voice given instructions out to the players but pretty much most of the loads were all of the really knows pretty much what's expected from them so there isn't too much of a change but obviously leader and you know you you want to me as he wants to be you . while the result leaves third in the table five points of manchester united and seven from leaders manchester city while liverpool are four points off a top four spot meanwhile russian champions any will have to do with an midfielder me danny for their champions league round of sixteen double header against benfica starting this month the twenty eight year old just picked up a knee injury training camp in italy and could be out for up to six months which also makes the playmaker a doubt for portugal at this summer's european championships in poland and ukraine . twice hockey's k h o y the number moscow have claimed their fifth win in a row with a five three victory over lowly sabir moved an army to within six points over lee discard in the western conference the normal work cruising in this one to start

with tennis court that of putting them in front of the fifteen minutes and that was followed shortly by a strife in constantine volkov to make it to kneel before god is brace so many were thinking at this point the game is over and those that weren't almost certainly were when they scored off for the start of the second magazine ignited to get one but first the beer and their magazine. cover nor spin made it forty but the nama only needed a minute to restore their three part difference constantine nichol hitting the net this time to be a good rally later on to make it by three but that is how it stay in armor extending their winning run to five games. in other news cycles and each leg looks set to be awarded the twenty ten tour de france title after all but a contador were stripped to be yellow jersey for failing a drugs test during the race schleck from luxembourg had come second but now looks set to benefit from contador as conviction contador tested positive for the banned

substance clenbuterol and had said his failed test was due to eating contaminated meat the spaniard would also now lose his twenty eleven hewitt italia title and will remain barred from the sport until august after receiving a backdated two year ban the case has taken months to resolve after various appeals something cycling chiefs have criticised. it is fundamental to be less time between sports justice and sports and media events it is comfortable and i'll bet it will come to over cape cycling for eighteen months he was cycling everywhere he was cycling in spain portugal italy when the giro he was cycling in belgium he was sailing in france he was cycling in argentina he won two stages just a few days ago the son louis two are in the future it is absolutely necessary. just as any type of justice need serenity and even the case was extremely complex come

of that type of case comes sooner. current tour de france champion cadet leavens has defended cycling's recent record in tackling doping contador was the second ride to be stripped of the tour de france title following fraud landis in two thousand and six after he also failed a drugs test but evans says cycling is setting a good example. of the sport of sparkling star more than enough to prove itself it's doing right being and now it's time for other sports to look at cycling and replicate the. fight against drugs and support somebody who may be beaten one day across all sports eleven's was speaking at the laureus sports awards ceremony in london and that sort tennis world number one. sportsman of the year. should. do the job of the djokovic picking up the award at a ceremony then in london the three grand slams in twenty eleven and won forty one matches in

a row and last month clinched the strain open to become only the fifth man to be in three majors in a. long distance run to be was named sports woman of the year the kenyan won the five thousand and ten thousand meters at last year's world championships in south korea. the only one named the same of the year they won their domestic football league for a third time in a row and the champions for the third time in six years their club president sandra resell here accepted the award. two time running formula one champion sebastian vettel says it will be harder than ever to retain the world title this season his red bull team have unveiled their new car the r.b.a. these using the step now use design and they hope it will earn them a third construct this title in succession bentyl things any design advantage they'll gain over their rivals will be less than in previous years as teams prepare for the start of the first race in melbourne on march the eighteenth. you know the

last two years we had two big things taken away the double digit. plus for this year the system around the blown exhaust is so you know we're missing that and therefore so i think difficult to really create a difference we'll see obviously we hope that you know better than all the others but it will be difficult and i think the cars will be fairly similar as in the caps will be even closer than they have been and finally brotherly love my friend the klitschko heavyweight boxing champion from fighting each other but that wasn't an option for mixed martial arts king feared oh you mean the yankee the russian recently came up against his brother in a sambo tournament play the pair did find a dignified solution with more of it the dunya. the men the special sambo athlete is good or a million go this is not a flashback the russian has been the greatest ambassador of the sport he came from four years the last weekend was

