..this is from the london school of economics, because it's 21 g.m.t. in london on al jazeera. i'm jonah hull. you join us with extended coverage of deadly violence that has taken place in the egyptian capital, cairo, at least 14 are dead. some counts suggest over 20, after fighting broke out at a football match in cairo between two teams. here is what we know. the clashes erupted outside the stadium between police and supporters of the zamalek football club. the trouble began when a group of unticketed zanalek

supporters called the white knights tried to enter the stadium. witnesses say police fired gas to disperse the crowd. as many as 2012, 74 were killed when violence broke out north of cairo, that was the largest death toll in egypt's football history. back now to our guest with me from the london school of economics. we mentioned the portside disaster in 2012, 74 people killed there do you see parallels. >> not only those killed but injured. that bloodbath, the reality is we need to understand why people were killed between 18 and 22.

whyfores -- whyfores was used in the first place, tools against the ultra. >> what other tools? we are talking about violence op mass. >> let them go in the bloody stadium. i would not shoot at them. i don't understand. a large number of ultras known tore challenge, group loyalty. i would not use violence against young people. poor coming from the marginal society. force should not be used. it's a tragedy, it will polarize egyptian society. if the perpetrators if there are perpetrators of this particular violence as the event of 2012, are not brought to justice.

>> these fans were banned from attending matches since 2012. that ban has been just lifted. as you point out if they lift the ban, why not let them attend a football match. these are questions for an inquest. presumably there'll be an investigation and questions hang in the air for time to come. >> i think it's correct of the before we speculate, i speculate we need to establish the story, the facts. how did the protesters or football fans, the ultras were killed. what happened. we need to establish what happens. the story appears to be ambiguous. my take is that force should not have been used. egyptian authorities know the ultras and their defiance of authority. and thirdly, let's have an inquiry to bring the perpetrators to justice. time and again in the last

four years perpetrators of oinls in egypt have not been forced to justice, and this polarizes society and paves the way for further violence and polarization. >> don't go anywhere. thank you for your infight. we have more to talk about in a sec. we go to washington d.c. where we speak to lawrence korb a former u.s. assistant secretary of defense. and a senior fellow at the center for american progress. thank you for joining us here. we scuffed the events. how did they handle it? >> the football mans had a lot

to do with coming out to deal with hosni mubarak. people were not happy. >> you see a direct link between the event, the group and the government of the day. it's made up of young people the government of the day. is that how you see it? >> young people - things are not going well things are not going how they should be. these are used to trigger protests about the way abdul fatah al-sisi is running things if they crack down too hard it could make matters worse.

if any are not held accountable as they were not in 2012, it could make the situation worse. >> it's interesting, all the way from washington looking at events from cairo, you jump to a conclusion. there's circumstantial evidence from past event to point to but you jump to the conclusion that it is political, as opposed to crowd violence too many people in one place, something going wrong, a stampede pushing and shoving. police on hand and perhaps the wrong orders are given at the wrong moment in time. do you discounted that possibility? >> no, i don't. as i say. i think if you d did not have the other situation that you have in egypt, with the - you know, with the muslim brotherhood getting rid of hosni mubarak, and the role that football fans played in that and the counter situation, i don't think this would amount to anything other than a horrible incident. what i think you have to be

concerned about is people will use this for political ends because you've got the group that is after the muslim brotherhood is the most organised group in egypt, are very upset about this. >> lawrence corb if you were to take a stab at it what do you suggest may be the result of the violence, of this incident. what do you think may happen next? >> a lot depends on how the government handles this thing. whether they are transparent, whether they hold police who may have been responsible for this accountable. that will determine how this plays out. you have seen incidents in united states, and ferguson and staten island where this brought to the fore lots of grievances that people felt but were not expressing. >> okay lawrence corb i think

we'll leave it there with you in washington d.c. for the moment. we cap go to the egypt bureau chief with al jazeera arabic. thank you for joining us. what do you make of the event, the suggestion that something like this could spark a wider conflaguration based on social grievances against the abdul fatah al-sisi government. do you see anything like that? >> actually nobody can, you know guess the real reason for this bloody the sport, the game. it is not that serious football game such as between some of

the other. it is a normal one, it was in regular circumstances, according to activists and the witnesses on the ground. thi said there was no reason. the audience was ready, trying to go in the stadium, and they were surprised by a very narrow gate just taking one by one to the stadium, and with that very crowded and huge number of audiences wanted to go inside so there was, you know a huge number of people around the gate that police have started, you know trying to push them and their even started, you nee police using the gas, bombs, against the audience.

