nikolai who proposed the name inspired by the legendary bloody terror in slave spartacus this side quickly established themselves as saudi at heavyweight winning three championships before the second world war however all they are the moscow clubs were backed by government agencies and had their own steady winds the nama weather balloons side and says the army as well sparta was considered to be the people's team and the nomadic side had to play it there is a ground zero and then in one thousand fifty sixty of those the steady and was erected and the biggest started sporting the arena became home for spartak for many years to come i. preferred status to news to say that it was important for moscow that the luzhniki stadium host of matches every other moscow side had their own ground the only spot tac had a massive following in the stands he says as the most popular team we played at the biggest stadium i had with

a ball within the sport. in soviet times they said spacek were offered the chance to buy the group sneaky but in those days no one really thought of what would happen the next day and we just kept playing devils it still belongs to the city we considered the luzhniki to be our home but when we hosted some of our rivals like to nominate can have ninety thousand people would come have despite not having it grown to call their own sparta do have a training camp on the outskirts of moscow derisive cut the place it has become iconic for all the red and white fans who've been welcomed there and by the time the new stadium is open they will also have a new training ground located near it. for those who work we spent lots of time at terrace of which i don't play is even a celebrated their weddings there are also fans attended the camp it was fun to watch as they sat around star astin in the stands asking him to team news.

hopefully this friendly atmosphere will continue our tax new base. after a successful decade in the one nine hundred ninety s. spartak have scenes failed to win a trophy in ten years the red and whites are desperate to clinch a tenth russian title and the prospect of sealing it in their very own stereo would be a double dream come true. constantine but above our team. now let's move from the near future to the past week and the best of the action from around the world. thanks. on monday was least night i was given a very warm welcome on his arrival in istanbul before the netherlands captain was officially unveiled a champions gala task or i the twenty eight year old midfielder has joined the turkish side and a reported three and a half year deal after refusing to take a pay cut into milan the former rail madrid and i axed abos ninety caps for the dutch who finished as runners up to spain at the two thousand and ten world cup.

thanks to. that on tuesday barcelona captain colace buie all is set to remain a one club man after the defender signed a three year contract extension with the catalan giants the thirty four year old new deal could see him finishing his glittering career at the nou camp who all is a five time champion and has lifted the champions league trophy three times he was also in spain's world cup when he scored in two thousand and ten and has won ninety nine spanish caps. thank. you on wednesday also in barcelona twice former champions of russia were aged twenty eight twenty seven by slovenia they reached the semifinals of the world handball championship for the first time the russians had beaten their opponents at this level of all three previous occasions but poor discipline handed numerical

advantage to slovenia who scored six vital goals before changing a seventh straight win though they later lost to host and eventually champions spain in the last four. weeks. on thursday almost two years after his near fatal rally crash dr robert cubits i was behind the wheel to test a missile eighty's touring car in valencia. the pole almost lost his right arm as well as fracture in his elbow shoulder and leg in the accident which has left him with limited movement in his wrist however but twenty eight year old still hopes more driving practice will see him return to formula one and hand to the seventy six races he competed in the saga and the. thanks. then on friday in the absence of golfing great tiger woods chris wood held a straight shot lead after the third round of the cats all-stars the englishman

carded a five bird is on the front nine and eagles to ten and then on the final day he produced another stunning shot at the last hole a thrilling eagle part giving the twenty five year old his maiden title on the european tour and should be one stroke ahead to secure got there and george coetzee . thanks. on saturday victoria azarenka overcame an often hostile crowd to retain her australian open title with a thank you the former french open champion li na the dramatic final contained a break for australia day fireworks two medical timeouts and a not be fooled by me which temporarily not touch the chinese star before the belorussian fought back to prevail four six six four six three two hours and forty minutes as our anchor also retains her world number one ranking ahead of serena williams. thank you. and on

sunday no one djokovic she became the first man since the open era began in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight to win three consecutive australian open titles beating andy murray six seven seven six six three six two the sports took the first set on the tie break but djokovic levelled in similar fashion murray then received a medical timeout the blisters and the all the want to control changing the next. sets to win three hours and forty minutes and consolidate his place at the top of the rankings ahead of roger federer and mary. thanks a lot so on a bumper sunday a catalina to get chabot was crowned snowboarding world champion for the second time after swiss rival patricia kumar fell in the final run in canada the russian took full advantage to win that parallel slalom event her first gold medal since her maiden success back in two thousand and seven it was also a time even to russia who are hoping to produce their first and then pick

snowboarding champion at next year's home games in sochi. now russia's top basketball club tesco moscow hope to reach the final four of the euro league for the tenth time in eleven years and it's to help them legendary coach authority misener is back in charge after spells at rail madrid and the l.a. lakers which of import reports the jury has seen a serious crowd's most successful coach in the club's history. he wanted the thing there was to weigh in with the army men and his first spell with the team from two thousand and five to two thousand and nine after a three year break in time in his bank and looking to leave the russian and fit to further excess of domestically and in europe and send turn an increased each underlined just what an important influence the fifty three year old is to the club is one of those cautious in europe you know he has the so many experiences and. a

