Most of French people, 61 percent, would like their capital to host the 2014 Olympic Games, according to a poll released today. The survey, by Odoxa, which was cited in local media, indicates that there is growing support for the Games, which is important to any bid.

Five years ago, in the so-called Golden Series, marking the 50th anniversary of Cuba’s national baseball championship, Ciego de Ávila and Pinar del Río faced off in a veritable struggle for the title.

Antonio Becali, president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER by its Spanish acronym), reaffirmed Cuba's will to be among the top 20 in the Olympic Games to be held next August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

With two representatives for each sex, Cuba will take part as of Friday in the pre-Olympic table tennis competition, to be held at the Olympic Training Center of Santiago de Chile.

The Ukrainian boxing team, Ukraine Otamans, arrived in the Cuban capital with their reserve team, for a match against the Domadores of Cuba, as part of the 2016 Boxing World Series. Dmytro Gaistruk, manager of the Ukrainian team, said that he is confident that his fighters will recover today first place in Group A. The current leaders are the Cubans, who lead Group A by one point.