lighting up staci the longest torch relay in the history of the winter olympics gets underway in moscow following a lavish ceremony in red square. and the thick of it inform talk of going top of you rope really ok with a two no winner struggling on jury in a season of contrasts for the two teams. but first to a big night of boxing here in moscow where. russian alexander pivot can by a unanimous decision to retain his undisputed world heavyweight crown rocked out on young reports. as an exam to come yet no. ac. still the champ still a gentle man. named his sixty first professional win the state double the heavyweight division and retain five of the sport's major belts russian contender at sun their bullet again suffered his first ever defeat but despite poor

knockdowns was keen to stand his feet on a slow i was thinking about finishing up the fight right some great round and i could feel i could feel that it's. made clean connection and impact of the punches got affected by it and got affected by the impact of the punches and but surprisingly this other still on his feet and not just on his feet heels he was moving forward to the punch so he was really really tremendous hard. until the very last second of the fight he was trying to to make this final one like a function nothing else unfortunately little was really all the russian had to go for films of heart and he's indomitable fighting spirit push pull that can forward towards the bigger man. was smaller more accurate landing one big shot after another and exhausting the wide lion and

a clean shot every time for backing got inside. i could see that the times klitschko felt uncomfortable he didn't expect perfect can to put that amount of pressure on him there are some positive things for alexander he could improve on and capitalise on in a possible rematch limited didn't look invincible at all. such because abortion but it can showed more than we expected in terms of conditioning personnel added mayer is probably one of the world's biggest punches that can manage to take it all and stay on his feet he lost the fight but he won millions of hearts around the globe. fans love fights like this and i think vladimir and alexander may face each other again sometime in the future or during the poor days rematch if it happens but it will desperately need backup in spirit with a much better game plan the russian stunned the world with his heart although the ultimate becoming the world's best to wait takes jones or you can stand the chance

down with the punch never mind the marquee moscow. now off the years of planning the longest torch relay in the history of the winter olympics finally got on the way on sunday following a lavish ceremony in red square and considered the top of. it week after being limited to only near the birthplace of the ancient games allonby claim ended its recorder seen evidence of where it was handed over to the host of the twenty fourteen winter games talking russian then to travel by plane to moscow and then on motorbikes to red square where president for the near putin leave it for storage i wish a successful journey to the flag see he was shot she thought you tell him to claim has finally come to moscow and the longest torch relay in the history of the winter games kicked off on red square as the flame is set to arrive in sochi on february the seventh after a one hundred twenty three day trip across the country during those four months the

torch will boss through a wood two thousand nine hundred eighty three zero for russia's regions on a route of what was sixty five thousand kilometers however the most notable places the flame will visit include the north ball with the torch travelling there on a nuclear powered icebreaker then it will be taken to the depths of flake by call in siberia a sand europe's highest peak mountain old bruce before being taken on a space walk at the international space station the massive door sulaiman this is unique about unity to unite the nation and a great way to explore russians themselves and because that torch will come with the flame to every single c.d.'s and for that moment this particular city will be the capital of the olympic games this such organizing committee have planned the route so that ninety percent of russians for over one

hundred thirty million people will be no more than one hour from there really giving every member of the world's biggest country the chance to take part in their maiden games in the feel good factor of sochi twenty fourteen constant in by the fire. and a five time olympic champion anastasio debate over was the first person to carry the flame on russian soil but before that the former synchronized swimmer also helped unveil some new olympic merchandise as the flagship store in red square launched their sochi gloves and mittens the white gloves have fingers the same colors as the five olympic rings and on the palms also have one of the eighty five flags that each participating country so founds can wave on their team. meanwhile sochi organizing committee chief dimitri chan is shankar presented the official motorcades that will carry the athletes and torch bearers more than twenty thousand kilometers across the country as the flame travels on planes trains and

automobiles and with dogs reindeer skiers and skaters before arriving in sochi to kick start the twenty second winter olympics. and the organizers also promise security measures one dump in the festivities for either the locals all visitors to the black sea resort next february checkpoints will be in place at the main venue is a major transport hubs but all that's needed to gain access is to produce your ticket and spectators pass both of which will be available online. city large outside the security zones won't change at all the only thing you'll notice is more police patrolling the streets to help maintain order security zones are common practice during big international events including the olympics and as a rule they don't cause any inconvenience whatsoever. now let's move on to football where there was some turkish delight for former manchester city manager roberto mancini the forty eight year old guided his new side gala tasa

