there are six weeks to go until the winter games. so and not the best preparation for russia ahead of the olympics but the team did get a boost after the challenges of domestic violence were dropped against their first choice goaltender simeon delhomme of the colorado avalanche stull was facing up to two years in jail after his model girlfriend claimed he attacked her last month but prosecutors said they had no proof beyond a reasonable doubt and the case was dismissed. while staying with ice hockey and russia's judea team are preparing for their opening game of the world championship against norway in sweden on thursday and before they headed off which are found feet went to see the squad as they look to improve on last year's bronze. while millions across the globe will be right sing up the western christmas day the twenty sixth of december nice to see the start of the annual world junior ice hockey championships held this series in the sweetest city of moema russia last won

the event three years ago in america beating canada in the final cojuangco you are probably believes this time his side will need to be at the top of the game to repeat faster treatments for us a little feeling the reason there are some really strong teams at this tournament last year finland's didn't even qualify for the latter stages and that just shows how hard it is will be in the same group as hosts and sweden is a little switzerland are also a great side also it's going to be a really tough competition as you go from across rosters been given a boost of return home of center macquarie you'll get a good income and defensemen nikita's are going to. those players are featured in the n.h.l. for the popular save this season but have had disappointing campaign was very good rang true with just three points and eighteen games to go to one goal and seven they've been sent down to minus some language and to play in this competition. sans the world juniors could have. ok to season back on. you jim you're going to say

shawarma child first year i mean. it's hard to make it in first year after the charts and i'm defense when the young guy eighteen years old soul in the. world is sort of. like everybody general manager and i think kids it's got to be good lake. for miliband although your junior high can make all the more. well to experience the world cup and to come back next year and ball for them and there is. however to some bad news for obama called is likely to be revised stalled when you're violating. the eighteen year old a cemented his place on the dallas stars rustan's i would be a big loss for the young red machine has already shown vacant compared with that big shine forward rusher of munster medal of the last free will genia ice hockey championships ability to be done alma or mccall down a call sign will bentonite statement of my hopes especially after

a very encouraging the forming of a subway series against three of canada's top regional sides pressure to travel to fight event last month with a marginally second string squad with time like a few points in canada as they managed to beat you on terry off he told ice team and only beat him once and sent him back she's the star of the show was goaltending even not lima of with an outstanding ninety four point five save percentage points of the oregon late addition to the strong thank you terry so it was the perfect way to time this country. play against. your friends and i'll t.r.y. again it's hard to really play the first ball for the goats and. just follow on forces for playing for my car i'm sure our play the reason it's the standard of ice hockey continues to rise up the road to me is. which is encouraging

for speeds development but a problem for farmer com as around six teams have a shot at winning gauge the lines of losses to canada of usa sweden and the russians likely to be very very barrett's point is played in january. richard lambert resulting. now into football and by munich secured their fifth piece of silverware this year after the german giants won the club world cup in marrakesh but got out as men beat moroccan champions roger casablanca to no in the final after just six minutes and down to opened after finishing off from a corner and then midway through the first half can double today cheating from the edge of the box last season by unfinished and historic travel of the champions league under sleek and german cup titles and then also edged chelsea on penalties in this new way for the super cup. well beaten fine is roger were happy just to

have got that far in the local players were apparently overjoyed after a shocking run all day and he's athletic i mean they're outside three one in the semifinals the resilient world cup winner was mobbed up to the match after scoring his side's only goal and was also stripped of his jersey and believes they did twice for the player of the year didn't seem to mind a bit. and ronaldinho went on to blast home a cracker of a free kick to equalise bathetic in their third place match against chinese champions going to have a grand coach by tie in marcelo libby to all right before the break but the former boss alone and ac milan star went from hero to zero six to a straight red card three minutes in time while the stoppage time go by one side to go russia is they take a three to win the bronze medals. well the all winning by inside didn't play in the bundesliga last week but their title defend. we still