the zamalek fans the league said the number of people killed is 22 people, and published their name on the website, and they are in the cairo area. there was about 100 of injured people also in some hospital around the stadium in new cairo. so i think the number of killed could be increased because there is more serious injured, people in that - even. police saying that all the kill cases is not by guns or gas, but just the pushing on the gate between the audience.

they are saying that the audience started firing a police car and defacing the police and the officers. up until now we cannot say there is a political reason behind the event, but the movement issued a statement saying that it's a political event, and the government is trying to cover some other, you know political, specially after the leaks of the government's high official in the regime about the gulf countries and the financial

support by the country during the last two years, so we are in the beginning. the general attorney you know ordered the investigation. we can see a legal team move in the middle of the egyptian capital cairo to vet the killing -- vet the killing and give the reason for killing. i think we can say some reasons are between the police authority and this sport, the leagues, during thegovernment and there

had been tension between the sport and minister of interior. as we know there are many cases in the egyptian courts accusing the league seeing them as terrorist leagues, and it's considering a sport, a league as a terrorist league. this is already in the court. there is a very huge danger between the government from one side tension between the government from one side and sports fans league on the other side that is maybe caused or switching a normal and regular event to be bloody. at the same time as the game there was a bombing for the gas tunnel between egypt and

jordanian, crossing the sinai, and this is number 29th bombing of that- - of that tunnel or gas line that was feeding israel but now jordanian only. increasing violence in egypt, in different areas. muslim brotherhood accused by egyptian official media reported that they are, you know know standing behind that event, that they blame the regime. they are a bloody regime a bloody government and are trying to cover them by killing the people even on the streets or

even at sport or a football game. >> abdel fatah fayed, egypt bureau chief from al jazeera arabic speaking to us. thanks for your insight. let's bring the professor of international information at the london school of economics back in. you were speaking in there. suggestions of links, perhaps, between the groups notional or actual to organised politics. what do you make of that? >> i think for your own viewers, and i know it matters a great deal to al jazeera, we need to be careful before jumping to wild conclusions we need to establish facts. we need to establish if live force was used. why did the police fire against the protesters knowing that the ultras are well-known history - .1. secondly it depends on how the government handles the case

transparency, the judicial system and holding perpetrators to account. and for the viewers, when we say the ultras - when we say basically they are known for their defiance of authorities - all authority. they played a key role. they were anti-mohamed mursi, and show defiance against a new president abdul fatah al-sisi. defiant, they are disadvantaged. they are marginalized they are poor they feel that basically they are on the fringes of society, and their behaviour reflects a social gone as opposed to a politicized condition. politics is secondary. that's why the police should have known. the reason i'm a bit harsh on the police police know the ultra, time and again they defy the police.

they want to stand up - police are seen as a force that terrorized the egyptian public and the ultras took it on their own to basically challenge the symbol authorities, and that's why there's more to the confrontation than this particular game. >> i take the point of course that this is a group made up of socially disenfranchised young people against whom is in government -- whomever is in government. in that though they suffer a wide selection of the population suffering from similar it disillusionment. what possibility does this event have of spilling out? >> this is serious, you are talking about mainstream egyptian society, not the muslim brotherhood, salafists, they are well organised. we are talking about hundreds of thousands, if not millions of ultras. it's a major social force.

