spanish giants royal madrid edges form a side french league leaders. one nil in friendly in cats are twenty year old has say scored the nineteenth minute when a two upstaged teammate and ballon d'or nominee christiane i rebelled zero karim benzema went close to making it to nil early in the second half was denied by the woodwork. well p.s.g. frontman zlatan abraham of it also failed to make an impact in the profile friendly bunch the sweden captain showed off his beach football skills in the desert as his guitar your own club travels to the gulf country for a training camp during the winter break even have a bitch was also on the long list for the ballon d'or but failed to make the cut after sweden crashed last two are now those portugal forty one aggregate in last november's world cup playoffs while the thirty two year old says he'd love to reignite with lionel messi after the boss alone a star was linked with a move to p.s.g. if he's on the market of course is there because like a explained before the project of p.s.g.

is to dream big and to dream big if you can have a player like me see you don't dream big. dream is reality. and it was eight twenty seven's birthday to remember for hull city midfielder tom huddlestone who fired in the fourth goal of the tigers six nil home demolition of fallen in the english premier league the playmaker haven't found the net since scoring for top name in a full two thousand and eleven and valves not to have his hair cut until he struck again over two and a half years and fifty five games later he ended that drought raising fifty nine thousand dollars for charity earning a place in the barber's chair. oh yeah the last date evolves that this is as if the ready for the physio or the doctor for that was at tottenham or. show me a long time to finally go into a celebration of. onto ice hockey and help our has just gone moscow came up just

short at the spangler cup losing five three to geneva in the final of the invitational event in switzerland the local club storm to a four nearly it before i'll accept they can go on back that says late in the second period and alex in the follow noted discuss second soon after the break just for a while tussle the general vocal then make a design serve made it for three to hand says a lifeline with three minutes to go that joy was short lived as with a minute left on the clock as far as the bag of ends sealed geneva suffice for a victory. well meanwhile in the cage fell defending champions and i was go one may ninth game in a row three two win over time at home to barry's to remain top of the table and on course best third straight cup robert about onion reports. just five seasons into the continental hockey league's history and in our moscow has already won its all to trough week. twice now the blue and whites are chasing their third

consecutive title majorly the next one's always the hardest discussion board or butyl the champion of the league is getting stronger and more competitive are there for a new season there are no easy games at all and no clear outsiders and there are no strong favorites either anymore making predictions for the games in the cape shell is a thankless job even for experts back in two thousand turn legs not at all clear the league's underdogs age sam but there is a good during the finals to be named the best killed each of the club then merged with no more skill was near all still in charge and up to susan the combination phaedo in the best of possible ways with their old earning to know coach of the season the wards and he's learned what machine clinching to gary cubs in the world series of my mission. we just stick to the plan and the systems that have been

fined g.q. the last five years most of the guys know the coach and his training system pretty well it's been working well and sang off so there's no use in changing anything dramatically sitting confidently at the top of the league in the mosco on the club to beat in the care chill after two consecutive gauge shows champions crowns the passion to win is still there the muscovites run of the two thousand and thirteen with their best month ever in the league dropping just one point out of seven games in december i opened two thousand troops in the sixty fourth down back against a one guard in overtime win overbore i this is in the family much l. in terms of motivation we start every new season from scratch some of our players haven't tasted good daryn colledge victory yet but anyway you can never get enough of winning victory is the ultimate motivator and other teams give the best one

playing against us to build while we're out to win make our fans happy and enjoy the gang. our legs and iraq has already made his head trick of best coach awards in the cage. who would bet against his men going for this third garin cup big three this isn't. about starting on r.t. . now on to basketball and russian giants tesco mosco began twenty fourteen on a winning note edging the first ever all russian showdown in the euro league's top sixteen jury messina's men travel to look i want to ban as one of the favorites because she is title but the six time champions were given a stern test by the reigning euro cup holders the cecil game finished seventy one apiece before the army men stepped up again to win eighty four points to seventy seven starting twenty fourteen finished last year with an under time victory at home to look to a new side that eunice earned what you can through the courts hopefully for the

hunger. games are coming thick and fast for cisco moscow has failed me month fine on two fronts at home and in europe however the russian champions did manage to take a little time outs as he claims and coaching staff took part in an end of year skills told him and it's there were plenty of smiles on the hardwood and no knock of tricks even as they played for the grand prize a bottle of champagne a little bit of festive spirits before real action resumed something the biggest part of being for first of us hope you don't get to celebrate most of the holidays it would be to have as good of occasions where you know it's part of just to kind of deal with this with the holiday season in full swing those basketball lovers who one busy with last minute shopping have the chance to watch serious cancer game of a calendar year against neptunus and one man who took the opportunity was the u.s.

