Even before they could climb into the ring, Cuba’s female boxers had to roll with the punches. While the island has long been famed for its top-level male boxers, women were blocked by an ...

Many women of Cuban heritage have responded and want to participate in a Miss Universe Cuba competition after a Miami-based franchise said it will select a woman to represent Cuba, who pulled out ...

Martha Beatriz Roque, a pillar of strength and peaceful dissidence in Cuba for decades, was honored at the White House — in absentia — during a Women’s History Month event held Monday. She ...

HAVANA (AP) — Legnis Cala Massó carefully removes her necklace and smiles as her coach slides her bright red boxing gloves over her French tip nails. The 31-year-old swings her wiry body into ...

Boxer Legnis Cala, center, talks with fellow female boxers during a training session in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Cuban officials announced on Monday that women boxers would be able to ...