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sport. a historic date for pakistan cricket. on the newshour, goals aplenty. the classico match. details in 45 minutes. egypt's president warned egypt faces a threat to its existence from what he called terrorists. no one has claimed responsibility for friday's attacks that killed 31 solids in the sinaiez peninsula. it was the deadliestly attack in years. obama benjaved reports. >> laid to rest with honor, these soldiers were killed in northern sinai in one of the worst attacks against the egyptian army. a car bombing was followed by gunfire in another post near the egyptian board we are israel. president obama fattel sisi has

declared a fight against twhat e calls terrorism. >> i am addressing all egyptians. be vigilant. a plot is woven against all of us. all that has happened has been expected. we have raised these issues before. we and all egyptians must join forces to arizona this challenge. many have fallen. many are expected to fall. it is a huge war. he script is facing a huge war. >> there have been a number of attacks in the sinai in recent months despite military operations against armed groups. he script security forces used the same term "terrorists" for those carrying out these attacks as well as members of the previous government of mohamed morsi. in the past, an armed group has claimed responsibility city for carrying out similar attacks in the sinai. the group's activities have increased since the then-elected and now outlawed muslim brotherhood government was over thrown by the military no. one has claimed responsibility

for friday's attacks. to deal with the attacks, egypt has displayed -- deployed more soldiers to the area allowing for more military presence in the sinai peninsula. among the heightend security, the raaafa border crossing is closed. >> the egyptian army and police say they will be able to tackle threats and preserve the security of the region. those who vow to protect the state continue to face great risks. >> sinai has seen a spate of violent attacks so far this year in jan, an egyptian military helicopter was shot down with a surface to air missile. the following month, a suicide bomber detonated explosives bound for israel. four people were killed. in july, fighters in sign tie round from the provincial

capitol killing seven civilians and one solid s these attacks have largely been blamed on a group which has historically targeted border posts. shifted. >> attention to the security forc forces. the lecturer at arab and islamic studies at the university of exetor is clearly escalating. >> it's a very, very complex provenlt. part of the problem in sinai and this is mostly t in the place of that, after the israelis left sign after the operation of sinai. but since 2000 when the second intafada was happening, there were multiple crackdowns there, mainly accusingsol some of the

tribes with the borders in gaza and this led to decades. 2011, that manifested itself within the. a region nam group that operates in northeast sinai to more of an international group. andflations cairo as well in the north: to other news, iraqi security forces said they have retaken most of the town from isil fighters. it is said to be the biggest. to stop the isil advance. across the border in syria, the fight for the kurdish town of kobane continues.

isil fighters targeted a boarder crossing again with one mortar landing on the turkish side. battles in the south and east in northern syria. the turkish army solids have been killed by turkish feisters, masked gunmen allegedly shotded at least men in the prove incident there has been an increase in tension in recent months -- rooebt weeks, rather between the turkish government and kurdish fighters from the pkk. they are furious at ankara's policy to help fight kurds in isil and syria. to yemen where dozens of houthi rebels have been killed south of sanaa. they were attacked south. further south a separatist movement is growing as omar a omar al sali reports from adan. >> the city south of the capitol is at the center of a

battlefield. there is fighting on multiple frontsdz. fighters are confronting houthi rebels who took control of the capitol last month. fighters are confronting houthi rebels who took control of the capitol last month for the first time since then government forces have bombed al-qaeda and tribesmen positions. it follows a number of u.s. drone attacks against suspected al-qaeda fighters in a number of areas. tribesmen and al-qaeda fighters say the yemeni government and houthis are in alliance against them. the sentiment is only increasing tensions and it could turn into a wider sectarian conflict. there is also fighting in the western prove incide province. confronting those who will oppose the houthi takeover. making more gains and consolidating their positions.