ambassador michael mcfaul who wants to scar seal victory ninety points to seventy seven in the extra period but the entire native is a big basketball fan and so keen he recently broke his hand during a match well i used to play that we have there's a game on sunday nights at the embassy the russians and americans play together and i try to play when i can when i. time but the last time i played there were two more two very athletic gentlemen playing more athletic than me so i've got to get better before i can play again meanwhile serious constantly this time big tree saw him standing for leaders in group b. and b. to b. lee as this season very can proving to be a force of domestic and also european levels last year beyond him and would not tie it in the final four by eventual winners in p.r. costs of a squad that included powerful world com hines has since joined since sky and this

campaign after further changes to my roster for six time euro league champions are now targeting a return to continental glory two thousand and thirteen is getting here a transition to say is as a hundred place a number of the old guard service so well over the last day is over the same is slowly starting to gel as tough a toss where head in two thousand and fourteen as a club look to try and win but first year really tight sole in six years after somebody who comes to be all women managed to cruise for outta the top sixteen in santa sasha kaun says is a real hunger to go way off to getting to a final four in the last two seasons for a lot of players here you know you know we would have the many players who won you know because who won too with. people who've been assessed to for a long time to have a one in a long time so i hope and will realize that you know i think everybody wants to win so. it's one of our goals it was trying and trying to get to the goal being one of europe's powerhouses certainly helps says scott deep pockets in

a deep roster and can rest plans to keep them fresh for bigger games later in the season the victory of a neptunus proved they can win even when playing below palm which the whole mark of any side with championship ambitions that's beyond him and look to monch to greater heights in two thousand and fourteen richard i'm fully totty moscow. starting with basketball and in the n.b.a. last thursday golden state triumphed by an impressive one hundred twenty three points to one hundred fourteen defending champions miami bryan wade was back for the heat from a knee injury and sank twenty two points but golden state stephen curry top score the thirty six as the inspired warriors they went on to beat atlanta and washington just stretch their winning streak to the line and longest since one thousand nine hundred seventy five. well that's overbought one but we'll be back soon with

a teenager who's hoping to become russia's first ever formula one champion so you after the break. dramas that can be ignored. story others houston no. thanks it's changing the world right now. to picture. you. from around the globe. broke to. right. first for you and i think that your.

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a half million ninety seven percent of the women are all connected to the system. for three. months slow motion housing time bomb takes away under the british economy over which george osborne presides he says twenty fourteen will be a year of hard truths the hardest of all being that many must live so that the few marginal seats letter c. needs a win at the property roulette wheel so the hard truth for twenty fourteen is that in the us property market never must supply meet demand for the air before our market protesting you know so hurry got it bought now get the job they no job get a loan because if you don't get the government back the scheme will face a year i was born smart bombs troops.

welcome back to the sports show and let's resume with motor sport as russia's second of a formula one driver that milk fats is preparing for his maiden season in the air russia hopes they might an f one race in sochi cousin james out of caught up with the toro rosso teen. it took a few races for the neal crowd to get into the swing of the g p three series but as soon as he got comfortable behind the wheel in one thousand year old russian storm to the title in style this made in triumph couldn't fail to sleep on the red bulls raider as he developed through their own system about was then named the toronto driver for the twenty four thousand season after impressing his bosses with his consistent progress. had a great great couple of and as far as contract then followed by by the three practices in austin and brazil so yeah i was ready for the head and take part in this and this time for practice it's help melt who had got his first

