been falling constantly for almost twenty four hours in the northern irish capital meant it was a race against time to get a pitch fit for this encounter. in belfast has certainly taken a turn for the worse with some of the worst conditions at this time of year in living memory all teams will tend to try and play again on saturday but with yet more snow expected this time may have to be played at a later date this was the first time a four international football match have been cancelled in belfast to given the circumstances it was completely understandable. but the match is called off by the referees obviously because the pitch was unplayable we're obviously very disappointed here there is purple so she is in the trade very hard as you can see to clear a percentage off the pitch but obviously just there the referees didn't seem suitable for the game to go ahead plan b. was to try and play the game a day later however the snow was unrelenting and such a prospects were distinctly unrealistic. as you can quite clearly see it is going

to be i'm see no chance of any football whatsoever as the pitches on the quite a few centimeters of snow or talks are underway to try and hold the game here at the end of may or the start of june and even despite the fact that russia didn't play they still sit top of their group four points clear of their nearest rivals israel i'm portugal have both played a game or the windsor park stadium is a rather dated football venue and will soon be rebuilt from scratch there is no wonder so heating or even have the snow been cleared the pitch would have been too waterlogged to even attempt to try and play a game of football was when a very difficult trip for everyone but the people who suffered more than most abilify and so how difficult journey has it been for you michael. is this the just . an offshoot of a loser the weather's been awful yesterday we spent all day walking around the town as the game was called off and we were soaking wet and our market were really surprised at the weather as we thought it would be around to see fifty to seventy degrees around this time of year. when for her the news that the match would go

ahead after all so we decided to come and check for ourselves our flight back home was probably due to take off when the match should have started but it's a pity the game didn't take place much. it's been a frustrating trip for all concerned however russia's fans will have a chance to return to windsor park just over two months time and hopefully then the snow will be long gone richard three d'arcy belfast northern ireland. well russia's lead at the top of group f was given a boost after third place portugal came from two goals down to snatch a late three three draw against second place israel in tel aviv it was portugal who took the lead inside two minutes is a neat defender you know how that hating them in front from the corner but israel hit back with two fine first half efforts on tommy helmets. and then a rocket from then then best that. and the home side looked to be cruising with

twenty minutes to go as they gave themselves a to go cushion gershon on rising above three one but the advantage was quickly reduced elder possibly get fined footing enough to skipper cristiana right now that had squared and the third minute of stoppage time to go home laid out where used to head against the crossbar can try out stabbed in the rebound to break israeli hearts israel and portugal now both have eight points from their five matches for behind group leaders russia who have that gave in hand. while heavy snow couldn't prevent the usa from beating costa rica one nil in their qualifier in colorado dempsey's called the only goal after sixteen minutes in his first start as captain america on the referee stopped play off to fifty four minutes due to the incessant snow but surprisingly the game did soon resume costa rica's michael umana had a goal disallowed for offside and the host hung on for the winner to go second in

their group behind honduras. now to euro league basketball where group elitist says god has sealed a spot in the last eight but for the russian side him key will have to wait and see with two games to go and five teams chasing three playoff places consenting but apple has more. i'd say i would come of one result decided the fate of three teams from group eat as say as cost seventy six to six a victory at the new coffin ensured the army man real madrid and their fists old ones to the next stake sixteen points from sasha cohen saw the russian champion speak up a win that put them joint top with ryall the bandolim swung from one end of the courts and the other until two minutes to go says cause militia hit his third triple of the night to make it sixty six sixty two and sunny williams ball full drive confirmed a four point triumph for the visitors although ryall boy aged seventy four seventy

three by pounding tonight us at home and there has lost seventy nine seventy one in geology risk when he has defeated carried them under it in the stumble side into the last. in group f. first place was sealed by barcelona were extended their best ever winning streak to ten games edged closer to camp lay off sport after downing turkish outfit finn and watch in one thousand nine hundred to six at home how it was the visitors who took an early lead in storm to a ten point cushion midway through the opening quarter but the home side swiftly format cutting the deficit to a single point and in the second game could build on their advantage heading into the main intermission with a comfortable forty nine thirty seven score in iraq to refuse to give up and almost managed to pull level but the home side woke up things to bad that he called poignant that fame on guard came off the bench to sink a season high twenty three points to be named the most elegant play of the week for the first time to dad like many minutes and you know i i had i made some shots and

when i play good game man they're fire you know like i said the most important thing was that we want a game and now we've got two in foreign games left and we just try to win with two matches to go next week could prove crucial for the russian teams says ca host a ten year old the champions real madrid in a quest to decide who wins. the group and home court advantage while he and q. are one of five teams battling it out for free tickets to the playoffs and take on spanish side the hollow barrage of home port wants them to buy the r.t. . so after all that let's now take a look at the best of the rest of the week from around the world of sport. on monday the denver nuggets had the benefit of a controversial last gasp decision to win one hundred nineteen points to one hundred eighteen and over time the chicago bulls with one point seven seconds left the bulls thought they won when marco belinelli took

a shot to the latter fans and what do you know what tipped him the ball but as the home crowd celebrated the referees review the replay which they said showed no this hand was inside the ring and so declared offensive goaltending the goal was disallowed to the future of chicago coach tom thibodeau hounding the legates victory and extending their winning one to twelve games. on tuesday the dominican republic made history after going undefeated to win the world baseball classic they beat puerto rico three nil in the final in san francisco to cap the perfect two weeks i trained and cannot see all the hits a two run double in the bottom of the first inning and robinson cano was named the tournament's most valuable player the dominican has prevailed in all eight matches in contrast to japan the triumph of the first two editions of the tournament but it lost games on route.

