%0 artículo original %A Urbina Gaitán, Chester %D 2019 %G spa %T Sporting activity, sociability and identities in Cuba in El Sport newspaper (1886-1888) %U https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/repertorio/article/view/11704 %X The sporting activity in Cuba from 1886 to 1888 was located in the west fromSancti Spiritus to Pinar del Río, because in this part of the island the capitaland infrastructure necessary to execute sports practices were concentrated.The execution of the sport was done in the private sphere. The Cuban sportslife of the years of study was very intense due to the great cultural influenceand the proximity with the United States. The practice of the different disciplineswas monopolized by the Spanish nobility and the Cuban economicelite along with some members of the American and European colonies.With respect to baseball, its popularity was due to the fact that it reinforcedthe local feeling among populations such as La Habana, Matanzas, Pinar delRío and Cárdenas among others. Also its expansion was that it allowed thepractice of blacks and children, included women as honorary members anddedicated parties to charity. The sport activity was controlled mainly by mendue to the sexist vision that existed of the same one.