if there was do the physical strain she said to go through due to scheduling. a men's tennis thomas burdick has won the open so to france the twenty six year old beat defending champion gelman face in a final lasting more than two hours one face was on home soil but had no answer to the check in the opening set going down six to. go home favorite claim the second set after a double fall from but it. was then held until the end of the final set one month committed his six double fault to give it a five three advantage. world number seven them served out the match winning six two six six three two hours and five minutes for the second time to history. meanwhile in english football manchester united have failed to move level on points with league leaders manchester city was off to a quite remarkable three three draw with chelsea at stamford bridge they came from three goals down to

a point joining evans only goal put chelsea one zero up at the break but all the drama came in the second period goals from one matter and w. easement chelsea were three goals to the good but to wayne rooney penalties and i have your hand on that had a completed an astonishing comeback the draw leeds united trailing city by two points meanwhile in the earlier kick off newcastle secured a two one home victory over aston villa robbie keane had counseled out their bars are happy that denver sees a school day winner on his newcastle debut. to go now where scotland's paul lawrie is celebrating after winning the cats are masters for the second time in his career he joins adam scott is the only other player to win the event twice jason day and peter hanson kept the pressure on lawrie in an event which was reduced to fifty four holes due to strong winds de showing great skill with this long part to birdie the third the australian would finish for in a tie for second with hansen while nine hundred ninety nine british open when

a lorry put in a masterful performance conditioned on fifteen under for the tournament the victory means lawrie is back in the world's top fifty for the first time since two thousand and three and it continues a great start twenty twelve. it's a confidence boost there's a nice there for a while you finish second that race to. start the season or to talk to and so you come here and you just keep going you know it's somewhat of. to boxing and deny moscow are now in a three way tie at the top of their group in the world series boxing league this after they crushed the los angeles matadors five mail in a one sided affair in moscow make it more. the world series of books and is regarded as the sport's most prestigious team competition with fight is barring it out with out head guards oh vests and with professional stars scoring a match consist of five outs and the team with the most wins wins the match russian

side in a moscow have fared well so far winning five of seven matches however was still three matches to go there was the small matter of facing the los angeles matadors a team they beat on the controversial circumstances in l.a. last year but coming off a four one win over group leaders in milan know the matadors arrive knowing a win would secure them the final play of sport but after much happening in puffin from the american side their guile was surprisingly absent in the ring dinamo moscow bantamweight and volumes of breezing past opponent even figure and while adlon abdul rashid of demolished his counterpart in the light weight category. i was counting on a fight being a short one but i had no idea i wouldn't it was a knockout he presented me with an opportunity and i took it but it's good that it ended quickly because i already have another fight coming up in two weeks time. the matadors hopes of the bigger books is taking something from the match were also soon dashed both the middleweight and light heavyweight categories were largely one

sided affairs with los angeles barely causing alexander ivanoff or edward shift any problems but if three of the full fights in the run up to the heavyweight bout were decided by technical knock outs the night's final clash had to be put to the judges who unanimously voted in favor of the numbers maxine banyan this lead that almost in the world that a lot of folks has to fight especially and still retain that olympic eligibility at some of the books and so forth knights could eventually become a live big chap and. i gather boxes from the team last year made the olympic team but unfortunately this time around there's no possibility but we'll be supporting those who did make it and will try it again next year although the deny must go books england was only founded in twenty eleven the did not see asian is the oldest sport said to tea in the country and runs of the seventy different sport disciplines which have in turn helped russia win

numerous medals in recent olympic games so with that kind of history the odds are almost that the trend will continue but for now the dynamic what it is will surely settle for being crowned world series boxing champ. mike of genco the mosco. now from russia's a dominance in the ring to russia's dominance on the ice starting with bob slay where they finish first and second in the four man world cup tour event in canada the crew led by alexander sukkoth the time of one minute forty two point four six seconds to outpace all their opponents in the format event russia's other team captained by alexander cast you know if they come second fourteen hundred of the second behind the winners of canada finished third. meanwhile on the slopes there were similar success with the bulk of brothers keeping it in the family so they are one round seven of the freestyle world cup the jumo goals with his brother on dry finishing fad battled macao kingsbury for gold