then on wednesday he hasn't even reached his teens yet but china's ye wote chang will soon be rubbing shoulders with the big hitters after the twelve year old became the youngest ever golfer to qualify for a european tour event with his dad caddying for him the schoolboy finished on two under par in a two round qualifier and his duty and the china open in may. and also those days the world's top floor that little messy showed off his baby love as the prolific barcelona striker took part in a unicef event him going as aries however the twenty five year old was wearing abounded. on his left leg concealing his new tattoo of the sun goes hands messy went on to net a penalty with his left foot in argentina's three nil home win against venezuela as they lead their world cup qualifying group by four points from colombia. three.

then on friday croatia beat serbia two nil in an emotional world cup qualifier in zagreb to remain second in group a the match was the first between the two sides of independent states since the war in the former yugoslavia in the one nine hundred ninety s. serbia made the breakthrough midway through the first half of its all each plane to marry among two kitsch and which himself made it to nil with eight minutes to go with a suspicion of handball with a goal stood later belgian one two million macedonia to stay top of the group on goal difference. then on saturday tennis superstar serena williams to borrow a bicycle to beat the traffic before beating japan's six three six three in the third round of the miami open the american world number one came from three last down in the opening set to stay on course for a record six title in florida while the men's top seed novak djokovic dropped just

one game on route to a six one six love victory over check yourself you kids open up. and on sunday there was an incident packed malaysian growth rate for all respond though a long time crashed out on the second lap lewis hamilton now of miss sadie's try to make a pit stop with former team mclaren much to the surprise pop star gulf and the conscious ingo but the real drama panned out after the final pit stop defending champion sebastian vettel ignored team orders and overtook the red bull to make mark webber to read the sec. graves of the formula one season he later apologized to the much and lloyd australian while house and senate went on to complete the podium but only off to his team mates nico rosberg was ordered to stay behind. and that's where few brings us to be end of part one but don't go away as we return

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second master class this month and claimed he'd help russian fighters grow tougher as well but that onion found that. a legend in town stephen c. go they have small widely recognized as an action movie star with down a great martial artist by the seventh day and i get a specialist was the first foreigner to open his own school for dog in the japanese martial arts in japan alice thursday read john to moscow for his second masak last in somewhat seventy the traditional and most popular martial arts school in russia . it was not only demonstration but also what a sum up with the sure good game for my quito we will get in i you know but not

mention usually strike with the arms and. back of the hand and the hand strike to the program striking the face of the strike we so many come with sports around it psyche to us extremely sophisticated techniques which make it really special i mean the way i think is probably differ from other provide like to teach my students caught up to first when they're younger because i don't like the children to be. putting their joints in danger in an early age and that i don't like to really start teaching people like you do in time of their thirteen fourteen fifteen years somebody said otto can i try to be efficient but i've been in a lot of real fights with my kid on it was damaged for sure. and if you asked a guy who was getting thrown around by me hotel yeah. it works and it hurts and i'll tell you he's you know he has to go it's not some fake thing and i do it as sam was somebody to send what's called out there if the right guy is doing it it's

very real see below his also helps define to the skill. of some of the best meets martial artists like you in which an undersea sewer and intends to gain some russian students to write the whole prove that you were bringing some more influence in here to work with the russian writers or the were by far the river great russian writers but i think it's it's you know it's a beginning process. and they're learning her right or are we going to have a lot of great writers come out of here a lot of repairs. and closing his masa class in the russian capital one of the world's martial arts i guess steven segal made sure that he would be coming back. about violently on r.t. moscow. let's move to another combat sport requiring quick reflexes

fencing last weekend the prestigious moscow saber event was held in the capital where a russian olympian who was returning from a paternity break crowned a memorable year to take individual gold medal i chose has more. the spectacular moscow saber france in two months has been captivating crowds in the capital since nine hundred seventy three two hundred competitors from twenty three countries took part in those this year it was the st petersburg native who claimed the men's crown twenty six year old nicholas coverlid finished third at the london olympics then took time off for the birth of his second child but has now produced a first by beating italian silver medalist year ago acuity in a tense contest which left him with just a few proud words which missiles were because i really wanted to win here in my home country that was my only goal today it was a good tournament and i didn't want to disappoint the russian public. the lineup

