Three players who featured in Cuba's 6-0 loss to Canada in Concacaf Nations League play at BMO Field on Saturday have reportedly departed the team to defect. El Nuevo Herald reported on Sunday ...

Four Cuban footballers have defected after their national team's ... who eventually became a US citizen and won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in 2010 and 2011. Cuba's severe economic ...

TORONTO – Already eliminated from World Cup contention, Cuba's night went from bad to worse on Friday when five players apparently defected ahead of the team's matchup against Canada at BMO Field.

The deal meant players no longer had to defect from communist Cuba to join Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. Signed in December, it enabled players to reach the US without resorting to human ...

who smuggled Cuban baseball players into the U.S. and profited off their major league contracts. (CN) — An 11 th Circuit panel Thursday upheld the convictions of baseball agent Bartolo Hernandez and ...

In the past week 12 players from the team appear to have defected, the largest ever ... Compared to the more favored and well treated baseball players who leave Cuba, the prospects for a career ...