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- 1 2 RedaccionCuba (2021-07-29). "10 juegos tradicionales de la infancia en Cuba que todo cubano conoce". Revista DimeCuba (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- 1 2 "Playing on the streets of Cuba » LaHabana.com". LaHabana.com. 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ↑ "World Baseball Softball Confederation". www.wbsc.org. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ↑ Márquez, Henry Morales (2021-02-26). "Briandy Molina, del cuatro esquinas callejero al Baseball 5". Play-Off Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ↑ "Cuban Dominoes – Rules, How to Play, Scoring & Strategy". www.coololdgames.com. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ↑ "El "quemado", el juego infantil que se ha vuelto un deporte de alta competencia". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ↑ "Del cuatro-esquinas al fútbol de tres". CiberCuba (in Spanish). 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2022-11-26.