Carl Víctor Herrera Alleyne is a retired Trinidadian-born Venezuelan basketball player. A power forward, he was part of the Houston Rockets National Basketball Association championship teams of the mid-1990s. He was the first Venezuelan to ever play in the NBA.
The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League is the top-level professional baseball league in Venezuela. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series each year.
The Serbian Super League, stylized as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian professional league for football clubs.
The Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto, commonly known as the SPB, is the Venezuelan first division national professional basketball league. Founded in 1974 as the Liga Especial de Baloncesto, it adopted the name Liga Profesional de Baloncesto in the 1993 season, and the name SuperLiga in 2019. Marinos are the team with most championships with 11. The winners and runners-up of each LPB season qualify for the FIBA Americas League regular season.
Deportivo La Guaira is a professional football club promoted to the Venezuelan league in 2009, based in La Guaira but playing its home games in Caracas at the Estadio Olímpico de la UCV.
Perry James Jones III is an American professional basketball player for the Spartans Distrito Capital of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB). He played college basketball for Baylor.
María José Pérez González is a female volleyball player from Venezuela who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Her team finished in 11th place.
Gigantes de Guyana is a basketball club based in Puerto Ordaz, Bolívar State, Venezuela that plays in the Venezuelan SuperLiga. Established in 2008, the team's home games are played at Hermanas Gonzalez Gymnasium where there is capacity for 3,000 people.
The major sports in Venezuela are baseball, basketball and football. Baseball in Venezuela originates with the early 20th century cultural influence of the United States oil companies. The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League was established in 1945. Football in Venezuela lags behind baseball, but its popularity in recent years has grown. Basketball and volleyball are also popular sports; there has been a national basketball league since 1974. The Vuelta a Venezuela is one of six cycling events in the UCI America Tour. The polo club Lechuza Caracas has had some success in North American polo competitions.
The Venezuelan Women's Super League is the top level league competition for women's football in Venezuela. The winner qualifies for the Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino, the South American Champions League. The competition is organised by the Venezuelan Football Federation. It was established in 2017, with the league was made into a semi-professional one, and under the control of the Women's Football Commission.
Alexander David González Sibulo is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays for Ecuadorian Serie A club Emelec and the Venezuela national team. Mainly a right back, he can also play as a right winger.
Cocodrilos de Caracas is a Venezuelan professional basketball club based in Caracas. Established in 1990, the club competes in the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB), and has won the national championship six times. The Cocodrilos' home games are played at the Parque Naciones Unidas.
Rómulo Otero Vásquez is a Venezuelan footballer who plays for Brazilian club Santos. Mainly an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a winger.
Darío Ismael Benedetto is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Querétaro.
Gregory Maxdier Vargas Díaz is a Venezuelan professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He was the Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year in 2016 and 2017, and the Israeli Premier League Assists Leader in 2017 and 2020.
The Venezuelan SuperLiga Grand Final MVP is an annual award that is handed out to the most valuable player in the Grand Final series of a given season of the Venezuelan SuperLiga season, the highest professional basketball league in Venezuela.
Lagerald Montrell Vick is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Southland Sharks of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL).
The 2019 Primera División season, officially Liga de Fútbol Profesional Venezolano or Liga FUTVE, was the 38th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league. Zamora were the defending champions, but in the Torneo Apertura they were knocked out by Mineros in the quarter-finals and in the Torneo Clausura they failed to advance to the knockout stage. The champions were Caracas, who won the Torneo Clausura by defeating Deportivo Táchira in the final and then went on to beat Apertura winners Estudiantes de Mérida in the Serie Final on penalties to claim their twelfth league title.
Pedro Chourio is a Venezuelan professional basketball player who plays for Cocodrilos of the Venezuelan SuperLiga.
Garly Enrique Sojo Tilvez was a Venezuelan professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), he played the point guard position. He was a promising player in Venezuelan basketball, as he won the LPB Most Valuable Player award in 2022. Sojo played for the Venezuela national team, among others at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