taste of life as an f one driver with outings during first practice at the final two grands prix of last season winning many admirers with how quickly he was on the base his fluent detailing has also helped as he speaks the same language as his new team throughout this set to become russia's second avenue f one driver following in the food stamps of former rana and catherine racer of next year will be a truly special not only for crowd who'll debut at the binnacle of single seater racing but also for russia as the winter olympic venue of sochi will play host to the country's in more girl grand prix on october the twelfth saawariya helpful for our culture and. it's autograph of her many years more and more russian fans from a lot and come and see this race is so it's subsided to some of the great things that are there right her that's right because for me it's going to be very special to have the whole run prix formula one will see wide ranging rule changes next term

with more powerful cars which some experienced drivers say will be difficult to control nevertheless isn't faced and contrary to the thoughts of world champion sebastian vettel the young russian is in favor of the proposed warning of the. points in the last races of the season. everybody was unpredictable from all of them they were by the gods for this double wide so i think they're just trying to vary the form of a long predictable story so i can't complain about it so to better say i find it quite interesting and i still i would not be the one who because i knew about this for all. sorts of time world champion event the one he's made in grand prix with taurasi it's about spirit mourns a circuit in two thousand and eight when he was aged just twenty one the youngest ever raced with well the rushing teenager says getting to formula one was just the first step as he sets his sights on his it all to me day i

promote on the way to get there is about one thing but successful driver wants to be doing there so that's what i want to do as well of course in the future. the other is a more honest and down to earth person who knows it will take some time to reach f one speed but he will still be going out to florida to fulfill his racing dream once again by the above archie. staying with formula one as ferarri fans gathered outside a french hospital to mark the birthday of legendary driver michael schumacher who turned forty five on january the third the seven time world champion is in a critical but stable condition in a medically induced coma after hitting his head on a rock while skiing in the alps the record breaking german retired from f one for a second time in two thousand and twelve after winning ninety one races during his nineteen year career. as a person very unique person now and. i think he'll get they'll soon he'll be in

his last victory and that the second addicted i am sure. on the tennis and women's world number one serena williams claimed her first title of the season after battling past second ranked victoria azarenka six four seven five in brisbane serena posted eleven aces and no double faults coming back from forty down in the second set to defend her title and hopes to get even better at this year's first major at the australian i think which gets underway next week. i think i'm playing ok i feel like again there's a definitely room for improvement which i think is great because i don't want to head into you know a major playing perfect you know maybe not doing so well knowing that i am not going to be able to improve so i look forward to the next week just training and try to get better all serene i had also outmuscled a battling maria sharapova six two seven six in the semifinals as the russian world

number three made her competitive comeback from a shoulder injury that would rule her out of the american open and twelve finals in istanbul at the end of last season and sharapova is now hoping to up her game and defeat serena for the first time in a decade if the to meet again in melbourne. if i want to have a chance to beat serena i have to get myself in the match and i have to raise my level that's what champions do i mean she's she's raised her level so much in the last couple of years and if you if you want to be right there you have to do that. and on the men's side lleyton hewitt prevailed in a battle of the thirty two year old former world number ones as the crowd favorite stones top seed roger federer in a tight three setter six one four six six three the swiss must drive did smash a thirteen aces but could only convert a single break point as the australian veteran claimed his first time i don't mean almost four years. on to winter sports and last

weekend president vladimir putin and prime minister dmitry medvedev were in sochi to take a close personal look at the olympic venues including downhill skiing and biathlon then later mr putin took to the ice to play hockey with belarus president alexander lukashenko and legends such as paddleboard a and righteous life as he saw off russia has imposed tight security around sochi with a fifty billion dollars game starting on february the seventh. while in germany boks play better in alexander's a cough claimed a silver and a bronze at the world cup stage in vinterberg the thirty nine year old and his teammate alex a voivode that finished second best to swiss due out by at hefty and alex bowman in the two minute and four is of course state his four month up to a third place finish the next day the two time olympic medalist denying the german teams a clean sweep of the podium with maximilian ont taken top honors at his home event

