back to the nine hundred eighty olympics in moscow where the big bear he shed a tear the same thing happened here at the closing ceremony in solitude but it's been a memorable games of everyone and everyone who did attend a closing ceremony just had a absolutely wonderful time as they took in wonderful the truly past and musical past what russia's given to the world over the last couple of centuries was an amazing final day sixteen for the russians and especially for a cross-country skiers who hadn't brought home the medals than they would have hoped for a german course all of the soldier gave i will changed in the men's fifty kilometer myra fern has faced what the podium for the first time in history with cough. and cold serve claiming a gold silver and a bronze go by convair silver in the relay just the day before and also a great day for the bobsled as well alexander's the cause of how piloted a russian two man to gold earlier in the competition and again he teamed up with great man boy of order to others as well bring russia gold in the form on bob's way

well just as it were to man be led from start to finish setting track records on the way and what a great games it has been for the russians in setting a new mark of thirteen gold medals and a thirty three medals overall breaking the record of a set in a back in a nine hundred ninety four so all looking good for the future of russian winter sports the twenty second olympic winter games in two thousand and fourteen are war there to defeat the sort you know i seventy years of planning and finally the big day and riot as russia host of the first ever winter olympics the twenty second games got off to a spectacular start in seoul and she with a memorable opening ceremony and for a free time a limb picked ice hockey champion legendary soviet goaltender vladislav tretiak lighting the flame was one of the greatest achievements of his line if. those who

ignite the olympic flame go down in history for many years to come because it's a task that is only given to the most popular in the most worthy sportsman it means the world to me because i'm representing the team of my youth the hockey team that is an eight time elim peak champion i feel honored out of all the players they chose me. when the competition got under way the pressure was firmly on the russians especially to improve upon the poultry free gold medals they had won in vancouver four years ago and they were given a boost by their figure skaters who won three golds on the home ice of a team competition and then pairs with maksim trying. helping seal both and in the women's individual competition after a surprise package adelina sotnikova produced for a performance of our life to beat retiring south korean superstar yuna kim and claimed russia's first ever gold in battle then got assistance i would have to say

as i'm very proud to have won a gold medal at the age of seventeen it's such a great feeling it's about who with everything including myself sometimes i said to my mom i can't do this anymore i'm tired and she says ok give it up i'll still love you anyway but then i realized that i won't give up and will take my gold ten years ago russia didn't even have a sliding center very roughly this which makes for feats of gold medalists alexander tried to call them the skeleton of a two man bobsled team of alexander because of and alex a boy order even more remarkable. it always helps when you're competing at home because of the support you get from friends and relatives we felt we couldn't let them down and we did our best we used to performing well on any track but winning at the home olympics is twice as sweet much has been made of athletes not competing for the country of birth at these games and russia have lost as much as fear of gained by affluence starr. was brought up in siberia but switched to better roots

and won three golds under their flag while on a severe one the sprint goal for adopted country survive however three time olympic short track champion victor on fell out with his native south korea bosses after being overlooked for vancouver olympics and switched. his allegiance to rush a decision which paid off as a twenty eight year old one free golds and a bronze to give russia a bit first in the medals and the sports. i wanted to win a medal right away and taking the fifteen hundred meter bronze help me set the tone and take gold in the following events you have winning in sochi was much tougher than and touring because i was performing after a difficult recovery from injury this time around. unlike vic wild wasn't the start of the men's parallel slalom when he married snowboarder. yet the twenty seven year old american turned russian has gone from strength to strength winning two golds at his home games with the first of his two top of the podium finishes coming just

minutes after his wife had won bronze in the women's parallel giant slalom i didn't have any good friday we had states that i wasn't going to reach the goals that i wanted and pressure was an opportunity to get the ball. you know to be able to do what i wanted to do to me she. brought. say because he's a way late he's way more aggressive than i am maybe a little more aggressive more like a more of a more of a boss if you if you will that. he made me engage in whatever i'm doing in life to do it one hundred percent it's been a record breaking games for russia have broken the records of twenty three medals and eleven gold space one in lillehammer in one thousand nine hundred four the host nation also has one of the youngest squads with an average age of just twenty two and a half and with the facilities barely inherit from the sochi games the seven years of planning for the country's first ever winter olympics look like they'll leave

a long legacy and a bright future for winter sports in russia richardson paul fleet r.t. saatchi. and russia were the only team breaking records over the seventeen days of competition in sochi at the bolshoi arena right. i remarked to win may ninth the ice hockey gold and retain their title with a three nothing victory over sweden in the final event of the olympics my father got some and never trailed throughout the tournament and finished their campaign unbeaten and they smothered much fancied sweden from the start of scoring a goal in each period and were never seriously threatened canada also becoming the first back to back to limerick champions since the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred four and one nine hundred eighty eight. while all ai not beyond olen became the most decorated ever winter olympians with thirteen medals by helping norway win gold in the mixed biathlon relay ahead of the czech republic and italy

