cristiano ronaldo is named the best player in the world as he now takes the ballon d'orfor the fiftharsenal record a win tonight against everton and is ronnie on the ropes? he is up against it in the uk snooker championships. go raison d'etre port port thank you for joining us, for the fifth time, cristiano ronaldo has been named the winner of the ballon d'or for a second year in a row. winning the title means that winning the title equals lionel messi's five wins. portuguese won their first la liga title since 2012. he thanked his team—mates at the awards ceremony. i still have the motivation to be cristiano ronaldo, to play with happiness, so i think that the main word is happy and enjoy myself. i'm motivated and i play in a fantastic clu b motivated and i play in a fantastic club ina motivated and i play in a fantastic club in a fantastic national team. so let's see what the future brings. in this moment i'm very happy. to the football, two english sides in action in the europa league. arsenal have qualified but it did not stop them putting six unanswered goals against the bell ru

the news from the world of sport and casino who are now doing has won the ballon d'or for a record tying fifth time now the real madrid forward retain discussion as the world's best player after helping reale to the spanish league and the champions league titles last season. christianne over now though arrived at his paris hotel with yet another personal gong to prove his greatness the portuguese forward a cool drive a little know messi is record of five ballon d'or titles but the success isn't going to change his mind sets any time soon the motivation you know to be. christian to play with without going is so i think the main war this. enjoy myself in. the twenty sixteen seventeen campaign source stella season for now though he won the champions league and lego with real madrid scoring forty two goals in all competitions. i'm thrilled with varying and i'm playing the fantastic fantastic national team so let's see what future brings in this moment very happy with this coveted ballon d'or trophy in safe hands we're now taken out said he saw its own future glory the chance to win a fourth

we start with the news that cristiano ronaldo has won the ballon d'or for a record—equalling fifth timelatest victory means he joins lionel messi on the most number of wins and it comes at the end of a year in which he helped real madrid to a 33rd spanish league title and 12th european cup victory. ronaldo also scored 15 goals for portugal as the european champions qualified for next year's world cup finals as john bennett reports. it's official. footballjournalists from around the world have voted cristiano ronaldo the world's test player this year. year started well

the winner of the ballon d'or for the player, the winner of the ballon d'orfor the second year player ballon d'orfor the second year running. he beat lionel messi to the accolade. that means ronaldo now beats lionel messi's five wins. last season he helped by a madrid to win the champions league and the first la liga title since 2012 the bank his team—mates at the awards ceremony. there are two macro english sides in europa league action. everton had already been knocked out but they got theirfirst already been knocked out but they got their first group stage win at the last time of asking. they opened the last time of asking. they opened the scoring midway through the first half. another goal from the scoring midway through the first half. another goalfrom a brilliant long—range strike. everton gave debuts to five youngsters. a late third goal ensured sam allardyce's side avoid finishing bottom of their group. arsenal are also in action for the big kicked off around 15 minutes ago. of course they are already comfortable winners in the group. it is currently 1—0 to arsenal. the got th

cristiano ronaldo has won the ballon d'or for a record—equalling fifth time.l messi on the most number of wins and it comes at the end of a year in which he helped real madrid to a 33rd spanish league title, and 12th european cup victory. i still have the motivation, you know, to be cristiano, to play with happiness. the main word is happy, happy and joy happiness. the main word is happy, happy andjoy in happiness. the main word is happy, happy and joy in myself. i am still motivating and am playing with a fantastic club and national team. let us see what the future brings. at this moment i am very happy. after missing the cut and spending four days in hospital with flu in mauritius last week, south africa's keenan davidse shrugged that all off by carding the best round of the day at the joberg 0pen. his best european tour finish to date was tied seventh at last year's event. he shot a 63 to sit on 8—under par, a shot clear of six players in the chasing pack. he made nine birdies and just one bogey as he bids for his maiden tour title. when it comes to the big

we start with the news that cristiano ronaldo has won the ballon d'or for a record—equalling fifth timen a poll of football writers from around the world. his latest victory means he joins lionel messi on the most number of wins and it comes at the end of a year in which he helped real madrid to a 33rd spanish league title and 12th european cup victory. ronaldo also scored 15 goals for portugal as the european champions qualified for next year's world cup finals as john bennett reports. it's official. footballjournalists from around the world have voted cristiano ronaldo the world's test player this year. year started well and real madrid were top byjanuary. i made a worker lalique champions for the 33rd time. ronaldo played his part, with 25 league goals in 25 games. couple of weeks later came a record extending 12 champion league titles. he found the back of the net twice in the final againstjuventus, enough to give him man of the match. as if that wasn't enough, cristiano ronaldo did his bit to help portugal qualify for the world cup. this is it's been more of a struggle. he has only