couple different game send you know he has a vineyard m.b.a. experience and i think. he's big plus for us you know and. you know start to win and it's a very big for this team messina guy to say scots have a final for each of his four seasons in charge and went on to win the competition twice oh i know vitali and might find things a little harder this time around say is garbage i'm up for consistency or take a very subtle playing off however the top is on the gun law of change is the last six months or so but if you had coached it or even seen ole miss i can hear you play god serious cowhand the big blow in the summer with underage carolyn cannot exceed shred departing to the minnesota timberwolves in the n.b.a. never less from oscar bay's crop of a time to quickly and having a strong season. a little or just a great. great coach in this whole bunch

a great team that you know they made just a pretty easy pretty great age so i don't think it's just the bell messina success of his first stint as a serious guy head coach is built on defense this season a muscovites have been trying to watch but the big seeding playing to a point as well and that was evident as payslips of a second defeat of the euro league campaign this season and the first in the top sixteen as a hostile ninety four to eight you want to guess only kafa a team they would have been expected to pete's. especially on their home courts we have we can put up for best effort on this is a fair shot bar really well. we have you know naturally here we have a real madrid you know some of the best shooters are you really so we have to play got a difference especially team defense tonight and you know we have to get better or is not lost for say this crowd they are still a strong position to me because of finals and victory arpa is a former you really call star defenseman his continuity within the team is cain

looks like this is the main problem because it cannot be played six seven eight nine games well and win and then lose also the team who we can be busy at home it's going to take time for serious council reached the heights of previous seasons especially forming the last very talented one q.b. young however they have one of the best coaches in european basketball and knows how to win and he'll be saints on trying to going beyond him and to yet another final four appearance which of them boldly daltry moscow. well not so football long but staging for part two where we travel the six and a half thousand kilometers to the port of la they've all stuck to great one very special arrival as the flame that was late in paris six months ago finally arrives in russia to kick off the thirty thousand kilometer torch relay ahead of the world student and you say.

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welcome back to part two of the sports show let's turn to ice hockey now west gazan petersburg caught up with a k h l after winning two on a champions deny my moscow but are a man down thanks to a ban from brawling may go the choice of wraps up the week's action. with a playoff sport save the secured strossen put his books to have their regular season title to fight for and for what you get here two q. took this literally as the former and it showed play of the top you know moscow defense began a yellow spiral and. the finns just avoided

a serious injury while the hotel but our two unit was sin binned and later given a three match ban for these antics this meant he was on the sidelines as scott went on to be told is normal to want on tuesday. before dropping the rock bottom after he believed for one this time on home ice on saturday but to prove her driving a double. maul bad behavior was and show a sever sell threshed on the seventy one through new coach you're going to put people's. but still be cautious can leak in adelaide consolation for the home side of to be named goaltender of the week for a second straight time. while back at the top nets minds of constantine bruin was trapped in his own goal as he's third placed oddballs side lost at home to auburn got two one on penalties. miter sermon got the all important goal to help the hawks

go three points behind lee discard. elsewhere and to look metre gorge soffit a beautiful one defeat at local rivals truck to invigorate as dobby but top scorer sergei my second deep commitment he has only goal to take his lead lead intended to three. now than it belgian action sergei droste volleyed in a free go but it still wasn't enough to save the nominees from a two one loss at say sky moscow. and it was makes indra she's from deny my reader who showed the brightest that's been posted a la crosse style goal to level the game at home to the committee for the not much still lost on penalties and then next one at a more full two but not before end rushes had scored another cracker from a tight angle. kilgour trophy otty. now there's some of the russian

city of cousin will host the twenty seven thousand university aid all well student games and the flame that will light up this festival of sport landed in the far eastern city of la gave us the head of national students' day before beginning its journey across russia's nine time zones doesn't it but out of reports. oh the torture because our news was leaked on july the twelfth in paris the city that hosted the forced world student games back in one thousand twenty three and then began its round the world journey on the russian ship sadowski sailing around five continents before harsh storms in the pacific ocean delayed the vast sailboats arrival invalid you are stuck and so a special lantern transported the flame my yeah from the south korean city of tucson like the flame has finally arrived in russia and it's a big event for us it's made a long trip and let this fire light up the enthusiasm for sport for everybody

around the country bloody us talk is the first city on russian soil where the second leg of the relay kicks off travelling from east to west from january to july the george barrows will carry the flame through all of flushes students he is the captain of cousins ice hockey side og bars or the i was the first one to start the relay from the far eastern federal university on risky island six and a half thousand kilometers from moscow and despite temperatures as low as minus twenty with strong winds thirty five year old morrow was a didn't feel the cold i enjoyed taking part in these hopefully these torch relay will be remembered for a long time i was really touched by it it's hoped that up and coming athletes will be inspired by this event and for some students the university aid could be a stepping stone towards professional sports i think it's a it's something big specially to bring to russia that the more and more young kids

