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Noslen Díaz and Jorge Luis Alayo obtain 600 points and a better position in the world ranking. 14ymedio, Havana, 14 June 2025 — Cuban beach volleyball players Noslen Díaz and Jorge Luis Alayo won the gold medal in the Moscow Open tournament, corresponding to the Russian Beach Volleyball Circuit 2025. This Sunday’s victory against Oleg … Continue reading “Cuban Beach Volleyball Duo Takes Gold and Nearly $2,000 in the Russian League”

Uncertainty grows regarding the participation of athletes from the island in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. 14ymedio, Havana, June 27, 2025 — The Cuban Volleyball Federation (FCV) called “unjust and discriminatory” the refusal of the US to grant visas to the team of Cuban volleyball players who aspired to participate in the Final Four of … Continue reading “By Denying Visas to Women’s Volleyball Team, the US Creates a Precedent for Vetting Cuba in More Trials”

Cuba “is going through a very delicate moment in boxing and baseball, also in wrestling,” says the five-time Olympic champion 14ymedio, Havana, September 26, 2025 — Cuban sports has fallen into an abyss and the fifth Olympic champion of wrestling himself, Mijaín López, recognizes it. In an interview with the agency France Presse (AFP) published … Continue reading “Mijaín López Recognizes the Debacle of Cuban Sports and Calls for “A Change To Come Soon””

INDER favors hiring abroad because athletes need to leave the Island to have access to better facilities. 14ymedio, Madrid, 11 July 2025 — Cuban sport apparently assumes that it will not attend the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The statements of the first vice president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and … Continue reading “Cuba Will Focus Its Efforts on the 2032 Olympics if It Can’t Participate in Los Angeles in 2028”

Images and a video show the deterioration of the Eide Ormani Arenado, the Manuel Fajardo Faculty of Physical Culture and the 19 de Noviembre Multipurpose Hall. 14ymedio, Havana, 4 July 2025 — The foundation of Cuban sports is falling apart. Athletes, coaches, circus artists and users denounced on social networks the abandonment of the Ormani … Continue reading “Athletes and Coaches Complain That Sports Schools in Cuba Are Falling Apart Due to Neglect”

Sergio Ortega is the son of Manolo Ortega, who was a “personal friend” and official presenter of Fidel Castro at political events. 14ymedio, Havana, 30 December 2024 — Sports commentator Sergio Ortega of Tele Rebelde has left Cuba. The reporter and his family arrived this Sunday at Miami International Airport. According to journalist Henry Morales, … Continue reading “Cuban Commentator Sergio Ortega, Famous for Inventing Soccer Goals, Settles With His Family in the United States”

14ymedio, Mexico City, August 14, 2024 — The images of Chilean President Gabriel Boric adjusting the microphone of the Cuban Olympic medalist Yasmani Acosta, who competed in Paris with the flag of the South American country, have gone around the world. His warm reception at the Palacio de la Moneda contrasted with the gloomy one … Continue reading “‘I Wanted To Give Chile a Medal,’ Says Cuban Yasmani Acosta When He Was Received by President Boric”

In addition, 62 Cubans who remain with the State will participate in the Olympics. 14ymedio, Havana, 13 July 2024 — Twenty-one Cuban athletes who have emigrated will participate – with flags from other countries or on the refugee team – in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will begin on July 26. Among the flags … Continue reading “More Than 20 Exiled Cuban Athletes Will Represent Other Countries at the Olympic Games in Paris”

14ymedio, Havana, 4 June 2024 — The Cuban sports narrator and commentator Ángel Luis Fernández has been in Miami for days. “He was able to meet his parents and his eldest son again after a long period of not being able to be with them,” confirmed journalist Yasel Porto. Fernández arrived through humanitarian parole, which … Continue reading “Cuban Sports Announcer Ángel Luis Fernández Arrives in the United States Thanks to Humanitarian Parole”