>> in southern yemen, there is no fighting but an increasing separatist movement set up a camp two weeks ago and is promising to escalate the sitting protest until the south achieves independence. the political negotiation so far have failed to form a government of national unity to end the fighting. yemen is facing an existential threat with increasing fears of a wider sectarian conflict and in the south, it could be a matter of time before it breaks away. omar sali, adan. >> another grim milestone has been reached in the ebola epidemic. the world health organization says the number of cases in west africa has risen to about 10,000. lineria remains the worst affected. it's dealt with more than 4,000 patients and sierra leone, 3,706 cases have been recorded. and where the outbreak began in guinea, tloes close to 2004 people have been in isolation. nigeria was dep recent declared

ebola free, more than six weeks since the last of the 20 cases was corn firmed. singleal has completed containing the virus. on thursday, mali became the latest country to be affected. close to half of all of the people who have tested positive for ebola have died. health officials in mali are trying to find people who may have been in contact with a two-year-old girl who died from the disease. randolph nothingul reports. >> mali's first confirmed case was brought to the dusty town of kayes. now, the country has its first victim. >> well, i can say it's a two-year-old girl who traveled accompanied by her grandmother. it's possible these two people arrived at a time when the symptoms were not detectible but that the illness' evolved. >> malian health officials say the girl may have contracted the disease in the case where the first -- place where the first case was reported in the town of

ki ask. aduku in southern gunea. they say the girl was con taputs when she traveled with her grandmother. dozens of people who came in to contact with the girl on her journey have been isolated. officials say there could be hundreds more. there are fears mali, one of africa's poorest countries is i will-equipped to handle the disease. >> i trust the world health organizationill-equipped to han disease. >> i trust the world health organizati organization. i think they will find the necessary solutions for this disease here. >> people must wash their hands with soap. this is the first plan. now for the rest. we are waiting to know what we should avoid doing. on that point, we do not have much information. >> while there is hope in this community, ebola is spreading rapidly. with experts warning the rate of infections could reach 10,000 per week across west africa, and with such a high risk of

exposure in mali's first ebola case, the country will have to to work hard to contain it. randolph nogul, al jazeera. >> prosecutors at a military court in the democratic republic of congo, a rocket was fired in bene. malcolm webb has been at the hearing and with a warning some viewers may find images in his report disturbing. >> people here in the democratic republic of congo have been waiting months for this military court case to begin. it's highly sensitive and closely watched. the killing of this man in january is at the center of it, seen here when we met him last year fighting rebels. he was credited with defeating a group called m23. he became a national hero. the military prosecutors say

they are now bringing the culprits to book. the trials are expected to go on for weeks. >> the court went to the scene of the crime. the court has listened to the witnesses. the court will, everybody, everyone the families of those prosecuted have seen that video. >> the video was taken by a journaltist shows his car and body after he was shot with a rocket. they were ambushed and the attackers ran into the bush. the prosecutors say this 16-year-old boy was among those responsible. they say he is from a rebel group called the adf and that the rebels attacked with the help of army collaborators. >> the courtroom is right in the middle of the town of bene. the hearings crowds of onlookers. he was popular and people want to know the outcome. a lot of the people are skeptical. they feel this trial won't reveal what really happened.

his driver remarkably survives the attack. he was a key witness in the case. in his opening testimony on october the 1st, he said he suspected senior army officers were behind it. he was found dead the following day. his lawyers' demands for an autopsy have been refused i am worri worried. after requesting a autopsy, i have received many threats. they say he i do not have the authority to the call for an autopsy. >> no public event in congo, even a military court, is complete without loud music. in sing ter compares him to jesus for helping many people and then being killed. he sings, all congo's heroes end up dead. many elites here benefit from the lawlessness t so many people here believe mamadu was seen as a threat, an army officer, he was too effective and too

popular to survive. malcolm webb, al jazeera, bene, in the democratic republic of congo. >> still ahead on the newshour, as ukraine heads to the polls, the parliamentarieer elections, voters wonder who can bring statementy to the country. we look at the impact of hong kong's proceedtests on the tourism industry. and find out why serena wasn't too happy at the wta finals. the rest of today's sport in about 20 minutes. rage has hanged a woman who killed a former intelligence official she says was trying to rape her. there has been international condemnation of the sentence. human rights group say she was acting in self defense when the man tried to sexually assault her. there urged iran's judiciary to

halt the execution. accusing prosecutors to pressuring her to confess. >> if the international research on iran joining me from london g to have you with us on al jazeera. what is your reaction to the hanging? >> the internationals are shokd. they condemned her executionsho they condemned her execution. they condemned it in the strongest ways and they were hoping until the last minute the iranian authorities would grant her a retrial as other human rights organizations advocates had asked, both in iran and globally. >> why is it that your organization and others were calling for a retrial is there because iranian authorities say

