and some like it hot watch the top and beach volleyball goes from latvia and brazil defined the cold to triumph at the moscow grand slam. but let's get the ball rolling with football and english premier league side chelsea have agreed a deal with russian club angie to sign attacking midfielder willian subject to a work permit hearing on wednesday the twenty five year old midfielder had undergone a medical at tottenham but blues oh no not at all which then intervened with his fellow oligarchy suliman karimov who owns an injury personal terms have since been settled along with the fee understood to be almost forty seven million dollars with chelsea also able to offer champions league football this season thirty two year old striker simulcast so the world's highest earning footballer is also reportedly set to leave angie stanford bridge. in germany a new coach but guardiola continued his perfect start in charge of travel winners by in munich with a two no when at home to learn berg in the first half they did allow best for his

penalty saved but the old guard saved files blushes in the second as frank rebury finally broke the deadlock with twenty minutes to go and are in robben confirmed victory ten minutes later to see the home side stage join top. and they share that position with by a laver cruiser and dortmund after you're going plops man also maintains their one hundred percent record with a one nil victory at home to previously undefeated vertebrae in the home side peppered the visitors go first top bloody coffee shop calendar of the cross bar but ten minutes after the interval the deadlock was finally broken that marco royce robert levy tapped in from close range. while in the first leg of their europa league playoffs one c.c.t. all the qualifying for the group phase with a five one home demolition of many inside petrillo ploy est when routledge opened after fourteen minutes by reflection michu quickly fired home

a second round ravage swiftly headed in to make it three nil by half time the swans went for up on the hour after goalkeeper pietersen pecan yet inadvertently put the ball ivory's on line. and i handwrote also ilo deftly finished to make it five however the goal of the night came from visitors striker you will be good as of two minutes from time to salvage some pride but five wanted finished michael land upside one step from saving their place in the group stages. well meanwhile neymar came off the bench to score his first goal for barcelona and snatch a one one draw at atletico madrid in the first leg of the spanish super cup former boss of star david lee at terrorize his old club and volley at home after twelve minutes but new signing neymar headed in the equaliser after sixty six to give the visitors are vital away goal the return leg is at the nou camp this wednesday. moving on to motorsport and defending formula one champion sebastian vettel of red

bull comfortably held off title rivals fernando alonso and lewis hamilton to claim his fifth victory of the season at the belgian grand prix for are as along as i moved up from ninth on the grid with a brilliant first few laps to sadie's manhours enhanced started on pole but defending champion vettel held off them both and cruised to his fifth victory in eleven races this season and moved forty six points clear of a long so in the championship with two hundred still available i will tell you third with key when i can and fourth sixty three points adrift of top spot after the finn had to retire with brake failure. well meanwhile russian up and comers there goes that out can could become the youngest ever driver to start a formula one race next year the muscovite two turns eighteen this week has had a seat fitting with the cyber team in switzerland and is also set to drive around the new saudi track at an exhibition of in next month. the country really needed the support really needed to be well known in the formal was opposite we need

a formal one to be well known in russia so everything goes to be to be there and just the main main aim of for all of the project the main aim why i am here is to promote for a one russia all my career as one of the youngest ever drove the same was actually say it was a formal and you know it's it went like this for all my career in the form one looks like to have with the same. it's always as i said it's always like a joke and doesn't mean that if you're young you have a disadvantage because you have maybe a bit less experience than somebody else and some points of view but it's not that a problem you know it's it's maybe sometime soon better because they have a less pressure because they have more time to. while emoted championship leader

mark marquez became the first rider to win five races in his debut season with victory and burn in the czech republic britain's cal crutchlow started on pole but crashed out on lap eight but marquez claimed his fourth win in a row to boost his bid to clinch the title at his first attempt the twenty year old of finally overhauled longtime leader holder who had to settle for third after also being passed by danny producer in a second straight all spanish podium and a very happy marker is now twenty six points to the top of the standings with seven races to go. i'm very very happy because honestly i didn't expect the big three here. and there however so i was drawn here so they did that there's also the war of ideas for the big spread to finish in the bowl you but i'm so happy for for the five points for about there with jorge because we're so lies. while staying on two wheels and russian team yak in it is leading the supersport serious thanks to their

