particularly influential winning twelve matches out of thirteen in the league however the moscow cites likely sleep top in their final two matches drawing at champions in need and losing at on g. but the army man going to the winter break three points clear at the top and with players such as strike a say do them be said to return from injury they look a good bet to end this seven year wait for russian food bowls biggest price. because of then volman in the europa league and the ongoing run in the russian cup m g have played more matches than any other top flight team thirty three overall yet goose feedings man have been consistent throughout and i just two points adrift having suffered only two away defeats to taze guy and to twice former champions were being well the clinical striking fare of some well at the war and less seen that there are what they have netted sixteen of their teams thirty four goals the dentist on side spent three weeks at the top of the standings this season and have

much in their favor and in form team an experienced manager as well as the bottomless budget of billionaire owner so they monkey team up to fulfil them much publicized aims of a first premier league title and champions league football i buy. why is defending champions in need started this season where they left off winning their first four games including a five nil thrashing of last year's runners up spartak expectations were the race following that one hundred million dollars joint signing a fall and knocks a lead said but then it went wrong for china's politicise ego denise of went on strike over pay and they quest out of the champions league. things seem to be returning to normal following a six game winning run but that game question to an end following the scandal at the nama where flair was thrown injuring the home side's goalkeeper xeni what

handed at three nil technical defeat and had to play three home matches behind closed doors with two of them so far played resulting in draws against and anji as the top sides cancelled each other out. so with half the season gun in russia the battle for the europa league sports remains very tight with just four points separating fourth placed one and neighbors across the dark who are back in town yet the fate of the crown will most likely go down to a thrilling finale with little to choose between tezuka m g and the need constantine but out of r.t. . so after all that action let's look at the best of the rest from the past week in the world of sport. on monday let's stay in russia as defending champions need hosted angie in the last top flight match before the winter break but if you watch this from the battle as it was played behind closed doors and she took

a first half lead through zhao call us though the home side levelled in the second sensitives young off and one one it finished and she stay second zuni third with scott being the real winners as they stay top. choose day blade runner oscar pistorius proved once again these the fastest man on no legs after the six time paralympic champion out ran from grace force the arab start was called maserati but the sports car named didn't help the beast in the one hundred fifteen meter dash pistorius pulling off another victory to promote disability sport the south african also made history this summer by taking part in the london olympics was. that on wednesday former world number one kim clijsters ended her tennis career in style as the twenty nine year old beat old rival venus williams six three six three

in an emotional farewell match in antwerp the belgian officially retired for the second time after her favorite torments the u.s. open this summer and then thirty thousand fans stand up including constance belief and princess mathilde to see the four time grand slam when the play for the last time. then on thursday russian side here in key finished second in group a of the euro league after a dramatic one point when at home to greek side palace and i cause our own time manage top score by sixteen points in the seventy eight to seventy seven victory despite marcus banks sinking a three pointer all the visitors the buzz of the moscow region team will next by turkish. because she dashed in the top sixteen later this month. thanks. and russia's alexander to check all of it in a strong performance in the latest stage of the world cup skeleton in france but it

wasn't enough to take top spot as all eyes were on martinez due course to clinch gold for the fourth time in five events so far to give a lot in one thousand eight point zero overall read ahead of the russian. thank. you. thank you. then on saturday russia's hurling the captain and a sitter about the ice she celebrated winning the country's second european crown the twenty one year old through the deciding stone in the extra end to beat last year's winners scotland six five in a thrilling finale the last time russia won gold it was six years ago. thanks. and on sunday sized american champions pollutions won the fifo crowd world cup after a one no win over european champions chelsea in japan paolo good hour though put

the brazilian side ahead after sixty nine minutes then the blues had gary cahill sent off in the ninety s. though they thought they'd equalized through fernando torres but he was ruled offside ensuring the trophy went to a south american team for the first time since two thousand and six thanks now russian ice hockey fans have a rare treat in moscow last weekend with a host of top stars competing together in the channel one cup and it was here getting malkin and. back to the key goals as russia beat finland three wanted to retain the trophy which is all great preparation for the upcoming such olympics as richard reports. this could be a once in a lifetime opportunity for russian hockey fans never before have a big four alexander have each been merely a couple chill you can e-mail can and public that song played together for the national team on home ice for channel one comp which she said russia put their

weights against sweden finland and the czech republic is always well attended but this year's edition has particular significance that it's wonderful to see them all out there when am i going to get this chance again it's a test ahead of sorts and we'll see how they get on with the likes of the milk in the flesh for the first time today we saw the roving on the bus to the game it was fantastic it's wonderful to see our stars they've won world championships and i hope they will win the olympics this is a great team and we will be supporting them over the way. and equally the players were just as pleased to put on a show for the fans as with many playing in north america for a number of years they really get a chance to play in russia together you know it's crazy and so i would work harder for you know when you don't make tournaments coming up and here and there we just have to bear parasail that as i can and from what we're going you that the fans will be right behind us and that's going to be our extra got the fans are not the

