On Wednesday morning they defeated Hong Kong twice, with scores of 12-3 and 10-0 (knockout).

They also had no mercy in the two games against the locals. That night they were awarded the first super knockout of the championship (21-0) and, later, the second knockout of the date (10-0).

The Cuba team produced 53 runs on Wednesday (the third of the championship) and only received three.

The most outstanding were Orlando Amador, Briandy Molina and Roivelis Núñez, who reached base 56 of the 68 times they batted, for an OBP (on-base percentage) of 823.

The team manager, Pablo Terry, commented: “The team has gone from less to more. On this same day we started cold against Hong Kong and then all the technical-tactical instructions were followed to the letter. We try to make at least five runs in the first two innings to rotate the players with the substitutes and that they all arrive well in the decisive games”.

Briandy Molina, one of the best players in the tournament, referred to the objective of the Cuba team: “It cannot be other than to win the crown to dedicate it and share it with the teammates who could not be here due to health problems. Before the game we promised Coach Terry that we would give Mexico a super knockout and we did. We had very good preparation in Cuba and the results are already coming out in the competition”.

With the four victories on the third day, Cuba secured its place in the super round. They are followed by Japan (3-1), and Mexico and Lithuania, with 2-2. The bottom of group A are South Africa (1-3) and Hong Kong (0-4).

Group B is led by Venezuela with 4-0, followed by Taiwan (3-1), France and Tunisia (2-2), Kenya (1-3) and South Korea (0-4).

Cuba’s last match in the qualifying phase was this Thursday, at 12:30 p.m. (our country time) against Japan.

(With information from JIT)

At his own request, he is already in Havana, where he was received at the José Martí International Airport by Dr. Pablo Castillo Díaz, director of the Institute of Sports Medicine, who welcomed him on behalf of the Cuban sports movement and people.

Speaking to Jit, Castillo recalled that Veitía fell ill during a family visit to Spain. There he was treated. Based on the health situation presented, the Inder collaborated with his return to the country and will guarantee his medical care together with the Ministry of Health. He will be treated at the Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital.

Ihosvany Veitía, son of the emblematic coach, accompanied him from Alicante to Havana. He emphasized that his father has a happy smile since he learned of his return to the homeland.

“My dad is proud of his Cubanness. I want to thank all the efforts made by Inder, the Cuban government and its consulate in Spain, for the rapid processing of everything and for the support they have given us to have him here”, he stressed.

Upon his arrival, Professor Veitía received the affection and admiration of the Inder officials and the workers of the capital’s air terminal.

(With information from Jit)

“We made the request during the attendance of a small Cuban delegation at the recent world competition in the discipline, held in the Dominican Republic. It was very well received,” said the manager.

“We made the request to the General Assembly of the World Domino Federation (Fedemundo), which also welcomed Cuba as a full member,” he stressed.

“From our proposal came the interest that Varadero be the next venue and that the number of participants be greater than the championship organized by the Dominican Republic, of about 150 participants,” he argued.

In the Assembly, once the presence of the largest Caribbean archipelago was confirmed, the Cuban Lázaro Hernández Reyes was elected as a member of the Fedemundo executive.

“Hernández, vice president of the Cuban Domino Federation, will work in the Fedemundo disciplinary commission,” said Gutiérrez.

Cuba has already organized three world domino championships, the first in Havana in 2003, attended by 150 couples and won by locals Osmil Daudinot and Salvador Cabrales.

The others took place in 2006 and 2007. All of them were played in the form of up to double six, the so-called competitive dominoes. Now attempts are being made to include the variant up to double nine, which is more deeply rooted in the west of our country.

Gutiérrez took advantage of the occasion to contact representatives of the Dominican rugby federations and the canophile.

(With information from JIT)

This Wednesday, the International Boxing Association (IBA) announced that its board of directors decided to end the measure that prohibited boxers from Russia and Belarus from competing in events organized by the sports entity.

According to the document, the return to the competitions of Russian and Belarusian technical officials is also contemplated. In addition, it was reiterated that the teams of both countries “will be able to act under their flags” and if they win a gold medal, their national anthems will be played.

“The IBA firmly believes that politics should not have any influence in sports,” the organization said, stressing that “all athletes must have the same conditions.”

“The IBA has an obligation to ensure equal treatment of athletes and competition officials, regardless of their nationality and residence,” he said.

IOC president accused of blackmailing Russian athletes

Thomas Bach, President of the IOC. Photo: File.

The former president of the Russian Olympic Committee, Alexander Zhukov, accused the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, of blackmailing Russian athletes.