a real treat the last amber of mixed martial arts came back to the competition he had won six times before. but somewhat championships in front of a home crowd in moscow with thirty five year old was going for his seventh domestic title should continue with family planning to have a rest now head of a few more fights i'll have to know if i'd like to thank my opponent it was good to get back to the mat for a competitive fight and i want to thank god true for my work. and the most anticipated part of the event was simply inevitable in the final of the hell weight class that are placed his younger brother four time russian champion an example a man who'd also earn big respect in the global and me arena some i have been looking to see a rumble. but

we're left with just a seven second musser class. yes many expected an exciting fight two brothers who never fought against each other before but they came out and produced an elegant finale for the competition the younger brother gave it into the elder one in a very dignified way. he will. go over the events saw no end of tough action and here is the proof.

while a heart full of courage is often the competitive edge when it comes to martial arts and let's close with a solid example of that the super lightweight final was. despite being exhausted by flu and high temperature and having already won the title three times before godunov holds on to them too if we screw with the mystic crown. smell of it was. home even for me as i came from the famous sambal seventy training school based here in moscow so i felt great responsibility i had to win so long ago

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peacemaking mission a delegation led by russia's foreign minister is in talks with the syrian leadership as the bloodshed in the country gathers momentum against the backdrop a diplomatic route. greece sacrifices fifteen thousand more jobs in a bid to abuse its international creditors as the austerity ravaged population stages another general strike. the center of oil gadhafi era documents discovered in libya implicate britain's m i six by eight b. in the rendition of dissidents to suffer torture under the late dictator of cooperation that allegedly involved the u.k.

well rewarded. top story in business this t.v. bank made compensate its minority shareholders for losses on their investments by using the bank's own profits to a new for full business bulletin and. it's three pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live on me so now with our top story this hour in syria could get another chance at a diplomatic escape route from its continuing political crisis as it hosts a russian delegation that's in light of a widely documented stand off at the u.n. security council and swelling violence in syria are going always in the capital damascus for. and now joins us live on the line hugo or the talks between the russian foreign minister and president assad have started we know they're behind closed doors but what can you tell us about possibly they're discussing or anything

you might have heard about precise dialogue. oh on the sand yes correct the meeting started roughly around an hour ago it is currently being held behind closed doors just we were able to hear the first few minutes of the conversation between the russian foreign minister and the syrian president and you know you know the atmosphere is very common rather friendly even the foreign minister said that russia stands for peace than an ngo weiland here in syria in full view from all the syrian people now the foreign minister is accompanied by the head of the russian foreign intelligence service and they're here to deliver a message from president the community just to president assad now the contents of this message are still unclear there are still yet to be announced this is specifically aimed for president assad we do know that the aim of this message is

to try to find ways out of the current crisis here in syria of course there is speculation into what exactly needed message contains example there's speculation coming out of washington than the united states holds russia in the air more than assad to step down but we did hear comments from the russian foreign ministry previously on similar matters and it basically said that changing foreign governments is not job for the foreign ministry its job is to work with for and other me now just so you a little bit about how the russian delegation was to meet here in syria right after the foreign ministers plane landed in syria and he is on why he was heading towards the mosque because it was greeted by several thousand you forwards was in full and what do you mean plans and which cheney's lines and people were chanting thank you

russia and thank you china agree with so many of them that at some point the. conwell even had to stop altogether now all of this is in white hall so the recent votes at the u.n. security council on the draft resolution on syria put forward by morocco and supported by the way it was you don't buy it russia and china on saturday due to its one sided approach have been. russia stands for both sides to put their weapons down and basically moscow has been painting fire time that this conflict is the responsibility of both resigned both the government and the opposition which does have armed elements of all of its goals now the foreign minister has been saying we got i just want a matter we get a good hand you two sorry to interrupt you and i know there's a delay but i just want to make sure we get to talk to you about what you might

