plus the world anti-doping agency decides not to reimpose a suspension on the russian anti doping agency despite moscow missing a deadline to handover date. good evening thanks for joining us this is r.t. and tonight. germany's angela merkel and france's a man you have signed a treaty to boost relations comes amid rising tensions in the european union from bickering between member states and certainty of a break sit and a rise in populism across the continent. explains. germany and france must tackle the challenges of our time hand in hand those were the words of angela merkel as she put pen to paper on the treaty of ark and now it was signed in our historic city hall the the historic well significance of the place wasn't missed at all by anybody that was speaking in fact if you didn't know about the history of arkan after this well you clearly weren't listening it was charlemagne's capital it's changed hands numerous times between france and germany sometimes in bloody conflict over the centuries but the message that was coming from the leaders was the past is in the past but there are

the world anti-doping agency wada is again under scrutiny the criticism first flared up in september following its surprise decision to reinstate recess under the condition that the russian agency provide access to data by year's end what his handling of the scandal and lax response to russia missing that deadline has sparked anger among athletes in anti-doping agencies it is a joke and frankly in the barest minutes for all of us not just water themselves but all of us who are in the global fight to protect clean athletes because you know athletes are wondering what the world is going on i'm after time after time after time there's a lot of talk but no action criticism has an only come from outside of what is rain the anti-doping agencies own athlete committee and waters vice president who voted against the september reinstatement expressed their disappointment with the agency's response to the situation it was suspended in two thousand and fifteen following a report from wada investigator richard mclaren which concluded that widespread doping by russian athletes was state sponsored s

thorough test on september twentieth last year after three years in the wilderness for the russian anti-doping agency the world anti-doping agency decided to reinstate rosado the decision which was criticized by many athletes worldwide nevertheless there were two conditions imposed one of them very important that water experts get access to the most called the board story the old anti-doping laboratory where the doping samples were kept the deadline was said to be thirty first of december on december thirty first the delegation of water reported that they came back from moscow empty handed there was a lot of outcry both on the critic side and some on the russian side saying that this access must be provided immediately so right after new year this access was indeed provided the delegation of water came to moscow up to all the samples and water has a very thorough explanation of exactly what happened the date it was not received by the thirty first of december twenty eighth usually a code signatory is then given at least three months to correct that non-conformity before referral to the c. c. but in t

the world anti-doping agencies vice president of the organization to consider whether it should once again by the russian anti doping agency while the representatives arrived in russia december but when they were to obtain important dates from a month before a monday night deadline. i'm extremely disappointed the trash didn't deliver within the more than three month time frame they had at their disposal to extract the data have been sad that i'm not surprised this process has unfortunately been going on for years. sixteen national antidoping organizations of urge the world anti-doping agency to acknowledge the gravity of the failure to obtain the data and of demanded action against russia the sixteen nations include many from europe plus the us canada australia singapore and japan russia's anti-doping agency ever saw that was bombed in twenty fifteen after claims that it was part of a state run program restart it was restored to the antidoping fold in september that was on the condition that it gave wider access to moscow laboratory data by the end of the year but while the representa

the world anti—doping agency has decided against re—imposing sanctions on russia even though moscow misseda from the laboratory at the centre of alleged state—sponsored doping. russia's anti—doping agency turned over the requested information eighteen days late, but said that did not warrant re—imposing the suspension. experts have begun analysing the data in an attempt to identify competitors who benefitted from one of the biggest cheating scandals in sporting history. here's our sports editor dan roan. last year, russia paid a humiliating price for state—sponsored doping scandal, the country flag and them and from the winter scandal, the country flag and them and from the winter olympics, and for us to not compete. they then missed the deadline to grant access to the anti—dumping lot in moscow, the epicentre of cheating, but today be wada decided against a suspension because the data has been since you handed over, the head of the organisation telling me it was a keep breakthrough. is a major step forward in the direction of what we are trying to achieve, which is actually to get to the