the red hole canadian was gunning for a record seventh straight win for the younger vocal brother took an early age and things were never recovered so his first ever world cup goals are a day time family. now the n.f.l. have rewarded their star performers at that annual awards ceremony in indianapolis green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers was named most valuable player on a night when the sports legends were out in force new orleans saints quarterback drew brees one offensive player of the year and baltimore ravens linebacker to roll suggs was the season's best defender. if you're just really. before his anatomy to look around and see. you want to see the rise zero nine percenters guys are lies is watching on t.v. . trying to be like it's christmas in months. to basketball where in the

n.b.a. eastern conference ladies chicago bulls have thrashed the milwaukee bucks one hundred thirty ninety in their own backyard the visitors started brightly finishing the main course out with a thirteen sixteen lead. there it grows shine for the bulls with sixteen points to his main journey and twelve minutes to the bench he finished with a total of twenty six his team mates continue to press in the second increase in their advantage to twenty four points by half time chicago slowed down after the intro but firmly held on to their late as we're walking outscored them by a single point during the third and fourth quarter is one hundred thirty nine t. how it finished in chicago close at top of the eastern conference the walker just about the hanging on to a playoff spot. now finally you don't normally associate firemen with ice but a firefighter from canada has proven he can handle the best of both worlds and the ice cross downhill championship called crocs so hard to take on his own brother

scott after the initial field of sixty four was now are down to the fuel truck which was dubbed the most difficult in the history of pressurized competition added to the challenge for the finest young as well as the stuff probably most early late for stumbled late in the race proctor went on to wrap up his second straight win of the season four miles to cover to take second had to have a clincher. well that's all the sport for now weather is next they were not say. culture is the same us you are going to fight you longer in the muslim muslim world cup the search of an amateur mission and softening this is what many scots say they want a realistic is an independent scotland would appeal for. six. six six six. six

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she. writes. from stupid. stunts on t.v. don't come. russia and china block the western backed u.n. draft resolution on syria with moscow criticizing the text for a balanced approach and denial of dialogue between government and opposition. other stories shaping the week riots returned to egypt as anger at authorities failure to prevent a deadly soccer brawl spills into poor days of violent clashes that already have left a dozen dead. russia's bitter subzero cold doesn't keep hundreds of thousands from joining in the record breaking rallies both pro and anti-government ahead of next month's presidential race.

one am in moscow i matras are bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news here on our team moscow says it's determined to help bring an end to the syrian crisis by implementing democratic change is sending foreign minister lavrov to damascus for talks next week saturday russia and china blocked the latest u.n. security council resolution on syria saying it could only lead to more bloodshed because it took sides in the armed conflict parties were in a port as well. tempers are still flaring because as we've been reporting and this should be surprise that the security council did not reach a consensus on the draft resolution on syria yet western countries still pushed for a vote and russia warned from the very beginning that if the draft was not a did not address some of russia's concerns it would veto and that's exactly what happened now let's talk about these concerns because moscow said it just requested

some simple amendments would be made to the draft text that would have made the resolution a little bit more balance for example the draft resolution to the syrian government with its all of its forces from the cities and towns and seize all violence but russian officials want to the document the draft resolution to also demand that the armed opposition groups stop participating in violence and retreat back from any cities or towns where it may have occupied their prime call it has called a draft text that was presented saturday morning to one side with a list of demands being made on the assad government but no note of armed opposition groups operating in syria now while addressing security council saturday a russian envoy to the u.n. fratelli churkin said the security council was not created just for the sake of taking sides or interfering in a civil war of sovereign countries he also accused some some countries of

sponsoring a campaign of regime change in syria those who are pushing for this resolution to be adopted don't you sleep with them still you could be some influential members of the international community including those sitting around this table have from the very beginning of the syrian crisis been undermining opportunities for political settlement by calling for regime change stirring up the opposition against the authorities and not his or taking to encourage and freedom of methods of struggle for the draft resolution put to the vote does not adequately reflect the real situation in syria and sends unbalanced figures to the syrian side suppose this doesn't take into account the. proposal as well as withdrawing syrian armed forces from the cities that this should be an eye on the group's own state institutions and neighborhoods with a low balance here when they signal it now the u.s. delegation could not help but showing its frustration and anger why not participating in the meeting saturday morning we heard. you some language that's normally not heard in these diplomatic settings like disgusted in shame the united