have seen on your way from the airport in terms of the situation on the ground. well if you if you mean in terms of any violence i haven't seen any of that in fact it was quite a festive atmosphere or it was it really was the thousands of people were standing there and chanting they looked with you thankful and satisfied by the fact that this resolution. was blocked basically by russia and china didn't really see any. military equipment. and just ordinary security through just standing a police along the way to a few foreign minister just to provide you know security because there really was a school or go for people there along the route but everything else seemed to be like normal people who are throwing their own reports down the situation in the homes currently but i can't really confirm that the speculation about more while i'm there and wore. dozens often than report showing by by the government

but this is speculation at the moment unfortunately i can't really confirm that but we certainly can see the pictures we're getting in these latest pictures from damascus that thousands of people have in fact filled the streets to meet the russian delegation you purpose cannot live with us on the line from the syrian capital we will be joining you throughout the day thanks for that update. now moscow continues to receive harsh remarks over its move to veto a draft resolution on syria struggling to convince the west of its impartiality critics however say it's not russel's approach which should be brought into question our teeth are first explained. oh god that's divisive on every level the syrian crisis his place opinion from the streets to the international stage the united states is disgusted that a couple members of this council continue to prevent us from fulfilling our sole

purpose here this is a doomed. as well as a murdering regime there is no way it can get its credibility back internationally or with its own people and when you come when you realize that and you see what a mistake russia is making by backing this regime so many in the west russia's decision along with china to veto the un resolution on syria is difficult to understand america's u.n. envoy described the decision to show you full and accuse the countries of attempting to sell out the syrian people and shielding a tyrant the right from the very beginning and russia has been very clear on its stance of the quite this in syria and in its continued calls for dialogue. alongside calls for the government to withdraw its troops from cities we wanted to demand the armed groups also leave the cities and stop the ongoing attempts to take over residential areas suggestions were vehemently rejected by the co-sponsors of

the text it looks like these co-sponsors i'm more interested in simply finding somebody to blame drawing attention away from the armed groups that's a receiving arms and other kinds of encouragement from abroad the west has leveled heavy criticism at moscow's continued arms trade with syria saying it's backing the assad regime has been overlooked however is russia's continued efforts to mediate with all sides of the conflict we speak with the head a serious internal opposition the national coordination council he'd met with a russian delegation recently we asked how they viewed russia's stance and russia said they are not against the will of the syrian people the days. down with the syrian people and the legitimate demand we asked to do support the syrian people and do whatever will protect them from violence and killing otherwise their position should be considered a sttng with the regime with these tell you and russia's unwillingness to join the economic sanctions most game may have

a hard time convincing the west of its neutrality of course russia much more careful towards all sort of because after that it was from libya will could see as a perverse some countries the nato countries doesn't want to for the result was a use as i do from four zero on a cynical pure process. libya was nor for absorbed but not about total board as there usually on libya was protecting cedars but not about civilians. and as the political tit for tat continues to play out an increasingly polarized population and watching their lives and country brought to a standstill sanctions a crippling the economy and the increase in violence is raising the death toll daily the geo political wrangling now seems to be overshadowing the issues of basic human rights for the people living in syria.

well for more international perspective on the situation in syria let's talk to richard had terry and the manila bay foreign analyst thanks for being with us on the line via broadband the visit by russia's foreign minister to syria of course the focus of international attention today and it carries with it expectation that something can be achieved do you believe that and share that opinion that this mission can bring some kind of step forward in the crisis. yes or. trying to draw. that conclusion. which wanted a word that. a lot of pressure right now and try and address that to be really one . of the problem that we can hear you and be really frank right not to justify it would be to have that criticism because to begin with for russia the problem here was not the result the problem but what is the best method god is your bogus balder and the. united nations agreed to go with one balance because we did not.

