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Speaking more than fifty years go, Castro said "Anybody who truly loves sport and feels sport" had to prefer the Cuban way to professional sport "by a thousand times" The US blockade on Cuba, which has lasted for more than 50 years and includes restrictions on the nation's sporting institutions, has not stopped them from becoming the most successful Latin American country in Olympics history - despite having a population only slightly greater than that of New York City.Lee James was joined by Cuban born Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria, author of The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball, Film maker and author Brin-Jonathan Butler, who's Cuban memoir the Domino Diaries explores Cuba through sport and fromer Cuban triple jump champion Yamile Aldama.Photo: Castro surrounded by the Cuba baseball team, Credit: Getty Images

Andre Ward survived a second-round knockdown to beat Sergey Kovalev on points and claim the Russian's IBF, WBA and WBO light-heavyweight titles.Sarah Mulkerrins is joined by former two-weight world champion Paulie Malignaggi, former British boxer and now trainer Joe Gallagher and boxing writer for the LA Times Lance Pugmire to debate the details of the fight. (Image: Andre Ward, credit: Getty Images)

Sarah Mulkerrins is joined by South African football commentator Mo Allie and Algerian football journalist Maher Mezahi to profile the nominees for the 2016 BBC African footballer of the year.The shortlist includes West Ham and Ghana Forward Andre Ayew, Borussia Dortmund and Gabon Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Leicester City and Algeria Winger Riyad Mahrez, Liverpool and Senegal Forward Sadio Mané and Manchester City and Ivory Coast Midfielder Yaya Toure.Hear from African football experts and the superstar footballers themselves. (Image: Nominees for African player of the year, credit: Getty Images)

Women's Sport Week is designed to celebrate, raise awareness and increase the profile of women's sport across Britain. But what about globally? What are the issues being faced by the world's greatest sportswomen? Sarah Mulkerrins is joined by South Africa's Olympic javelin silver medallist Sunette Viljoen and leading sports journalists Anna Kessell and Jacqulein Magnay. We also hear from England rugby World Champion Danielle Waterman and Lianne Sanderson, the England striker who plays her club football in the United States.(Photo: Danielle Waterman Sunette Viljoen and Lianne Sanderson, Credit: Getty Images)

John Bennett reflects on the biggest football story of the transfer window so far. Listen to the coaches who guided him from age 13, then hear from the man himself.Paul Pogba is back. (Image: Paul Pogba, credit: Getty Images)

How will we know if the Rio Paralympics have been a success? Gold medal winning sprinter, April Holmes, plus husband and wife athletes Stef Reid and Brent Lakatos are among Sarah Mulkerrins' guests for a Sportsworld special. What impact do the Games need to have on Brazil as a country? And what needs to change before we see more African nations appearing in the medals table?Picture: Canada's Brent Lakatos. Credit: Getty Images.

As Manchester United look set to confirm that Louis Van Gaal's time in charge at Old Trafford and Jose Mourinho is preparing to take over, we round up the latest news on football's worst kept secret. We'll hear how it got to this stage from the BBC's Simon Stone, former Manchester United player and coach Phil Neville gives his thoughts on the potential appointment, we'll get a personal insight on Jose Mourinho from his first youth academy product at Benfica, Diogo Luis, Dutch football journalist Marcel van der Kraan discuesses what the future could hold for Louis Van Gaal and we examine what the move would mean for Ryan Giggs. (Photo; Mourinho at Olt Trafford, Credit; Getty Images)

Sarah Mulkerrins announces the five nominations for the 2016 BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award. Find out more about Cameroon and FC Rosengard forward Gaelle Enganamouit, France and Lyon Midfielder Amandine Henry, Scotland and Seattle Reign midfielder Kim Little, USA & Houston Dash midfielder Carli Lloyd and USA and Kansas City defender Becky Sauerbrunn.Voting is open from 1800 GMT on Sunday 24th April 2016 and closes at 0800 GMT on Monday 9th May 2016. (Picture: Asisat Oshoala, credit: Getty Images)

After 20 years playing basketball, on Wednesday 13th of April, 19,000 adoring fans crammed into the Staples Center to see Kobe Bryant play his final game. But what made Kobe one of the best players of all time? Sportsworld takes a look back at the life and career of the NBA legend.Joining Sarah Mullkerrins was the basketball author Roland Lazenby who has written autobiographies on the likes of Michael Jordan and the man of the moment - Kobe Bryant.And the first female scout in the NBA, who worked with the Lakers, Bonnie Jill Lafflin.(Image: Kobe Bryant, credit: Getty Images)

The world of football pays tribute to one of the game's greatest ever players, Johan Cruyff, following his death aged 68.Ade Adedoyin is joined by our football reporter Steve Crossman; Marcel van der Kraan from De Telegraaf newspaper; the former Barcelona striker Steve Archibald; and the former Netherland coach Raymond Verheijen, as they discuss the life of the Dutch master.(Image: Johan Cruyff lining up for the Netherlands. Credit: Getty Images)

The beautiful game is suffering one of the ugliest periods in its history, but will that change when the race to succeed Sepp Blatter as the head of world football is decided on Friday.We profile the five men bidding for the top job at Fifa with the President of the Sierra Leone FA, Isha Johansen; Alexandra Wrage, who works in anti-corruption and transparency as the Head of TRACE International; Andrew Orsatti from the world players' union, FIFPRO; And Ramon Vega, the former Tottenham and Switzerland international defender who was considering running as a Fifa presidential candidate.(Image: The five men aiming to become the next Fifa president. Credit: PA)

What next for heavyweight boxing after Tyson Fury's unanimous points win over Wladimir Klitschko ended the Ukrainian's nine year reign at the top of the sport?Joining Sarah Mulkerrins are Ade Adedoyin, who was ringside for the BBC World Service in Dusseldorf, Boxing writer for ESPN Dan Rafael and the former WBA welterweight champion, Paulie Malignaggi. We also hear from Lennox Lewis.(Picture: Tyson Fury, credit: Getty Images)

Five players are in with a chance of adding their name to an exclusive list of BBC African Footballer of the Year award winners.Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, Yacine Brahimi, Sadio Mane and Yaya Toure have the chance to being crowned this year's winner.Nigerian Football expert Oluwashina Okeleji, South African Football Journalist Mo Allie, Ghanaian Journalist Michael Oti Adjei and our football reporter Steve Crossman debate who deserves to win the award.(Image: 2015 BBC African Footballer of the Year nominees. Credit: Getty Images)

Over the last few months, the media has been dominated by images and news of the world-wide refugee crisis. While the issues continue to be debated by politicians, we hear two remarkable stories of refugees-turned-footballers who fled the atrocities of war and succeeded at the highest level of the game.We speak to Afghanistan captain Zohib Islam Amiri, who shares his story of half-time executions and signing for Zico, and Sierra Leone striker and former Norwich player Kei Kamara, who says: "As a kid seeing executions in front of you or seeing dead bodies every day... you know, waking up and seeing vultures eating through them, it’s never what you wished on anyone."(Image: Refugees playing football. Credit: Getty Images)