. while the reigning world of skeleton champion alexander to check off how long to top spot in the overall standings despite having to settle for groans in the men's event the olympic bronze medalist finished behind the lucky and us brothers martins and paul must of course and with a closer look at what lies behind the sibling success his concert in but up of almost all of the nine olympic medals claimed by the soviet union inclusion bob sleigh will warm things to the wetlands the baltic country used to boast the only trek and eastern europe and the sea gold a venue remain the driving force behind latvia success as an independent nation form a bobsled brakemen dine of course gave everything to the sport he loves and now not only manages the track but he also encouraged his two sons marching in thomas to compete in the skeleton since nineteen ninety eight runs over all small will taking part in different like david days before the sliding and. let them champion say

and. when i started walking the line three months before i ask him to. run stop the slide. like it. was the bus the goal would be sport and things to be a father son a show enthusiasm the two brothers have now reached the peak of their sport margins he's one of the world's stop sliders before it's a. i'm reigning world cup holder while elder brother thomas has less silverware but to to work together successfully as one unit we don't have secrets i think in that's the main thing and always in a team there is some competition there is also some secrets but we don't have a secret. if somebody did good good line or whatever something fall in technique we share this information last season margins won his fourth straight overall title

recording eight world cup victories from the nine races with thomas finishing runner up and the due course brothers are on course for yet another dominant year having already taken five podium places from four world cup stages so far and target two of the three man olds at the season's biggest event the sortie olympics the most famous but of course watched a lot of everest missed two medals if i would do just call for my best and i would to get silver maybe i wouldn't be so happy my darkest days to do to do my best this conference also is moving us beat forward and pushing to become better at lead so she's the most important venue in d.c. year and we are really hard to repairing and trying to show our best martins newcrest going to be a second level silver medal at the twenty tam winter olympics in vancouver and three years later won the first ever world cup stage at the brand new track now he

hopes to bring home his country's maiden gold from that from a way slow constant in r t. one finally yelena you nick is one of russia's top ice dancers taking silver at last year's european championships with partner nicky takeouts a lop off and michael caught up with a teenager who is preparing to face her biggest test yet saatchi. began figure skating at the age of four after initially focusing on the individual event she moved on to ice dancing and linked up with current partner nikita council up a full time in two thousand and eight two years later the duo to gold at the world junior event and then silver at the twenty thirteen european championships as well as claiming three back to back silvers at the russian nationals most recently last month. felt very good answers there are national championship because we had very good programs and were skated well their public was very happy with our

program therefore great after that because people the most important thing that people love that and i love our program and i can feel it so. they're in there you're there oh yeah just the nineteen year old russian was born in kazakhstan and i spent two years training in the u.s. despite a young success level headed teenagers when there's still plenty of head coach the go and morals of seems to have found the right way to prepare the jewel for the upcoming european championships right now we just want to have a new year time to relax relax our head because all is really nervous and our courts said we said we don't want to celebrate a one to go on ice and he said no no you just need to relax ahead you just need to relax yourself and you need to go on the ice with this power and you need to just this like it's going to be like ten or twelve days and you need to push hard and

we're going to win a good result of the euros would go phone instilling confidence head of the partnerships because test year twenty four still she winter olympics i think is going to be the mental appropriation the most important thing before the olympics because there's so much topic talking so much people who was to help who don't want to help you need to just do your work do you work and do what you want do what you need and just don't listen to the people like so many people just listen for your team like you're preparing and poor and they know what to do so i hope it's going to work. if i'm council up of who face stiff competition not only from the powerhouse pairs of kind of the virtues and school more and the u.s.a.'s merril day . and charlie white but also fellow russians in katrina but over and to meet the soul of your who beat them at the recent nationals to win the fourth straight gold

. i think they're very good and i can say again all that all the people who are going to be like can top ten on the olympic they all prepared very well they all have great programs all the very strong physically as so. it's a competition also in the competition you never know. in the from it she loves the duration of the fans and believes the crowd response is the true seal of approval however she knows that real glory only comes from winning i think for me it's important of course winning because everybody who is working so hard is now poor and this. is too much health is going on that you working so hard for so long so it's you need to win because everybody is working so hard and there were body wishing for it. so and then the glory and everything is going to come for sure

. and cuts a lot of have the advantage of still being in the shadow of bobby over and some of your on the north americans but the youngsters are hoping to shake up the podium in the olympic ice dancing category. mark of genco moscow region. and that's all the sport i find. if you. got no opportunity. to start to construct your own. don't want to be bit gives don't want to be gangsters you don't want to be drug dealers they don't want that well we know the time that a kid came be we can see. you just means

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