the prisons could soon be skating around the art a trail full going to the beach in the heart of paris there are those are just some of the ideas being floated to renovate the most famous avenue in france from the shelves and they say the story. often described as the most beautiful avenue in the

world the shells lisa a is a symbol of paris its name come just up images of french elegance luxury and flair but the reality is quite different traffic's heavy pavements a crowded and the avenues lined with fast food restaurants sports shops and car showrooms parisians tend to stay away tourists are often disappointed oh it's bad but it's not exactly what i expected and there are too many people everywhere there are so many cabs people and noise that i find it hard to see any beauty here the head of the business and residence committee says the situation's urgent he's launched a project to renovate the famous avenue plans include more green spaces more the road around the outer tree of could be transformed into a garden beach or ice rink. the of a new has lost its soul and its identity to show as it is a supposed to be a place for walking if there isn't one community more it's not because it's not

your choice or not all shows it's because it's noisy unpleasant and polluted one of the main problems with the show also these days the traffic is nearly always noisy and busy sixty four thousand vehicles passed out there stabbing you each day sometimes the pollution is worse not worse it's false. grosser that's why architects say one of the solutions could be to reduce the number of lanes. since its construction in the seventeenth century the shah's elisei has been central to french culture from the allied liberation of paris from german forces in one thousand nine hundred forty four to france's two world cup wins people have celebrated here recently many people were shocked when some protests vandalise shops and monuments the architect behind renovation project says it's vital to maintain the shells in these a.z. unique place in french history but it's all what it was we could use this to show french excellence in gastronomy culture fashion and green technology the shah said

he sees an international symbol a myth and it should reveal what the nation does best the project has yet to be given the green light by a paris a city hall but those behind it say a new look. could be revealed in time for the twenty twenty four parcel lympics and help restore some of the avenues lost glory and romance the tasha butler al-jazeera paris. both times following his failed banking the ball and trailblazers after it's the n.b.a. western conference semifinals they were trailing oklahoma city thunder in the last few seconds of game five when this happened. was. damian lillard fifty points with kept quiet three point buzzer beater in this one hundred eighteen two hundred fifteen victory the blazers will face the nuggets all the spurs next. my hands are so good for good about it.

for our six five or six minutes at a game i just kept telling myself like. for us to to get this game we was going to have to really really dig you know to come out on top so. the fact that i kept telling myself we came on a lot are going to show when i was like man i really really have to you know we really dug important out so it was a great feeling. well whatever nuggets just one win away from their first playoff series triumph in a decade they routed the san antonio spurs in game five of their first round series one hundred eight to ninety on tuesday jamal murray and nick leger kitsch scored twenty three and sixteen points respectively as the nuggets took three to see recently. in the other games the toronto raptors won their series against orlando magic for one and joel embiid led the philadelphia seventy six ers past the brooklyn nets and into round two for a second straight season new head coach of the side effect hereto kings luke walton

has been accused of sexual assault by a former sports reporter kelly tennant accused walton of attacking her in a hotel room in two thousand and fourteen when he was assistant coach at the golden state warriors walton used to play in the n.b.a. for the l.a. lakers and cleveland cavaliers his attorney says the allegations of baseless and describes tenant as an opportunist not a victim at a news conference in l.a. she explained why she waited so long to speak out. when someone assaults you and you think you're going to be raped. coming forward is a scary thing and i have spent years now dealing with this trying to forget about it hoping that i could push it to the side and bury it in hoping that time would heal and that was not the case the san jose sharks of booked their place in the n.h.l. western conference semifinals after a wild overtime win having forced game seven with the vegas cold nights the shots snatch victory from the jaws of defeat coming from three nothing down in the third

period they scored four goals in four minutes the golden knights tied the game at the end of regulation forcing overtime the barkley good throws schooled late on for a five four shots when down next play the colorado avalanche. for a second season in a row the boston bruins knocked the toronto maple leafs out of the playoffs cherokee nordstrom and sean correctly each had a goal and the sisters the bruins won game seven five one to set up an eastern conference semifinal against the columbus blue jackets. now big changes have been announced in men's tennis the a.t.p. finals will move to cheer in italy from twenty twenty one london's o two arena has staged the end of season showpiece for the last ten years munches to singapore and tokyo also bid to host the event a new deal with trans fifteen thousand seater. stadium run for five seasons. boss owner a step closer to the second straight league

a title in spain on cheese day they defeated al of us to nil to move twelve points clear of nearest challenges at lead to come attrit boss a coach of nest of a day says he's enjoying the luxury of knowing it's a case of when not if they become champions to make this come out of hospital. i like that question if you ask me i'd organist but now it's a good thing you ask me that because we can become champions. which would have made it very hard for us because they're big competing since day one and tomorrow they will have a very difficult. and it could prove to be a pivotal night in the race for the english premier league title match city will pit liverpool to the cherry feet if they win their remaining four games but standing in their way on wednesday a local rivals manchester united well let's bring in our sports correspondent lee wellings on this lead this is a huge match in the title race isn't it yes it is a huge going for city for liverpool one for manchester united it will of course