that this was a premeditated murder. what's your response to that? >> we were calling for a retrial because there were many questions hanging over this case, and at trial, the investigation led to the issuance of a death sentence, and they are extremely defective. she was arrested when she was only 19 years old, on the charge of killing a minister of intelligence, former employee, and she was held in solitary confinement without access to her lawyer and family. she was then convicted of murder. her sentence in 2009 and her sentence was upheld in 2011. she admitted from the first moments of her arrest that she stabbed the man once in the back but she said that she did show after he tried to sexually abuse her. more importantly, she said that there was a third person involved in the killing and this

claim of her is believed to have never been properly investigated. so the ins defective investigation, lack of access to her lawyer in the important stages of the investigation is in direct violation of the international humanitarian obligations and the authorities -- they asked authorities numerous times they revoke her sentence and grant her a fair new trial. the international opposes execution in the consensus. is the moore tragic and they become even more cruel and inhumane for punishment when they take place after an unfair trial process. >> why do you think she faced these conditions and what do

they say about iran's legal system here? >>? >> tragically, the execution case is far from uncommon and amnesty international has documented numerous cases of such executions that take place after unfair trials. detainees are always held in detention without access to the their lawyer in the investigative state and they are tried in proceedings that fall short of international fair trial standards. the case personifies the outrage that has been shown internationally and inside iran over iran's use of excessive -- iran's use of death penalty and the crowing numbers of executions that we are seeing.

>> recent years. >> ms. rahabani from amnesty international's research on iran, very good to have you with us on al jazeera. thank you for your time. >> >> thank you very much. >> now, ukrainians head to the polls on sunday for the first parliamentarily since victor yanukovych was forced out of the see in february. russia's annexation and the turnover of eastern ukraine, co correspondent barnaby phillips reports on how people are desperate for stability? >> these are dark days in ukraine. you there are unlikely candidates. darth vader is on the ballot paper promising peace and an end to corruption. even if ukrainians share his concerns about where the country is going, they are unlikely to vote him and his friends into parliament. there are more credible new parties emerging. these activists played a prominent part in the overthrow

of the yanukovych, but they say their revolution is not yet complete. his systems in court, in general, prosecutor office in allstage agent sees and ministers is working unfortunately. his kleptocratic state is alive. >> frustration at the slow pace of change is boiling over. in recent weeks, crowds have attacked members of the previous government who they feel should be brought to justice. the man assaulted here was a minister under yanukovych. >> we met him in his. he says new legislation that punishes senior civil servants and ministers who work for president yankee yank is -- yanukovych is unfair. >> it's a catastrophic mistake that could affect 1 million

civil servants, professionals the government can't afford to replace. we hope to repeal this legislation. no one will forget the basis that took place in this square last winter but now that yanukovych has gone, ukrainians going to these elections divided on the best way forward. some want to see the old system completely swept away. with the economy shrinking and a war in the east, ukrainians also know that their country is in desperate need of stability and unity. >> president poroshenko is not running in these elections opinion polls suggest his party, the petro poroshenko bloc is likely to be the winner. he hopes to form a new coalition giving ukraine a stronger government. the changes of the past year have been violent and unpredictable in ukraine, there is no tradition of consensus and compromise in politics. whichever new government emerges edges from these elections will

struggle to hold this country together. >> barna background is joining us live. indeed, a very important ahead for ukraine. >> that's right. i think the most likely outcome is thatpom president poroshenko will be able to form a new coalition. i think many people here in kiev have been frustrated by the slow pace of reform as you saw in my report in recent months. they feel that there have been many members defendant old regime in parliament who are holding things back, preventing reforms being pushed through. i spoke to ukraine's foreign minister just a short time ago, pavlo plimkin and i asked him why he thought these elections are so important. >> we have a new preponderate. we have a new government. why do we still have the same government who voted for this crazy anti-democratic loss who supported different initiatives

by previous regime by yanukovych? and in the opinion poll showed we have more than 80% ukrainians in favor of new elections in the sense that we should have a new parliament. >> reporter: of course, hanging over this electoral processes is that war in the east. in fact, 27 seats in the parliament will be left vacant because of the separatists who control those areas are not allowing voting to go ahead moment to. it's a challenge for the government and it has come under a lot of criticism in its conduct of the war n recent days, we have seen a report by human rights watch alleging the government has been using cluster bombs in built up areas. that was another allegation that i wanted to put to pavlo plimkin, these reports the government is using artillery and cluster bombs against cities in eastern ukraine.