for the women's final was a mirror image of the men's as the fences who'd finished with silver and bronze in london again took to the stage local star severe had finished second in the british capital and was runner up again in the russian one is twenty two year old ukrainian although hard to learn with a narrow victory there was no hard feelings from the leaker who kept up an excellent personal record in home a vent his name is going to struggle for some of that upset but i'm also glad that for the ninth time i finished among the top three at the moscow saber tournament this is a good tradition for this storm and is one of the most important for me it inspires me no matter what shape i'm in or what my spirits are i just pull myself together to give the best performance for the fans and my friends and relatives for. in the team competition brushwood to conserve opponents hungary in their words in finale the home team included men's individual champion cover live but despite a close match the hunger in aged in front to take the overall title by just one

point nevertheless this performance bodes well for team success at the twenty sixteen rio olympics as the russians aim to further boost their status among the world's best the moscow saying this has been the mainstay be one of the most important place until it's in the world and so when she remorse goes means to join the save offensive elite michelotto our team for sport. now let's turn to some memorable words and former england captain rio ferdinand says english football should be revamped if the three lions are to win a first major trophy since one nine hundred sixty six the manchester united center back spoke after pulling out ahead of england's eight no thrashing a summary no. at the moment spain leading the way and trying people how to do and how it's done and maybe we need to go back to the drawing board and ever have a real good good look at ourselves while from the bomb all the way to the top in terms of the culture and where we bring in our players for. we're ready to play in

preparing in tournament because up to now we've not been able to find the right. meanwhile another former england captain david beckham fancies a family holiday in china after the perry century man midfielder played football with local kids in his new high profile role as the communist states ambassador of the beautiful game. i'm hoping that i can bring the children over because victoria's been here before with the children and never been to china i think to experience the culture to experience the country and to see the excitement of the fans you know for the children that would be very exciting. and legendary boxing trainer freddie roach has told top promoter bob am his latest chinese project will be an immediate success as to time and pick champion zuma shimming held an open workout in hollywood ahead of his professional debut next month. he learns quickly . he's

a great student and you know. any one of the two time gold medalist you know yeah. he picks things up very quickly. i think. you know with. the world. now let's turn to a story of an extreme sport and extreme courage as snowmobile stand on your boat in return from a serious neck injury in style by winning the best trick award at the twenty thirteen x. games johnson ended up off court up with a flying swede during a trip to st petersburg.

you have to be precise with every single jump or you could pay a very heavy price is hard to imagine that just a year ago dad. broke five bones in his neck after attempting to land it four and flipped into a beetle foam like it to survive dr said it would take the twenty nine year old two to three years to recover but this week was back in just four months so you stay strong and just look forward all the time to the forward stay positive this old thing you can do and here i am back in business also in myself i can write you know i mean writing is my life and if i can't write it's not me that fearless champion stormed back from his accident to produce the form of his life grabbing his second best trick award in style at the prestigious eggs games this january his gravity defying back flips on the two hundred kilogram snowmobile always leave the crowd open mouth and he's already earned the status of being a freestyle snow cross legend.

you know let's keep it there for i mean just look long and that's the but you know number one it's all about to do new tricks i mean the district said no one done before so you like is it even possible to do this trick no one knows there's no answer to this no both to look it up like it's just possible use them to go out and sell. but dean kicks off his high octane career riding a motorbike and at some advance in the summer you can watch him performing back flips on both machines. they have a man ofan often learns his tricks on his own fro dirt bike before trying them on the sled is always aiming for something new pushing the boundaries no matter what. it to rain and not only with the engines. though i still enjoy snowboarding you know you know i mean i'm not hitting the park in a motor show so much anymore but it's free riding. by deans over riding passion for

snowmobiling has proved that breaking a few blooms one stopped him from breaking a few records as they did continues to push his sport and his body to the extreme. on sunday about party. and finally let's travel south to the winter olympic resort of sochi where many of the purpose built venues for the twenty fourteen games have already been tested this week it was the turn of the jewel of the olympic park the bolshoi ice stone which allowed a group of young hockey players and figure skaters to take to the ice michael to reports. well with just three hundred nineteen days to go now until the start of russia's first ever winter olympic games it seems that saatchi's venues aren't schrock to shine come the opening ceremony not least the bolshoi ice dome which is

considered the olympic parks p.s. the resistance that finally opened its doors to russia's future medal hopefuls with a group of schoolboy hockey players getting the unique chance to spread the ice. with it in logan the kids are loving the experience they've all got a lot of emotions right now it's a great stadium we've enjoyed every moment on the ice for sure the kids will be talking about this for a long time to come because it was certainly a treat for the youngsters knowing that they were on a stage which will be graced by future olympians the ice dams training was also opens giving a school of young figure skaters the chance to test the facilities. while the head of the local stating federation says the ice has already achieved success forcing to do whatever it is know it's great news for such as figure skating i mean

we used to have to travel to other towns and cities in the region to skate but now we've got our own place a home arena if you will and the dome is currently open three times a week for children to train on and has confirmed scheduling times for training right up until the games. while omega timing of the official olympic time keeper has also unveiled the system which will be used at all the speed skating events it was first tested at the previous games in vancouver and for the recent world championships in saw cheek where russia took gold medals in both the men and women's events for the first time in seventeen years margaret genco moscow and that's all from the sports show i had. live

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