tomas berdych 6-1 6-4 he makes the final for the first time. >>> cup holds czech public needs one more rubber on sunday to move through to the final. they lead france, 2-0 in prague. it didn't start well for them. in the first set to caroline garcia. they would put the home team up by winning 4-6 7-6 6-1. >> helping russia to a 2-0 lead over germany in the semi final. the 29-year-old became the country's leading fed cup player with a pro victory. and then just too strong. usa did not make it to the semifinals but are in the playoffs for next year's tournament. they are led by serena williams who opened her claycourt season against italy. her teammate lost her match which means that it's all square going into sunday's matches. >>> usain bolt said when he's at his best he's almost impossible to beat. the jamaican is in brazil as he leads up up to the olympics in rio in 2016. he runs small sprint tournaments with three-time paraolympic middlist who is completely blind. >>> in india the s that is meant to support paraathletes has been suspended indefinitely the international para paralympi

that's the most pleasing part for me. >> problems from tomas berdych in his quarterfinal's match. the eighth seed won in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. >> we'll start from zero which is good. and i'm looking forward to it. it's a great change to play a semifinal and playing against them. i need to raise my game again, bring something more something else and try to do better that in melbourne. >> in the women's draw sometimes champion serena williams won her 700th career match. the world number one beat her opponent in the straight sets. simonea halep won in her quarterfinal match. halep is the last player to beat williams back at the wta finals in singapore in november >>> one of the stadiums built ahead of the 2014 world cup has been sole. the owner facing severe financial problems. the brazilian company is selling the natal arena less than a year after the tournament. a corruption scandal involving petrogas undercut the firm. they are trying to sell their 50% stake in el salvador's company >>> uruguay have been crushed in the copa. guerra scored a hat-trick with the brazilian side runn

djokovic going for a second title at the monte carlo masters, booking a place in the final against tomas berdych. he beat rafael nadal in the semifinals. rafael nadal has been excellent record an clay as we know. he lost the first 6-3 novak djokovic taking the second by the same, extending his winning streak to a remarkable 16 matches. >> game, set, match. >> staying with tennis. czech republic need a rubber on sunday to move through. didn't start well lucy safarova lost to caroline garcia. petryk beat kristina. russia lead the semifinal over germany, 2-0 >>> to that other semifinal. svet lana helping the russians becoming the countries leading fed cup scorer with a 27th strictly beating julia gorges >>> look at this martina hingis lost a return to big-time singles after an eight year absence. the 34-year-old is playing for switzerland against poland in a world cup group. losing in straight sets. that's it. more later >>> what a comeback. i'll be back with more in a couple of comments. stay with us. >>> hundreds feared dead as reports emerge that another migrant boat capsized in the mediterranea

. >> andy murray in shorter research of the australian open after seeing tomas berdych. with murray's wedding set for next week, he's sure to enjoy the occasion even more with this title. we'll have more later. >> thanks, raul. >>> think of the golden age of rail what comes to mind? steam engines, dense clouds of coal smoke. for many it's a romantic vision of the past. but for some people in china steam trains are not just part of history but a piece of reality. we take a ride through gansu province. >> it is a sound that reverberates around the mountains of southwest china. puffs of nostalgia transporting you back to another era. thethis is one of china's last surviving steam trains, a country still making them until 16 years ago. it's a sight that still stirs the imagination. >> the steam locomotives have real character. if is like a life fire-breathing dragon and it's wonderful to see that it's still here in 2015. >> but it's a dragon approaching it's last gasp. the passengers work in the local coal lead and zinc mines. but like those mines this train is close to exti

the winner playing 6th steeded tomas berdych, who beat gale mon fills, to reach his first ever final. martine hingis lost out on a return to single action after an 8-year absence. the 34-year-old appearing for her country in a fed cup play-off due to injuries produced good moments. she went on to lose in straight sets 6-4, 6-0 >>> now, chelsea could be about to take a big step to winning the title for the first time in five years. the london side are seven clear at the top. they are set to play the biggest rivals. they travel to second-place arsenal next sunday. first it's a home game against manchester united. >> the safest option is to win 11 points, which we cannot do. we can't do it in two matches. we can do in seven. that's the safest option. we need 11 points. we go for them. we change nothing. . >> the other games, relegation threatened burly and lester. southampton can go fifth. arsenal getting ready ready to face reading in the f.a. cup. arsenal's 10th appearance in the competition in 18 evens. redding never reached an f.a. cup final. >> we know we have ability to beat ring.

he needed three sets to edge out tomas berdych. he broke in the third taking control for a 7-5, 4-6, 3-6 victory, his fourth win of the year. >> defending champions, czech republic are into the final of the fed cup after beating france. wimbledon champion sealed a fourth final in five years beating caroline garcia. she was returning to action for the first time after a break from the game when she meat the most of a -- made the most of a nervous start, and dominated the second to claim victory and seal a 3-1 win for the czech republic. >>> the czechs will met russia in the final in november. the russian semiwith germany wept all the way to the last match. the time clinched for russia >>> italy returns to the world group stage, beating the u.s.a. in a doubled play off. flavia won, claiming a 6-3, 6-0 victory over serena williams and her partner. it's the first defeat in serena's fed cup career. the swiss team held their nerve, fighting back from a set down to claim victory. >> aston villa faces arsenal in the final of the world cup.