process has unfortunately been going on for years or sixteen national anti-doping organizations have verged the world anti-doping agency to acknowledge the gravity of the failure to obtain the data and demanded action against russia the sixteen nations do include many from europe along with the us canada press astray singapore and japan russia's anti doping agency restart it was banned in twenty fifteen after claims it was part of a state run doping program restart it was restored to be to the anti-doping fold though in september on the condition that it gave water access to moscow lab data by the end of the year however the representatives couldn't gain access to the lab because their equipment wasn't certified according to russian law nevertheless russia's sports minister has stated that both sides have now reached an understanding and that all remaining technical issues will be resolved. we support the position of want that in our common interests and for the benefit of russian athletes and all crain athletes we must move forward and immediately resolve all remaining issues that technical details have been coordinat

as an aside to this we have the world anti doping agency day and just recently decided not to further suspend the russian anti-doping agency over a long saga about access to the three moscow that decision didn't go down too well with everybody they did it yes and the usual suspects have been criticizing that decision indeed some members of the media were saying that russia should be banned again that it should be allowed back into sport and you know it begs for a question like you guys want clean sport in russia but at the same time you don't want the agency which is supposed to clean up the sport too to operate which is which is weird but there was there's one person who went even further now we're talking about linda hello and she is the minister of children and equality in norway now you may ask yourself what the children and equality have to do with doping she also happens to be the vice president of the world anti-doping agency and the only person on the board of water to vote against a restart is reinstated back in september and this week as well now she said that russia needs t

the world anti—doping agency — wada — has decided against re—imposing sanctions on russia even thougher data from the laboratory at the centre of alleged state—sponsored doping. russia's anti—doping agency turned over the requested information eighteen days late — but said that did not warrant re—imposing the suspension. experts have begun analysing the data in an attempt to identify competitors who benefitted from one of the biggest cheating scandals in sporting history. here's our sports editor dan roan. last year, russia paid a humiliating price for state—sponsored doping scandal, the country's flag and anthem banned from the pyeongchange winter olympics, to not compete. they then missed the deadline to grant access to the anti—dumping lot in moscow, the epicentre of cheating, but today wada decided against a suspension because the data has been since been handed over, the head of the organisation telling me it was a key breakthrough. it's major step forward in the direction of what we are trying to achieve, which is actually to get to the bottom of this russian saga, to be able to

russia has avoided a new ban from the world anti-doping agency despite missing a deadline of the end of december to hand over data from its moscow liberal tree water was able to collect the data last week risotto that's russia's anti doping agency was reinstated in september on condition that water was given access to these days that result was suspended in twenty fifteen after a state sponsored doping scandal in russian sport. so clearly being an international marathon is not for everyone but imagine running one marathon a month as an amateur with no sponsorship and still during a full time job or less exactly what to japan's you can be a cow or you cheat does but after studying the athletics world by winning last year's prestigious a boston marathon he's finally decided to focus solely on his sport. yukiko is known as the citizen runner in japan the thirty one year old never stops running and can be seen doing what he loves to do in the streets and in the city park of his hometown on a daily basis today he's run in about eighty races including marathons and half marathons all over t

the uk anti—doping agency says it's deeply concerned by the failure of russia to allow an inspection , the delegation from the world anti—doping agency reported they were unable to complete their work. the matter goes to the independent compliance review committee later this month. and finally, we've seen how mascots can often steal the show. look at this. before georgia and texas squared off in tuesday night's allstate sugar bowl, the teams' respective mascots had a tense pre—game meeting of their own. as the handlers for bevo the longhorn steer and uga the bulldog tried to position the pairfor a photo, bevo took exception to uga's presence there, knocking down the metal barriers surrounding him and leading to a brief moment of chaos. up up next, is the papers. good night. hello there. welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with merely spectators. with me... a very happy new year to you. i want —— what a brexiteers going to be. excited? good. there is no consensus on what the concert will be. and expect. a star with the metro. a worried from labour

the head of the us anti—doping agency travis tygart has repeated his call for russia to be suspended on, after investigators were refused access to data at a moscow lab. tygart is urging the world anti—doping agency to reverse a recent decision which could allow russian athletes back into international competition. when are we going to wake up, stop getting played by the russians who perpetrated this scheme, and put an end to it, and at least give clean athletes a clear message that we have their back, and their decision to compete clean is the right decision? and we are sorry the russians did this. make no mistake, it was nobody‘s fault but the russians that they attempted to pull this original scheme off to begin with. they got away with it, but now is the time to hold them accountable, that is what the olympic values absolutely demands. that is what the rules, when enforced fairly but firmly, that is what it demands. let's not forget the decision a the 14th is just a let's not forget the decision a the 14th isjust a recommendation. are they going to call an emergency executive comm