in my recent book there's a case study of the ultras as a symbol of organization and mobilization. if the government does not handle the case in a transparent way. if this social activism spreads, this could be a major, serious problem. given how polarized egypt is at the moment. given the challenges that egypt has, given the dismal economic situation, multiple challenges face the incident. it will poor gasoline on the fire. unless the government steps forward and says this is the evidence. take responsibility for what happens, and compensation in terms of justice and the victims and their families. >> we are in the realms much speculation a little bit. it's hard not to be. one wonders given all of that

foreknoj, if you like given the history of past events why on earth they didn't let the fans into the stadium to watch a football match. >> it defies commonsense. also it seems to me and the police force, the leadership of the police force should have known, impose exactly the -- knows exactly the conduct, the ultras - we have multiple cases. this is why we need to find out why a large scale of members, whether 14 or 22 - we are talking about dozens of injured. the numbers of killed may increase. this is why we need to find out why the police acted the way it did. why did it not allow the ult recess - what's the big deal? i mean so what you lose 200,000. look what has happened. this tells me in terms of command, control, leadership and training for the police the way

to deal with the ultras giving the history and their state of mind and the world view they look at the police as an enemy across the board. not just the abdul fatah al-sisi administration, even the police of hosni mubarak, and the police during mohamed mursi. >> we'll be back with you in a minute. we'll talk now to our correspondent who is in munich at present. but, of course nose too well the situation in egypt and will i am sure, have interesting insights into what has happened in cairo during the course of this evening, outside this football stadium. what do you make of it all zeina khodr? >> well this is really opening the door to some very critical days ahead. you know comparing the situation to what happened a few years ago, while at the time the police blamed for not making the fans leave the stadium.

from what i have seen so far, the opposite has happened but the result in both cases will be the same. the ultras played a big role whether it's in the revolution back in 2011 to ask hosni mubarak. they played a big role during the ministry and they were ruling a big role. and played a role in the ousting of former president mohamed mursi. and then they were completely marginalized. so i think that this will bring to the forefront all the issues and will underline an issue that has been on the lips of many egyptians for many months now, and that is the brutality of the egyptian police. excessive use of force. many people in the aftermath of the ousting of former president

mohamed mursi, had sometimes rationalized it saying that it's something needed to bring some sort of calm to the street of cairo. there has been anger all around egypt, not just cairo, police acting with impunity. in the end we see that over and over again, that police never - there's no accountability. we have seen all the officers who were inducted in the cases for example, if you remember the clashes that happened clashes that lasted for six days the interior ministry, use and excessive force on the protesters there. a lot of them were ultras and were famous bird shots and snipers shooting in the eyes and actually that became one of the symbols of the ultra

struggle against police forces. i think what happened today it will bring others back to the forefront, and there'll be a lot of trouble again, and again, president abdul fatah al-sisi will be on the spot. accountability will come back to the forefront and what it will do is add not only what happened today, but accountability to happen over the last four years. >> zeina khodr, stay with us. i'll remind you as you continue to watch the pictures of riot police confronting angry crowds of fans at the stadium in cairo. you are watching al jazeera with extended coverage. 14 were told were dead after fighting broke out at a football match between the zamalek. and mv teams. clashes erupted outside the stadium between police and supporters.

zamalek football club. the fighting began when unticketed supporters, called the white knights tried to enter the statement. witnesses say police fired tear gas to disperse the fans and, of course, let off fire works. egypt is no stranger to riots. in 2012, 74 were killed when violence broke out at port said stadium, the largest death toll in egypt's football history. we are getting reports now that things have begun to calm down outside the stadium. as we hear that let's go back to zeina khodr, still on the phone from munich. all of what you said in mind about the history of the groups the history of the police heavy-handedness in egypt, keeping in mind that the fans were barred from attending matches since the port said match, that ban just being

lifted why do you think they weren't allowed into the stadium to watch the game and why was there an incredibly heavily handed police presence? it almost seems as if these event were inevitable. >> they were inevitable in a sense. you are right. why did the organizers of the football match decide to limit the amount of people allowed in the game a premiership gape it's something they'll have to answer. i was reading on social media that there is a lot of anger at what the football federation just said. there is one of the leaders is quoted as saying they will not allow thugs in the statement, meaning the ultras who wanted to get into the stadium to see the match. why is there a lot of police presence. that is something that always

happened in egypt, there's always been a lot of police presence around football matches. whether it's hosni mubarak, or after that because clashes happened often. deadly clashes is something that did not happen often. as you said there was a period where there were no football matches. restarting the games, allowing the crowd in was a way of the government to signal that things were going back to normality. there are a lot of questions that the government will have to answer, and i think it will have to be as your guest said extremely transparent in how it will deal with the investigation, in how it will deal with accountability. the patience of the young people who led the revolutions to play the political role who were on the streets were battling in several instances, running out.