it was the forty year old second gold at sochi following his triumph in the ten kilometer sprint and his eighth overall from six olympic games his total takes him about combated bureau and daly who won twelve olympic medals in cross country skiing. while another cross-country skier might be again became the most decorated woman in winter games history the norwegian won the women's thirty kilometer mass start to claim her third goal in sochi and six gold of ten olympics medals overall the thirty three year old led norway to a sweep of the podium with today's a you know how in silver and kristen stubbornness they are taking wrongs be arrogant also won gold in the fifteen kilometers ski athlone and team classic sprint. and the netherlands finish an impressive fifth in the medal table thanks to bad dominance in speed skating winning twenty three of the thirty

six available medals including eight golds and fourteen sweeps of the podium it won five medals in sochi two gold and three silver to become the most successful athlete in dutch olympic history at the age of twenty seven. and a look at the final medal table sees host russia top with thirty three overall thirteen of them gold as we heard the country's best performance for twenty years where eleven golds and twenty three medals were won in norway finished second in sochi followed by canada the usa and those speedskating dutch. yeah let's turn to fighting talk after three rushers were on the card of the world's biggest ever meyrin of the u.f.c. with two of them claiming victory. broke down the action with a russian promoter coming year. the sea essentially the ultimate test and curry

a pinnacle for every professional mixed martial artist blues champions belt around the waist making it fire the undisputed best on the planet when it comes to russians flyweight by labor good enough is probably the closest one to the top his latest win over brazil and john legere improve his record to three victories out of three belts in the world's toughest competition although the pointers promoter and you have see corner man kamil good dear is sure but good enough still has much more to offer. ali worked out the game plan perfectly don't give your opponent a chance that's the way allie did it against linacre he fought the fight where he wanted to be bold stand up and on the ground alleys still has a lot to show was overseas he doesn't reveal all the tools he possesses his wrestling is underestimated where he could have shown much more against linacre but he chose to save that for future fights it's great that ali was

a totally different fighter in all of his three you have c. bouts in his debut fight he proved his nickname the punch or in the second one he looked good as a striker and in the third he unveiled his awesome ground game so any of his potential opponents still don't know what he's really capable of you have see one sixty nine so another russian making his debut well to wait on them a lot of overcame visa issues but failed to beat american neil magni decision. frankly speaking i was sure a guy saddam a lot of would win despite all the delays with his visa which didn't allow him to prepare properly but he failed it's a period i believe he is simply a better fighter let them fight ten more times and a lot of would beat neil magni ten times in a row magni showed even more than his best and all my lot of i think there was some mental pressure there. couldn't handle plus he wasn't fit enough for the balance and he lacked experience as he tried to save his energy for the final round but

then he was just too exhausted to change anything but i'm sure in his next fight he'll be different you have nothing to lose and will unveil his real potential he'll show a great fight trust me. and then the third light weight match up and i see the highlander mcgann made of prove he's the russian to watch against tony martin. without doubt it was one of you have see one hundred sixty nine s. highlight reels the way rashid mug a man of escape from that submission stole the show i think you was always in control he got caught but he has plenty of experience after the fight he told me that it looked much more painful than it really was for him he's a very flexible fighter and that expression on his face it wasn't pain but his efforts to escape from the submission so he got through this terrible first round and then shoulders much better striking skills and clearly won the fight. after these three fires two more russian steps into the of c. cage as the peak of the country's warriors and for more deadly victories and that

debbie belt. a bit but artsy. and all that brings us to hof time in the sports show but will soon be back with the jewel for you at twenty six dana and much more don't go away. transit road to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow.

i don't see how european countries who are member of the european union can solve the problem without leaving the european union so it's obvious that countries like great britain or france you named friends especially with increasing poverty in my opinion they have a difficult they have a difficult time to solve these problems but i think at least they should rearrange the principle rules of free movement of persons and improve the system. it was a relief very hard to take i. want to. play that back with that hurt but there are no. police.

