and the pious came back from a set down against american better pneumatic and sand and remaining hard i took out but then lost the championship deciding to break the ten to points to. me while believe things are looking good for the season ahead despite her crushing defeat in the women's final to victoria as a rain care of it was featuring in her second grand slam final in six months yesterday and is definitely regained form after coming back from a long layoff with a shoulder injury but in melbourne she was simply played in pad by as the rancor the belorussian coming from two games to live down in the first set to win that six three and then took the second to love for her first grand slam title and the women's number one spot but despite the thumping defeat sharapova says she's every reason to look forward to the season. ruth. i don't regret the work. you're going to the stages is great for me especially not

having played matches for three months. don't know what to expect. and game i just don't know to be the stages is good for me. you know looking forward to the first new year but as far as rancor she has dedicated her victory to a grandmother and says she wasn't entirely surprised by here achievement which was the result of years of hard work. being surprised and no surprise to me no was really hard as i've been playing pretty well just you know the score doesn't really tell the story. and it was. i think really a lot of tough belsen the first you just do it played well and important moments you know so i'm surprised you just. now despite an aching me russian figure skater . has won a seventh european figure skating crown throwing in an unexpected quadruple jump

and a routine that gave him his highest ever overall mark of the twenty nine year old seen here in training picked up just over one hundred seventy six points in the freestate to boost his overall tally just over two hundred sixty one was a compelling routine had to sheffield crowd on their feet afterwards the former olympic champion who has eighteen major titles to his name said i am called the king by many people and try to live up to that name is eighteen year old training partner can ski finish second meaning russia grabs seven out of a possible twelve medals at the meeting in the u.k. just two years before hosting the sochi winter games to shame to those who missed the world championships in march i have an operation on it's troubling me next month. that switch to football where liverpool have done manchester united adjure the f.a. cup kept popping up with a late winner to give them a seaside club a two one win at anfield this the first time the two clubs have met since

liverpool's luis suarez was suspended for racially abusing united's patrice evra are both managers started the game with smiles but it was liverpool's early daniel agger putting them ahead midway through the first half the storage would be in place with that one himself although united keep it here should have done a bit better with jason park to find an equaliser just before the break finishing off a sweeping move and there were too many more clear cut chances in the second half with a replay looking like a safe bet but no one told that the dutchman clashing on the andy carroll's no no call to plaster time just to go live the life of the liverpool faithful to one the fun school capping a fine week thing is decided to do so beat manchester city a couple of days before to reach the carling cup final. i. was a fantastic air force for the players after work they had to get through engine h r

so we combined play again. in the morning it was. the commitment the desire to get results was fantastic and. we can speak highly enough of them after our performance and result after the chelsea will be joining them in the next stage when matt is six the second minute penalty making all the difference against q.p.r. after daniel sturridge was a judge to be found in the area players did not shake hands at the start of this match the decision taken in light of blues defender john terry's looming court case playing some great sleeping ski p.r.'s anton ferdinand. i think it was a wise decision bearing in mind the expectancy that was. from the fact that. even school could happen in the. bearing that in mind if you will it was wise not to do it because you could have an influence on the programme straight after.

everything was. another all premier league ties bolton came from behind to beat spawn's in two one west brom lost at home to norwich by the same scoreline why newcastle weren't beaten by championship side brighton one nil mike williamson putting them through also their last year's finalist study progressing after attain a win over darby and later today arsenal and aston villa will play for a place in sunday's fifth grand draw for sunderland take on middle struck in north star. tiger woods is keeping up his game at the abu dhabi golf championship a carded a flawless sixty six on saturday to take a joint lead with england's robert rock the pair two shots clear woods is finally showing some consistency he hasn't had a bogey at the tournament so far however it's still anyone's title the league changed hands twenty four times round on saturday and as

a chasing pack of four which includes usa champion rory mcilroy. that was just consistent today you know i didn't post all the guys i really feel like i didn't do a lot of things right and a lot of things wrong. i was kind of just kind of when i had a happy medium. well over in the states carl stanley keeps his place at the top of the leaderboard at the farmers insurance open shooting for in the past sixty eight during his ranch in california he's looking for his first p.g.a. title and he's five shots ahead of john hurt and john rollin. finally some of the world's best wrestlers are in siberia for a three day on your tournament in honor of the late freestyle champion. eleven finals have already been held since friday and roman cost can i bring us up to date with all the latest goings on in class and i'll ask a voluntary get tournaments is