been watched by hundreds of millions around the globe and i think when people look back on this premier league season by modern not looking at so came this much that's about to be played and the march in january where manchester city managed to beat liverpool two one that cut liverpool's lead which was seven points down to four and since then both teams have won of course nearly all of their matches not not quite all i we now have the position where it's in manchester city's hands and it could be extraordinary the city ending up with ninety eight points liverpool could end up with ninety seven there's never been a title vice quite like that with got so many points what about the situation in the predicament for manchester united fans now of course the starting point is they want to win they want to beat their wives manchester city they need points to try to get in the top four qualify for the champions league but doing liverpool a favor sometimes it's misunderstood just how bitter their wives are we is between liverpool and manchester united it was deeper than the united city wide awake and

united finds really won't want to do liverpool in five years it's such a big match for united as you mentioned their manager legalists o'shea was flying high for so long not looking so good anymore. it's an intriguing situation where the gun is so shot did manchester united make a mistake appointing an interim manager because whoever that was happened to be social and he had to do a lot better than people were expecting if they were going to succeed united were never totally going to be in a position where the pressure on them to appoint that manager was a well they always going to be the best person for the job. this means that united are not necessarily in the position of looking for one of the top managers in europe and appointing someone who had a track record over many citizens so it's a difficult position with our job it looks like you'll be given time so to build from the some are rightly welling's thank you very much and that is all your

support for now we'll have more for you a little bit later thanks very much. and of course we will continue to follow events from sri lanka with our correspondents front slowly and else and as for you watching the al-jazeera news with me and. cousins up next with another full half hour demand from being on the team thanks very much for your time and your company . how have you changed since you were seven.

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this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. arriving in vladivostok north korea's leader gives a rare interview to foreign media ahead of a meeting with russian president putin. jailed in hong kong two organizers of the pro-democracy umbrella revolution are given sixteen month sentences. on track for change in sudan and demonstrators demanding a new regime signal their support. follow we're getting a clearer picture this wednesday of who may have been behind sunday's suicide bombings in sri lanka that have killed three hundred fifty nine people new videos emerge reportedly showing two men with long backpacks entering the shangri la in the capital colombo moments before an explosion in the hotel's restaurant deputy

defense minister says a splinter group of the national tow he'd jemaah faction are behind the attacks eight of the nine suicide bombers have been identified. what also i can say is that this group. of some of the suicide bombers most of them educated. and come from maybe middle upper middle class so they are financially quite independent and you know their families quite stable financially so that is a boring fact in this because some of them have i think studied. in various other countries they've all degrees. l.l.m. and you know this quite well educated people. a president matter of policy to sina has vowed to over the whole state security officer intelligence agencies didn't act

on several tip offs their fear is all those connected with the easter sunday attacks are still at large. joins us live now from colombo. security camera footage has been released now showing these two men does it give us a picture of a picture of just what happened here. this right has i'm beginning to put together the puzzle as we have these bits and pieces of information now coming out as the authorities try and build this picture and sort of visit what exactly unfolded on sunday footage of the suicide bombers that we're just seeing in the shangri-la. two suicide bombers exploded themselves. but we're also hearing that the other three explosions at the big

church on sunday morning easter sunday and the other two were also caused by suicide bombers again part of the puzzle coming together as we saw even in the church fairly graphic images of that suicide bomber strolling very casually into the church you know tapping a child on the head so these are people very confident knowing what they were doing by all intents and purposes and from that footage. first there in colombo we're going to break away from events in sri lanka right now and take you live to hard to make capital in sudan where leaders from the protest movement there are holding a news conference. being here with those. little

says the media people from most of the country. follow of the development and to tell you what is our situation the freedom and change a declaration is the power that have taken a lot of parts with our people since december last year the to the lead the. reaches the point where the masses have gathered near the headquarters of the general command on every of the six hundred fifty the sit in has a song to use in moving the former president omar bashir and then another move for the those who succeed them and then we have in and out of the current military council with its components. he said his statement we have also asked to the civilians to give those thoughts

and we asked the. military council to be of parts of the party in order to see how it's austria the park uplifted to this a very end. we have attended three meeting with the military council and the first meeting a was lack of sorts of recounts in order to know the villages and we have submitted a vision a written vision and this has been also discussed in the second meeting where our vision were given to them and we think that the sort of. the transitional period will be consistent of counsel including civilians and a presentation for the military. civilian governments with the executive powers to form that if forms programs and the third layer is the legislative we have to have

a legislative to control and monitor the executive authority. then we had another mating with the so-called political committee it was not a fruitful meeting and it has been. the source of the cut on prize says the current flyers says it doesn't consider the possessive of the revolution and they want to make everyone. equal to the other those who work hard on those who will struggle. all the same footing with other people which is not right of this.