developments next week we hope but may just sign is that the main condition stipulated by the world anti-doping agency for risottos full unconditional reinstatement was to obtain the data from the moscow anti-doping laborde story something which has been you know the stumbling block for more than a year now this is now done and we have the confirmation from the russian sports minister i believe we can listen all want to requests relating to the lamp have been completed in accordance with the agreements and criminal code of the russian federation just last week i actually spoke to mystical up about that he seemed very optimistic and now we see that the same kind of optimism is shared by the president of the world anti-doping agency so craig reedy who released this statement. we're continuing to make real progress that simply would not have happened without the september twentieth decision the first phase of the three phase process outlined by that decision is now complete this is a major breakthrough for clean sport so what happens now is that this data will be analyzed and next week there will be a de

travis tygart, the head of the us anti—doping agency.tomorrow you're in for a treat with all five matches played back to back in what is a huge year for the sport, with the world cup in liverpool in july, as it looks to build on what felt like a watershed momenty as england won gold at the commonwealth games last year. emily croydonjoined me in the studio earlier to look ahead to what's to come. after a massive year for netball in 2018 in england, the focus on this yea r‘s 2018 in england, the focus on this year's superleague, on the world cup is bigger than ever before. interest is bigger than ever before. interest is atan is bigger than ever before. interest is at an all—time high, participation at an all—time high, there is a world cup coming up in july. it's such a huge moment for the sport and every ball passed between now and july is crucial in terms of deciding which players will be part of that 12 player squad for the world cup. so, england have a really important series which starts next week but before that all eyes will be on

anti-doping lab has failed to meet and interview deadline for submitting data. this was a condition of the van -- the ban being lifted. >> the world anti-doping agency is again underscored today. the criticism first flared up in september following a surprise cision to o reinstate rosato under the c condition the russin agency provide access to data by years end. the handling of the scandal and lax response to russian missing the deadline has sparked anger among athletes a and anti-doping agencieses. >> it t is a joke,, and, frankl, an e embarrassment for allll ofs who are in the glol fight t to protect clclean athletes. athletes are wonondering what in e world is goingng on time after time after time. this a lot of talk but no action. -- there is a lot of talk but no action. >> the anti-doping agency's own athlete committee and vice president who voted against the september reinstatement, expressed their disappointment with the agency's response to the situation. rosato was suspended in 2015 following a report from an investigator was concluded that widespread doping by russian athletes was state sponsored. shortly befefore missingng the deadline, , the head of the age

athletes as drug cheats is being collected by anti doping experts they've been allowed into a moscow laboratory after a lengthy delay the world anti-doping agency demanded in september that russia turned over data from the lab by december thirty first that was in return for lifting a three year suspension of russia's anti doping agency russia's been accused of state sponsored doping which it denies the face of female wrestling in japan has retired a year out from the tokyo olympics saying it's time for the new generation to take charge so do your she was supported by her mother for the announcement at a packed news conference the thirty six year old one recalled thirteen consecutive world championships and three elim big titles but she's taken time away from competitions since missing out on a fourth straight gold medal at the twenty sixteen games. i took this long to decide on my retirement because off to rio i had the desire to compete in tokyo and because people have rooted for me to make up for the silver in rio i knew i would need my best effort to perform well at the olympics at home and when i saw how motivated the younger wrestlers were

sponsored drug use by russian athletes moscow says it's ready to hand over material from its anti doping agency at a more sports news coming up. hello an anti-government rally has been going on in the sudanese capital khartoum keeping up the pressure on president obama to step down and three demonstrators have been killed hours earlier addressed his supporters elsewhere in the city calling. for unity and accusing foreign powers of stoking the rest the demonstrations have spread across sudan since mid december they began over the rising cost of food and fuel and government corruption this year sudan's president for nearly thirty years remains defiant that you know. we are all together hand in hand joining forces to maintain stability however some are adopting foreign agendas being operated by outside forces to the sudan however we reiterate those who are seeking power they are welcome however there is only one route to grab power it is the ballot box it is only through transparent free elections and it's up to you the sudanese people to decide morgan has more from car too. president bashir spoke

