The team of Ciego de Avila, which won the crown of the 51^st Cuban National Baseball Series, received on Tuesday the 50^th Anniversary Commemorative Medal of the UJC, from Julio Gomez Casanova, first secretary of the UJC.

The brilliant lectures of Cuban Mario Granda and Canadian Terry Orlick are among those being delivered today on the first day of the 6^th International Congress on Medicine and Sciences Applied to Sports and Physical Activity, which meets until Friday with the participation of more than 270 delegates from 24 countries, including 80 Cubans, at Havana’s International Convention Palace.

Rob Kramer, President of the International Game Fish Association, praised Cuba's attention to the preservation of marine species.

Ciego de Ávila's team became the Champion of the 51^st Cuban National Baseball Championship after defeating Havana’s Industriales 4-3 inthe 5^th game of the Finals, based at Ciego de Ávila's José Ramón Cepero Stadium.

Cuban Nydia Muñoz won the bronze medal on the 3^rd day of the XII World University Taekwondo Championship, based in Ponche on, South Korea, with the presence of 518 athletes from 47 countries.

Djama Elmi Okieh, Secretary of State for Youth and Sports of the Republic of Djibouti, is on an official visit to Cuba to strengthen bilateral relations of cooperation.

A rate of 4 wins at the expense of Industriales’ battered pitching, Matanzas tied the Cuban Baseball Semifinal for the West at 3 wins apiece, this time by 11-6.

Yoelmis Hernandez in the 85 kilos gave Cuba the first gold medal at the XXIII Pan-American Weightlifting Championship, based in Antigua, Guatemala, and now Cuba has won 1 silver and 6 bronze.

The Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez, Beijing 2008 Olympic champion and 4 times world champion of 120 kg, leads the team of 3 Cubans who will participate in the XXXI International Tournament Milone Trophy, scheduled for June 2^nd in Sassari, Italy.

Cuban 110-meters hurdler Dayron Robles will participate in 2 competitions included in the IAAF Diamond League, scheduled for the US cities Eugene and New York in June.

Matanzas surpassed 4-2 against Industriales this Sunday while Ciego de Avila thrashed Granma 13-2.

The Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk signed tables on Sunday with Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi and reached 7 points of 9 possible, and is about to get his 6^th of these traditional Capablanca in Memoriam Chess Tournament crowns, based in Havana.

The United States won the title and a ticket to London in the Pre-Olympic men's volleyball of North, Central America and the Caribbean played in Long Beach, California, where Cuba ended up with the bronze.

Lazaro Borges and Yainelis Ribeaux managed titles and became the best of Cuba at the Grand Prix of Athletics held in Ponce, Puerto Rico, where the Olympic champion and world record holder in 110-meter hurdles Dayron Robles was off the podium.

Cuban triple jumper Mabel Gay won the gold medal at the Athletics Grand Prix, Brazilian state of Pará, where her compatriots, discus throwers Denia Caballero and Yarelis Barrios finished in 3^rd and 4^th places, in that order.