In an interview with Corriere della Sera newspaper last week, Bach said athletes from Russia could compete under neutral status if they “distance themselves” from Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine.

“Once again, sports and politics are mixed. This is a kind of blackmail to which in no case should one succumb,” said Zhúkov, quoted by RIA Novosti, describing Bach’s statements as “provocative”.

“I hope none of our athletes take that step. At least everyone I asked said unequivocally that they would not,” he added.

(With information from RT in Spanish)

Successes by Daniel Hidalgo and José Alejandro Hernández on boards one and three, in that order, made the difference after Leduard González’s defeat at the second table. Then came the good performance of Greter Caballero to sentence the match.

“Greter was huge. She led the game in an impressive way and we are all very happy”, commented coach Rodney Pérez regarding the Cuban’s match against Haque Md. Sajidul, defined in 48 moves of a Rook System from the Pawn Queen opening.

The leader of the female ranking of the category on the Island took advantage of the exposed position of the enemy king in the center of the board to sacrifice the exchange (rook for knight) and achieve a winning endgame with a majority of pawns on the right wing of the board.

Hidalgo’s victory was over Ferdousi Jannatul, the woman included by rule in the Asian team, while José Alejandro beat Sakline Mostafa and Leduard lost at the hands of Reja Neer Manon.

“The important thing here is to win the matches. At these ages the level is even, even the boys sometimes have a strength greater than that reflected by their accumulated Elo”, assured Rodney, who directs a cast for the first time in this type of contest.

In the main duel of the day there was a 2-2 draw between the team Turkey-Anatolia and Iran, Uzbekistan 1 defeated Azerbaijan 1 2.5-1.5 and Mexico could barely get half a unit against the strong Indian team.

Precisely the Indians have the best tiebreaker among the seven casts with perfect performance in the first two rounds. Cuba appears in that lot, since the individual sum of its points is 6.5.

The event brings together 34 teams from 23 countries and is played in nine rounds by the Swiss System until October 10.

(Taken from JIT)

Navarro Arbelo has distinguished himself in the narration of world, Pan American and Central Caribbean volleyball, athletics, basketball and cycling competitions, among others.

He baptized the generation of the women’s volleyball team that won almost everything during the nineties as the Spectacular Morenas del Caribe.

Other recognitions that he has received are the Abelardo Raidi Lifetime Achievement Award, granted by the International Sports Press Association, and the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award, granted by the Union of Cuban Journalists (UPEC).

“Pain in Cuban Baseball due to the death of Alejo O’Reilly Morejón. He shone for Ciego de Ávila during 16 National Series in which he batted for 303, with 240 home runs and 910 runs batted in, and represented Cuba with dignity. Our condolences to family and friends,” the agency wrote on the social network.

“Burnt of Güines is in mourning. Today he bids farewell to one of the greatest baseball figures in Cuba: Alejo Orrelly Morejón. The first baseman, who sealed the Intercontinental Cup with a decisive home run, today with the Cuban lineage worthy of him says goodbye to the field with the glory that leads him towards eternity. The deepest condolences of the people who saw him be born reach family and friends,” said the Santa Clara Telecubanacán television channel on its Facebook page.

O’Reilly was born on February 26, 1961 in Quemado de Güines, and was one of the best left-handed hitters who have passed through the National Series.

He shone in the teams of Villa Clara and Las Villas first (National and Selective Series respectively), and then with Ciego de Ávila and Camagüeyanos, and his playing skills also transcended in the national team.

He stood out in his career with the victories he achieved in 1987, at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis and at the Intercontinental Cup in Havana. The latter due to his hits in the final match that defined the victory of the Cuban team.

Cuban baseball has a sensible loss with his death.

Cuban chess player Carlos Daniel Albornoz returns today to compete in Portugal in search of increasing his virtual ELO of 2600 points.

The Antillean, who served on the second board of the Cuban national team in the recently concluded World Olympiad held in India, sees better prospects in this modality thanks to competitions of this type.

“From this day I participate in another tournament here in Portugal”, he said via WhatsApp waiting to see each other from September 1, among the men with more than 2600 ELO points, one of his great goals in his continuous career of rise in the Kingdom of Caissa.

He gave his opinion on the top elite tournament for teams between nations, which ended with the victory of Usbekistan in the men’s and the Ukraine team in the women’s.

“He did a great tournament in the Olympiad like the rest of the teammates. I only got really confused in the last game, it went wrong in the opening and I lost. I earned 10 ELO points. We finished in the top 2O and that was the goal”, he specified.