give them a shot of the armor to second base by reducing their seconds break to be more nearly that of braman online defender santiago garcia netted the winner in the seventy fifth minute denying stunning to piers men the chance to touch the seven point gap to buy up the top. while brasier munching got back we held two two at home to both spoke but still went third result midfielder diego put the visitors ahead after fifty three minutes but the host swiftly levelled through rafael and then took the lead to find those. buckets with five minutes to go substitute past dos top to close range to two by the home side moved above brasier dortmund lost their third straight home game to want to go to berlin. while elsewhere one of the world's top football fans pope francis was given a jersey with the words france is the champion on it is the pontiff met the players of the sun lorenzo de al i go team at the vatican the head of the catholic church

has been a lifelong supporter of the club which recently won the first stage of the primera division in his native argentina after playing one of their league matches in shirts which had the pope's photo on them. while it was a case of christmas come early for a group of dutch fans as a trio of lucky breda supporters relaxed of educators the ball watching their side spouting town book one mill under one hundred year old in a free kick with fifteen minutes to go to spark up some bubbly celebrations is great at rue de way from the relegation zone going into the winter break thanks now let's move on to boxing as a form of four division world champion roy jones jr proved age was no factor beating frenchman ben mathieu for to win the w.v.u. cruiserweight title here in moscow and michael kraft chunk of his ringside. at forty four. many books and fans are wondering why roy jones jr won't quit the

school after winning the world championship belts at four different weight divisions but last weekend he showed few signs that his time was up off the schooling his opponent france's in the eighteenth than my kloof throughout the cruiserweight bout it was jones jr's first flight in over fifteen months and while his pace was a little slower his lightning jabs and trademarks showboating was still there the fight was dubbed the winner takes all with all the prize money going to the victor jones jr is almost casual antics seem to surprise been mcluhan's and a visibly anger him. i get the thirty six year old didn't know how to counter it at times almost mimicking his he lost his opponent the frenchman did manage to hold out for the full twelve rounds but looked bloody the plex and exhausted by the end while the evergreen jones jr appeared unscathed and the judges unanimously awarded

him to victory his first ever world cruiserweight title in the german version of the. good. guy had almost hit by the apartments up all the way and just can't take a soccer ball out of cup match up but also not push myself. like a forty four you have to fight. so the former for division world champion roy jones jr made light work of his bout here in moscow taking it to the length of twelve rounds but getting the judge's decision in the end and now he can look forward to a potential spicy tasty fights against none other than mixed martial arts in anderson silva in twenty fourteen yes look a whole today he was last week we bought me back here in the knights of the big bout russia dimitri to dean of smash colombian one camille in the void six rounds to take the vacant w.b. eight in. middleweight championship belt the dean of came into the fight still

undefeated up to twelve fights with eight of them being knockouts for lobo i hadn't lost since twenty ten and was on an eight zero winning streak but off the surprising to you know with the burst of aggression four then became sloppy and allowed the russians to take full advantage to promote his opponent until the referee intervened to be dean of a technical knockout victory. i'm really happy to have won tonight but i'm pleased i managed to live up to expectations of the fans my family and friends of the whole of russia was behind me tonight and i'm glad i want for my country but even scott was the last in russia for the twenty thirty year but after all the excitement of two title fights the prospect of even more boxing fans will be relishing the first bounce of twenty four g. mother of jacob bosco. and that's appalling but stay tuned as well have plenty more

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so it will bring it this is the moment they're reporting from a very cold snowy windy mountainous stuff yet beyond the olympics. starting germany the first on our team. welcome back to part two of the sports show and we resume in the pool where russia crowned another dominant season in synchronized swimming with a spectacular end of year garlock here in moscow and rich of poor feet went to find out what makes the russians the best in show russia success and synchronized swimming is on rival after being beaten for me and i'm turning tricks and ninety nine seeks the sport was reintroduced in sydney when the show's host many. countries made in gold a mature way. past the russians what the medals have done so that every game since head coach tatiana prof sky is saying is this domination is down to sheer hard work

