Third sports newsletter – Prensa Latina

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baseball

San Juan, May 11 (Prinsa Latina) – The Puerto Rico Association today confirmed that six former players from the major leagues of the United States make up the Puerto Rico team in the pre-Olympic baseball tournament in Las Americas, from May 31 to June 5.

Noel Cuevas, Uzzi Martinez, Jesmoel Valentine, Evan de Jesus, Ray Navarro, and archer Jason Garcia, all experienced in the Big Top, head the Caribbean team with the goal of the tournament, which will be played in the American cities of Port St. Lucie and West Palm Beach, in Florida.

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football

MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, May 11 (Prensa Latina) Manchester City beat the English Premier League for the third time in four years, capitalizing on Manchester United’s defeat here 1-2 against Leicester in the 36th round.

The team trained by the Spaniard Josep Guardiola leads the Red Devils by 10 points, and ranks second in the table, with only three matches remaining until the end of the season, so City can now focus on the Champions League final, on May 29 in Istanbul against Chelsea.

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Bisas

Bogotá, May 11 (Prinsa Latina) Cuban Arle Calderon won two golds and one silver in the 61kg category today at the Open Weightlifting Championships, which will be held in Cali, Colombia, until next Friday.

Calderon, ranked 28th in the world ranking, celebrated gold medals in the overall classification with 264 kg and in the clean rickshaw with a weight of 149 kg; Meanwhile, he added a silver medal in snatch with a 115 kg lift to score points on the Olympic qualifiers road.

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Tennis

ROME, May 11 (Prinsa Latina) Novak Djokovic, the number one tennis player, has confirmed his rating today and defeated American Taylor Fritz in the second round of the 1000 Masters tournament in the capital.

Djokovic, the defending champion, began the title defense by beating Fritz 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), in one hour and 38 minutes of play.

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