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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)