right away to all short time to you ventus as the istanbul team sealed their first point in champions league group b. mancini was unveiled last monday after the italians signed a three year deal to take over from fatty terry who is now coach of turkey. while chelsea manager josie marino lost his temper and walked out of a pretty much press conference off the journalist once again questioned his squad selection the portuguese coach had left out belgium when a kevin the growing up for the trip just out bucharest but to remember is struck twice to help the blues triumph or nil on record their first points in groupie. but you have this tendency you only ask about the good of the lot so that the super bowl. well meanwhile majesty united midfielder ryan giggs overtook rao's record of champions league appearances by choking up game number one hundred forty five as ukrainian signs shut down to united have to settle for

a point after danny welbeck first off opener was counseled by vyacheslav shift looks like leveler to leave both sides joint top of group a and manager david moyes was once again backed by his legendary predecessor as sir alex ferguson spoke for the first time since retiring once a year we've united i was never going to think of me that although i don't decision i was just a bit we're going forward i'm not interested in mileage and i'm more interested in and get myself what tobie nature results in good times david moyes will do a good job now moving on to the europa league where english hi fi is top know when top of group k. with a two you know when it's struggling on jay and michael crabtree looks at the contrasting fortunes of the two sides who found very different starts to their campaigns. after finishing last season the best ever third in the russian top flight and claiming a second successive spot in the europa league. was uncaused to fulfilling owner

silliman can remember a dream of becoming a powerhouse in european football then the billionaire had financial problems slash the budget and he plummeted right now our focus is on the russian primarily force will continue to play in europa league to the best we can we will use the first team and won't be blink with just a reserve team but if situation arises where we'd have to choose we will choose the premier league twelve top players such as samuel alito was sold and after eleven league games there were winless and bottom harsh reality had really hit the dagestani club hard with remaining players finding it difficult to placate their fans and themselves we really did have a star studded team but then they left and the level of stardom within the team obviously dropped but the current squad is a group of fighters and i don't think we've become a much weaker team i've been here for three years and have another year left on my contract and i want to stay and help angie until the end. if life's rough at the

bottom in russia it's terrific at the top in england spurs travel to a chilly moscow third in the premier league after four wins one draw on a narrow defeat to ask as well as a three zero romp over tromso in europe but despite the stark contrast between the two teams manage andre village bush wasn't taking anything for granted the changes are so radicals and so dramatic that you find it hard to recognise the team and a project that they set out to do in the beginning. at the moment you know it looks apparent that. the league has become their priority for salvation. i mean just started the competition anyway. they've got one point of no game against sheriff so it's going to be. expect a difficult game difficult. unlike ganji spurs don't seem to be missing star winger gareth bale after selling him to real madrid for

a world record one hundred thirty five million dollars seven new players are now just playing for places but i would say most of changed dramatically from one year to another because of the. the amount of transfer business that we did. we lost one player that last season was decisive and was involved in and solving the games for us through great individual moments but this is and we are a bit different it is it has given the opportunity to other people to step up their game so we look much more collective then and in the season before so at the moment we are also in a phase of change will see. one player hoping to impress the last boss is jim aim to throw who scored a seventh goal in europe after thirty four minutes while new board massa chadli swiftly out of the decisive second one on g.'s remaining big stars ivorian striker lesson that shrugged off injury to add some second class to his side but tottenham

hung on for a comfortable two military to go top of the group while angie can now refocus on premier league survival of genco. and that brings us to the end of part one but don't go away as we'll have more football action after the break as pet quite yet is buying manic in germany. science technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. wealthy british. that's right let's go. now to. the markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for

a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines for june and to cause a report. one of the wonderful strong arming to watch any news all the face you know alone game. play. a pleasure to have you with us here on our team today. let's. play. the. lead it was terrible take the i'm very sorry to take a plunge again long here is

a plate law that has that split that there's no let's let's play. a little bit let's. just say plug the play. welcome back and let's kick off part to with football as last season's trouble winners by in munich have taken the outright lead in the bundesliga and the

bavarians remain the only unbeaten side despite being held to a one one draw at third place while a because of that claudio his men went ahead off to twenty nine minutes to tell me cruz but the hosts were level within a minute after manuel neuer last bender shot to an unmarked sydney sound the visitors that dominated but was able to find a winner one won. ten man brasier dortmund slipped to second and lost their only unbeaten record after a late to nil defeat aggressive engine glad back the turning point came with ten minutes to go when the visitors had mats hummels sent off the following mortified and max cruiser scored the resulting penalty and five minutes later one had i hope set up rafael to complete a surprise to me when you see the home side go forward. however football's governing body was hit by a protest in zurich as around a hundred swiss trade unionists chanted red card to fee for after reports that cats are used slaves like you bet to build in areas which will host the twenty twenty