or must and all of loving your boys success doesn't happen overnight in synchronized swimming we've put in a lot of effort but there have been difficult times as well we've managed to achieve a law in a very short period of time and from a syrian low level because we went astray time from mistakes of the likes of canada and the united states would come over to us having to learn something they thought it would be easy for them started to scratch their heads and realise that wasn't the case it being the star of the turn fine you'll show it was for free time electric champions forgot to write my shit on the twenty four year old was also first in for programs in the summer's world championships. where russia once again one every single night of the bends. puts respects and results down to my coaching mahmoud. abbas only ditsy his cousins every country has children who can excel at sport however in russia we have coaches who can train future and big champions we have

a system in place to achieve this is different from a number of other countries other coaches may not agree with our principles you must look we believe the fall methods of bringing home numerous gold medals than our system is working. like a man system requires total dedication to sing that's what this train ten hours a day six days a week. and the country successes also encourage more girls take comes. and bolstered by a strong tradition in gymnastics this is helped boost standards within the country send the sport above the rest. of us the sick the not everyone around the world revels in our success some countries are fed up with our dominance year but it's up to them to try and get up to our levels a little the cause as a coach is difficult as we are always needing to think up new programs as well as members of the countries go over some pretty big a cliff diving world champion or jim silting one of the clan of these fine days

feeds right change even region minds when they vote but its leader has extended shifts in his hand in two thousand to the richard three times. now let's hear from some other headline making us and despite the upcoming festivities russia's second of a formula one driver daniel pratt says he has little time to rest the nineteen year old is gearing up for his maiden season with toro rosso after clinching the g.p. three serious title last month that's made his debut in the top echelon by taking part in free practice sessions ahead of the last two races of twenty thirteen but he knows there's much more work to be done before he starts his first f one grand prix. told a lot of preparation. i think will be a seller in europe i will go back to moscow for christmas for a little bit of for us to recharge my batteries otherwise before and after that it will be out of training did it have to physically. simulator work as well. i

want to go for a while number three henrik stenson says he has his own tough act to follow as the swede aims to keep his winning ways after being named european to a golfer of the year the thirty seven year old is the first player to win both the race to dubai and as the fed ex cup on the p.g.a. tour the father of two also prevailed at the two year ending tournament into by and the usa. the race to dubai. which was the main goal but then also to win the bonnet in dubai which. was a special it's been a dream season it's going to take some golfing to keep this up but i would rather. well meanwhile a five time n.b.a. champion dennis rodman defended his third visit to north korea as he held a training session for local players the fifty two year old is looking to bring in another twelve former n.b.a. stars for an exhibition game in the capital city of pyongyang to market leader kim

jong un's birthday on january the eighth rodman arrived just a couple of weeks after the execution of kim's uncle in a dramatic political poetry. a lot of people in america don't prove what i'm going to do one but that's not my problem you know a lot of people want to come over here and do some special things that's not my problem actually and you know i'm not a. investor i'm not just come over and meet the leader. emotional like a mother to. the best fourteen to prepare a great game for the leader for his birthday. meanwhile in the n.b.a. there was bad news for the l.a. lakers a superstar kobe bryant is expected to be out for six weeks after injuring his left knee in a game in memphis bryant has already missed eight months due to a torn achilles tendon he joins fellow god steve nash and steve blake and jordan farmar on the sidelines though the team haven't ridden off that playoff hopes. for

the article you know. we would have a. third of the way through to get into the groove. it's just. no point. for a few guys you know if they were. going to. and nick young later scored a team high twenty five points off the bench in the lakers one hundred four points to ninety one victory at home to minnesota timberwolves were fifty three fifty one up at the main interval but in the second half young came on to lead the lakers comeback hitting one of his forty three point shots to take into a one hundred two ninety one lead also added twenty one points for the hosts. while defending champions miami fought back from fifteen points down to beat indiana ninety seven ninety four one hundred port bron james said he'd play forty five minutes before the game despite having it twisted locked down pulled however

four minutes into the third quarter the in-form pacers went sixty three forty nine ahead when pulled george dry as three points up but miami rallied late in the third james cut the deficit to five grand why it went on to finish with thirty two points as the heat changed that third straight victory. well meanwhile six times a year a league win a says guy will be going to fellow russian side look i want to combine for the big match of the top sixteen after winning a part as i'm belgrade in their final group game at torrey messina side trying to set. three sixty two in the serbian capital to finish second in group by the same seven three record is third place barcelona but the army men have better head to head results parties and finished full and also through to the top sixteen where they'll meet again in. the army men will stop their campaign. at the beginning of january. if themselves are lost the last group d.