>> there were no cases from the ukrainian army and we investigated nrts sort of accusation, any sort of accusation. there we there were no cases of shell, of firing, into the direction of blocks where the people live. >> whichever knew government emerges won't have to just conte contend with the war but also with a shrinking economy t may contract by as much as 10% of gdp this year. this is the cost of fighting the war, the loss of industrial output from the east. there is a sliding currency in, inflation is rising and shaking over us as well is the fast approaching winter. let me tell you it is extremely cold in ukraine tonight. they need to keep their houses, factories, schools warm and in order to do that, they rely on gas, which comes from russia and

vladimir punishment is in control of the gas tax. >> that's another potential threat for ukraine in the months ahead. >> barnaby, thank you for that. >> that's our correspondent joining us from kiev, ahead of sunday's parliament elections. thank you. hundreds of thousands of workers from all other italy have marched. more than 4 in 10 young it ans are unemployed. >> there is no work and the little that there is not protected. we really want to work, but we have to have our rights protected 100% or the situation cannot improve. they are trying to cheat workers once again by making the public believe the rights to keep jobs in cases of unfair dismissal would make it easier to hire people. >> still to come on al jazeera, acvists say the world is

ignoring president al assad's atrocat this and isil, plus not welcome, south korea ian activists heckled on plans to sends propaganda to the north. the goal that lit up the afc championships league final. details of the biggest club match coming up later in the newshour.

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>> can governor brownback win better than the government spends it. it's good to have you with us. these are the top stories on al jazeera. he script's president has accused who he called a terrorist of trying to tloefr the state. al sisi warned vig lens after 30 soldiers were killed on friday. the number of ebola cases in west africa has seeksded 10,000. the world health organization says it is controlling uncontrollably. mali is the latest country to be affected. iran has executed a woman who killed a former intelligence

official she said was trying to rape her. human rights groups have condemned the sentence imposed upon her. >> the fight for kolbane has dominated headlines. the conflict is as feierce as ever. stefanie dekker sent us this report on the people who feel -- who say they feel forgotten by the world. the syrian region has controlled the air here as the eyes of the world and the u.s.-led coalition fire power continue to focus on kobane, there has been a significant increase on rebel positions by syrian president bashar al assad's air force? >> he is busy. he has priority to achieve military success and prior to project site. first priority is damascus. 2ly, the road between damascus. he is now certain advantage and

this time, too intensive, his military operations. >> the syrian observatory for human rights reports since monday, there have been at least 450 government airstrikes across the country. many inside syria feel that no one is paying attention now that the narrative is all about isil. impression an activist in the damascus countryside. >> the world is ignoring regime actions and only concentraits on isil. in kobanea few hundred people real sdeejed. or in homms, there are 800,000 civilians under siege left without food or medicine. >> there have been reports that the many want to fight the fight against isil in kobane. >> this woman in aleppo is asking: why is no one protecting us? we will have to take up articles, ourselves. >> the battle is intesfying in the cities of aleppo and the m damascus countryside.

>> it's a very good news for president assad. now, he is taking advantage from this time to gain on the land when they have a right to say, sit down on the table. he can have strong cards. iran time is running out. he is very interested to gain on the field on the land before sitting and starting to discuss any political solution. >> the syrian opposition is divided politicalsly and when it comes to the many different groups fighting on the ground. there may be an international coalition that is fighting isil, but there is no such agreement so how to end this almost four-year war, a war that according to the u.n. has killed over 200,000 syrians and displaced millions. stefanie dekker, al jazeera, beirut. >> syria's war is destabilizing lebanon.