a part of a. series that just happens to be one of the most sought after freestyle resnik a title of this year's competition even more significant since the all of the summer and the picks are right around the corner it's the twenty third time the event's been held and as always it's right at the start of the new year giving various national coaches enough time to test their athletes ahead of major stores like the world or european championships yeah that's a good number of them were going though there isn't a single seat available in the sports palace and the opening ceremony was very beautiful with today's final in the seventy four kilogram division is probably the main reason for such a huge turnout as for the tournament itself i have to say that it continues to evolve and i'm happy to note that the organizers took my suggestions into consideration. the twenty's wealthy von yet again grand prix saw the arrival of nine the limbic champions among nearly three hundred athletes from twenty countries . the main event of the opening day marked the return of the two thousand the

limbic champion. now despite the support of his brother three time olympic champion believe us out of sight c.f. lost the seventy four kilo final to a posse and denise sort of wish now it's safe to say the battle for in the olympic ticket in this weight category will unfold between the zero reading grand prix finalist. you must want to hear them so i was we were briefed for stepping back on the mat following a three year struggle with injuries is thirty two years old now and very difficult to get to the summit at this age. my he displayed character that he's still a force to be reckoned with in a blowout against the two time rules. while the men's events was dominated by a russian nationals it was a different story on the women's side with competitors from japan making it all but one final after claiming the top honors in two out of three finals on the opening

day of the grand prix athletes from the land of the rising sun wrapped up the tournaments with another it's a gold and one silver medal by the way while japan won silver in the forty eight kilo group the gold went to olympic champion mary navy off ukraine who made a triumphant return to the sport after giving birth to her second child nevertheless it was evident that japan ruled the other weight classes and it became clear why japanese women's wrestling is considered to be among some of the best in the world and the other three men's finals will be held on the last day of the tournaments here in cross they are ski science but they have a ways to step in it promises to be quite intense and we will be here to cover it from on cost of artsy eastern siberia and it's just time to tell you now that djokovic has taken ames to one up against rafael nadal in the first set in the men's final. and we'll have more details on that in our next political.

latest news in the week's top stories arab league and eyes the syrian fact finding mission is frozen after violence escalates triggering pressure from the e.u. and tough talks at the u.n. security council. and revolutionary aftershocks deadly clashes and troop build up and leave you know while in egypt hundreds of thousands stage fresh protests against their ruling military john down. the west police take a gloves off approach against occupy protesters and no one firing tear gas and flash grenades arresting hundreds in the protests. this week also songlines anger

spilling onto the streets of internet users in poland fought against and mute at a national anti-piracy agreements you know censorship human rights abuse. here in russia the internet has become a battlefield for pre-election campaigners with provocative viral videos and slogan to be used as weapons in the online battle for vote. it is one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshie they will take a look at the top stories of the week as well as the latest news and the arab league's monitoring mission in syria has been suspended due to a sharp rise in violence opposition activists suggest that over two hundred people have been killed in the past four days across the country state t.v. has reported that damascus regrets the league's decision saying it may result in

more bloodshed and foreign military intervention meanwhile an arab you were peon draft resolution on syria which drew russia's criticism is being. revised and the u.n. security council the initial text was calling for regime change and warning of further action damascus fails to comply with it on top of this the e.u. imposed more sanctions against syria this week to further pressure president asa. decision to freeze the fact finding mission comes after a gulf nations withdrew their observers leaving people to prepare for the worst as artie's sara for three ports. saying they get by and heading home they've said it's from the gulf states lethal the airport then mission in complete leaving behind a country in a deepening crisis is never going to be easy so you want the arab league monitors to stay. i don't want to stay right from the word go the missions prove problematic

the opposition accused the monitors of being too closely aligned with the government the government's now accused of being part of a foreign conspiracy and they will it just tickle complains to the observers seem to liquid on the ground and there are concerns that they were simply too few numbers to undertake such a major task but if things were bad at the beginning now they seem even worse following in saudi arabia's footsteps all the gulf states withdrew their observers after damascus rejected their recent proposal that included president decides cede power to a deputy and form a unity government was interesting that these countries is very interested in democracy and they have nothing and this is the most interesting this is something funny we'll talk about. what we'll have a new constitution we are going to more democratic country multi-party is about what about to do about the west talk about syria which would be changed and