russia has avoided a new ban from the world anti-doping agency, wada, despite missing a deadline at thend of december to hand over data from its moscow laboratory. wada was able to collect the data last week. russia's anti-doping agency was reinstated last december -- september on the condition that wada was given access to that data. they were suspended in 2015 after a state-sponsored doping scandal in russian sports. business news now. steven is here to talk about the opening day of the world economic forum. steven: we know that trump is not there, xi will not be there either. so is this year's davos meeting a chance for the europeans to turn the spotlight on themselves? there's certainly enough for the continent to chew on at the moment. reporter: he is at it again. part of a promotion for a scottish company in davos. but it is hard not to hear a melancholic tune. after all, by next year's world economic forum, britain should officially be out of the eu. it is still not clear how, so the british prime minister canceled her visit, too. you might see prince william cross your path. he

athletes as drug cheats is being collected by anti doping experts they've been allowed into a moscow laboratory after a lengthy delay the world anti-doping agency demanded in september that russia turned over data from the lab by december thirty first that was in return for lifting a three year suspension of russia's anti doping agency russia's been accused of state sponsored doping which it denies the face of female wrestling in japan has retired a year out from the tokyo olympics saying it's time for the new generation to take charge so do your she was supported by her mother for the announcement at a packed news conference the thirty six year old one recalled thirteen consecutive world championships and three elim big titles but she's taken time away from competitions since missing out on a fourth straight gold medal at the twenty sixteen games. i took this long to decide on my retirement because after rio i had the desire to compete in tokyo and because people have rooted for me to make up for the silver in rio i knew i would need my best effort to perform well at the olympics at home and when i saw how motivated the younger wrestlers were

athletes as drug cheats has been collected by anti doping experts they've been allowed into a moscow laboratory after a lengthy delay the world anti-doping agency demanded in september that russia turn to the data from the lab by december the thirty first that was in return for lifting a three year suspension of russia's anti doping agency russia's been accused of state sponsored doping which it denies. dozens of people are being investigated for tennis match fixing in spain among them are twenty eight professional players including one who competed at the u.s. open in september so far fifteen people have been arrested including leaders of an armenian criminal gang the spanish civil guard says it has proof that lower tier tennis tournaments as been fixed for the past two years eleven houses have been raided while the shotgun credit cards and nearly two hundred thousand dollars in cash have been seized on the coach andy murray's hopes of making a successful return this season have been dealt a blow the former world number one failed to complete a practice match against the current world's best novak djokovic the britain is on the comeback trail

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the leaders of sixteen national anti-doping agencies have called on russia to be suspended immediately from international competition russia missed a december thirty first deadline to allow the world anti-doping agency full access to their moscow laboratory what is compliance review committee meets on january fourteenth about this but in the opinion of the sixteen national agencies including the u.s. no further discussion is needed in twenty fifteen a wide scale state sponsored doping program in russia was exposed that countries athletes have missed important international events or been forced to compete under a neutral flag and team name ever since. two and being nowhere quiet leonard had a career high forty five points as he led the toronto raptors to a one twenty two one sixteen win over the utah jazz on tuesday the portland trail blazers rallied from nine points down with three minutes left of the fourth quarter to pull off an overtime win over the sacramento kings damian lillard made twenty five point six rebounds and had six assists. and joel embiid was back with the seventy six

russia missed a december thirty first deadline to allow the world anti-doping agency full access to their moscow laboratory what is compliance review committee meets on january fourteenth about this but in the opinion of the sixteen national agencies including the u.s. no further discussion is needed twenty fifteen a wide scale state sponsored doping program in russia was exposed that countries athletes have missed important international events or been forced to compete under a neutral flag and team name ever since. two n.b.a. nowhere quiet leonard had a career high forty five points as he led the toronto raptors to a one twenty two one sixteen win over the utah jazz on tuesday the portland trail blazers rallied for nine points down with three minutes left of the fourth quarter to pull off an overtime win over the sacramento kings damian lillard made twenty five point six rebounds and had six assists. and joel embiid was back with the seventy six ers after covering from a sword still he scored twenty eight points in one thousand rebounds to lift philadelphia to a one thousand one th