there have been first he battles. sirrians have been killed. stefanie dekker from beirut. >> the northern city of tripoli fighting armed men for the first time, we have seen those battles, the center on the old suit of the city. no stranger to the syrian spillover here in lebanon. there are two neighborhoods support the revolution and reports president su-bashar a al assad: arrested a man they say believes to be one of the main recruiters for isil in lebanon. in tripoli, calling for attacks on the army. he told us the army is ready but certainly there is a concern that this will go on. lebanon, of course, no stranger

to the spillover, a sectarian society, very divided. that is a huge concern to the people here but the politicians, i have to tell you, often divided, giving the same message that they stand behind the army. >> security forces have carried out a wave of arrests. the government is warning there could be attempts to disrupt sunday's parliamentary elections. a report: >> reporter: violence and instability loom large in a country set to cast an historic vote. security sforsz track a group of people with explosives in a house in a suburb of the capitol tunnis. in the hideout, killing most of the fighters including five women, police officials say were armed and planning to disrupt the country's political process. the raid happened just as millions of tun easians are getting ready to elect a new

parliament. leader. the party that the is likely to make significant gains. members. the president, ali also taking part in these elections. you one of them, the prime minister addi: in the tunisia, strong ties. they face tunisia's election system is based upon proporti proportional representation. no party is likely to win a majority. the leader can sense it is the only way forward. >> the lesson we learned from egypt and other countries is in a transitional period, a simply

majority won't be able to solve the country's problems. you have to have an extended coalition, and to do that, you need consensus. >> the election will end four years of a transition that was marked by violence, instability and a deepening rift between conservatives and seculars. >> i think it's defining political moment. tunisial will basically stand on the basis of the outcome of this leanings. the country with some kind of opportunity to rebuild society, to rebuild the state, and i guess to be the defining time. >> it will be decided by more than 5 million voters, but according to recent opinion polls, half of them are undecided. >> this is where four years ago, thousands of tunisians took to the streets to denounce government oppression.

it inspired millions across the arab world. now, people in the region wonder whether tunisians will inspire once again by becoming a models for the peaceful transition to democracy. ha hashi, al jazeera, tunis. >> three jailed al jazeera journalists have been detained in egypt for 301 days. peaster greste, and the others are awe peeling. al jazeera continues to demand the immediate release. they were sentenced to 7 years and mohammed received an additional three years for having a spent bullet in his possession which he had picked up at a protest. now, the number of muslims escaping violence over the past two years has risen to over 100,000. >> that's according to human rights groups who believe 500

people have left every day for the past two weeks. the u.n. calls it one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. >> protesters in hong kong are set to vote on whether to end their sit-in. activists are plan what they call a referendum on sunday. >> hong kong's government has offered to liaise on the protesters demands for the free elections in 2011. sarah clock reports the block aids have become a tourist attraction. >> there may be fewer student demonstrators but the protest site is now attracting visitors of a different kind. >> people walking around, having a look around, just tourists, yeah. >> travel warnings have been issued in some countries. but tourists appear unfazed by the protest now looking more like a permanent fixture in the streets of hong kong. >> it's massively impressive. i hope they achieve something. >> isabel terri made the trip

from the united kingdom. she saw police fighting with protesters on the news but went ahead with her week-long visit. >> after a few days, it became quite clear it probably wouldn't affect anything, you know, and it was perfectly safe. >> hong kong remains on mainland chinaede china for most tourism dollars. last year, there were more than 40 million arrivals. >> that's 75% of all visitors. >> our visit was planned six months ago. >> that's why we came. i feel fine now that i am here. >> preplanned trips may still be going ahead but not all mainland visitors agree with the students' approach. >> translator: they don't have the right to occupy the road. they shouldn't inconvenience their citizens. >> it would never happen in mainland china. >> this is one of the busiest shopping districts in this city, particularly for mainland china. these visitors come to causeway

bay to purchase big luxury brands. slow economic growth in china and the protests are having an impact on retail sales. >> that estimated impact is only slight. the international bank, ubs forecasts the worst-case scenario would translate to a loss of .1% of hong kong's real gdp. sarah clark, al jazeera, hong kong kong. >> plans by activists to launch anti-pyon yang leave let's, harry harry fawcett has this report. >> on the road of what would turn out to be a long, sometimes violent day. ultra conservative activists continued stolaunch balloons bearing anti north korean leaflets across the border. >> we do not consider north e a country nor a government.