british riders some lows who's going all out to win his and his team's first title as concert in but up are found at. after three seasons in the super sport series britain sam los finished his last campaign in a best of a third this year the twenty two year old switched the russian team where he stopped the standings from the start and with five races to go is staying focused on his maiden crown we start to work together really good a. good feeling with a really good feeling with the tame the not all the all the mechanics and i just feel i feel like i've improved a little bit so i'm the team together we're making good job loss' battling for the title with three time and defending champion cancer for all this by finishing second to the tourist at the latest race at silverstone the englishman still leads the table twenty nine points above his rival with a possible one hundred twenty five at stake and aims to go even further with his new team and be promoted to the superbike category when i start with

a team we grade one year and say this fall and together we go. from a to the steppers not so big in the eleven and of course high is just a. share we go and i think even from the first race we can not win the championship but we can make a good season has a twin brother alex who is also more a bike racer he hasn't been signed by the team though has often swap places with his tween elsewhere but sam draws the line it we try to use in the saddle never in the right in because we're trying to get professional and on the track never in interview with. school school or law we just turned we have a lot of fun like this it seems the lows doesn't need a standing after winning four of the eight races so four and on the podium in all but one and if the streak continues the commission of british rider in the russian team will have resulted in

a double act that produces silverware consented by the above are. now. from a young contender to a veteran star after ice hockey sent a purple that's was voted the player of the year by his fellow russians in the n.h.l. that's luke was in moscow to receive the prestigious column of trophy for the second time in his career the detroit red wings center one of the accolade after the thirty five year old posted fifteen goals and thirty four assists in the last cattails n.h.l. season the two time stanley cup when i was pleased to have picked alexander ovechkin to the trophy and hopes both of them could help russia win gold at the sochi olympics. for hard work hard on the heart and heart. all i have from the season season a common song and you better you prepare for season because it's my job and of course it's just looking forward to olympics so my goal to bring tea and looking

forward. enthusiasm and just preparing the words of the reeds come when you know the explosion. and russia's top athletic star three time world pole vault champion yelena isinbayeva through in the park for a charity match in fair one hundred sixty kilometers northwest of moscow as the likes of joke and you get e-mail can team up against former russian captain that same model is up and friends. prevailed seventeen sixteen but everyone was a winner as the ice hockey extravaganza raised three hundred thousand dollars to help local children. now in less than six months to go before such a twenty fourteen rushes winter sport athletes have stepped up their preparations for the home olympic debut i did on the typical surprisingly won bronze in the skeleton at fun cuba in two thousand and ten and it's hoped the now world champion can triumph again next winter confident but top off has more. i think some that are

to be ticked off made history this year by becoming the first they were rushing to win this gallatin world championships overtaking two time defending champion martins due course a flood here at santa maria it's sending out a strong message one the head of his home winter games in sochi and now he is heading to the black sea resort not only with confidence but also under extreme pressure. we already feel the pressure as a whole country is going to watch the games and we train even harder not to let anyone down but many new faces appear in the skeleton but i think that's because of the saatchi olympics and not myself for performance. i've. been featured in the olympic program in one thousand twenty eight and again twenty years later but then it was a removed and only reintroduced at the games in two thousand and two when to take off claim bronze in vancouver it meant russia became just the eighth nation to win an olympic skeleton medal and they even though the track in such it is not considered the fastest the twenty two year old aims to fly down the course and make

another bit of history. with the whistler track is the quickest in the world that it takes you to the limits at such a venue has a comfortable speed of one hundred thirty kilometers per hour or that it's not that difficult technically you know like if their. focus is not there you have no destruction. and for me personally he is ideal at that that means he know exactly what you have to be. under the guidance of former world skeleton champion villa schneider siberian native through to cork has just started his preparations in the moscow region for the forthcoming olympic season he is among the fastest starters in the world and aiming to make the most of home advantage to be the quickest from the off and become the sport's first russian olympic gold medalist concern about out of our team.

