Fidel Castro felt basketball was perfect training for guerrilla warfare

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June 5, 1972

Castro plays basketball during a state visit to Sofia, Bulgaria.

Image: Keystone-France\Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Though baseball is the de facto national sport of Cuba, the country’s leader Fidel Castro was a passionate player of a different game: basketball.

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