Cuban players will begin their training for 12th Pan American Softball Championship

The softball players from Las Tunas Adonis Velázquez, Jonathan Leyva, and Héctor Castillo will fight for places within the Cuban team that begins its preparation for the 12th Pan American Softball Championship, to be held in April, in the city of Sincelejo, Colombia.

Sports journalist Lilian Cid

With a woman's face and her own name, the 21st edition of the Jorge Luis Valdés Rionda in Memoriam National Press Softball Tournament unleashes one of the most sublime storms. While the carefree spirit cemented the birth of such a story, Lilian Cid, the first woman to dispute the softball event, tucked it with the courage to look into the eyes of what many describe as impossible. Unaffected by tensions, in a flutter of freedom and gender equality, the girl from Las Tunas attracted all eyes thanks to the virtue of never giving up and walking towards the unknown.

Cocodrilos de Matanzas were crowned champions of the Cuban baseball All-Star Series

The Cocodrilos de Matanzas were crowned champions of the Cuban baseball All-Star Series on Thursday, after defeating the Elite League Stars by knockout (12-2).

Estrellas will face Mexico in the semifinals of the competition at 2:30 pm. Meanwhile, Matanzas and Venezuela will face each other at 6:30 pm.

The teams of Mexico and Matanzas defeated Venezuela and Estrellas of the Elite League, respectively, on Tuesday, in the closing of the round-robin match of the Cuban baseball All-Star Series.

Those from the so-called Atenas de Cuba were crowned for the first time in their own land

The Cocodrilos de Matanzas defeated the Cazadores de Artemisa this Tuesday at the Victoria de Girón (12-5) and became the champions of the II Elite League of Cuban baseball.