In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

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Two of the world's most baseball-obsessed nations declared an end to a half-century of hostility six months ago, raising hopes of warmer ties between the home of the Major Leagues and the source of some of its best talent. But the most important act of sports diplomacy since then is taking place on a soccer field. On Tuesday, the New York Cosmos become the first U.S. professional team to play in Cuba since Presidents Raul Castro and Barack Obama announced that they were re-establishing diplomatic relations. Cuban officials said the friendly match against Cuba's national team was a sign of soccer's growing popularity on the island, and an important step in the normalization of the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba.New York Cosmos will play the Cuba national football team on TuesdayAmerica and Cuba put an end to a half-century of hostility six months agoPele, who played for the original Cosmos franchise, will attend the matchNow-defunct Chicago Sting were last team to play in Cuba, back in 1978 
 Question:While _ is far from a soccer powerhouse, the sport hasn't been spared the waves of departures that have robbed the island's teams of many top-ranked athletes.

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Cuba


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A woman who endured domestic abuse for years at the hands of her 'evil' ex-partner has urged other victims to seek help and not hide violence at home like she did. Susan, who is now in her early sixties, revealed to FEMAIL that her ex, Steve, used to regularly beat her, throttle her and once threatened her with a hammer. They had a daughter together, Grace (all names have been changed to protect victims' identities), and she was terrified to leave their home in Liverpool because Steve said he would kill them if they ever tried to escape. During this time, Susan forged a successful career in human resources and nobody had any idea of the violence she suffered at home.Susan lived with abusive partner in Liverpool for more than 15 yearsToo scared to leave him as he threatened to kill her and their daughterHad successful career in human resources and hid troubles at homeOnly escaped after daughter called police when he nearly killed herPair have been able to move on with support of NSPCC 
 Question:Their whirlwind romance led to her becoming pregnant six months later and it was then _ began to show his true colours.

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Steve


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Holland manager Danny Blind has admitted that Robin van Persie and Memphis Depay were involved in a training ground dispute ahead of Saturday's crucial victory against Kazakhstan. Van Persie was left out of the side as the Dutch kept alive their slim hopes of qualifying for Euro 2016 but Blind has denied that decision was anything to do with the spat. The coach claimed that Van Persie's omission was based on the former Manchester United and Arsenal striker's level of fitness and Blind played down the disagreement as something that happens often on the training pitch. 'We have discussed what happened, but that had nothing to do with my decision,' Blind is quoted as saying in The Guardian.Robin van Persie and Memphis Depay were involved in a disagreementFenerbahce striker was left out of the starting line-up against KazakhstanDanny Blind claims his decision to leave him out was based on fitnessHolland face Czech Republic in their final Euro 2016 qualifier on MondayDutch must win and hope Turkey lose against Iceland to reach the play-offsHolland players were put through their paces on Monday for the final time 
 Question:Turkey only need to draw against group leaders Iceland to be assured of their place in the play-offs regardless of _'s result thanks to their superior head-to-head record.

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Holland