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  2. Sport in Cuba - Wikipedia

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    Sport in Cuba. Due to historical associations and geographical location with the United States, Cubans participate in American popular sports. While the majority of Latin American nations embrace soccer as the national game and pastime, in Cuba things are different. The country is not known for its soccer programs internationally.

  3. Cuba at the 2023 Pan American Games - Wikipedia

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    2015. 2019. 2023. Cuba is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Cuba 's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1951. Boxer Julio César La Cruz and judoka Idalys Ortiz were the country's ...

  4. Caribbean Series - Wikipedia

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    Caribbean Series. The Caribbean Series ( Spanish: Serie del Caribe) is an annual club tournament contested by professional baseball teams in Latin America. It is organized by the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation. The series is normally played in February, after the various winter leagues have ended their national tournaments.

  5. Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educación Fisica y Recreación

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    In its current form, INDER was founded after the Cuban Revolution in February 23, 1961, under Law 936, and was headed by Manuel González Guerra. The national headquarters is located in the Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva in Havana. In March 1962, a new institution demanded a Resolution that forbids any professional sports to be practiced on the ...

  6. Boxing in Cuba - Wikipedia

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    Boxing is a popular sport in Cuba. As of 1992, there were over 16,000 boxers on the island. Across Cuba today there are 494 boxing coaches and 185 facilities. Of the 99,000 athletes in Cuba currently, 19,000 are boxers, including 81 of Olympic competence, even though only 12 make the Olympic team. [ 1] Professional boxing was banned from 1962 ...

  7. Venezuela at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Venezuela entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Omailyn Alcalá qualified herself to Paris in featherweight division by advancing to the semifinals round at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Meanwhile Jesús Cova assured an olympic quota through the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy. [5]

  8. Sport in Venezuela - Wikipedia

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    Sport in Venezuela. The major sports in Venezuela are baseball, basketball and football. Baseball in Venezuela originates with the early 20th century cultural influence of the United States oil companies. The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League was established in 1945. Football in Venezuela lags behind baseball, but its popularity in recent ...

  9. Yamilet Peña - Wikipedia

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    Yamilet Peña. Yamilet Peña Abreu (born 4 December 1992 in Santo Domingo) is an elite artistic gymnast from the Dominican Republic who won a gold medal at the 2014 World Challenge Cup and the 2012 Pan American Championship in vault and a bronze medal at the 2012 World Cup. She is known for her execution of the Produnova —a handspring double ...