the economic situation of the country has not improved over the past year. the challenges are enormous for the government. but they are running impatient. i think this is really going to be a galvaniseing moment for egypt all over again. you have a silent majority who may be pipping a lot of peep -- pinning a lot of hope. the last change of government when abdul fatah al-sisi came to power, whether they were with them or against them there was hope for stability and such a dramatic event dashes the hopes. shows that the struggle is not any more against more islamist elements, or the muslim brotherhood, that the government says is the enemy, but also people - against the people who supported the government and have - and reach the highest echelon of powers it will be

extremely difficult and president abdul fatah al-sisi will have to take care. the issue of the police the issue of the excessive use of force by the police has been at the forefront nearly on a daily basis in egypt over the past few months. we have protesters arrested. a few weeks ago you had a female protestor killed. so certainly a lot of questions you will have to answer and he will have to make sure that this issue, if it's not nipped in the bud, if it's possible at all at this stage, could really lead to a lot of instability. and this time not far away but in the heart of cairo. >> zeina khodr, our correspondent speaking on the phone from munich. many thanks for your insights. zeina khodr, to remind you, if you are joining our coverage of event in egypt. 22 people have been killed at a

riot in a football match in cairo, according to the latest figures we have been hearing from officials. the violence happened, at the defense stadium. you are looking at picture of riot police confronting angry crowds outside the stadium. officials say the zamalek fans calling themselves the white knights clashed with police after trying to force themselves into the venue. it's the worst incident since the port said disaster three years ago. we'll take a short break now, but after that we'll have more on the event in cairo, and the day's other news.

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match took place between egyptian premier league clubs zamalek, and mb at cairo's air defense stadium. security officials say zamalek fans calling themselves the ultra white knights clashed with police after trying to force their way into the venue. witnesses say police were crushed in the sam peed. medical sources say it's the worst football-related incident in egypt since the port said disaster three years ago. well joining me in the studio is fawaz gerges a professor of international relations at the london school of economics and political science. we have been talking some length about the event this evening, and it appears clear that this event is going to have deep social and political ramifications in egypt. it's not just a case of football-related violence. far from it. >> if i were part of the

egyptian government the question is will the tragedy have social and political ramifications. will it weigh down the egyptian system more than it's weighed down. in particular because the ultras present a social economy. part of the young egyptian phenomenon. it could have major ramifications if the government does not handle this in the rite way, a good way, a transparent way, unlike other investigations. accountability serious investigation, taking into account why time and again egyptian police uses force in a certain way. this is in particular if force is used. the way the government handles the strategy will tell us whether this particular event would basically play out on egyptian treats in the next few days and week. >> as a group of disenfranchised

young people they are not just football fans they are representative of a wider society. what do you think the government can do to limit the damage? >> the first thing is a serious and transparent investigation. i would say an independent investigation that involves not just the police but involves the judicial system and independent figures who are respected. secondly in terms of accountability to bring the perpetrators, if there are perpetrators obviously there are, about this tragedy. unless the government establish the parameters about accountability and responsibility i argue that this tragedy could have major political ramifications because it weighs down the egyptian political and social system that faces major economic challenges political challenges and social challenges as well. >> is there precedent for that accountability. let's look at port said in 2012.

