i'm not physically one hundred percent so it's like you know. i can't be so angry at myself even though i'm very i'm happy you know that i can play a hundred times going to do this whole target well elsewhere second seed petrik bit of earth survived a second set fight back my former world number one turned around a bit serbia but the golden council held on to win six two seven six zero at least and like last year's run to the last eight stage. waiting to get up in the next round is italian surprise party sorry irani steamrollers the last chinese standing in chiang sheikh irani moving into a maiden quarter final at a major events. i mean while defending men champion novak djokovic overcame former finalist lleyton hewitt in four sets straight in playing in his sixtieth home grand slam was to set the break down in the third before bringing up six straight games to become the first man to take a set off the top seed however the world number one fought back to take four six three and reach his fifth straight quarter final in melbourne. and dug

a virtual face david ferrer in the quarter finals the spaniard a semi final as last year it was a straight set when our responses show gaspé. meanwhile former pilot joe wilfried tsonga is the biggest name to fall so far in the men's draw the french sixth seed going out to kane as she corry after a five set thriller the twenty two year old keeping his nerve in this longer final rally to become the first japanese man to reach the australian open quarter finals in the open era and he's not overwhelmed by his achievement. but he wanted to be. to make a lot of history. to be number one player. but that never gives me the pleasure. well it was a grueling much michigan orienteer next play well rested on the murray twice being funny as booking his place in the next round after kaz like mccall to push him retire the two sets down for seed mara spent less than fifteen minutes on the

sizzling the hot rod laver arena and said it was always a walk over for him. there is boring. there's nothing there's nothing happening on the court. you know would have been nice to come off and been played on believable and you stop you know after doing nothing or setting the ball in the corner and he you know he wasn't running is making mistakes or first second ball the rally and. complete contrast with a lot of the other. moving on to the n.f.l. now as lawrence tynes kicked a late field goal against san francisco to send the new york giants into the super bowl where they'll meet new england patriots who edged out bolton will well first the n.f.c. championship game a candlestick park where the defense is dominated however in the final period feeling manning produced his second touchdown pass connecting with marion manning and seventeen yards to put the giants ahead yet a late twenty five yard field goal by the forty nine ers david eick has levelled

the score at seventeen or send the game into overtime but an arab i received a call williams led to the giants seizing possession in the round three times to set time's up for his winning kick the giants win that it to emulate their two thousand and eight success when they deny the patriots a perfect season to lift the ban somebody trophy. through school you know it was magical but it also feel would reserve you know this this been a long journey for some you know no one there was a shot you know have a domino even over david also the shot and so we were you know about a very good thing as well and we never born to go to chile all we did was go to work you do better and i guess so you know all this work this hard work with the weak. well meanwhile in the a.f.c. baltimore has really come to mr field goal with just eleven seconds remaining as the new england patriots with their super bowl placed by edging the ravens twenty three twenty tom brady stored what proved to be the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter with this one on die for bringing the patriots from behind but the ravens

have a chance to force overtime to put his pick to the left of the post so the patriots have a chance to avenge their two thousand and eight defeat as they again face the giants on february the fifth. they're all friends played well our defense i thought played extremely well offensively i was sure didn't a little bit better in the red area. certainly you know not the interceptions but why we won why we're moving on. now we want ten straight hopefully to make it eleven. football of the soccer variety and over in england substitute mario balotelli dramatically netted the injury time penalty to ensure much the city remain three points clear at the top of the premier league after a thrilling three two win at home to title rivals top the city took a quick two goal lead early in the second half thanks to spikes from some enunciate and jelly mascots but all within nine minutes spurs were level three poachers jermain defoe and garrett failed funded by the telly came on i was quickly booked

while avoiding a second yellow for the parent staff on scott parker for stepping up to let the winning spot take lunch to united states three points behind after danny welbeck scored a late winner as the red devils one to want to toss no tony unless he had opened the first injury time before the prolific robin van persie leveled in the seventy second minute and a quick look at the table converted to city's three point lead over united taught him stay third but now eight points off the top spot and defeat brasil means they trailed chelsea by five points back into the final champions league place. and in the meantime. agent has finally confirmed that the russia striker has signed a one year extension has taught them the thirty year old will remain at white hart lane until the summer of next year despite having been recently linked with a move to have a dozen clubs both england and russia of a chink and has fallen down manager harry redknapp pecking order since arriving from spartak moscow four years ago but has scored forty one goals in one hundred great appearances for spurs. to myself in the k h l has quashed the season long ban