match eighty four to seventy one and spanish side love are out by these teams finished with six and four records but the thirteen point victory meant rather out of second place looking mighty full now not only joined says parties and in group past but also on the trade market be electra gala tasa right and buy in munich with four of those eight teams going into the next round. now there are just over six weeks to go before russia hosts their maiden winter olympics in sochi and prime minister the medium inventive says all the venue is almost ready for the games mr medvedev visited the black sea resort to personally see the arenas as well as the olympic village which is due to accommodate around three thousand deaths each year in the games while also providing a home from home for seven hundred paralympians twenty five thousand volunteers will help make it all happen with the opening ceremony sheffield for february the seventh while sochi also drew praise from an unexpected quarter as american extreme

skier and man with a mohawk hairstyle plake glowing terms about the city's progress. at the poor who are watching all the venue built literally as you see it from scratch it's unbelievably impressive what's been which been done there in a very short amount of time considering. it's the scheme there is wonderful it was a dream of mine to stay in that area from a friend of mine actually on the russian team used to speak about scheme in that area when i finally got there i was not disappointed say the least. then with the olympics awarded there and then to watch the progression of the skier is to be built the venues to be built and ultimately the you know the supporting. logistics it's truly amazing what's taken place there and i myself i think we're going to have a wonderful game and and you guys are going to. be in the aftermath there's

a there's a lot of great skiing to be done in that area and they got some live systems to support it. with winter sports and russian cross-country skiing negate the cool call of stillman to his first spring victory of the season on saturday at the full stage of the world cup in italy and constantine but top off takes a closer look at one of the hot favorites for gold at the sochi olympics. you keep a group of dreamt of becoming an olympic champion says he was fourteen when his dream came true in vancouver and twenty as he could change his first there were gold and russia's first of those games in a dramatic photo finish edging his combat troop alexander farm dreams however the twenty two year old says winning his second olympic gold will be much harder. course i've already dreamt about winning the gold medal in sochi and it a lot of it was difficult for me to win in vancouver over that was my first victory and it's easier to win the first time then the second time and to defend your title

which is why i'll just give my all and see what happens there glad to get the most just. to go for went on to become the two time world champion this february while he devotes almost all his time to training in family knowing that this is the only recipe for success is naturally he wants to become in national hero if his home games. with themselves my preparations for the olympics have changed a little bit as the track in sochi is very demanding we aim to use my full strength with maximum speed so we slightly altered our training methods and i live with that a support groups go we picked up unexpectedly twenty years ago with his birth children being his second we were school team. and they stayed together going all the way to the national team in moscow regionally to his camp his passion for skiing going through the years and this is one of the secrets behind his trials. or spear her i'm extremely motivated when i get to

a race because whether it's the world championships or the olympics i always want to win no matter who my opponents are i just want to be abused. i can already say that mickey d's one of the greats he's got talent he's hardworking he's a modest guy but aggressive on a ski track i think that's a mixture of all his character traits. oops minor use of your memory in many other food groups well if you live in germany so the reigning olympic champion would be supported not only you so much as feelings for marking winners in this example depends on the start of goals that you bob out of our team. and finally outdoor running jaring the wind so it can be a challenging experience here in moscow due to the subzero temperatures but the chilly conditions didn't stop the latest jogging craze a three hundred fifty enthusiastic around sixteen kilometers around the city of santa what was the longest night of the year this event was the last in

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and the freedom to crush. the remaining two jailed pussy riot members walked free as part of russia's presidential amnesty and pledged to fight for the human rights of conflicts. and then he. steps into the media spotlight pledging to fight for the release of his associates examine their cases and why they are still behind bars. also the inventor of the iconic a k forty seven assault rifle kalashnikov dies at the age of ninety four. of the first in a series of reports about the events that twenty today we look at trip to rural iraq with a policy it will be remembered as one of fear and bloodshed.