>> i'm afraid if history serves as a guide, i don't think we'll see a transparent investigation. this is the challenge. will the egyptian government change its way. my hope is that given the significance of the crowd, the significance of the social phenomenon that the ultras are well organised. you are talking hundreds of thousands of young men, and the government appreciates the zaps of this tragedy, and the need to come clean, to come out clean and tell the egyptian people not just the ultras what happened tonight. >> fawaz gerges from the london school of economics, terrific to have your thoughts on all of this helping us to understand it. thank you very much. to other news now. a date has been set for the retrial of al jazeera journalists mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed.

they have now spent 407 days behind bars in egypt. their case is due to be heard on thursday. they along with our colleague peter greste were accused of reporting false news and supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges that they and al jazeera denied. peter is back home in australia now, after being released lasts sunday. al jazeera says with a date now set for the retrial the egyptian authorities know what to do - through the entire case out and give baher mohamed and mohamed fadel fahmy their freedom, denied to them for more than 400 days a diplomatic push to end the crisis in eastern ukraine is gaining ground. the leaders of russia ukraine, germany and france meet in belarus's minsk to discuss a peace plan coming after leaders discussed the ongoing conflict by telephone on sunday. more than 5,300 have been killed by fighting between ukranian

forces and pro-russian rebels since april last year. it's thought that any new agreement will be based on the failed ceasefire deal including the creation of a demilitarized zone between 30 and 70km long on the front line which moved from the edge of the blue area to the red line in september. it involved a degree of autonomy for the eastern donetsk and luhansk region it includes sweeping power of self rule. a monitoring mission will be set up and foreign m.e.r.s.onaries will be -- merceron ris will be withdrawn. >> hopes seem to be rising. the russian foreign ministry expects serious and significant decisions to be made there.

the russians are not fully signing up yet. we can listen to comments that vladimir putin made in sochi earlier on sunday. >> conversation with colleagues from kiev berlin and paris in the norm andy format ended. we agree to organise a meeting in the same format between heads of states and governments in minsk. we hope to meet wednesday, if by then we agree positions which we have been did you says intensively. >> note what he said there we aim to meet on wednesday if certain positions are great first. clearly there's a lot of details that have to be thrashed out first. much of that will happen in berlin on monday when deputy foreign ministers meet there. then on tuesday in minsk, there'll be a meeting of the contacts group, including the o.s.c.e., and crucially representatives of the donetsk people's republic and the

luhansk people's republic. on wednesday the main topic of conversations will be a ceasefire. how that can be brought in. the terms of the minsk memorandum, which was agreed back in september of last year and the degree of autonomy that will be granted to the separatist areas of luhansk, and donetsk. what western leaders will be looking for from russia is for the kremlin, for vladimir putin to bring influence to bear on the separatist themselves. you can have as many high level agreements as he wants, but if the separatists don't stop fighting it means nothing, and russia and the separatists will hope that the ukranian army will pull back. >> while politicians push for a

diplomatic solution others are feeling the impact. families are struggling to find shelter and food many complaining that the rations they receive are not enough. charles stratford has this report from the city of donetsk. >> reporter: nearly 70 people are living here. more come every day. in this poorly-lit basement the families try their best to continue their lives. they fled their homes because shelling is intense. this home was damaged when a shell destroyed her neighbour's place. >> translation: we hope the talks succeed and hope for peace. last night shelling damaged windows on the fourth floor. at midnight in one corner. shelter women were crying and children ducking. >> the volunteer group that used to bring food no longer somes.

an aid convoy arrives in the city. >> this is the latest convoy sent by russia to a region suffering the crisis. it's hoped building and food supplies will help thousands in the city and beyond. this is the 13th delivery from russia since fighting began. there's doubt over whether previous convoys were just bringing aid. russia denies it is supplying separatists weapons. >> i have identified where you can hide weapons, you can touch the boxes and open them up and make sure there's only food inside. the poor have no choice but to try to supplement their supplies. shelling is heard a few kilometres away. these men say they fish more out of necessity than pleasure. victor has three children and has not been paid his pension

