so the friendly with iceland won't really help us in preparation for this game we joked at that i don't think there are many new faces in the squad but once again be a shot in public ok here on the field to make the cuts kind of explaining the whole russian captain is not getting enough first team football for his club side all small marches mind up it's also not included but it seems vogue italian is prepared to give a porter midfielder a chance in the future for a joke at the russian season hasn't started yet following the winter break while the portuguese campaign is in full swing and therefore his mother would have been in completely different physical condition look to the rest of the squad if you joined our training capsicums i have already booked a trip to portugal and will be watching as my live in port of jumpiness league clash with malaga took at even area capello has yet to taste a peak during his reign as russia's coach but wednesday's game of iceland is only a friendly the sixty six year old will be determined to keep his sights on beating record in tanks and that will provide his squad with

a good confidence boost ahead of the want to take tough assignments and prepare they take on more of an island in belfast at the end of march which numbered me taksim square. so from russia to the best of the rest from around the world in a week dominated by the beautiful game. on monday just days after turning thirty three barcelona linchpin chatting on the signed a two year contract extension to remain at was only up so far at least until twenty sixth in the midfield maestro came third in the ballon d'or for three years running and was named player of the tournament at euro two thousand and eight he also helped spain defend that crowd for years later and with their maiden world cup in south africa. but on tuesday china's format basketball star yao ming looked on as the athletes might have their own. and that the opening ceremony for the special winter olympics in

south korea may have is the ambassador for the games featuring sports men and women with intellectual disabilities russian snowboarder. claimed the first goal of the events in the city of pyongyang which will also host the next there is her lympics after such a twenty eighteen. square event on wednesday at least eight people were injured after a barrier collapsed during the first official match at the global arena in brazil the incident occurred after the so called out a lot celebrations as local fans ran down the stands to cheer their side's opening goal against ecuador's league of the vehicle in a cappella with their daughters the brand new stadium is not on the list of venue's the next year's world cup. concert stage just a couple of days after training with london club david beckham was officially

unveiled at french big spenders party sandra those a thirty seven year old midfielder almost to donate his salary to a local children's charity the former england captain joins from the l.a. galaxy whom he helped to secure back to back m.l.s. betweens while back in london congolese defender christopher somber moved from russian side an injury to queens park rangers in a twenty million dollars move. and on friday mario balotelli said it was a dream come true after the former inter milan striker join syria at rivals ac milan the club he supported as a child the twenty two year old returned to his native italy on a four and a half year deal worth around thirty million dollars after a turbulent couple of years of english champions manchester city and is today's later he marked his debut by scoring bonus goals including a last minute penalty as milan won two one at home to deny easy.

and also today it was third time lucky for a russian skeleton racer alexander to tick off a twenty seven year old sealed his maiden gold off the edging out in martin's new course of last year by its three hundred the second at the world championships in switzerland the top gong completed critical of collection of one wrongs and won silver on the previous two world events welcome back to an exam those so-called crew took silver in the form on bob sleigh behind germany. and on sunday there was a dark moment in super bowl history as hawks the lights went out shortly after beyond seas host on show in new orleans but jacoby jones had scored bice's touchdowns before the power cuts and ultimo held off an almighty combine some francisco to edge a stunning match thirty four thirty one is ravens coach john harbaugh eclipsed his younger brother jim coaches the forty nine ers. now let's turn to the ice

to sky have been crowned regular season champions in the k h l after beating rivals and long time leaders do not my last go three one in some pages but with three games to go rob a thought on am has the pick of the week's hockey action. skull looking strong ahead of the good during cup playoffs which get underway on the twentieth of february but game winning streak with the latest three one victory over cup holders you know want to go on home ice on friday bring in the same treat side the regular season german style and of course job in the gay jail for the other men's coach you can go in the continental gap. and earlier this week will sky and the moscow hosted it buy a house from the experienced you don't commute the course with slightly different outcomes the. sky. rushing the steelmakers real. you know mom giving their all to level after this class. reshot from city game was

dug in. and victory in the shootout. let's go on with some more kitchen action this week when he juiced in that's a thing of beauty and drive through stay away when i'm in school. although the home side seems sable don't respond with the same quality. all i see here on the kid up a lot up as some of. the pieces live neil in this so-called green darby. highlights without the guys between the pipes and this week's science of goaltending.