two world cup but fever president sepp blatter confirmed the tournament will stay in the gulf nation and any decision about moving it to winter to avoid the hot summer temperatures may not come until twenty fifteen there was some if you just see pedia to play in the. qatari organization still. have you the nice jordan says that they could play in two thousand and twenty two in jordan tonight. for the two but this is a decision if he from. now moving on to ice hockey work had chilled champions deny my must go into the next week losing their top scorer to a bad injury then suffering their fifth defeat of the season before bouncing back to beat city rival spots like the reports the first big blow for dinner and top scorer mixing business came on tuesday the champions did beat sevastopol three one

but it proved to be a pyrrhic victory has to go had to be helped off the ice and was later diagnosed with concussion a broken nose and jaw after service to all defender curiously out of elbow the forward in the face and was later given a ten match ban. will be out for at least eight weeks the twenty eight year old adding another name to the nominees long injury list. without their top score denominate struggled to score in the game against looking at the for two days later after stalemate first period now was weakness allowed look in the team to take control of the game who scored two unanswered goals in the process and the hours lofting rub salt in to denominate with a chill a third in the last period before the depleted dinar most was grabbing a late consolation. but the reigning champions pulled themselves together for the game at home to local rivals pontiac racing into a one million early on in the first period no more than can drown spot hearts goal

and could have added more before the break however the second period sore spots are all the way back into the game and after a brawl between philip no back and the code by brawl of the last a return from his five minute penalty to tie the game at one apiece but do not move forward constantine glad that you have settled the fed midway through the sliding the puck between the goaltenders legs to lift the home crowd women grateful to my players big themselves up after a difficult game against look much steve i thought they did what was asked of them because of course mistakes can always happen but on the homeland happy with the developments i'd also like to thank the fans who are tremendous today so don't animals go behind them the disappointing defeat against look much evil with a hard fought to want to win over local rivals spot at moscow that the reigning champions will now be going on the road and will be facing a long got a bomb squad on the eighth of october michael chang co moscow. now let's take a look at the rest of the week's news from around the world of sport. french and

u.s. open tennis champion rafael nadal has a c.t. done that joke of it at the top of the world rankings even though the serbian won the beijing open final six three six four this was only nine dollars a fourth defeat of the season which also includes a shock first round exit at wimbledon in june the spaniard still reclaims the number one spot for the first time in just over two years something he didn't dare to dream about to his lengthy mean join layoff. will be by the number one not that although it's reasonable that i had these just amazing for me as i did that day i never thought the way i will work with had the chance to be like that ever. and on the women's side top seed serena williams overcame back pain to secure her tense title of the season with a six two six two victory over the lady yankovic's serbia the american reeled off the last five games to prevail in an hour and a half it was serenus fifty six career grand placing her seventh on the all time list of most titles the thirty two year old also won this year's french and us open

this. motorsport and sebastian vettel is on the verge of his fourth straight full with a one crown after the german won the korean grand prix to clinch his fourth straight victory but force india's pulled arrested failed to finish yet again as more drivers struggled with the tires the red bull car of vettel teammate mark webber again caught five just as it did previous race in singapore however vettel steered clear of any trouble to hold on to me right in and run groeschel to take the checkered flag with five races to go the twenty six year old now leads by seventy seven points from ferrari's fernando alonso you could only manage six place. basketball and with three weeks to go until the new n.b.a. season opener home a city thunder claimed a ninety five points to eighty two wins in the preseason that should turkish side for the boucherie the home team made a positive start sinking four three point attempts to take

a twenty eight to twenty first quarter lead yet kevin durant inspired to the thunder to rally and take control from the beginning of the second finishing with twenty four points as oklahoma city cruised to victory the first game of the new campaign will be at utah jazz on october thirty first. while american base jumper jeb corliss pulled off his best stunt yet after the thirty seven year old flew through a narrow crack in a chinese mountain the daredevil wearing a wing suit let from a helicopter and was flying at around one hundred sixty kilometers per hour when he entered the valley which is only twenty meters wide this. flying doug a junkie kept his previous fates which included jumping from the eiffel tower in paris and the china's train towers in kuala lumpur. well staying with extreme sports and a story that's both tragic and inspiring mcconkey is a documentary about the life and deeds of supreme daredevil shane mcconkey which is

set to be released later this year and consulting but top of went to see it shaped kharkiv has captured his first ever professional poker title the late great shane mcconkey his heart and personality war is big as he is still in the devil's skillet to make people laugh and inspire everyone he met he took his four to a new level becoming one of the trailblazers of free ski for him it was impossible to imagine living life at less than one hundred percent. with such a phenomenal movement it shows what it. like if you want to do something you love it he said because it was the way with the very message when you want to live life to the listing. agent you should be to have it be so tragic that it is if. i go and sit for

