After playing the first two rounds of the tournament in Taiwan and Japan, Cuba advanced to the World Baseball Classic semifinals, which along with the championship game are being held at Miami’s ...

A protester against the Cuban government runs on the field during the 2023 World Baseball Classic game between the United States and Cuba in Miami on March 19. (Cristobal Herrera-Ulashkevich/EPA ...

Athens vs. Sparta. Leno vs. Letterman. USA vs. Cuba in baseball. What was once the most hot-blooded, geopolitical-infused hardball rivalry on the planet devolved into a tepid mismatch Sunday night.

But for many, it’s more than a game. The U.S. is now coming up against Cuba in a World Baseball Classic affair hosted in Miami, home to the largest Cuban American community in the country.

Over the past several years, a series of Cuban defectors have left the tiny baseball-loving island in search of an opportunity to play Major League Baseball. Many of them — including Yoenis ...

Vilela, now 68, paced Sunday afternoon outside loanDepot Park, the Miami Marlins' home stadium, where the Cuban national baseball team was set to face the United States for a spot in the World ...

Cuba fans enter LoanDepot park for of a World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game between Cuba and U.S., Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Miami. Crédito: Marta Lavandier/AP ...

Cuba earned a 7,500-mile flight to Miami for a trip to the World Baseball Classic semifinals for the first time since 2006. “Cuban baseball fans are so emotional right now. They have been ...

HAVANA -- The United States will permit Major League Baseball players from Cuba to represent their home country in the World Baseball Classic next year. The decision announced Saturday in a news ...

The United States is permitting MLB players that are from Cuba to play for their home country in the World Baseball Classic in March. A press release from the Baseball Federation of Cuba on ...

Update: Mar 19th, 2023 19:49 EDT Cuba are an international baseball powerhouse and have won a medal in the five Olympics where they qualified (gold in 92, 96 and 04 and Silver in 00 and 04 ...

Cuba beat Australia 6-2 to win their third gold medal in Olympic baseball while earlier Japan routed Canada 11-2 in the bronze medal match. Cuba's Frederich Cepeda hit a two-run homer in the fourth ...