international competition russia missed a december thirty first deadline to allow the world anti-doping agency full access to their moscow laboratory what is compliance review committee meets on january fourteenth about this but in the opinion of the sixty national agencies including the u.s. no further discussion is needed in twenty fifteen a wide scale state sponsored doping program in russia was exposed that countries athletes have missed important international events or been forced to compete under a neutral flag and team name ever since. gripping even more australian attention right now is a potentially history making cricket test in sydney redoubt kohli is hoping to lead his indian team to their first series win in australia there are two one up going into thursday's fourth and final test in the skipper says they'll be battling more than just the home side's eleven led by wicket keeper temp aine. reason the why we want to win this this does because we understand as cricketers how difficult it is to come here and. and as i said hi d.s. today it's not only the team you're playing against

what's been a particularly difficult past twelve months for russia's athletes the country's anti-doping agency director general speaks to worlds apart stay tuned for that in moments. to what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going for him to let it be an arms race is often this very dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and. talk. same stories. were going after the people who were killing civilians they were not interested in the wellbeing of their own soldiers either there already is several generations of them so i just got this memo from the circulating branches off that says we're going to attack and destroy the government and seven countries in five years americans pay for the wars with them money others with their lives if we were willing to go into harm's way and willing to risk being killed for a war surely we can risk some discomfort or uneasiness or. join me every thursday on the alex salmond chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or b

russia has avoided a new ban from the world anti doping agency wanted despite missing a deadline at the end of december to hand over data from its moscow laboratory water it was able to collect the data last week rue saw that which is russia's anti doping agency was reinstated less september on the condition that one it was given access to that data risotto was suspended back in twenty fifteen after a state sponsored doping scandal in russian sport. are business news now stephen is here to talk about the opening day of the world economic forum thread brants we know that trump isn't there she won't be there either so this year's davos meeting a chance for the europeans to turn the spotlight on themselves there's certainly enough for the continent to chew on at the moment. he's at it again part of a promotion for a scottish company in davos but it's hard not to hear a melancholic tune after all by next year's world economic forum britain should officially be out of the e.u. it's still not clear how so the british prime minister cancelled her visit to you might see prince william cross you

today the world anti—doping agency decided against a suspension because the data has been handed overhead of the organisation told me it was a key breakthroughm the head of the organisation told me it was a key breakthrough. it is a major step forward in the direction of what we're trying to achieve which is to get to the bottom of this russian saga and be able to identify those who have really cheated and be able to prosecute those cases. will boyde to be have all this identification and analysis but i think it would be a few hundred cases. russert is alleged to have sabotaged its own games in 2014 in structure. the conspiracy had been under way for years. london 2012 was hailed as the cleanest 0lympics 2012 was hailed as the cleanest olympics in history but since then it has become the dirtiest with almost 100 athletes having been disqualified for doping thanks to the retesting of samples with one third of those being russian. wada will hope that armed with this data now from the moscow lab any other russian cheats can be brought to justice. but some western athletes are dismayed th

he said the situation was a "total joke" and has urged wada, the world anti—doping agency, to declareping code once again, which would reverse the recent decision to allow russian athletes to compete in international competition. when are we going to wake up, stop getting played by the russians who perpetrated this scheme, and put an end to it, and at least give clean athletes a clear message that we have their back, and their decision to compete clean is the right decision? and we are sorry the russians did this. make no mistake, it was nobody‘s fault but the russians that they attempted to pull this original scheme off to begin with. they got away with it, but now is the time to hold them accountable, that is what the olympic values absolutely demands. that is what the rules, when enforced fairly but firmly, that is what it demands. that's all the sport for now. we all know about movember, and many of us would have heard about veganuary, too. well now we have januhairy to add to the list. and it is exactly what it sounds like, a campaign encouraging women to grow out their body hair

the president of the world anti—doping agency is "bitterly disappointed" after it was confirmed russia'sts moscow laboratory. russia had until the end of the december to comply, but wada's inspection team were denied full access to samples. the country could now be at risk of another ban from international events after a state—sponsored doping scandal. wada says it will refer the issue to its compliance review committee. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has called for an end to what he called the "divisions of recent yea rs". in his new year sermon, he says the uk is "wonderfully more diverse" than it used to be, and yet he says people are disagreeing on many things and are struggling to disagree well. our religon editor martin bashir reports. can i make you a cup of coffee? for his new year's message, the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, didn't venture far. this is the kitchen at his london residence in lambeth palace. a home that he shares each year with around 20 young people who commit themselves to ten months of prayer, study and community service. they have an ext