Ricardo Fraccari and Higinio Velez, presidents of the World Baseball-Softball Confederation (WBSC) and the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) respectively, signed an agreement that they both described as historic.
As part of the All-Star Game celebration, the province of Camaguey is hosting the gala in which the six teams qualified to the second stage of the Cuban 59th National Baseball Series will pick up their five reinforcements.
The National Baseball Directorate announced the 28-man roster of the Cuba team to attend the 2019 WBSC Premier 12 Tournament, which will be held from November 2-17 in Mexico, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.
Cuban gymnast Marcia Videaux qualified to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics when finishing 53rd at the women´s individual all-around event at the 49th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships running in Stuttgart, Germany, from October 4-13.
Players from Cuba and the Dominican Republic are heading the list of Latin American baseball players set to play in the final rounds of Japan’s Pacific and Central Baseball Leagues.