they going to have these things going to work and there's still that there is it doesn't matter the youth study of us these two can compete and you can see the professional sport january the twenty fifth is students day in russia also known as saying that he ran as the year and it was symbolic that the. local student and cazan university volunteer on a subaru and finish that will do us talk stage of the really before lighting the c.d.'s hold their own oh yeah it's an honor and a great privilege for me i was delighted to be a part of it and talk to some of the athletes who are on one team so after starting its thirty thousand kilometer journey on russian soil the finish line of the university surely is getting closer and after finally visiting thirty major students it is the lighting of the plane will become the climax to the games opening ceremony. on july the sixth concert in by that of r t let us talk. well let's stay on a useful fame as the international student possible league was already established

in russia five months ago but it's best talents have already been in the spotlight at their first ever all star game in moscow last weekend robots but only on reports . your game your future. this is essentially what most of the youngsters have on their minds the international student basketball league was only launched in october last year and certainly is best players were already showing of their skills in the first all-star game it's a beautiful most of all best of all game was a little slower start the day before pull out of the student. sun the fitness of the decision of this. game was a bit of well and i think it's a little improve the finer sizzles is going to motor out and the level of the players will be for the inaugural season of the i is b.l. sees the pick of student basketball from course russia ukraine has

a stand still in and with the one in united in the same combination is still far from catching up with enough americas and see double a march madness money set to develop and expand in the future the new league is supported by the russian government which has a lot of the best of all lovers and players who took to the court in the intermission alongside some russia's great veterans for an individual game. although the show was still owned by the young guns twenty four of the best players representing the league's is and west. i'm never been a big basketball fan but i feel great today such that attack naksha and so many handsome boys all around i like it. despite being thought of as a shill to the all star game so no lack of tough competition with that is

comfortably beating the west one hundred thirteen points to eighty four. the difficulty of the. company because they feel that a player like this they are going to look odd to come out. of the gate with a cut five thank you the fact that that isn't nearly i i think. i know which. i will. write oh what larry sutton so with the all-star game is now finished the players focus turns to the playoffs which get in the way only marched down which were the first real test to see how far some of these men my guild and their quest to learn from amateur to professional the brits were known forty minutes ago. so from

a sporting action to some passionate words as for my tennis great andre agassi has revealed the secret of how to beat a stray and i would assume prima novak djokovic it's probably good enough i was in the locker room before that much i might have a chance maybe there i don't know but it's been amazing watching the standard continually sort of get better you wonder how it's possible. while meanwhile two thousand and eight formula one champion there is hamilton admits he's wary of former team mclaren and other front runners as the briton made his first public appearance at sema saving his country since joining the german outfit for the new season. i live to win that's what i that's what i work towards every every year so that's what we're going to be working towards this year i mean of course it's going to be tough to compete with to to beat the guys that are already at the front like the red bulls and the ferrari's and clarence but i don't think it's impossible

. former england manager spain your own eric singer says he does it for love not money after taking up another lucrative post as technical director at our nursery in dubai. i can probably feel that the jobs you know very cost. thailand and here it's not the money absolutely not. i don't complain about the seller. i'm happy with that but. still short for money it's for the love too for. and finally the first official testing of the biathlon tranq has been held at next year's winter games resort of sochi with russia's olympic champions that lana steps over taking gold at the warm up event see vince has more . at the twenty ten elim peaks in vancouver russia finished eleventh overall with three gold medals two of these came in biafra on the country's second favorite winter sport behind ice hockey. clinched one of these in the women's relay and also

took gold in this week's i.b.u. cup had the purpose built lauer a sentence with the twenty six year old claiming the victory left her exhausted you know it seemed today i tested the track and i really felt it there's no other track in the well by this it's hard the downhills are steep there's no place to have rest and it is strongest athlete will win the olympics to get ready for the games they need not only to train here but also to live here there seems to bode well for russia's biathletes who also get to test the track again in march when saatchi will host a stage of the world cup meanwhile the other issue of vancouver wasn't just one of the medals but also of snow the canadian venue had to import it to help keep the events running in their mild winter but saatchi manage charlie parker mom says this seaside resort will have no such problems. as for the snow there won't be any recess where not even worried about it too. of course we're all saw the problems in

vancouver we have more natural snow here in february and every track has its own snow machines. the biathlon track wasn't the only one tested this week the russian junior bobsled team also tried out the sankey sliding center the ninety thousand seat arena is almost ready to host next month's final stage of the bobsled world cup well the search officials are not just looking towards the olympics but it why disporting legacy in the black sea city. but if you visit it so much you know because they not only our olympic objectives many other projects that ship the session of the formal one track that who hosted the russian state of the season that in october two thousand and fourteen a formal finally there's also some good news for the world's press as the cutting edge media center is also near to completion with still more than a year to go until the opening ceremony at russia's maidan winter olympics the state vents moscow. and that's all the sports news i had.

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