HAVANA, Cuba.-Cuba's men's volleyball team leaves for Hamamatsu, Japan, Tuesday, the venue for the beginning of pool A matches of the 23rd World Volleyball League, scheduled for May 18-20.

Havana.-Cuba's baseball fans had to wait until the last game to know what eastern teams qualified for the playoffs.

Guatemala.-Cuban cooperation has been the main cause of Guatemalan athletes' outstanding results in recent years.

The 51st Cuban National Baseball Series is about to begin now with nine teams for the first time in the western region as the Metropolitans team was saved from disappearing though many people thought otherwise.

HAVANA, Cuba.-Cuban Jose Armenteros won the gold medal in the men's 100-kilo category of the Junior World Judo Championships that concluded on Sunday in Cape Town, South Africa, with the participation of 521 judokas from 65 countries.

The main purpose of the Cuban delegation that will take part in the upcoming Pan American Games of Guadalajara, Mexico, scheduled from October 14 through 30, is to keep its traditional second place-finish in the medal standings, which was first attained in Cali 1971, except for Havana in 1991, where the Cuban athletes topped the table as hosts.