about. welcome back to the second half of the sport special when we move on to football and russia have been drawn with sweden in the group stage for you right twenty sixteen in france. earlier. but also. i want to give abby i could buy those men were among the top seed so aborted the

likes of defending champion spain germany the dutch and england they were drawn in the relatively comfortable group g. along with sweden captained by p.s.g. still strike a lot on eba him of it missed out on this year's world cup as well as liechtenstein moldova montenegro and austria and capello was happy with russia's draw. montenegro also the this we then use that it is good to davis they play well they've got to be confidence and if you see the two legged they didn't qualify for a walk up but they got out of it it goes to qualified for tourism and you do expect thought that these. in the world would be difficult every game every game would be very important. well euro twenty sixteen has increased from sixteen to twenty four nations and will be hosted by france from knowing qualifying groups the top two teams in each goes through to the finals along with the best third place finish

with the remaining third place teams getting into playoffs to decide the last four spots hosts france quite thought automatically and play in group i that what we see any points while two time defending champions spain were drawn in the apparently straightforward group c. along with luxemburg macedonia belarus slovakia and ukraine three time winners germany are in group d. and face poland led by don't strike a rabbit leavened of ski along with island georgia scotland and new boys gibraltar who play their home games in portugal and england will draw in a comfortable grouping with certain arena estonia and slovenia and manager roy hodgson's form a side switzerland. in particular for the fans this time that the travelling will be a lot easier than it has been sometimes in the past for a nice places to go to as well so we're looking forward to it and i think that we've got to be satisfied that it's ago where we've been seeded number one and we

have to take obvious ones we try and make sure we can get out of it. for me while in germany thomas munis scored a charge as buy in munich went nineteen points clear and forty seven games unbeaten with a four nil triumph at hanover opened with a bullet header in the twenty fifth minute best in china. set up tiago outcome power to make it to no money out money on your kitchen teed up mueller for his second in the croatia striker then headed home to wrap up the four nil romp the sixty first goal pep guardiola side have scored this season and with favorable results fire could retain their title with just three more victories. want second place by a late because in lost for the ground on the leaders with a story one last informed post word last dos opened for the host after thirteen minutes sydney some levelled on the stroke of half time at least to stop it restored involve a lead on the hour and ricardo rodriguez made it three one on the rebound after

bertalan i saved his penalty attempt to give the fifth place post the fourth straight victory. walk new coach marcos longo so how about end their seven game losing streak and rise one spot to surge bottom with a stunning three no debut victory at home to search place but don't know yet michel the saga set up at the get a track just before the right and then scored himself early in the second half i can challenge you wrapped up victory in injury time with a stunning long range free kick from terrified that the now that oversight plans we don't know twenty points adrift of top spot. in england wayne rooney crowned an extraordinary week scoring a stunning second goal in manchester united's two know when a crystal palace after signing a record breaking new contract the twenty eight year old injured strikers five and a half year deal is worth up to half a million dollars a week and will see him stay at old trafford until he's thirty three rooney has won

five premier league titles and the champions league in ten years at united scoring two hundred eight goals in four hundred thirty games forty two goals behind so bobby children's club record of two hundred forty nine is not into your league basketball where it says girl when joint top of group after a one hundred points to sixty five homes thrashing of injury hits my can we tell of eve country why a familiar face is confident but out of reports. returning to moscow is always special for former russian national had coached david lot before today's got hosted he's mcabee team to decide who go top of your league group after the israeli coach was owned by the russian government with the order of friendship award for leaving russia to braun's at the twenty twelve london olympics it's something that will stay with me for the rest of my life and it was very very emotional for me to go to before the game to to receive the award because it's speaks more to.

the global scene than it does even to sport which is which is sometimes more important but this was the only reward more than he's my cardiologist people are and that's a scar that my manger a he the israeli side kept the army man and main the opening quarter and three missing as man piled on the pressure forging it fifteen point gap me the way through the second. then up to the main intermission the game turned into completely one way traffic with tails got dominating at both ends the only question was whether the hosts would reach a century of points and they did me wish to add to us each board in a game high twenty two and sony whims and it's sixteen to complete the route one hundred to sixty five coming out the second half we picked up the defensive attention a little bit later on in third quarter and as you see resulted in the when we may

we not done a few shots you know to kind of put away the game and we play defense down the stretch so we played a gig a lot of those say regardless of. the set of circumstances that we played under missing so many players without a doubt just you know it was the better team than any of that and we won't use that . as an excuse my cabbie have known one more zero league defeat and one hundred in twenty five points to santi a drubbing at the hands are free all my. back in one thousand so it is six years despite this latest molding lurks memory maiming going down sion third in group have well the russian champions keep it sure first place with a six and one record at the midway point in the campaign constantine by the argy. and next week cisco will host fellow russians i love the mighty who lost eighty two seventy nine but by and munich the visitors dominated the opening quarter and led