since july. >> we didn't attack them. they started the war. houses are being destroyed, children are being killed. there's no gas in my home no pensions knew supplies. a fish so i can boil soup. i prefer to be outside. at least i can see the shells coming. >> reporter: residential areas suffer indiscriminate shelling on both sides of the conflict. the u.n. says 600,000 ukrainians fled to other countries in the past year. the situation is deteriorating. night time is the worst. families with access to a basement will be under ground again terrified and powerless to stop the bombs. the head of the u.s.-led coalition of the islamic state of iraq and levant has announced

a massive ground offensive. john allen says 12 iraqi military brigades are trained to confront the armed group in iraq coming as jordan said it attacked and destroyed i.s.i.l. logistic weapons tempos in raids it carried out in response to the killing of one of its pilots. >> reporter: these are said to be targets belonging to the islamic state of iraq and levant that jordanian jets are continuing to hit. the military says it is carrying out hundreds of strikes after a captured jordanian pilot was murdered by illinois -- i.s.i.l., also known by daesh. >> we targeted daesh, where they sleep and eat and destroyed more than 19 targets. after that the war against daesh will continue. we are determined to achieve the

objectives of this war, and not only to degrade daesh capabilities, we'll destroy daesh. >> the u.s.-led coalition conducted 7500 missions since the air strike. jordan participated in almost 20% of the strikes. the military estimates it has killed more than 7,000 i.s.i.l. fighters. the jordanian campaign received support from the allies. the united arab emirates is sending a squadron of jets much the u.k. is sending troops in an advisory role. some argue that it needs to be ratcheted up to be effective against a group controlling territory. >> the whole campaign is too slow very constrained sort of thing. we need to open up and increase aid, like 600, 800 per day. jordan need the logistic support, the spare parts, air

planes and ask for - you know, rpvs in remote - you know vehicles. we didn't get it. the predator. we didn't get it from now because of the bureaucracy of the state department the congress, we need the airplane they can inflict a lot of damage. >> that support would be crucial to keep the support against i.s.i.l. in towns like baiji, it's a tough fight for the iraqi troops backed by shi'a militias. a suicide bombing killed several north of ballujah. i.s.i.l. is defiant, posting more killings online. these men have been killed. it propped up the international response against the group. the ongoing air strikes have not been able to defeat it.

>> the threat of i.s.i.l. was a topic dominating a major security summit in munich also an the agenda was iran the foreign minister and secretary of state met to discuss how to get the talks offer the nuclear programme on track. sol u.s. lawmakers threatened sanctions if timetables are not met. leaders said no deal is better than a bad deal but backs negotiations with the west. >> translation: i support the progress of the nuclear negotiations, and if a good deal is reached i'd agree with that believing that the iranian nation would not impose an agreement in which dignity, respect and interest is protected let's go back to the top story, the deadly riot at a football match in cairo.

officials say 25 have been killed, more are reported injured. the violence broke out during a match between egyptian premier league clubs zamalek and mb at the cairo air defense stadium. security officials say zamalek fans who called them the ultras white knights clashed with police after trying to enter the venue, which they'd been barred from. witnesses say police were crushed in the stampede when the police used tear gas to break up the crowd. >> we can speak to a football journalist based in london. thank you for coming in. i appreciate you are a football journalist not a political journalist. it is beginning to seem as if this incident is something far bigger than just an incident of sport or football-related violence. what are the connections that the groups of ultras the final

fans have to politics in the mainstream? >> well we know the ultras are not only sports fans they are organised leagues. they are antipolice across the world. egypt - it seems more damage has been done. this is not obviously the first time that these incidents happened, and we can go back to three years ago when the league was abandoned for '074. fans were killed after a clash with police. in egypt. there's a bigger fett and more damage is done. which comes down to how the police handle the situation. >> the suggestion has been made by a number of our guests throughout the coverage that this is - that this is a crucial moment now. and what really matters is the way that any investigation is happenedled, the way that -- handled, the way that accountability is dispersed

among those responsible and the police as well. take us back to 2012 the port said disaster. if we look at parallels there, was that appropriately handled, do you think? was justice dispersed? >> no when we look at the port said disaster more tickets than necessary were issued. no security measures were put in place, and now we look at a similar situation has happened where fans forced their way in and unfortunately 22 fans have decide. >> question the history of groups the propensity for violent confrontation, and your history as a journalist covering events like this. what do you see for reprisals and further violence from incidents like this in cairo.