of all googly the league's most short tempered tough guy jeremy blonsky of the tory a side with years while the hot headed canadian saw his appeal satisfied after serving as a fifteen game ban added mixed martial artist was handed the heavy penalty in the november for yet another punch on the ice that should not be available for sunday's champion some of the to live the struggle which has to end and end game streak. and finally with just a dozen games to go in the regular season latvian powerhouse to number rigo are going to reach their full straight playoffs and we asked their captain the most prolific latvian in n.h.l. history sundays as i think what needs to be done to achieve that goal and perhaps capture the coveted k h l crown. for. that my consistency consistency around game from mine from day to day and from that world if we were able to turn that around and have that consistency till the end of

the season no matter who we are playing teams the ball was a mess that it was or below us and have that mental toughness than not going on i think we'll have a good good run and boy. every team depends how much you follow her something is there you can there's always room only you have everything right where you want to championships and then everything was good i mean there's but always until you do that yourself honestly always something to improve and that's what we want to do as a team as well because they should improve every year every season and get better. we know the other teams strengths and weaknesses and that where where that is and and not so we try to sit through to you is in our advantage what the what we can find out what their weaker spots are and seen what we can do and if it's sessile then we have

a very good chance of winning games and i'm pretty sure the other team know they look at as they they do a very close analysis of all game and our players and they're trying to do the same thing to us so afraid now we do respect a lot of i mean. there's every single team you have to respect them but afraid no we don't want to be afraid for games are. different but no question you see that for dynamo regular for a national team they're the most the tire some know they don't get tired at at all i mean they they they're they're from the first minute till the last minute of the game no matter what the score is and they're with us in a tough time some good times and so on and and for sure we were very fortunate to play at home which some would such a big huge fan base over the sport of the whole country. and that's all the sports news i think.

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good you take three. three. three. three. three. three both video for your media project free media r t v dot com. serious lamson arab league plan to solve the country's crisis requiring president assad to step down calling it an interference in its internal affairs. the e.u. formally adopted oil embargo against iran a spark of president the sanctions against the country but there are fears that the sanctions may backfire joy before the details in a few moments. for a show of votes in favor of joining the debt stricken e.u. but a low turnout for the national referendum and some biologic protest expose divisions within the country. and russia's energy monopoly is on her as

a. partner we have all the details and business in twenty minutes. it's nine pm in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story syria has rejected an arab league proposal to resolve the country's crisis that requires president assad to give up power damascus has slammed the plan as interference in its internal affairs and an attack on its sovereignty r.t. sarah for more from damascus. likud president bashar al assad to step down and to have. his deputy they also called for the full nation as a national unity government and that would be if we leave early parliamentary and presidential elections now those cool. vehemently rejected by the syrian government

here flagrant interference with the internal affairs really the sense here from damascus is that the government here are working on their own reforms they want the arab league mission to focus on their job of course the problem is you've got countries in the arab league like saudi arabia like. now seeing the sense that they're reaching democracy to syria when of course they themselves don't have democracy. brushes stances once again that this should be seeking resolution with alice for an intervention i've actually spoken to the national coordinator council which is the opposition within the country they welcomed the maven again reiterated their felt that as long as there is no move towards foreign military intervention they're very pleased with the response from the arab league mission because you still got observers on the ground it's expected that the mission is actually now going to continue possibly for another month and possibly

the engine of their powers and their numbers as well of course what you don't want to see happen now is that the arab league mission which is really the only route there remains a teacher seeing dialogue in the country to now have blocks put in its way so the question really is how to make the mission the observer mission more affected because as we've been witnessing in the past couple of weeks really at the moment in the country what you want to be thing is the sightedness and not further division. or civilization. or. going. to homes the conflict has moved ever closer to the country's capital now many damascus suburbs are also embroiled in the conflicts between government forces and the armed opposition. well this is all that's left of many of the houses now inside just absolutely gutted it's broken glass you've got bullet holes lining the walls you've got clothes stain around the house where people have left them behind

fleeing very quickly you can really see the devastating consequences that this conflict has hurt the picking up the pieces way easy amongst the opposition themselves there are a worrying divisions and as the conflicts become increasingly violent there are now areas of the country where it's unclear exactly is in control what do the people here. think the syrian army having control not or receive. not. a lot of numbers but a number of secrecy the heart of who's in charge and. the coordination the diversion up with the stuff arab league observers look set to remain in the country for another month trying to build the basis for multi-party elections even seen by the international community or that you are your sort of or you are into a position you have to put in your mind that you have to work with the other side