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the news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations are all. welcome back to part two of the sports show and tennis the u.s. open is under way this week without russia's top star maria sharapova the world number three was in new york to promote her new brand of sweets but a shoulder injury has sidelined her for the last grand slam of the season in contrast defending champion and well number one serena williams said she was in top form as the thirty one year old american prepared to open her campaign against former french open win up francesca schiavone of the to me it feels so good out it

honestly i just feel like like there's a young kid and i'm still so healthy and i do have ups and downs i do have a little hurt pain in there but i just feel really good and i feel really fortunate while last year has beaten finalist and world number two victoria azarenka teamed up with thirty nine time ground song going up billie jean king to light up the empire state building to mark the w.t.f. fortieth anniversary as argo faces lesser known german dina fiza in my in her opener on the ballot bees off to recently overcoming serena williams in the final of the cincinnati open. but it definitely gives a good confidence and i mean to play against syrian all the time it's it's definitely you know taking your self to the next level and push your limits so it was important test for me to have tried before they all been you know the whole perforation it was about this tournaments to kind of have the best you know to kind

of have the game develop while on the men's side andy murray says he's wary about defending a grand slam title for the first time in his career the twenty six year old briton i became know about djokovic to lift his maiden major crown last year then also triumphed at wimbledon and faces french veteran michael llodra in the first round at flushing meadows. it's a new experience and you know my you know age and the amount of years of being on tour it's not often you get new experiences so i don't know exactly how i will deal how deal with the pressure and you know how feel on monday i'm expecting to be nervous. while elsewhere in new york cliff diving veteran orlando duque a enjoy the ultimate sense of liberty as the thirty eight year old colombian dive from a helicopter and into the hudson river in front of the iconic statue of liberty this is a spectacular backflip from a height of twenty three meters it was just one of the u.k.'s many feats before

going on to win the latest world series stage in boston and after also trading the first ever world championship high diving gold in barcelona last month. and across the state most as gold champion adam scott won the barclays tournament by one stroke in the opening a bend of the fed ex cup playoffs here straight and find a five under par round of sixty six to edge four players including world number one tiger woods u.s. open champion justin rose overnight leader gary woodland and graeme gillette woods tried to force a playoff but his birdie putt at the eighteenth hole fell inches short and thirty three year old scott claimed victory. and paralympic sprint champion oscar pistorius wiped away the tears after the south african arrived in court to face charges in pretoria prosecutors claim the twenty six year old double amputee murdered his girlfriend reeva steenkamp on february the fourteen the following an

argument the store ist will face a minimum of twenty five years in prison if convicted but claims he mistakenly shot the steenkamp believing she was an intruder in his home the athlete is expected to go on trial early next year. now to a sport but spot attracting big crowds beach volleyball and the moscow grand slam where latvia and brazil reigns supreme on either coast russian stage of the world tour and robert that onion news there. no sun and nasty weather plus no russians even in the semifinals they saw was still not enough to keep the crowd helm from the big bubble moscow grand slam is potatoes were fully rewarded with a great show by some of the world's best do it's a rainy sunday in the russian capital saw the pinnacle of a five day tournament ladies first money a clarion call in a cell got all the brazilian sisters neela missed out on the knockout stage by one

point on friday but in the end the team proved to be the strongest in the women's field after overcoming germany's laura ling and euna walk in forced to kneel in the finals i think we serve in the league. when we were really mission because. they serve also so. we wanted to be real. and. i think that makes the difference. and even at an event like this a fan can still issue for a while they stand around a go in the stands entertain the crowd during the short break between the women's and the men's finals where in another brazilian team last year's victor in one area go and he spot if one they're going so wish place luck to this two thousand and twelve london olympics bronze medalist younis many fish and his new team mate looks under some more laughs. and it was

a lot of bands who are out shined their opponents in the spectacular final in two sets. so we've done pretty well tonight we played nearly a perfect game and alexander did a great job blocking their attacks but. you know this is an example well it was a good game for us indeed we had a specific game plan and we executed it and it paid off plus we didn't make any unforced mistakes. r.t. moscow. now from top gear owes to a retired master and extend them of was russia's last all around a lympics gymnastics champion taking gold at the sydney games in two thousand and one of the sport's most decorated stars told our busy robert downey and how he's now hoping to inspire more generations of russian champions. the man. the myth. the legend. to see the

