Puerto Rico National Team manager Juan “Igor” González By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico National Team manager Juan “Igor” González announced earlier this week the 24-player roster that will represent the island in the baseball tournament at the Santo Domingo 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games. The squad is composed primarily of active players from the Superior Double-A Baseball League and includes 12 position players and 12 pitchers. Key players include infielder Yadiel R

The Vaqueros of Bayamón (in blue) lead the National Superior Basketball league Conference A semifinals 3 games to 1 after a 72-68 road win over the Gigantes of Carolina-Canóvanas on Wednesday night. Game 5 is Friday night at 8 in Bayamón. Capitanes even B series with Santeros By THE STAR STAFF The Vaqueros of Bayamón defeated the Gigantes of Carolina-Canóvanas 72-68 on Wednesday night at Carlos Miguel Mangual Coliseum in Canóvanas to take a 3-1 lead in the National Superior B

A supporter of Argentina’s national team holds up a photograph of Diego Maradona following Argentina’s victory over England in a World Cup semifinal match on Wednesday, July 16, 2026, in Rosario, Argentina, the birthplace of soccer legend Lionel Messi. Messi assisted on both of Argentina’s late goals in a 2-1 win. (Sebastián López Brach/The New York Times) By TARIQ PANJA On the face of it, the mission was clear: Win two games, a World Cup semifinal and final. Since England’s

Lazaro Figueroa Tamayo, left, and Luis Silva Aldana, Adrián Silva Guerra’s father, at the Silva Guerra family home in Santiago de Cuba on May 8, 2026. (Lisette Poole González/The New York Times) By ED AUGUSTIN Adrián Silva Guerra saw the streetlight flicker back to life. It was 2:08 a.m. on a Thursday. An electric repairman, Silva Guerra quickly got up from his concrete stoop and went inside, leaving the front door ajar so the night air would drift over his 7-year-old son sle