leave saudi arabia as it is damascus is rejection was no surprise. those sides of the conflict of shame equal a willingness to soften their stance even though it's been the daily death toll in the country continually rising the killing of the head of the syrian arab red crescent was on the road to damascus yet another remind the spiraling situation. of the observers at such a creation of a bid to the country's crisis is seen as clinching the arab league essentially has no credibility on the arab street what the arab league mission is trying to accomplish he's got enough evidence concrete everything about human rights abuses on the part of the also very team to then take to the u.n. and the evidence will be so strong that even russia and china will feel compelled to work but as of now one month after this mission started they seem to know the monitors things and i know more about what's going on the ground than they did. at

the beginning and so it all looks like you know we're going back to square one as the death toll rises the proposal being floated to increase the number of observers on the ground and provide them with u.n. training could be a life saving one but for now those plans have been pressed on hold in fact much of the substance of the report that they graded pieces on both sides seems to have been lost in the flurry of diplomatic activity now france and britain have joined forces at the united nations to try to end president assad's rule waving goodbye to that gulf state colleagues some observers remain but it's small consolation syria didn't close the doors in for the arab league and i think. it's diplomacy would give anyone to help the syrian but the last decision in the hands of the syrian people not in the hands not arab league squad concept it's a gloomy outlook for the country with little regional or international agreements

on what action should be taken to stop the violence and putting an end to the crisis seem to be slipping further on. so artsy damascus syria and syria similar so too does libya months after the fall of gadhafi. renowned and doctors without borders says it's suspending its mission to be after being made to treat torture victims who are then sent straight back for further interrogation . on the global markets are bracing themselves ahead of a crunch vote in the reigning parliament as the world's fourth largest crude producer threatens to hold oil supplies to you or. us police have used tear gas and flash grenades against some two thousand occupy campaigners in oakland california around three hundred people have been arrested as a crowd first tried to seize one of the city's buildings before marching through

the downtown area artie's marina portnoy has more. it began around saturday afternoon when roughly two hundred fifty occupy occupy optimists in oakland california began demonstrating in the streets and as hours passed the crowd grew stronger and stronger up to crosley twenty two thousand people strong ultimately what the goal was for this demonstration is for protesters to take over and the abandoned building where they wanted to create their new headquarters because as our viewers may remember crossed the country in the united states just a few months ago police departments are removed activists from their camps and this was an attempt for oakland optimist to set up a new headquarters but as the crowd grew stronger and larger and then chilly the police in oakland began firing tear gas and flash grenades at the occupy activists

warning to the police they say members of the crowd began throwing things at times at the officers and that is what ultimately triggered this clash between police officers came to occupy an optimist but as guys you know this is not the first time we've seen a fierce clash between officers an activist in oakland california got in october since late october there was a least three hundred people arrested and a former u.s. marine by the name scott olsen was left in critical condition with a head injury from being struck in the head by a police tear gas canister canister and this is something odd that put a lot of criticism on the police department in oakland california they've been criticized for being very harsh with occupy out. marina board now reporting there well mark you've been following the occupy protest in the u.s.

since the very beginning so if you want to track the timeline of events simply log on to our website our dot com but we've been absent at the center of the movement capturing shocking food each of the demonstrations that engulfed the u.s. so catch all our coverage online also. of all millionaires pay lower tax rates than millions of middle class thousands. of allah makes his pre-election pitch to americans in the annual state of the union address stressing jobs inequality in a bid to appease growing as a corporate sentiment and shortly here on our team. and this we can go over the panning ratification of act new international line anti-piracy agreement spilled out into the streets of poland internet users say the new law along with similar bills now suspended in the u.s. is a form of censorship and violates human rights are the fall of the outrage. at

first thousands across poland directed their anger squarely at the notorious anti counterfeit trade agreement the idea of funding. for publishing the dried marked material. is somehow illogical to me it's like punishing the corporation that produces knifes for. being used to kill somebody that will be used to monitor our internet activity i believe that talking through the internet email chatting forums form of self-expression but with every passing rally the protest grew more political the crowds put prime minister government under fire for signing the agreement on thursday most governmental websites were hijacked by the anonymous hacker group i think they were trying to mesmerize us with. the promise is that there would be a sudden clause attached to the document that says that we have rights. to. the