restriction on both sides of the picture and they felt that in one way or another there is a different whether or some forget me very very venture what gus that would try to do right now because it builds on the goal of the problem when you use all kinds of leverage and the pa on their butts are there everything to make sure that will be a political thought that we're in building died of the school board by the coin and things that could be a political process be to look out of the sun or hop towards a post in our u.s. we can expect a lot of pressure on the part of russia. or for any going to break with the valve that. the u.s. veto has also put the international community and an impasse with some nations desperate to involve themselves how do you think the nato mandate the u.n. mandate i should say will be treated. what's happening right now is that

you have a lot of western countries and regional countries both the arab league. and lebanon and of the think that congress. to make a decision on. which party they want to support i think the already made a decision by the party that they have to support. the free syrian army and the syrian national council and what it seems is the next now because they see that the united nations mechanism has really failed because russia is finally in a kind of any kind of there to give us that he got that right and if i give him a very intervention there is the possibility that what we hear right now is going out with me for bringing work maybe what's happening both the govinda european countries and nato unilaterally envisioning some sort of intervention in order to solve a humanitarian crisis in their perspective but i think there are a lot of earth again trying to build

a lot of the think it's because they're generally said when company syria the good the regime has. a profit and i do think that these are aware that any kind of military intervention you get to create a regional crisis i think that maybe the western countries and the prize a place where mr outside the united nations framework but i think i've been pointing back. russia would be in convincing the syrian regime to stop the security operation and restart the dialogue in a political solution to the prognosis was of what but there is a possibility in the long run it will become more bloody and the people who are deep in the maybe every single vina kind of connectedness of military intervention conducted by nato surge and many are of the members a senior syrian official has said that assad won't resign under pressure from foreign forces in that context do you think international pressure is escalating

the situation. and they believe in russia and china are feeling the pressure the only question here is how to convene syrian regime to stop this bickering the operation we never got they are coming off of some sort of violation of the. syria i think statements came out in the spirit of things that. it's not going to be bothering people the respect that there is going to be any dilution it should be out of a compromise and hours of concessions and there should be agreement if there is going to be. kind of in our yard there's going to be a political to this is probably going to say that this pick our sovereignty but i think the russians we are pressures on them but far less that we make on the. right richard hi jerry an international security intervention many issues analyst thank you very much for your input. well it's coming up to quarter past the hour

still to come on r.t. and mates are all the spot on earth scientists find the waters of a priest or a quake under the fifty way says of the antarctic which could contain life forms unchanged for millennia. well fifteen thousand more jobs last that's the latest blow from austerity measures adopted by athens to appease its international creditors live pictures here from the center of athens where people have gathered obviously to protest these latest measures the cuts are especially wearing given the country's economy is near freefall meanwhile greeks like i said gathering live pictures here from a rally in athens as part of a twenty four hour general strike against the latest austerity reforms negotiations over a second bailout are also one going with the main precondition being further cuts

that's one of the main thing setting these people who have been on the streets of athens really for over a year now and today again gathering on the streets in this general strike but according to a law professor towards a couple of dollars even if our friends doesn't get the cast it will have no hope of repaying the interest. two years now we are living through here. all of that are going on missiles the all the burdens to the poorest so that we kissed members of our society and you stayed off beat it used is good inflated so i don't cover in the. same as if we continue to put money. in to our economy. even more. than this most of. our pollution to us actually nothing but the scheme to give up our public infrastructure infrastructure public property to foreigners and especially big

german enterprise. now greece is a kind of experiment for all european union they're just trying to impose the us or state to measure the salaries that this might have meant of their protective legislation for the workers that they are going to try to impose to other people starting from the people in the counters of this hour we do not want these continuous sacrifices sacrifices without any kind of. russian scientists in the antarctic have reached a fragment of nature untouched for a on's under glacier ice after thousands of years of work they drilled through to the waters of an ancient lake where they now hope to discover a unique life forms artists on thomas who toured the frozen confident exactly a year ago explains what does the change meant could bring. research base in antarctica it is the coldest place on earth and the site of an international project is studying climate change the deepest drilling location on the continent.