only ones to benefit head coaches in your tool a billionaire deneuve will also get valuable practice time ahead of a sort here lympics which is just fifteen months away with his top stars as part of the all conquering soviet union success respect continuity given that they constantly played together and for a couple chalk he believes his familiarity can only help the russians going into the home winter games it's nice you not to feel know the chemistry and just be around the guys it's fun you know and especially when you're college some guys play first time for him and he's got a new system so it's got to go through a lot to like a feel good thing all the celebrated as a kind of small test for us you know and you know no one has led us with ultimatum . play but that's a small step with a you know this is a great opportunity for below the nerve to try a new combinations and so far things seem to be going well and if this is a sign of things to come then russia could finally end their weights for their first olympic gold since the breakup of the soviet union it's fitting that on the

forty fifth anniversary of the channel one couple movies based accomplices now and then with russia putting in performances for the soviet union would have crowded as well then that the train is i'm told we tell ourselves from here to tikkun of all bodes well for the russians with the winter olympics in sochi just trying to corner one of the standout players at this tournament has been pummeled out so you could sit in with native was one of the world's best two way send is as don't go last from a prior with his impressive plane including a country against the czech republic which russia won six nail however the former detroit red wing knows only too well the pressure his side will come under when the games get under way as well as a pressure on quality and. will choose our choice whether to share the little i worked with can do best the way home with a special loss a pressure forced over a few barren years very suddenly a new buzzword in russian hockey which certainly been held by a number of the country's n.h.l.

stars returning home juge of a lockout here there's still much that can change ahead of a such olympics but the fact is bay getting ahead of the competition could prove invaluable in their quest to get that elusive gold medal which of them boldly totty moscow. well that's all for part one but stay tuned for part two where we have some colorful stories as we reach the certain year old girl who lifted more than twice the body weight to create a new how lifting belt record and go away. more news. today volunteers once again fled up to find these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada true for showing up for a shot to rule today.

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ever seen with format you have c. champion and the isle of ski and up and coming kick boxing star bloody may have been there in the spotlight of a fight on hand has more looks come to a much more than words even for a man who's been through hundreds of battles. the pressure is always there all eyes had been on under a lot of ski before the fight not showdown him and started with his first bout in russia since two thousand the former year of sea heavyweight champ then after break ups and heard through downs is currently fighting through a journey to the summit of mixed martial arts and next in his way to form a cage warrior is fighting jam band my case stand up that's where our last ski needed to keep the fight and he did the first two rounds so that the russian showcase his boxing scales and take command of the battle but they're american stay composed waiting for his jones to pounce and it's game in the third place lenat

a haymaker however the pit bull was quick to recover and regain control three rounds of action soar aloft ski claim victory by a unanimous decision and stretched his winning streak to five ballots. although it was far from enough to satisfy him that just a little bit. one minute you're out of this i don't you know don't be especially young because it's like a business to the boss because i have. it all i was stubborn in the largest solid gives a given but. most of the or i still have a lot of work to do. like i said like a philosopher to say except i would have this one he was tough but i knew i could hang with him and i did and i felt like i heard him a couple times and i should have been able to finish the fight and i just but i

didn't have the cardio to pull those last three punches and so more more work before the final. meanwhile the main event of the night so russia's key boxing up and comer vladimir minae face a legion equal presenting them in the lance and this belt so the underdog provide even tougher opposition for the favorite in the first round the dutchman proved to be hard enough to crack for the russian in the second enough many have down in front of his home crowd but it's moments like this one true champus are made i mean it was skin to show his best and take it quite the next round. and clawed out one of the toughest victories of his career. and you know what you would see that just for me it's always harder to fight on home soil when there's a lot of hype around me with so many people cheering on it loads me with extra pressure plus my opponent was so spontaneous i couldn't read him and all of that

was good nevertheless there was one man who stole the show both in and out of the rain making it look as easy as a walk in the park russia's biggest enemy hope in the bantamweight division ali the pointer but good enough prove his nickname in style as it to the russian twenty seven seconds to san andreas ben howard the canvas with a vicious upper cut and finish him on the ground. to make for the known party mascot. and now it's time for go after conquering russia's thirteen year old power lifter mariana now all of that has set a new world record at the well championships in las vegas the schoolgirl from moscow lifted an astonishing ninety kilograms over ten kilos heavier than a correspondent for slate. it's been a busy year for many on earth which culminated in perhaps