from the ice now to the slopes and ahead of this week's well skiing championships in austria well of cup talent i managed to squeeze in one final stage though it wasn't in the alps but here in the russian capital because i didn't get up off explains all. it may be surprising to see alpine skiing

competitions not only fall from the mountains but also in big cities but if you don't have a mountain you can always build one such man made events have made a significant pork on the world cup calendar over the past three years and this season for the first time ever two cities have hosted for a low slalom advance munich in moscow and the skiers seem to enjoy taking part in them if you stand up here at the starting gate it was an amazing year for so a nice view over the whole city in moscow and it makes it always very special and it was officials in moscow who proposed including such events in the world cup calendar after two exhibition tournament in two thousand and nine and twenty eight sand the russian capital finally hosted its inaugural world cup stage last year on a ramp of around sixty metres in height and we've had two hundred meter sixteen men and sixteen women go head to head in the knockout barrel slalom each here has had

a different venue and this time it was in the north of moscow. despite missing some big names who are preparing for the world championships which kick off in austria next week season stop skiers erupted in the capital to the delight of the crowd in one of moscow's biggest barks in the women's can petition current world champion team who tops the season world cup rankings surprisingly failed to make it to the semifinals slovenian finishing only feet while it was twenty one year old lana do it stole the show having never before finished in the top five the german went all out reaching the two legged final where she edged slovak in growing because as all of what the winner in munich the. amazing i didn't expect that and i just focused on myself and had so much fun here. with overall and slam points so no for marcello future of had the chance to extend his lead in the men's standings and the austrian took full advantage of beating events across their list of creation in the last

four before lining up alongside swedes and remove it in the deciding run twenty three year old future was second in munich but nothing could stop him from clinching his sixth when of the season. there's a lot of enjoyment i mean it is. a man to man to man and you know it is always pretty tough very close and nearly everyone can ski here pretty fast with this victory here sure increased his lead in the overall world cup standings with just four stages to go and produced a good warm up ahead of the world championships in his native for st well despite a disappointing performance maza remains top of the women's stable as the focus moves back to the room mountains this week. on sunday and our team. well also football one that will be back after a short break to see the kings and queens of the tennis court after well number

ones know about djokovic and victoria as are in fact that titles current top ranks australia and i think which up to pull the french open when it comes to think he's going to find out what she thinks is right in the world. and go. you know see a story. you think you understand it and then. you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything is. welcome to the big picture.

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able to. choose your language. with oh if you. choose to use the consensus you can. choose to. choose the stories that impact the life choose. to. welcome back to part two of the sports show and let's resume with tennis and the first grand slam of the season the australian open but i am female world number one successfully defended their titles and top ranking well but by then young talk with russia's first female grounds went out two thousand and four french open champion in there to help explain why couldn't the greek because victoria's aren't going to

win the australian open to remain world number one and that's what she was really bothered about she wanted to prove that she deserved the top spot in the rankings so she gave her all in melbourne i think she produced one of her best ever performances. as there are strong was the second straight down the russian head want to work and second grand slam title since joining brawl in two thousand and three and according to one of russia's most technically adept players in the sea and the kid was around the success is simple the intelligent use of her own strength. as our anchor is powerful plus she's also very patient and she knows the best moment to turn her power on she plays wider using different angles on the space of the court that's what gives her an edge. it was the usa sloane stephens who produced the biggest shock of the tournaments the nineteen year old down compared to its arena williams in the quarterfinals and was

only stopped by that eventually jump down in the last four. and stevens moves well and hits hard and she can read her opponents but she's not that offensive under way yet if she needs to create more opportunities if she improves this aspect she'll be very hard to beat. meanwhile the other semifinal saw another favorite bow out as maria sharapova was threshed by former french open champion of china who could pick you were. there are some psychological factors that affect a chop us performance i mean opponents produced a very solid tennis at the same time and ali who beat her in the semifinals had some old scores to settle was extremely motivated i think maria played good tennis but not good enough to win this particular grand slam wash because. the man's around so all four top seeds reached the semifinals before world number one joke of each claimed an open era record of three a throw an open titles in

a row and four in the twenty five year olds who threw in career. took her to two we're going to talk djokovic likes to play in australia he feels comfortable in every respect plus he didn't face roger federer i think this might have made a difference i think that roger is currently the only one who can beat novak he knows him very well and his mental game is stronger then in the final against andy murray djokovic it was federer. it was faster. and before we closed the skin i had some unfinished business after our previous interview in december because the serb born for comparisons between the mass and women's game and the reason for serena williams dominance to. serina claims most of her wins by means of power and strength but when she's not a her full capacity or in. like against stevens she could be outplayed because she loses her main asset to power this long stephen stephen says a perfect example of how unpredictable women's tennis is ahead of the australian

open i would have expected serena to win it or to have a wood solution for then in the men's of bend no backdrop of which was a strong favorite and he did win it quickly said look we expected all four top guys to be in the semifinals the only question was how many sets to give away. and for those fans who agree or disagree your feedback is still welcome everybody here on r.g.p. . now after watching his arrival in france let's hear from david beckham he was happy about joining paris but his french is a little rusty my wife and children if there will be staying in london because the children go to school there now so. yeah so we're excited as a family to be honest pretty good for my differentiation or even what works for your. home meanwhile well number five rafael nadal is bracing himself for

a tough comeback as the spanish king of clay is set to play for the first time since wimbledon after a knee injury and stomach virus sidelined him for seven months. i am able to play these three tournaments and i think going to work very well for me because i would have. been weeks to prepare the nist that there were still the season i know that the first it's going to be more difficult in terms of over israel's but i got to everything while king of the court lebron james couldn't believe how lucky he was as his club the miami heat were received by u.s. president barack obama after clinching their second n.b.a. title last season. chris it is really cares will so i mean we kids will chicago dallas texas first year in ohio in south dakota i know they will. we in the white house right now this is like. my mommy