>> in egypt the football season should be stopped, like in 2012, where they ended the season. egypt is not able to but in appropriate security measures to deal with fans at football matches. definitely the league will be stopped, and they need to look at how police handle the situation before resuming with allowing fans into the stadium again. >> an appropriate response do you think, by the police? did they handle things right? >> the way the police happenedled it was influenced -- handled it was influenced by the president. they had clashes with the white knights, and they seemed to hate each other. they are the president of the club, and they are the supporters they have been trying to knock him off the president. he has influenced the way the police dealt with the situation. 22 fans unfortunately lost their life. >> we'll leave it there.

football journalist based in london thank you for joining us on set in london. now to sanaa with the sport. >> thank you very much the african cup of nations - the final is happening now between ghana and ivory coast. it looks like it went into penalty shoot-out. let's go live to our correspondent robin adams. robin, it was a disappointing start for ivory coast, missing two penalties, what is the latest right now? well, it's sudden death, and whoever misses at the momentwill go out. it seems a cruel end to two teams. ivory coast have not won the tournament for 23 years, and bizarrely, the last time they won it was against ghana on penalty. ghana were in the seat earlier

but ivory coast is level. the stadium will erupt, and we'll know who is grounded the 2015 african cup of nation. >> we see ghana leading 6-5. if they win, what does it mean for the team and the coach. >> it will mean so much to the team. every player representing ghana at the tournament was not born the last time they won this tournament which was, as i mentioned 53 years ago. the ghana government has thrown tremendous resources into getting fans to begin. they chartered private planes getting fans to the time and semifinals. i spoke to someone who is close to the ghanan football association. he says they'll charter a private jet for the players, and there'll be big celebrations in the early hours of tomorrow morning if ghana goes on.

it will be sweet revenge for the 1992 final. >> let's talk about the tourm in general. can we consider it a success? >> yes, i spoke to an official who said that the tournament has been an amazing success. in the light that equatorial guinea stood in pulled the tournament together in record time and took them to outlying areas of the country, two towns who a few weeks ago didn't have stadiums. they flew in turf. there were quarterfinal games, group games taking place. in that report casa is happy with how the tournament was organised in a matter of weeks, and how it's been put together for equatorial guinea to show case the country and the event, which is the third-biggest

football in world football. >> robin adams live from bata. enjoy the match. keep us up to date now, one of the fierce rivals in greek football flared up again. paok were facing plimpy arkos. an -- olympiakos an hour in bottles were thrown at players. the match continued and finished goalless. olimpy ark as eight clear at the top of the greek championship. >> manchester united needed a late goal to earn a draw against west ham, who appeared to be on the way to victory. early in the second half thanks to a strike. a blinder equalized for the visitors in the 92nd mnd. 1-all the score, united in first place with west ham. >> with less that a week to go until the start of the cricket

world cup. the tournament hosts australia beat reigning champions india by 106 runs. sharma failed an injury test and will miss the world cup. australia had two sent ourians. david warner 104 and glen maxwell 122 as the home side posted 371 in reply, india could only manage 265 and there's more sports on the website. for all the latest check out aljazeera.com. we have blogs and videos from the correspondents around the world. that is the sport for me. i hand you back to john. >> many thanks. to australia, where prime minister tony abbott will face a major challenge from inside his own party in the next hour when it meets to discuss whether the country needs a new leader. the vote was scheduled for

tuesday, but the pm moved it forward. analysts say it was a strategic move to give opponents less time to build support needed to oust him. tony abbott has been in power for 16 months but faced criticism for his leadership and controversial decisions results are coming in of the biggest awards event in the british film calendar. baftas for best film and director went to richard linklater and his film "boyhood", a 12 year movie, charting charting boyhood to teenage years. >> and julian moore with best actress for her depiction that's it from me including the top story, a riot at a football match in egypt, where

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