states is disgusted that a couple members of this council continue to prevent us from fulfilling our sole purpose here. addressing an ever deepening crisis in syria and a growing threat to regional peace and security in the meantime the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is heading to damascus on tuesday to meet with syrian president bashar al assad russia has been very vocal in trying to get hopes sides participating in the conflict in syria to come to the table and start speaking to one another and using some type of dialogue instead of violence to come to a peaceful approach so of course we will stay on the story and see how it evolves and works out as diplomats continue their showdown over syria thousands of demonstrators gathered to mascots in support of president assad crowds also praised the decision by russia and china to pull off western calls train train play close

off from wouldn't stop nato tells our tape that although moscow and beijing valid not to allow u.n. sanction foreign intervention in the country there is a chance the country could still be a part of the whole. what i fear is we may be see a replication of what happened in one thousand nine hundred ninety when the united states and its nato allies launched a seventy eight day bombing campaign against yugoslavia having failed to enlist chinese and russian support for un resolution against not in a few of those lovely i'm hoping of course that the resolute stand to take on the principled stand taking the taken by russia and china against a resolution that we have to remember was sponsored by morocco and co-sponsored by a very interesting group of people they include the nato quality of the world the united states britain france and germany along with portugal they include all six members of the cooperation council that is the monarchies and camera in the persian gulf this is not a representative group of nations of course in the united nations of the world is

very select one is largely the same for the first a comparable resolution one thousand seven hundred three against libya last year you know armed uprising that was sort of burned in syria could have a gird it was in libya earlier possible it was long. thirty years ago without the understanding. that they would be supported by. more than two hundred people were reportedly killed by security forces in the syrian city of homs just ahead of the vote by the security council but the government denied the assault calling the reports a quote hysterical campaign of incitement by armed groups editor of the syria tribune ali mohammed says the information from the opposition shouldn't be taken at face value. but i mean they were not believing the syrian army waited ten months and then just the night before the u.n. security council meeting it decided to start bombarding homes this too which in homs it's been difficult for the syrian. regime supporters for such

a long time and i don't see why the army would choose such critical timing just start it's a vicious crackdown if the strike if they are only cleans and just two weeks ago we had the arab league observers who could have gone there and investigate it but unfortunately they were pulled out for no good reason and therefore there are only claims from this i hope as it's claims from their side we cannot treat it with what's going on but i don't think that the army was chilly neighborhoods it's not like the syrian army this is number one and james like that happened before in fact just a short war in there and the opposition was not able to prove any of these claims over the past and months and your families have again fired rubber bullets in tear gas to drive a crowd of rock throwing protesters away from the interior ministry in cairo clashes between security forces and demonstrators in egypt have been arranging for

four days and left a dozen dead and thousands injured activists have been venting their anger over the military rulers alleged failure to prevent a deadly outbreak of violence at a football match wednesday or his worry if an ocean has more. things have been extremely devastating and terribly guilty communities of the last two days and also very tragic therefore would say massacre on wednesday when seventy four people died in the stump speech at one of the city's football stadiums has become like tells the deadliest incidences where barak alstad last february but it's also to get a new wave of clashes between the police the army and demonstrators that's actually become something common seen. in the capital cairo and everywhere for all it's egypt the fact is people have been very weak to use polling points late incident to use local forces especially the interior ministry to do nothing of the allowing this to happen in a lot of these tasks and we should see and actually do so for instigating these

trials in order to preserve the situation of instability in the country in order to infiltrate just to force a house. also terry lewis the generals from the supreme council of the armed forces they took power from mubarak last february and since then demonstrations actually have never stole shortly after this happened only one state the whole school food bill funds have come to live but it's nothing to the minister here in the central part of it just walks away from here seeking for justice and calling for amy did transition of power from the ministry to civil the situation is unfolding early presidential elections and since then twelve people have been killed in the last four days and twenty five hundred dollars have been injured who think that it's a terrible dissolve so i have to say while masood street is a narrow street as one of the streets leading to the woods they built an old photo of the interior ministry here you probably would have been many many people there

chanting intimately slogans from time to time police has been the firing tear gas at the times doesn't even show it so we've been able to speak to several people there let's listen to what they have to say about who's going to go and when it's going to stop people not just but this thing in addition to teaching the comes to the students are unbelievably effect people people might die and that they will they suffocate each day children everything today they're trying them. not to light the fire and they don't shoot over it. that the chinese the seventy seven year old china it's over your news it's more than enough what they're doing to the protestors and they're doing. to the world to the country. the children must be. close you can see a situation is very volatile here in cairo and actually in several all the cities throughout egypt but we can also can talk now about several achievements as well