a long time i think that when you say they today. it was for that i would say they're. still a character so it really gives life to. be a good school. mcconkey story was always what the over movie son of a opined specialist in extreme skiing pointed jeem changer in from competitive race it to movie stars combining base jumping and wing suits with skiing skills he was never afraid of them he was more afraid of not living to the full he was so real there was nothing that he may have a pretty. and it is who he was any as kind of a door kind of embarrassing sometimes but he didn't care and so i think that he's everyone felt so comfortable around him say you are drawn to that kind of personality when you can just be yourself. yet sometimes things go wrong even the rhetoric in two thousand and nine mcconkey was

a need to reform interest raise money double back pretended to glide away in fees when the piskies bill to release in time his parachute was never deployed and he died at the same age just thirty nine living behind a wife and daughter. as well as countless fans she. told well for whom his positive energy was irresistible. and during. counseling about the party. and let's end with such a where russia are expected to produce a range of medalists at the maiden winter olympics yet outplaying skating is unlikely to break with tradition and deliver any podium finishes and richard pulled it went to find out why. despite being a winter sport powerhouse i mean mation over one hundred million people success in

alpine skiing is more muted russia under the soviet union the country one just one and lingering problems must not make my vision of the silver lillehammer in one thousand nine hundred four is russia's only podium finish underlain because for a long time when a shiver leaves a mark in the interest and funding the stunted baseball development across the country. lies hockey and football have always been the number one sports in russia and alpine skiing just can't compete it doesn't have the popularity of rugby in new zealand for example take liechtenstein a tiny alpine brings a power team has a population of around thirty five thousand full farmers and times smaller than back to russia all of this since nine hundred seventy six in one thousand in big medals including two golds russia has not imagined ranges for the majority or a siren east of the country the true biggest cities are in the west and russia's

coach summer for you comes from the east now pine country slovenia says accessibility to the slopes has been trying to develop champions i think as well as kind of a national sport it's actually rang the does for football and be for best of our. people. lots of young people of this people joined. because of the chapters from there also. ok we have competition and the reverse from austria switzerland very close so we can compare so that's probably one of the reasons that are risking a little bit however the situation in russia is in reading city my talk of hails from a legion of camera and he's in siberia which has become the country's new hotbed for outlined skiing along with two time world sober. champion you could do you know do it again show on my talk about these sports of the up and coming results are

sitting here show which is arguably russia's largest ski complex with dozens of different runs all natural similar i started skiing when i was seven when i went into first grade at school we would study in the classroom until lunch and then we would hit the slopes ideal such opportunities remain a rarity in russia with the majority of school kids still taking up either ice skating or cross-country skiing yes as more top class facilities are being built right in the country are fun skiing and snowboarding are becoming more popular and its host next year's function in peace will help boost his interest and turn a long time of hell bartolo into a new russian said richard probably darcy moscow. and that's it from sport i can.

comrade soldiers you're in the military now no more joking any more. never been some time in my life. every day with the story absolutely makes. you think it's going to be easy to fire. but everyone's desperate. just gets to let's. say i don't know if i'm going to make it to the end the can still pull me some i'm just a book on the left i don't know what to do. real quick because. it's no good saying it's all up to military service and you can expect some of the toughest training. for the rest of the build up to

keep. on going on see. millions around the globe struggle with hunger each good. what if someone offers a lifetime food supply no charge. they can the very strong position against g.m.o. and we think that. the genetically modified products are grease the war tool there is no. evidence that there is any problem with genetic engineering when you make a deal. or is free cheese always in the most crap i don't believe that destroyed all four and then three. golden rice. real damage

and complexity of this oil spill was not something you just by looking at dirty birds we have between four to five million people in this directly affected area of the coast and it's pretty clear why it's not being reported because b.p. can't afford to have a reported all along the gulf coast are clean they are safe and they're open for business if b.p. is the single largest oil contributor to the pentagon the us war machine is heavily reliant on b.p. and their oil this is a huge step backwards for democracy it's a step forward. carex it is toxic as it looked like. it was it was not a picture be there the government or b.p. really wanted to have out there i don't want dispersants to be the agent.

this is. the olympics. relay across the country it's the first day culminating with the capitol lighting up spectacular display. the destruction of syria's chemical arsenal begins on time and according to plan a turning damascus praise from russia and even the united states. away. security forces targeted in a wave of deadly attacks across egypt just a day off people died in mind. also abduction all special libya. from the u.s. about why washington thinks it's ok to save this citizens without telling them what they're up to.