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Artemisa’s Badminton Team Ready to Shine at National School Games

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2 weeks ago

June 25, 2024

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Artemisa, June 25 (ACN) The Artemisa province will be able to get on the podium in the badminton competition of the 60th National School Games, which Cienfuegos will organize in July, and very soon it will once again be one of the mainstays of Cuba, said Orlando Cala Martínez, commissioner of this discipline in the country.

It is even intended to hold a national cup in the territory in November, based on the availability of a new court, soon to be completed at the Julio Díaz González Sports Initiation School (EIDE), the director declared to ACN.

He added that in accordance with the opportunities that the provincial authorities have provided, it is also being analyzed to move the permanent training base of the main team of the largest of the Antilles to that facility in Artemisia.

His badminton players have reached a considerably high level, despite resource limitations, he maintained, noting that it is due to systematic work in recent years, aimed at pioneer, school and youth ages, to the point of having athletes in the national team. and with prospects of integrating it.

By force of will, technique and mentality, Alina Sanz Rizo, from the youth category, has already been promoted, she said.

Cala Martínez alluded to the quality of the most recent provincial pioneering competition, which he said would qualify as a national and even Central American final.

They are essential tournaments to develop and popularize badminton in Cuba, he stressed. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Former athlete René Camerota Álvarez, current provincial commissioner, recalled the national badminton championship and the handball, basketball, volleyball and rhythmic gymnastics competitions, held decades ago in the room that occupied that same site.

He pointed out that they were a power at that time and, with the deterioration of the facility, they lost numerous medals, since the differences are great when they play in an unsuitable one, at an insufficient height, where the shuttlecock remains in the air for less time, as it collides in ceiling.

The plank had to be properly cared for: it began to leak, get wet and deteriorate; Now it is resurfacing and will be a success for the sport: it will help make Artemisa a powerhouse again, with another athlete on the way to making it to the Cuban team, he assured.

It is Angely Pita Sánchez, who moves, hits the shuttlecock backhanded, jumps, hits it hard and laughs satisfied, no matter how much she has sweated; No one will cut her wings to fly over the net and win medals, as she has dreamed of since she was a child.

2024-06-25 22:58:41
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Tragedy Strikes Moroccan Football: Five Players from Ittihad Tangier Disappear at Sea

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4 mins ago

July 7, 2024

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It is a tragedy for Moroccan football. Five players from Ittihad Tangier have disappeared at sea during a yacht trip.

Communication with the boat was lost while five Ittihad Tangier players, including a first-team member and several hopefuls, were on board.

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According to local media Le360, the passengers jumped into the water to swim, and strong winds then pushed the yacht away from the water. The Royal Gendarmerie and the Royal Navy managed to save three players, found more than 800 meters from the shore after an hour and a half of searching. Two other people are still missing. An investigation has been opened by the gendarmerie services following this incident. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

2024-07-07 19:12:00
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Padua: Mager, Oradini, Pennaforti and Piraino in the seeding

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14 mins ago

July 7, 2024

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There are 13 Italian tennis players who have reached the decisive round of the qualifications of the “Canottieri Padova Open”, an ITF men’s tournament with a prize pool of 25 thousand dollars (red clay), now in its seventeenth edition. In the running for one of the eight places available for the main draw are…
2024-07-07 19:47:12
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Madison Keys Forced to Retire Due to Injury at Wimbledon, Jasmine Paolini Advances to Quarter-Finals

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23 mins ago

July 7, 2024

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A little drama unfolded on Court 1 at Wimbledon this Sunday. Madison Keys, in tears, had to resign herself to abandoning against Jasmine Paolini while she had narrowly escaped victory a few minutes earlier, leading 5-2 double break before injuring her left thigh and having to give up continuing this spectacular and emotional fight. The American, who had just conceded an ace, preferred to leave it there after 2 hours and 23 minutes of play, losing 6-3, 6-7(6), 5-5 (15-A) and letting her opponent slip away to her first quarter-final at Wimbledon. She will face another American, Coco Gauff or Emma Navarro.

The Roland-Garros finalist came within two points of victory in the deciding game of a second set that was already full of twists and turns, as she came back from 5-1, 40-15 down before losing on the wire. We thought we had settled the score. But that was without her extraordinary fighting spirit. And without the bad luck that struck Madison, of course. At 5-4, the latter left the court for a long medical timeout during which she had her left adductor strapped. But we quickly saw upon her return, when she could barely walk and push off on her legs, that it would be complicated. She tried to close on her serve but, once it was lost on a double fault, it was a lost cause.

A stroke of luck for the Italian but she fully deserves the good fortune that is currently accompanying her. She who had never won a match on grass before this year therefore follows a semi-final in Eastbourne with a first quarter-final here. She is the fifth Italian to reach the “big 8” in London after Laura Golarsa (1989), Silvia Farina Elia (2003), Francesca Schiavone (2009) and Camila Giorgi (2018). READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

2024-07-07 15:14:00
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