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vote
HAVANA, DECEMBER 22 (Prensa Latina) Dominican baseball player Jeremy Peña today came up with another vote in the Latin Press poll to pick the best athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, getting support from Mexican newspaper La Gazeta.
Peña, the most valuable player in the world championships in major leagues for the United States, reached seven ballots in the Best Male Athlete division, behind the leader, Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi.
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Cycling
SAN JOSE, DECEMBER 22 (Prince Latina) Today, Ecuadorian cyclist Alexis Quintero, of the Banco Guayaquil team, won the seventh stage of the 2022 Vuelta a Costa Rica Telecable, which runs over 129.6 kilometers between Perez Zeledon and La Unión.
In a run that included the ascent to the so-called Cerro de la Muerte, Quintero spent a time of 3:42:52, ahead of his teammate Robinson Chalapud, 25 seconds behind, as Colombian Marco Tulio Suesca, who promotes Ecuadorian outfit Movistar Best PC.
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football
Manchester, United Kingdom, December 22 (Prensa Latina) Manchester City advanced to the quarter-finals of the English Football League Cup here today, after defeating Liverpool, the defending champions, 3-2 at the end of the fourth day.
Citizens advanced on the scoreboard twice, with two goals from Erling Haaland in the 10th minute and from Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez (47), but on both occasions, the guests equalized the score, with two goals from Portuguese Fabio Carvalho (20) and from. The Egyptian Mohamed Salah (48).
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sports
HAVANA, DECEMBER 22 (PRENSA LATINA) Judoka Andy Granda and boater Yarislides Cirillo accepted awards for the best Cuban athletes in 2022 here today, during a ceremony at the new Latin American Cinema Foundation.
Granda won gold at the World Championships in Tashkent and Cirilo, the C-2 world title at 200 meters from Halifax.
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