Cuba Abolishes Controversial Repatriation Requirement for Overseas Athletes

Cuba Abolishes Controversial Repatriation Requirement for Overseas Athletes

On Thursday, amidst a controversy over athletes defecting, the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation (Inder), announced the termination of the contentious repatriation requirement for Cuban athletes living abroad. This requirement had represented a barrier for those who chose to emigrate and wished to compete in an event on the Island. The official…

Three Cuban Hockey Players Leave National Team in Spain: ‘INDER Makes Us Go Hungry’

Three Cuban Hockey Players Leave National Team in Spain: ‘INDER Makes Us Go Hungry’

Three Cuban hockey players left the national team while participating in a training camp in Barcelona, Spain, according to a Facebook post by sports journalist Francys Romero. Romero reported that Yadira Miclin, Marianela López, and Daylin Suárez Pérez left the training camp in Barcelona in the last few hours. He noted that the team is…

Cuban baseball players return from Miami without trophy but with plenty of shopping sprees

Cuban baseball players return from Miami without trophy but with plenty of shopping sprees

On Monday, the players of Team Asere, the Cuban team that failed to defeat the United States in the V World Baseball Classic, returned to the island without the tournament trophy but with numerous purchases. Before boarding their flight to Havana, the athletes were seen with flat screen TVs, split air conditioners, tires and a…

MLB Cubans will be able to represent Cuba in the fifth World Baseball Classic

MLB Cubans will be able to represent Cuba in the fifth World Baseball Classic

The president of the Cuban Baseball Federation, Juan Reinaldo Perez, said Saturday, in a statement, that the organizers of the World Baseball Classic, scheduled for March 2023, have received a license that would allow Cubans currently playing in Major League Baseball or residing in the United States to join Team Cuba. The head of the…

The emblematic Cuban judo coach Ronaldo Veitía has died

The emblematic Cuban judo coach Ronaldo Veitía has died

Hilarión Ronaldo Veitía Valdivié, the Cuban women’s judo coach recognized as one of the best in the world, died this Monday in Havana at the age of 75, after several weeks of hospitalization between Cuba and Spain. The news was confirmed by several media outlets and represents the loss of a Cuban coach who trained…

Olympic champion Ismael Borrero leaves Team Cuba in Mexico

Olympic champion Ismael Borrero leaves Team Cuba in Mexico

Ismael Borrero, Olympic champion in the discipline of Greco-Roman wrestling in Rio de Janeiro 2016, abandoned the Cuban delegation that will participate in the Pan American Championship of the discipline, to be held in Acapulco, Mexico. Borrero, 30, made the trip with the entire Cuban team but, after arriving in Mexico, he left the concentration…

Aroldis Chapman asks for support for the Cuban Professional Ballplayers Association

Aroldis Chapman asks for support for the Cuban Professional Ballplayers Association

Cuban baseball player Aroldis Chapman, pitcher for the New York Yankees, asked baseball fans around the world to support the Cuban Professional Ballplayers Association, recently created in Miami. “To all baseball fans and followers, I ask on behalf of myself and free Cubans, to support the Cuban Professional Ballplayers Association, so we can take a…

The Cuban Baseball All-Star Game will be held in Matanzas

The Cuban Baseball All-Star Game will be held in Matanzas

The city of Matanzas will host the All-Star Game of the 61st National Baseball Series (SNB) in Cuba, sports authorities announced on Monday, March 7. The event, which will take place on Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20, will gather at the Victoria de Girón stadium the best-performing ballplayers in the first two months…

Olympic champion leaves official Cuban delegation in Mexico

Olympic champion leaves official Cuban delegation in Mexico

Cuban canoeist Fernando Dayán Jorge, Olympic champion in Tokyo 2020, abandoned the official delegation with which he was traveling to Mexico to have a preparation base, the official sports weekly Jit reported Sunday. The National Canoeing Commission (CNC), the newspaper said, criticized the athlete’s actions and stated that “this is a serious indiscipline that ruins…

Cuban authorities deny entry into Cuba to baseball player Yulieski Gourriel

Cuban authorities deny entry into Cuba to baseball player Yulieski Gourriel

Cuban immigration authorities denied this Saturday, January 29, entry to Cuba to baseball player Yulieski Gourriel, who left the Cuban team at the 2016 Caribbean Series held in the Dominican Republic. Gourriel’s relatives were left waiting for him in Varadero, where they were going to spend a few days of vacation together, as announced by…

Cuban diver Anisley García wins sports scholarship and will train in Russia

Cuban diver Anisley García wins sports scholarship and will train in Russia

Cuban diver Anisley Garcia is expected to arrive in the Russian city of Kazan in early February, after being invited to train at the international water sports center located there. The queen of ornamental diving at the recent I Pan American Youth Games Cali 2021 will spend a year in Russia, as announced by the…