-1) and by points (28), in large part owing to its triple jump team’s performance on Tuesday, particularly that of Alexis Copello, who jumped from sixth place to third, taking the bronze with a mark of 17.36 on his sixth and last opportunity.

• Savigne and Gay, double historic victory in the triple jump
August.18.09
YARGELIS Savigne and Mabel Gay have given Cuba a double historic victory in the women’s triple jump after winning the gold and silver, respectively, in the Berlin World Championships in Athletics.

• Dayron seeking medal as a present for Fidel
August.17.09
ALTHOUGH he will have to wait until August 20 to run in the finals of the 110-meter hurdles in the current Berlin World Championships, Dayron Robles, Olympic champion and world record holder, affirmed that "a medal would be a good birthday present for the Commander in Chief."