list about one of the most degraded gymnast of all time alex a name of the big russian hope in nineteen ninety six with two golds one silver and two bronze medals the twenty year old still to show the summer olympics in atlanta the sport's superstar at his peak four years later in sydney claiming the same medal tally including the most precious all round deal. and even when he lost it was still nima who won people's hearts in the two thousand and four games and now fans in multinational crowd growth in protest against the judge's controversial scores that placed name of out of the medals and the russian himself had to feel for the fans to let the completion go on. him wishing well now that it is out of me a producer is the man i'm very grateful to all those people who supported me then

it means a lot to me and i often recall those moments thinking over what i did wrong and if i could have done better it was up to the judges and that's the way it was and i guess. millions recognise him as one of the sport's greats and only if you know him as a man whose health has always been a threesome because of severe spinal these problems first winding through the pain of the gym and only than proving his skills in the public eye and such mental strength is a formidable s. that with genetics haven't changed over the years. trying to mobilise a new in some respects for a generation was stronger there were others present day i would have been it's difficult to compare them as the riders constantly change in general this i believe gymnastics has got more. complicated and the average level of competition is much higher now we with quite

a lot of nations able to win medals the thing is many russian and soviet coaches went abroad and even one of the sports powerhouses in china actually adopted the soviet training system you know so. well back in russia the next winter olympics will completion of home benny and support affect the host team's performance at sochi two thousand and fourteen after being through three summer games himself now with claims to jam bands never care about where and when. mr stories but it's when. if an athlete is fully their hair in top not shaved it shouldn't make any difference where you compete on home soil or on another planet it's all up to you and your mentality pressure high get over it the job must be done the best possible way after four years of preparation and ahead of the olympics. you might think them of could be a great coach ness of russia though the thirty seven year old he's sure is this

nation lies elsewhere. in the ocean floors not on what i'm living and he should know it's a very hard and difficult job for me it takes special skills and talent and being a good gymnast doesn't mean great coaching ability so for now but i'd rather do my best to help and assist in kids who do support but not train them. there are still a lot of new for arises for seeing them up before tunnel and the jam band is currently busy with promoting gymnastics chairlift t.v. as a member of the louis world sports academy and in being a journalist as editor in chief of a one of russia's still sport magazines hoping to inspire with words as much as he did with the. project but only on r.t. . and talking of inspiring deeds the fitness phenomenon called cross fit is

sweeping the globe with russia holding its fifth competition here in moscow and michael got janko went along to find out what it's all about. i was. pioneered by american greg glassman back in two thousand profit means exactly that and cheating fitness across a range of different physical activities using a mixture of aerobics gymnastics and olympic weightlifting the aim of cross fit is to help people improve their overall fitness and it's a movement that's now gaining popularity in russia. last you know we joined forces with reebok to hold the crossfeed competition and it was such a success that we pushed for another one this year for russia this event is the beginning of something new and big and this is now considered to be the crossword competition in the country a similar but less high profile events was held for the first time in the country back in two thousand and eight and had an overall prize money of just one thousand

five hundred dollars however this year the winners could look forward to one million rubles or around thirty thousand dollars and though the cash prize was additional motivation the main aim of the seventy five competitors was to prove they're among the fittest people in russia. and you might as well i personally do professional weightlifting and happened to hear about cross fit and i'm really glad i did because it promotes an active lifestyle plus there are many interesting and fantastic people here i love to live healthy fit lives thirteen years on from its u.s. origins the cross that movement is now a global phenomenon the sport's high intensity strength and conditioning programs are always changing and available online attracting dedicated followers worldwide and leading to this stablish meant in two thousand and seven of the annual cross fit games where perhaps one day there might be a russian or a british champion well the cross the competition certainly has brought together the biggest and the best and the fittest russians from across the country and while

i'm english and take in the event itself i'm going to take advantage of the song. this is. to fight her to go to law school. and finally a supermodel nathalia by the other painted the town red as russia's top fashion export and philanthropist traveled all the way from new york to run a five kilometer color race hearing must go and raise money for her children's charity around two thousand runners helps the good cause while also having a lot of fun with those paints this race around the luzhniki stadium was the fifth and last will muff event before moscow hosts its first ever city marathon next month. and that's all the sport by from the.

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