working with the other side uses their own look instead of fighting with thousands kills bringing the different factions to the negotiating table is going to be a major task sara for. damascus syria. who has imposed fresh travel bans and asset freezes on the syrian regime as punishment for the ongoing violence we replace political analyst dr omar in a shabby things responsibility for the bloodshed should be shared by the opposition and it's time when gaijin dialogue. the opposition or what the so-called syrian free army or the desert there is from the syrian army have been also using heavy gunfire against civilians they have been using explosives apparently they have been using and the armored. rockets and you know some weapons that cannot usually be used in civilian areas and against civilians there

is president said also enjoys. popular support and said you know one cannot deny this not even the institute in qatar denied this when they did the research last month and they found that fifty five percent of the city of predation opposed the downfall of or didn't move and of president assad it's time for dialogue. has tried . somebody form some democratic reforms there is a constitutional council now in syria trying to rewrite the constitution there will be elections in the coming months there are some of the forums i think that the opposition should face because it is the interests of no one of no one's interests that need to steps in they would be destruction and they would be chaos as was the case in libya egypt is one of the countries where people are now seeing the consequences of the democracy they fought to achieve as the newly elected holders

for post revolution session there are gyptian who feel they've been betrayed by the muslim brotherhood and it's marched with majority. but first nations are formally adopted an unprecedented set of sanctions against iran including a block wide or oil embargo the move targets iran's nuclear program which the islamic republic insists is purely for peaceful purposes russia says they were gretz the sanctions adding they undermine diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis. in brussels with more on the e.u.'s latest measures against iran. it's sensually a total oil embargo it will have immediate effect on new contracts but that existing contract will be allowed to run for another six months they've also agreed on a ban on a gold and gold trade and other precious metals with the iranian central bank all of these of course aiming to financially and economically cripple iran over its controversial nuclear program with western leaders still insisting iran is trying to build nuclear weapons while terror on denies this now the e.u. embargo follow strict new way u.s.

sanctions that were passed into law by president obama in january so as far as the e.u. is concerned by july it will be a full and total implementation of these new sanctions this is unprecedented in terms of the scope and be desired a potential effect on iran but it is also one president in terms of its potential economic impact on the european union itself let's not forget the e.u. imports up to twenty percent of rain in all its second biggest buyer and one of the twenty seven the biggest buyers within that are elite spain and greece the very same countries that are now struggling to deal with that sovereign debt crisis greece in particular heavily dependent on the radio oil with up to one third of its total imports from iran also it's relying on terror for easier credit terms so they will definitely have to find alternatives for these countries these are what their leaders will have to talk about how to cushion the potential economic impacts on the several member states and of course because of all the uncertainty oil markets have already reacted pushing oil prices up and higher oil prices will just mean

higher prices of goods. a senior iranian official has said if the e.u. imposed embargo affects world oil trade it will go ahead with its threat to block off the vital strait of hormuz oil transit route james corbet editor of the independent news website the corporate report says the threat is unlikely to be carried out anytime soon. i think there is no doubt there is some provocation and some testing of the waters quite literally and figuratively going on right now and certainly with the rands recent threats to to block the strait of hormuz now we see the americans sending ships through there to sort of test the defenses so to speak so so i think there is definitely some cat and mouse going on right now and i think at this point it is saber rattling and testing both sides testing to see how far the other is going to go candy and as i say at this point i would be extremely shocked to see iran actually pulling out the the option of mining or otherwise blockading the strait of hormuz because that seems to me that that's that's pretty much the last part of their sleeves so i don't think they want to put it on the you

know on the table too early oddly enough i think the further that iran is pushed into a corner here the war there their position will strengthen over time as they as they develop alternative routes for their for their oil exports if they for example increase their trading partnership with china or russia and india as we've seen in recent days they've been scrambling to establish exchanges in other currencies including their local currencies including even asking india to trade in japanese yen so we could see really a fundamental shift in the in the entire dynamic of this that is energy export economy that that's taking place right now and it could actually serve to to benefit iran in the long run from getting them off of their dependence on the petro dollar. stay with us here on r t still to come in the program the twists and turns of russian politics and electoral campaign intensifies presidential hopeful widen your putin wants to get tough on immigration. but first he take it has been approved by the people of curry should the u.s. wasn't as solid as expected more than half of the croats simply ignore the national