the following points incident the figure is so that people from the administration told this to do have been detained and they're in custody right now always as i while the investigation is under go we can also maintain protesters to mons just three simply the supreme carlesimo of the armed forces advisory has also called for early presidential elections in the country. stay with us here on r.t. still ahead a change of tune a once a vocal critic of russia's prime minister is telling a different tale. of the city's main event these are. the ideas he once blames a lot of your prudent for the death of his son alexander litvinenko but now the former f.s.b. officers bother to change his mind offering his own theory to explain what happened what's. the latest incident for america's anti-corporate protesters face a heavy handed police response we asked how the occupy movement will cope with

addiction from a park that they've occupied since early october. saturday it was a day for demonstrations in russia more than two hundred thousand gathered across the country to voice their political views ahead of next month's presidential election two of the largest rallies happened here in moscow with supporters and opponents of the current leadership braving bitter cold to have their say it was the third largest opposition gathering after the parliamentary vote two months ago which protesters claim was rigged now their main demand is for a fair presidential vote in march political analyst dimitri babich says there is no split in russian society but rallies will positively influence the political climate in the country. it's mostly just emotional fueled by the media some people obviously irritate it seen the same two faces on television maybe too much in the last few months especially that some people were terrified when they saw all of that position and it's small then sudden when they felt the handle of the west

behind it so it's mostly media driven there is no real cost struggle behind it there are people and reach people in both radius. there are people of all kinds of ethnic groups in both race so right now i think it's been mostly of positive effect because it sort of wakes up the government to the needs of the people so until now the consequence of smoke more stability if i hope it will continue in that week if there is a real split in society of course it's not going to be good for the country author and researcher after william ingall thinks the west is funding russia's opposition to minimize the country's influence on the world stage during a critical time. it's documentable from the records of the national endowment for democracy which is a washington government financed. that's all over the place in russia they're financing activists in. several different cities in russia i think really their

expectation is to create as much internal unrest in russia as possible to distract the prospective new putin presidency at a time when russia is going to face challenges with the missile defense with the destabilization of the assad regime in syria the attempt to create regime change in iran and throughout the middle east and you raise or to try to divert any russian any incoming russian government from dealing with these crises they're trying to do the same template they used in ukraine with the orange revolution in georgia to bring saakashvili into power as a. president in that country and i don't think it will work in russia i whatever mistakes the. ten year has brought with it whatever discontent is i think there are a lot of things that have significantly improved over the last years since the time of the yeltsin era. but that that really isn't the point the point is us

interference in terminal russian election affairs is something that ought not to be tolerated and it's quite right not to tolerate it iran says it won't give in to international pressure at abandon its controversial nuclear program even if it's banned from selling a single barrel of oil it's tara's a response to this week's approval by the u.s. senate committee of a package of sweeping new sanctions against the islamic state but the bill has yet to pass through the fall congress and u.s. initiative targeting terror on the nuclear program follows the adopting a total of our i want to wrong in oil do come into force in july with a lot of our public in turn has repeatedly said it will stop all current supplies to some european countries before summer tehran maintain. it's atomic ambitions are peaceful and seeking to prove it by cooperating more closely with the u.n. nuclear watchdog a team of inspectors visited iran this week planning to return in february political analyst and he says keeping pressure on iran is a key issue in the u.s.

election. with american elections especially if we go into the election they want to put a lot of pressure on iran and. obama administration. in. the united states but i think they want to squeeze. the pressure on iran they want to. american international community and i think what we have seen some european talk. again. american trying. to go to the extreme by trying to destroy the economy. they've taken into consideration that iran is going through election election probably the thing this is going to backfire. against. i think they go in very far in this in this because this is kind of an implication

for the world economy especially this escalate to a military showdown between american and iranian. of course you can find our top stories online twenty four hours a day at our team dot com here's what's a click away right now. protesters across europe seek to influence the debate as polish authorities decided to suspend proposed online piracy legislation. future sex some believe it could just be a matter of years before the man's object of desire is scientists develop the cameras and get the full story and many more. anti-corporate protesters in washington d.c. were evicted this week and occupied since early october eight people were arrested when police using riot gear and horses raided the encampment officer said they were just in forcing a no capping law and the activists are allowed.