a great success yet despite only being in early teens the french monster she's known and sent over a dozen more records. yet her latest success at low power lifting championships in las vegas show her lift an incredible ninety kilograms which is almost double her body weight. that i'm any secrets behind my success i eat the right foods and train as am supposed to that's all there is to it however money on i ready has a site set on the next challenge where she'll get to meet one of the riot or zonal shorts in a go some way but they said our little plastic is the most prestigious powerlifting tournament on the planet that was the but the world's best will be competing here there have only been a few russians who have been invited to take part in the past like legend craft who was the first person from my country to get into the pretty m i think that's really cool that's national money on its look at powerlifting my accident i thought it was

a keen competitor and often took his daughter along with him her dad alexander is always with money on her and is also her trainer and is absolutely delighted by her success no more want to first tournament after just two months of competing however her hardest task is getting her mum to approve her new found interest among others as well because my mom is also a sports woman and often goes to the gym now she's really happy for me even though at the start she was worried about my health now everything is fine i also have a little sister and she likes aerobics but i don't think she will become a powerless dangling it despite being a rising star in the world of powerlifting money and their lives a very normal life as she only trains two to three times a week. she attends school with her favorite subject being literature while she's also developed a keen interest in photography however she loves her sports and sees herself as

a role model that age has no barriers and that's part of the age is not an issue in our sport i know a girl who's only eight years old and she's also a power lifter she came up to me at the world championships in riga and told me that she had seen my video in the winter to take up the sport as well i was really tysabri this it is another will championship that there was a grandmother who was only eighty three years old and she was also competing there will always be critics saying that money on a may suffer long term injuries due to taking up power lifting at such a young age however she's very mature for a thirteen year old and is adamant for powerlifting will have no long lasting effects on her the biggest battle money on has been facing is trying to get sponsorship to pay for her to compete in the vans around the globe most of the funding comes from a dad and every rouble spends is worthwhile as this unique teenager continues to go from strength to strength as she amazes people from around the world richard

unfortunately dancey moscow. over to cycling now a top russian team got to sherry's on the threat of being kicked out of the sport's elite division as the team's registration for the twenty thirteen season has been rejected by the international cycling union to show that finished twenty twelve second in the world rankings and the u.c.i. his decision has sent shock waves through the sport the russian team's license to compete expires later in twenty fifteen and union has yet to explain why it's made this decision. will fight back you know what we're going to put on the floor we've already been to the court of arbitration for sport in the zan and our stance is very tough in this case eighty percent of the entire cycling community riders and officials are on our side but the other twenty percent on the friends with we want our license back and we give our role to achieve those and. two more festive matters now and limping gymnastics champion am was tough and i was among the russian athletes rewarded with

a night out at the coveted olympic bowl in moscow last week the annual event brings together the best of the country sports stars but becomes even more special in them in picking is michael crap trying to found out. russia isn't shy and lavished praise and fortune on its successful athletes and olympic glory is no exception the olympic bowl is just one of those benefits an exclusive event held behind closed doors within the kremlin walls in this li set up in one thousand fifty two to think russia's medal winners use of the rights of its great to be able to bring together the whole and big family including the current crop of olympic athletes as well as former champions it's about looking back at this excesses of the year but also together ahead of another challenging year of sport so. not only current medal winners are invited champions of previous olympics like lena dunham who won the us is our first ever gold sixty years ago in helsinki were in attendance and there are

also some big name athletes on the guest list who've been charismatic ambassadors for russian sport it's my first ball actually olympic any of the balls is my first one so. i can see a lot of very good looking people it's very nice to see the big stars from the past . hopefully for the future. but it's a nice and those of us there are a lot of friends over to dress the dress up nice of everybody to get serious about the huge one the event has been held since the u.s. saw finally allow the athletes to compete at the olympics and this has added extra value to the board with the russian committee celebrating sixty years a participation at the games the show was a lavish affair and something that many have spent their lives aiming to be a part of you know shit arsenal in europe i'm extremely happy to have been invited to this ball i've heard about it when i was a child and i have been dreaming about attending ever since so i'm happy that

london twenty twelve gave me that opportunity it's amazing to be around such sporting late it's the crandell a crimp over russian sports. and the event is not just a celebration of animal achievements but also an award ceremony olympic gold winning diver he has a heart of was named sportsman of the year and champion gymnast me stuff in the sportswoman while russia's gold winning volleyball team grabbed the men's team of the year and the all conquering synchronized swimming and gymnastics teams were named joint best women's team in the city and to a rather busy here for many of the athletes and a well deserved party before the focus turns to sochi twenty four teams like a good chunk of r.t. most are.

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