World Cup: Fidel Castro praises Argentina and Maradona

(AGI) Caracas, June 24 - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castropraised Argentinian football legend Diego Armando Maradona forthe way he is covering the World Cup TV programme on Telesurand sent his best wishes to Argentina's national team for theupcoming games. In a letter to Maradona, the leader of theCuban revolution wrote: "Unforgettable friend, I have thepleasure of following your programme which is giving me thepossibility to appreciate this extraordinary universal sport".Castro commended player Leo Messi, "a formidable athlete, prideand glory of the noble Argentinian people". . .