by our constitution, it's an illegal group and a criminal organization. they can't be -- there can't be any talks or groups with such a communist group. >> two weeks ago, a similar attempt led to a cross border exchange of fire when north korea tried to shoot down these balloons. it said another launch would be an act much war requiring a military response. so, when the bus arrived at the launch site, angry local residents and left wing activists were waiting. >> the optimism they are expressing, this is the reality that they should be confronted with. the protesters saying their residents of this area opposed to these actions, no sign as to whether the balloons that they are trying to launch will actually get off of the ground. >> the south korea ian government seeking high level talks with the north next week requested an end to such launches but said it had no legal power to stop them.

others took on that job. this, the arrest of a protester who apparently cut up the balloons and scattered leaflets before they could be used. >> it's harvest time but we couldn't work. we are all here if they send these leaflets, north korea is threatening to fire back. it's happened before. tourists aren't coming here after seeing the news. we have a right to our livelihood. >> undauptd, the activists recovered what leaflets they could and decided to get away from their opponents by switching locations. plan b hardly seemed a success. the protesters and the conflict followed them. while this stand-off continued, the news later came that another group had managed to launch another location. the question now is whether the apparent recent progress in korean relations can be salvaged.

harry fawcett, al jazeera, south korea. >> canada's parliament hill has re-opened following wednesday's shooting. corporal nathan cirillo was gunned down while standing guard in ottawa. the attack was carried out by michael zeharf bebeau who rormentd wanted to join fighting in syria. >> a final t.v. debate before the thely. all week we have been report from small towns and .1 of the most important stays in brazil with nearly 15 million voters, gabriel elozondro, from a town split down the middle. >> carmo sits over an old

fashion loom stitching together blankets and rugs. like many other families here, he works in a small shop in his home with his mother in his colonial city that produces the famous hand made rugs for the from the region. they can't escape the election in brazil. a t.v. played in the background and their eyes kept being drawn to it. the final campaign commercial for roussef was being shown. in this family, they relate to the president's message. >> she helped a lot of people who don't have many resources, people who need social programs. >> with the delma government and luna government before her, the situation with the brazilian people improved a lot. the poor are have more opportunities, including for us to start our full business. >> don't think for a moment that everyone in the town is in agreement. they are not. in the first round of voting october 5th, roussef and neffes received 43% of the vote.

down the street, andre brito and losangela were hunched over a loom. each one takes four hours to make by hand so they sit silently working with lots of time to think. like many brazilians, they are not much in to politics but their vote is for sure. >> my candidate, neffes is the best of the worst options we have. this is a small town. many times, federal government benefits don't reach us or if they arrive, they are late. >> whether it be in small towns like this or big cities, people seem to agree on one thing. if brazil today is a much different country than it was 10 or 15 years ago. the question is: is it better now or worse and who is best to fix the problems that still exist in this country? >> the question that's divided so many people here and why this election has been one of the most contested and unpredictable of the last two decades.

>> the artisans in this town remain united with their love for their work but absolutely divided on their mrakz just like the rest of the country. dave rolizando, brazil. global executive has broken the world free fall record by skydiving from the edge of space. he went up 41,000 meters over the southern new mexico desert before coming down. three years of planning and training went into a dive that lasted just four and a half minutes. he used a specially designed space suit and balloon module to carry him to the stratosphere. we have sport in a moment including one of pakistan's veteran batsman has etched his name into the history books.

with sport here is rob inner. >> thank you very much. we will start with football. a debut for barcelona wasn't what he hoped for. the first competitive match after finishing biting at the world cup failed to make it on to the score sheet but suarez did set up his teammate to give barcelona the lead after 4 minutes. equalized from the handbul.

the first time in the league this season. >> five five minutes after the start, three for madrid with just under half an hour left. the 3-1 wins, second in la liga, one point behind barcelona. a win against elche. >> is on the go right now. nil-nil at ha. english championships manchester city have lost ground in the title defense, beaten at west ham on saturday. they capitalized on city's slip. their win against stoke moves them up to second. arsenal were ease winners at sunderland. throwing it home. today today's big result. remain in a championss league placed their fourth. >> under 19 football team celebrating a first ever victory at the asian championship.