the thirty nine twenty early in the second however in the third malcolm delaney lead the german side to come back by went on to claw route a three point win that put them joint fourth with la koch in group power and boost their playoff hopes. tennis and rafael nadal beat ukraine's alexander vulgar call of in straight sets to win the first ever reopen the world number one try and six three seven six to claim his sixty second career title and remain undefeated in brazil the twenty seven year old is now tied for seventh on the all time singles titles list but are still forty seven victories behind leader jimmy connors. while in women's tennis veteran venus williams won her forty fifth career title freezing past alleys courtenay a france six three six love to claim victory at the dubai championships final the thirty three year old played courtesy of a wild card and last want to tie it in luxembourg in two thousand and twelve has

now won her last fifteen matches dubai the american were also moved up from forty balls to number twenty nine in the world rankings. and in golf australian jason day won his first w g c title after beating victor dress at the fifth extra hole in a gripping world match play final in our zone or to greece or was aiming to become the first french born player to win on the p.g.a. tour he won the last two holes to extend the match with a birdie at the seventeenth and saved part from the bunker at the eighteenth which do. a bogut that's after two incredible escapes do we saw it last on the twenty third the frenchman's drive straight to far right leaving him an awkward pitch while de finally won the tournament by sticking a four foot birdie and claiming a check for one point five three million dollars. i think the biggest thing was just you know how much do i want how much do i want to win i kept saying that to myself last night visualizing myself with

a trophy last night on. you know i'm just glad that i could finish it off but you know it's a close one and finally the olympics may be over but saatchi is now gearing up for russia's maiden formula one race f one boss bernie ecclestone says the olympic lights would suit a great night race while lotus tried to run one grow show they've michael catch and get his thoughts from moscow's annual race of stars. the twenty fourteen formula one season will get underway in melbourne on march sixteenth and some of the top teams have been testing their new cars in the balmy temperatures of bahrain. but last weekend one f one driver took a brief trip from the middle east to moscow so instead of staying in a warmer weather conditions to continue with pre-season training journalists instead opted to come to a chilly and wet moscow to take part in the annual race of stars events and test his skills on the ice in moscow's oldest hippodrome to come here. to

drive a nice today's a bit. yeah melting ice conditions i've been racing in which is. driving nice in the winter with the no clue you. in a bust. like the driving lotus driver garage is noted for his attacking style and finished twenty thirteen seventh overall managing four podium finishes in the final six races as red bull and sebastian vettel again dominated the campaign however this year radical rule changes have been introduced engines have been altered from eight to six cylinders with a turbo injection producing mixed results so far during winter testing with missy it is currently showing the fastest times and making the twenty fourteen championship harder to predict it's a very unknown season. we had only eight days of testing for everyone those four

more next week and then we go to melbourne and i'm sure we're going to have some surprises and engine room is clearly the biggest change of. time was going away from the position of last year in bahrain so it was quick as they were before these even more in the past and while the twenty seven year old braved the moscow ice russia was on route to topping the medal table at their home olympics in sochi. after the games the venue will host russia's first grand prix in a century and the first ever formula one race the development in russian motor sport that's involved along with the black sea resort itself. two years ago and yet. we have such a coming just after the olympic games thing is. you know involvement of russian from no one we are going everywhere in the world and of think it's good that we come here so i'm looking forward to discover the truck the cities and so on

and i'm sure we're going to get a good race for time champion vettel has already tested to such a track designed by german supreme ham until with new rules new circuit and new drivers the first russian f one race could play a pivotal role in deciding next year's champion in a venue that's already seen many sporting records broken. moscow. and that's all the sport i. a little. more. pain for the young girls

cam all for of a future honner. between two and three hundred million guns united states so you can act like they're not here and keep kids away from them. the pass' out is a large you know i mean this teaches them a lot of are a responsibility and simply come to think through the eyes of children if we can't do it for our children for our future what the country will fall for. winter is when the sorrow comes to life in a way says palm trees are being harvested. people are waiting for the biggest event of the year. the desert festival. this is true it is very out of this race leading camel races have spent the last

year preparing for the grueling marathon. the day before the race there's a heavy sound still overcoming the power of nature is a never ending challenge. doesn't win to the nazi. wealthy british style. it's not time to practice my. height. market. why not what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports. the world with. its technology innovations all the latest developments from

around russia we. covered. russia calls on all those involved in ukraine's political crisis to avoid further escalation as a manhunt is launched the country's i was to leader and members of the former ruling party. it's outrageous you need a bulldozer to push all the consultants from the u.s. and e.u. . western politicians step up their pilgrimage to ukraine with the e.u. offering a financial lifeline to win over the new leadership and in the hours other news. giant bear sheds a tear of farewell as the curtain falls on the sochi two thousand and fourteen winter games that will go down in history for remarkable and record breaking performances. and president barack obama's attempts to tame the n.s.a. may have.