Cuban Badminton Player Aims for Olympics in Paris

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BADMINTON

San Salvador, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Taimara Oropesa, a badminton player, aspires to become the first athlete from her country to reach an Olympics in this sport, in this case the one in Paris, she said today.

In statements to Prensa Latina after participating in the V El Salvador International Challenge 2023 badminton, the athlete said that her main aspiration currently is to continue training to obtain good results and be among the top 100 in the world ranking of this discipline in the upcoming competitions.

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SOCCER

Turin, Italy, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) Atalanta continued its unfortunate streak today by losing 0-3 to Torino on matchday 14 of the Italian Soccer League.

The Turin squad added its fifth victory of the championship with two goals from Colombian Duván Zapata (minutes 22 and 90+5) and one from Paraguay Antonio Sanabria (56 from a penalty).

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CHESS

Havana, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Grandmaster Omar Almeida will seek to establish a national record of 32 simultaneous timed chess games next Saturday at the capital’s Plaza hotel, the weekly Jit reported today.

Almeida will have a time of two and a half hours on their clocks, plus a 10-second increase after each play, and his rivals will have 45 minutes and 10-second additions after each touch to the clock.

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SOCCER

Madrid, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) Real Madrid confirmed today that soccer player Daniel Carvajal will be away from the field for at least a month due to an injury to the left soleus.

The right back was injured last Saturday during the 2-0 victory over Granada.

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2023-12-05 01:33:44
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