rights for our own interpretation of the second but that's not possible and i was a lawyer from the government technically actor should be a good thing protecting intellectual property ranging from music to design your banks but the global online community fears corporations will use it to police the web and take regular users offline for harmless internet behavior it even includes a criminal charge for posting certain links when you have a copyright industry that's talking about extraditing a person who has done nothing but linking to t.v. shows extradition that something useful murder and genocide does this is such an abuse of power. think its time is more than ripe for a serious review of what we want with copyright law and it's certainly not calling out just terrorists it certainly has a striking resemblance to the much debated so. bill in the united states which sent

even online giants like google and wikipedia to take direct action but the law was only meant to work locally across the atlantic while act would be applied more globally they act the treaty is not. made by racial groups and in some countries it needs to be ratified by parliament but not in every country so we have another option so it's open people faired but actor is still an option for many many countries it was too much for one french e.u. deputy he quit calling act a charade then came the twitter twist the micro-blogging site saying it can now censor tweets country by country pride is active protests in warsaw were expected to gather up to forty thousand people but a sudden big freeze kept many away never the less they intend to rally for several more weeks hoping to urge warsaw's ruling circles to take a step back twenty one other e.u. member states along with poland signed actor but it's only here that the decision

has caused so much controversy and public dissent the document is yet to be ratified by the country spahr laments which certainly leaves the possibility of more protests everywhere across the european continent. let's see russia. reporting from poland. and next hour we examine the cases of two people facing extradition for alleged online criminal activities. every oh there you go there the fact that you're. a u.k. student faces ten years behind bars in the u.s. even though he's actions aren't considered a crime in his home country. the need for jobs the need for more jobs rather more equality while giving praise for america's military for ease abroad the some of president obama's pre-election state of the union speech much of the focus of this year's address was devoted to konami project the president laid

on dissatisfaction over wealth disparity embodied by the prime movement and hope for the rich to pay equal taxes obama also tout of military success in iraq and afghanistan and the assassination of osama bin laden the speech is widely seen as a three election opportunity for obama to sell his campaign to the public professor paul sheldon food from the california state university believes the president also used the speech to establish america's new approach to china. not your use that you are code for is that we're going to have an enduring relationship. which means we're going to have bases in that country and stay there for ever whether they want to serve. likewise he said we kill gadhafi syria's next day and if iran doesn't behave there there after that so. it is totally contradictory to say that he's going to be able to pay down the american debt and expand government

spending programs domestically with savings from bringing soldiers older mors what in fact he has plans to expand what he didn't mention try to find any also said that we have a pacific strategy and the world will know that we are number one. and that was a thinly veiled threat against china even i mean how insane can you baby china is holding more than a trillion dollars of our debt we've got tens of thousands of factories there we're highly coordinated doing depended on them now and he's threatening them to. and russia of the build up to the presidential election is seeing new campaign tactics emerge they support an opponent's go viral using flashy and provocative messages on the internet or actually go fight for about. putting a revolutionary stamina to the task this week hundreds of thousands of egyptians

poor back to tahrir square the iconic birthplace of the country's uprising but a year on the mood a somber and many egyptians disenchanted today they're demanding the social and military council which inherited absolute power from the post president hosni mubarak this as a gypsy is today a vote on the upper house of parliament following lower house elections that saw a dramatic rise of islamic members the new government itself will busy putting together the country's constitution i met but now we exactly have director of transforming the political center says the military knows its time is running out. still with the. supreme council of the armed forces. the trials of the symbols of the old regime. and that is a general. feeling of frustration over the smooth change. from

the from the old regime and some members of the supreme council of the armed forces who would like to describe any formal opposition that's so good people just have a general lack of trust the words authority i believe that the sooner. the better for them they know that the book is. very much a little theirs and so far the roadmap has been followed to the letter. meanwhile in the bia the national transitional council has reportedly begun amassing forces including truck mounted and aircraft cannon near the rest of town of bani walid the troop buildup comes after deadly clashes in the town earlier this week during which government fighters were forced out the unrest mirrors a growing frustration in the country with manny people fed up with government incompetence and violent power struggles between former rebels doctors without

borders has also suspended its libyan mission over concerns that it's being made to treat interrogation.