their title win is one of the biggest in the country's supporting history. many will hope to be playing for qatar's team in 2022. a you report a yuk group a country. qatar's under 19 team have just won the asian title. they beat north korea 1-nil in the final played in yanmar. it's one of the biggest wins in qatar's history. the 2022 world cup. >> very important, the first time qatar ones the asian cup on the 20. we will have more for qatar. team stayed unbeaten throughout the event and picked up wins against the likes of oman, china and hosts, myanmar. the minister of sports said the team will have to get used to

touching above its weight. >> we are you the least populated nation. becoming champions of the most populated continent, asia, i think this tells you, you know, a lot of things. much of the planning takes place here at qatar's aspire sports academy, a government-backed program that identifies and nurtures young talent. the majority of these players have come through to aspire, all driven by the ambition of playing in their home world cup. >> the bid for the world cup changed >> all of the kids wants today play football. because why? they have a dream to play the world cup. >> it's a realistic dream because it's here in qatar. >> this is a huge step forward. themselves against the best young players.

at 7 ario level, while the country is getting ready to host the world cup. they yet to qualify. >> this team may have a role to play in trying to change that. andy richardson, al jazeera, doha. he was yaw after 1-1 in the first leg of the champions league. the team is only years old, but bidding to be the first australian side to win this competition. >> in ryad next week. two-time asian champ picks but haven't won it in 13 years. >> serena williams has made it to the final of the end of season wt. world number 1 lost the opening and seemingly a techer, she

smashed the racket in frustration as you can see here. >> a catalyst for change in the match. serena pulled it back to 1 set-all and on to win at a match point in a contest that took over two hours. she will face hallek in the finals. >> i don't know how many times i hit it, but boy, that racket will never do me wrong again. i tell you. it was definitely legendary. i lost my cool a little bit. >> recordbreaking performance. the first record 26 tests more than any other pakistan marry. he made 103 out of 147, the second sets in this match, pakistan reached 286 in the

second innings. lost four wickets with fiveruns. 379 to win on the final. mlb and kansas city in the best of 7 world series. david garrett reports. >> escobar managed to make contact on the first play. lorenzo kane ground out to shortstop. escobar 1-0 to the away team. goes over. blanco, enough for an rbi double 2-0 to kansas city. >> kansas produced in the 6 until game 2 and it's déjà vu,

eric how didnar hit. giants fight back two rungs in the bottom of the 6th. this the first, michael morse doubles to the left. a chance to tie game 3 at 3, a runner on third pablo grounds out. the royals stay ahead 3-2. tension on the kansas city as they look to see the game now. great reactions by holland. 2 you 1 in the best of 7 series. david garrett, al jazeera. >> come fettive video game something back in the spotlight. the opening of america's first ever professional gaming arena. john hendren reports from ohio. >> it requires hand-eye coordination, rapid timing and strategy but is video gaming a sport? i don't see the athletic ability.

mental lucky, yes, and i am sure there is a place for, you know, that a as /* as well. i am not sure what that is but i would be deposition that probably. i view it as a sport. it may not be as physically taxing as football or stuff like that, but there is a definite mental factor in it, i think that valued it's a it. >> last year, more than 71 million people around the world watched competitive gaming at event did or through olive streaming. this year, robert morris university became the first foam treat it as a varsity sport along with football, basketball and hockey. >> for the first time, gamers have their venue. it opens this weekend in columbus, ohio. >> it may work out for a tain amount of time. a gamer spends half of their day basically learning mens. >> many gamers say if curling and table tennis can contend in

the world's biggest sporting competition, why can't they play equ call of duty in the olympics. the ay yang olympic committee recognizes come pet if i have gaming. i think you see worst things at the olympics, things like winter olympics and how did this really become an olympic sport? so absolutely. hands down, i would love to see it. what matters: is it entertaining to watch? are people interested in watching it? can people follow it? >> what the question should be asked. not is it a sport or not. >> with another maple league gaming arena opening in china 2017, recognition of e games as a legitimate sport is on the rules for better or worse. john hendren, al jazeera, columbus, ohio. >> my son would love that. sports. >> thank you very much, robin. that's is it from me and the newshour team. we will be back with another

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