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Cuba seeks World Cup qualification after nearly a century
Read full article: Cuba seeks World Cup qualification after nearly a centurySoccer coaches across Cuba are training hundreds of players as part of a new program to elevate the sport’s profile and status in a country that last qualified for the World Cup in 1938.
No. 103 Trinidad ties No. 11 Mexico 0-0 in Gold Cup opener
Read full article: No. 103 Trinidad ties No. 11 Mexico 0-0 in Gold Cup openerNo. 103 Trinidad and Tobago held 11th-ranked Mexico to a 0-0 draw in the opener of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the championship of soccer’s North and Central American and Caribbean region.
San Francisco Conservatory buys Opus 3 Artists agency
Read full article: San Francisco Conservatory buys Opus 3 Artists agencyThe San Francisco Conservatory of Music announced Tuesday that it had purchased Opus 3 Artists, which represents about 250 musicians and attractions, a group that include conductors Barenboim, Conlon, Eschenbach and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The San Francisco Conservatory of Music announced Tuesday that it had purchased Opus 3 Artists, which represents about 250 musicians and attractions, a group that includes conductors Daniel Barenboim, James Conlon, Christoph Eschenbach and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. David Stull, president of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, would not reveal the monetary details of purchasing the management agency. Foster said the agency would have an arms-length relationship with students at the San Francisco conservatory and will continue to recruit clients from Juilliard, Curtis, Eastman and elsewhere. The conservatory, which serves about 500 students, broke ground two years ago and is in the process of opening the Bowes Center building in San Francisco.