i. only want gold star phil mickelson hopes his new driver club could turn his fortunes around off to the american four time major winner faintest third phoenix open title on course writes in arizona. being able to hit those fairways and make birdies and play dough hole aggressive aggressively that that's a big thing for me so the fact that this club is so easy to hit now i think it's going to change us year for me i really do because meyer plays always been the strength of my game and it was certainly good today good this week. and for me the one champion sebastian vettel is taking nothing for granted and fast approaching the season as his red bull team unveils their new car in england after dominating the sport for the costly. as i said there's no guarantee or nothing that helps us to keep you know keep on on winning or doing a good job so you really have to you know focus every single time in our case every

single up and trying to get everything together. let's look ahead to next year's winter olympics freestyle skiing became an official event in the one nine hundred ninety s. but one in which russia has so far failed to excel however there's been a dramatic improvement over the past few years armed as richard than paul think reports its hopes the country could make an impact at the home games in sochi the vancouver olympics are a massive disappointment for russia the country's freestyle skier has failed to become a medal but a podium spot was never really expected from a squad lacking experience this poll consists of five separate disciplines for both men and women moguls aerial ski cross as well as home point and slope style which will both be making very big debuts in two thousand and fourteen and russia's head coach is quietly confident ahead of the song she games if they'll let us in the world we've made massive strides since the vancouver olympics in almost all the

freestyle disciplines ten years ago we the struggling to get into the top ten in the team event is now were around the top three however we have a lot of work ahead of us freestyle is a very technical sport and there are a lot of the move to the hard to most but the most important thing is we're moving in the right direction and the results should follow your. mood goals ariel's and ski cross or russia strength with the countries athletes are ready managing to battle in time with the world's best on the freestyle circuits built in mid to late she has already achieved a podium finish in the men's aerials this season while you've got a cough has been very consistent of a men's ski cross and head coach concussion acuff is expecting at least two medals at the sochi games and he's impressed by the development of freestyle skiing in russia give you an image of the world there's been a boom in freestyle skiing within russia over the last few years but a new center is being built across the country and the number of athletes competing

on the world cup circuit is increasing because look i think we still have some work to do in the aerials. however the moguls in ski cross disciplines and looking much better. than half point snowboarding is ready in a stablished olympic events halfpipe skiing will be making it's a big debut and so on she along with slope style home where the goal is to perform difficult tricks after getting as much height as possible on the jumps the russian is currently ranked in the world's top fifteen events and russia's priest or head coach and meets his team has some catching up to do in these disciplines. as we only started to put half pipe and slope style teams together last year and therefore it will be really hard to try and catch the world's best there are not enough facilities for health pipe in russia at the moment which is hindering our development is going yes it is too early for us to be dreaming about winning medals but if we can try and make the finals that will be an excellent achievement. for

just over a year to go to sochi olympics get under way time is running out for russia's freestyle ski team the head coach doesn't feel on day any extra pressure and believes the country's home games will work in my favor i'm going by encouraging world cup results over the last couple of years there is real optimism that russia can win their first ever lympics freestyle medals in two thousand and fourteen richard bumbled legality moscow. so with only a year to go before those winter olympics in sochi the black sea resort is undergoing its toughest test yet three international sporting events are taking place there with hundreds of outlets and thousands of thermals converging on both the sea i'm ranting that was was more. well it is amazing to think that within six years sochi has pretty much from scratch managed to complete all the venues it needs to host the winter olympics in twenty fourteen as you can see it is still

a work in progress but all the nicest say they are seventy percent ready and a lot of the facilities are up from running however this week three international events will be held and they will prove to be a saatchi's biggest test yet firstly here the olympic park will be a world cup staging short track speed skating and then in the mountains behind me which are about forty kilometers north of the sniper yana there will be world cup stages in the nordic combined and also cross-country skiing and while this gives the athletes an opportunity to test the facilities it also gives all denies a chance just to see how the transport system is working how the ticketing system is working and it also gives the army of olympic volunteers a chance to hone their skills and then in a couple of weeks time it will all start again again up in the mountains for a world cup stage at the sliding center in bob slayton scale is simple some of the athletes for that event have already started to turn up to train and the ones we spoke to say they've been pretty impressed with what they found. said look

i like the ice is getting better by the day and it will get even faster i think the track was designed in exactly the right way. but it's still in the following well on thursday all eyes will be back down here at the olympic park because the one year to go countdown will be gain and that will be marked with a spectacular skating show in the bolshoi i stand behind me around three hundred people will take part in that the i.o.c. president jacques rogge will be in attendance and it will all be capped off with a magnificent firework display tonight at the start you sky exactly a year before the lympics begin andrew farmer. such as. and that's often the sports show.

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