For the 2019 National Champion, the youngest to achieve it after he did it at the age of 13, José Raúl Capablanca, the previous preparation was crucial to iron out differences with aspects of the game, including time zones.

“In the men’s case, we arrived very well at the Olympiad. We were in Spain before and we played an open tournament and it gave us a very good feeling, he said.

“The environment of Europe acclimatizes you towards Asia, so things went well for all of us,” he said via WhatsApp.

After the Olympiad held in the city of Chennai, Albornoz was crowned in the open chess tournament in Mirandela, Portugal.

“It gave me a lot of strength and motivation to be in India, and by gaining 10 ELO points I stimulated myself even more. The only difficult thing was overcoming the last game in the Olympiad. It never leaves a good taste in your mouth to lose”, he expressed.

Competing continuously has allowed him to consolidate himself in the elite of Latin America, with titles in various regional tournaments.

“My game has matured a lot. I didn’t have the experience of playing so much in Europe. Despite the fact that the ELO was almost the same as in 2019, the pandemic that interrupted me a lot in terms of development had not arrived, and that experience has been key, ”he pointed out.

Humility and work define the career of Carlos Albornoz at 21 years of age, also backed by a resume that includes the title of University Pan American Champion, in addition to the Carlos Torres Repeto tournament in Mexico.

In the Olympiad, he said, we face players with more than 2,600, one fights hard and that raises the ego.

“After playing with them you face lower level players and you even feel more comfortable”, he concluded.

The last competitive trances have ensured 26.8 units to Albornoz’s ELO to overcome the barrier of 2600.

(With information from Prensa Latina)

The Cuban men’s team swept the Chilean team for the second time and advanced to the grand final of the XV Gatineau Volleyball Pan American Cup 2022, which takes place at the Slush Puppie Center, in Canada.

In just one hour and eight minutes, the Antilleans sealed the commitment of the semifinal round against the South Americans, with partials of 25-16, 25-20 and 25-21. Thus they added their fourth success in a row and in the same way.

Nicolás Vives’s students had no setbacks against a team that also dominated in the recent challenger cup, in South Korea, despite not fielding their starting center back Roamy Alonso.

His place was taken by the opposite Michael Sánchez, who showed the value of his experience, especially from the service line.

Collectively, Cuba had notable advantages in attacking (45-33), blocking (8-6) and serving (5-2), and their own errors were fewer (16-17).

Individually, Miguel Ángel López was the one who contributed the most to the offense with 18 points, of those 13 attacks, two blocks and three aces. He was escorted by the opposite Jesús Herrera with 15 (12-3-0) and also corner player Osniel Mergarejo with 11 (8-1-2).

Precisely El Ruso Sánchez contributed six goals (five attacks and one block), identical performance on par with him on this day, the central Liván Osoria. Setter Adrian Goide added two units. The top scorer was Chilean Vicente Parraguirre (20).

Cuba will face this Sunday, starting at five in the afternoon, the winner of the duel between the United States and Canada, in defense of the crown won in 2019 and for qualification for the Pan American Games in Santiago 2023.

We played well, it was a good game, we made some changes and the objective was achieved, to win, which is the most important thing. The United States or Canada, whoever our rival is, I think we will not have any problems. I am very happy with the performance of our team, declared Vives.

In other results this Saturday, Mexico beat the Dominican Republic 3-1 sets (25-14, 27-29, 25-18, 25-15) and will play fifth place against Puerto Rico, winner of the young team from Brazil in partial 25-23, 25-22 and 25-19.

Quisqueyanos and South Americans will fight not to be in the basement of the tournament.

(Taken from Jit)

A deep sense of honor is born in this homeland. No matter how steep the slope or rugged the path, be the adversary faster, taller or stronger, the Cuban people put their hearts into the task. Beating hard on the track, on the wrestling mat, in the canoe or the boxing ring, the most beautiful land that human eyes have ever seen did not sleep for 15 days, as a people and its athletes dreamed and lived one of the most extraordinary performances ever of our island nation in the Olympic Games.

In Tokyo-2020, the mission was completed. Fourteenth place on the medal chart is a privilege that in 125 years only 36 other countries have earned. The competition was stiff and to conquer this ranking, for only the third time in so many years, seven gold medals were required, when the average in all previous events was 2.31, in an edition that refused to die – overcoming the pandemic, giving humanity hope and a lesson about what sports competition can mean. A record 93 nations made it onto the medal chart, the first time 90 or more were included, while a unprecedented number of 65 won a gold: a figure than never reached more than 57, the total in Rio de Janeiro-2016 and Atlan