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The Dominican women's volleyball team will receive RD$5.7 million for its gold medal at the Santo Domingo 2026 Games: RD$3.2 million for the medal and RD$2.5 million for its 10 individual awards.
The second edition of the Juan Pablo Duarte Games in New York will bring together 1,827 diaspora athletes from August 14 to 23 in 22 sports, including vitilla and dominos.
The Dominican Football League presented its 2026-2027 season with a new competition format. The gala honored the best of the previous cycle and opening day is August 21.
Dominican basketball is enjoying a golden moment: new talents and established stars keep adding championships in international tournaments, in a generation rewriting the sport's history.
The Estrellas Orientales strengthened their winter offense by reacquiring left-handed first baseman Sandber Pimentel from the Toros del Este in exchange for outfielder Rainer Núñez.
The Banreservas Arena Virgilio Travieso Soto hosted the closing ceremony of the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games, with a headline performance by Juan Luis Guerra singing 'Canto a la Patria'.
Thousands of Dominicans welcomed the athletes who earned a record 150 medals at the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026. The caravan ended with a massive concert.
The Dominican youth baseball team beat Panama 5-2 in the opening game of the III Caribbean Kids Series in Nayarit, Mexico. Starter Yemmy Marrero threw five no-hit innings with seven strikeouts.
Tarik Skubal made his home debut with the Dodgers allowing three runs in five innings, but Los Angeles rallied in the seventh with Ohtani and Freeman. Edwin Díaz closed for his sixth save.
Dominican shortstop Jeremy Peña hit a key single in the 10th inning for the 6-3 win over Houston. Isaac Paredes added a two-run double and Josh Hader pitched two perfect innings.
Dominican infielder Junior Caminero hit his 34th home run of the season in an eight-run eighth inning. Tampa Bay won 10-6; Freddy Peralta pitched six innings of three runs.
Elly De La Cruz’s 19th home run, Ketel Marte’s 600+ RBIs with Arizona and Manny Machado’s four RBIs sum up a Dominican week in the Major Leagues.
The Dominican Phillies pitcher reached 15-4 after beating the Nationals 7-3: five innings, two runs and his fifth straight win, the first time anyone reaches 15 in 2026.
The Dominican Republic closed the Central American and Caribbean Games in fifth place with 150 medals: 46 gold, 37 silver and 67 bronze, its best historical mark.
Dominican women volleyball swept Colombia in the final (3-0) and closed the tournament undefeated: 5 wins, 0 losses and just one set dropped. Seventh straight title.
Boxer Estefani Almánzar was crowned 54 kg champion by beating Venezuelan Diana Maestre by split decision (3-2) at the Santo Domingo Games.
The Minister of Sports, Kelvin Cruz, confirmed the arrest of whoever threw an object onto the track while Marileidy Paulino was winning the 400-meter gold.
The Gigantes del Cibao beat the Metros de Santiago 4-2 in the National Basketball League final and lifted the Banreservas Cup.
The Dominican quartet shattered the mixed 4x400 relay record with 3:10.57, and Liranyi Alonso flew in the 100 meters with 11.10 seconds, beating the 1998 mark.
The Dominican Republic was crowned team champion in boxing at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games, with seven gold medals.
Juan Soto and Junior Caminero were starters in the 2026 MLB All-Star Game. Elly De La Cruz adds 20 home runs and 21 steals in the season.
The men basketball team won silver after falling to Puerto Rico (94-75), while the men and women 3x3 teams claimed gold at Santo Domingo 2026.
The Dominican Republic beat Venezuela 5-1 in the Santo Domingo 2026 softball final and retained the gold for the second consecutive time. Elías Valerio shone.
The Dodgers acquired ace Tarik Skubal and the Red Sox Adley Rutschman: the balance of the 2026 MLB trade deadline toward the final stretch.