referendum the country will become the union's twenty eighth state by july of next year if it gets the approval of all other member states it was split on the issue with those in the opposition saying there is nothing to gain from a bloc currently experiencing its worst ever crisis as artie's tom barton reports divisions are here to stay even after a yes vote. violent scenes in the croatian capital it is the country's referendum that setting. let me run. the risk of being made behind me the police trying to push the protesters away as they take and protest his late six ways to many seats in the creation capital and financing has been telling. you. these anti protesters say the government is trying to suppress the dissenting

voices they are joining with surrender croatia's independence to brussels. in another street nearby the foreign minister is trying to convince people to session is vital to the current economy take to leave the stability the scale can lead it into the creative trading of creation. that is translated into membership of the. gracious budgets would be in serious trouble everywhere you turn in croatia the e.u. is being discussed the women's most of the political class no longer the question of the. while it stands for public views differ widely in the let me tell you as we come into or see and touch all our fish and that's our biggest club you know if you go there after you tube he told us we have to bay the e.u. is regulations those that don't want to they must stop trading here in memphis soon

if we have two sons who are unemployed and maimed because of that i would be prior to being raped or murdered if the sim was good don't you know there are worries about solvency local industry and economic well being a form of study and there are still some voices in parliament that think the benefits of what joining it will be the cole says that we were not going with our heads high up we're going in our knees because our economy. non-existing our exporting is pretty bad our b d p is very low so we don't really have anything to offer to go back out on the streets the arguments quality will not continue with ferocity with such strong emotions it seems unlikely this referendum result the nation's division of the european membership top box and. i. and there are still tension in one of the newest e.u.

member states romania the country's foreign minister has been fired for criticizing the protesters angry at the government for more than a week people have been demanding the president and his ministers step down this against a backdrop of wage cuts and tax hikes in the e.u. second poorest country which is struggling to meet the demands of its international creditors you can watch reports sent in by our teams tom barton who was in the middle of the recent violence in bucharest on our website r t dot com. well russia's presidential race just around the corner candidates are ramping up their campaigns prime minister and presidential hopeful vladimir putin is imposing is proposing stricter immigration rules in his second major newspaper article in the run up to the vote or peter all for reports. talking on multiculturalism a migration vladimir putin praised what he sees is russia's long history as a multicultural nation a history he says goes back to the days of the russian empire and it's said that there have been some very serious problems though when it comes to migration and

integration of migrants in russia that these problems over the last twenty years since the collapse of the soviet union were very serious indeed in our problems that russia is still struggling to to deal with today speaking about what the results can be of migration going wrong he warned of the rise of nationalism the rise of xenophobia these type of issues that we saw acted out in real life eight in moscow in two thousand and ten with ethnic clashes taking place and you know square right next to the kremlin in the heart of the russian capital he hits out at those that seem nationalism right hit out at those who have you slogans such as stop feeding him stop funding the caucuses saying well the caucuses are a part of russia talking of multiculturalism he said that russia had a very unique system of multiculturalism something very different to say what happens in europe where he said basically multiculturalism had failed and that russia system was something that has reviewed every different money over to me and said that there's no way that you can completely get rid of all illegal immigration

into russia but if he's elected president in the elections in march that he hopes to be able to to make significant cuts to the amount of people that are arriving in russia illegally you know he wants to do this by toughening the laws to try and deter people from entering the country illegally he also wants to see a system put in place not just to monitor foreign immigrants coming into russia but also to monitor internal migrants also by twenty thirty he wants to see an exam put in place to those wanting to come and settled and live and work in russia but they have to be able to pass the russian language exam also an exam on russian culture russian history so those are the things that he wants to put him. place to talk about the issue of migration and multiculturalism in russia. as the march vote approaches r t's keeping a close eye on the campaign trail of course you can find more on our website our team dot com. pre-election scandal flares up around a veteran liberal candidate he may be pushed out of the race because of violations

in the registration process all the details on our website or. the newly elected parliament in egypt has started its first session most of the seats occupied by muslim brotherhood and other islamic party members who won an overwhelming majority in the first post mubarak poll as artie's marie if a notion or reports many feel the brotherhood may have lied its way into power is a growing option here ready that with these with this new poll in ten just will actually not be as dramatic as people in the revolution demonstrators taxes have expected them to be the muslim brotherhood should have been just as pontiff has indeed won the first vote in place barak knows that because he had voted had promised people all aid tips to how to touch it transitional transition from ministry to civil how it's something people have been calling for have been demonstrating for since the supreme count.