only thing rinaldo and his girlfriend went home with either a father of four and now a five time ballon d'or winner lisa allman al-jazeera. or specks business for an elbow and his royalty mates on saturday they face severe who are fifth in just a place below the madrid club but still the talk was all of those place in football history. the lawyers told you that forwards would soon the best in football history yes i think he is it's the same story as always there are a lot of supplies for example at this club who have made history but i think no one has done what he's doing now at the in the numbers speak for themselves what he has done what he's doing and what he will carry on doing it's impressive so yes i think he is. peru's caps and will miss next year's world cup after receiving a one year ban that's carrying who are already missed last month seemed like qualifier against new zealand that sealed perris first world cup a parent since back in one thousand nine hundred eighty six to the thirty three year old struck a failed the test after perris game against argentina back in. the n.b.

winning at slough of team trophies, he was the first african to win the prestigious bell on door -- ballonr. after football he went to politics, tasting his first defeat in the 2005 presidential election. as a footballing superstar, standing out from the crowd came easily. a decade later his time had come. >> with another year under his authority, political victory in 2017. [applause] reporter: preparation that was marred when he chose the wife of ex-president and now convicted were criminal charles taylor as his running mate. it triggers recommend -- allegations that taylor told the strings. liberians were desperate for work and did not seem to care. come polling day, weah was confident that his promise of prosperity was enough. >> i am not associate revolution. -- i am going to win. reporter: old habits die hard. now 51, george weah is watching the goals go in. but he keeps making history of his own, becoming the first liberian president to take power democratically since 1944. sarah: the italian government says the country will hold a general election on march 4 of next year. the presid

made his name playing for ac milan, he was the first and only player from africa to win the coveted ballon d'or award. but for the last three years he has been a senator in liberia. when he becomes president next month, it will be liberia's first democratic transition in more than 70 years. umaru fofana is in the liberian capital monrovia. obviously this has been a huge reaction. what is it like on the ground? absolutely. wild celebrations. minutes after the electoral commission announced the result, hundreds of people celebrated in front of the building. and then, across the city, you could hear the sound of jubilation, honking horns. it has been 12 years of waiting. it is going to go on until tomorrow morning. this is the first democratic transition in 70 yea rs. first democratic transition in 70 years. how ground—breaking? first democratic transition in 70 years. how ground—breaking ?m first democratic transition in 70 years. how ground-breaking? it is very ground—breaking. liberia is the old est very ground—breaking. liberia is the oldest republic. first time since 1944, oldest republi

thank you very much real madrid superstar striker christiana rinaldo has won a fifth ballon d'or on a to equal the number held by his boss alone a rival leonardo messi were all there received the award thirty at an awards ceremony in paris the portuguese helped around madrid to a second consecutive champions league title earlier in twenty seven payne he also was the winner of the accolade last year when i was a win i'll be looking to help raul defend the fee for club world cup title later this month of course i feel happy it's a great moment in my career. i'm glad this is something that i. looking forward to every year every season so i'm glad that last year with the amazing season when the champions the were in the league. and in terms of individual i was the best score in the champions league in twenty seventeen ronaldo tasted success in the champions league with real madrid for the second time in a row said overall and fourth in his career after having won it with much of the united in two thousand and eight as i mention this is the second ballon d'or in a row for him fifth overall

it's the ballon d'or awarded to the world's best player.ions league with real madrid, as well as the spanish domestic title. it means he now equals messi's own tally of five of these awards. he also got a baby globe for his latest baby daughter, born in november. i still have the motivation to be cristiano, to play with happiness, so the main word is happy. enjoy myself. i'm still motivated and i play in a fantastic club and a fantastic national team, so let's see what the future brings. at this moment i'm very happy. that was ronaldo speaking last night halfway up the eiffel tower in paris. wales say they're extremely disappointed they won't get to stage any of the matches at euro 2020. they reached the semi finals in paris last year of course. but wembley will now host seven games at euro 2020 after brussels lost the right to host matches for the tournament. wembley was already scheduled to hold the semi—finals and final but will now also host three group games and a last 16 tie. it was a lowest ever crowd at arsenal's emirates stadium, b

cristiano ronaldo has -- we have heard it before -- the ballon d'or. a record-tying fifth time.e retains his crown as the world's best player after helping real madrid to the finals last season. he is now level with his eternal rival, barcelona's mesi. brussels has lost the right to host games as the euro 2020 following delays in the development of a new stadium. they say that four matches set to be played in brussels will be moved to wimbley stadium in london. wimbley is already scheduled to host both the semi finals and the final. euro 2020 is a pan-european showcase event with matches being played in 12 different countries. and here is a reminder of the top stories we are following for you. israeli troops have used tear gas in the west bank as palestinians protest. u.s. president trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. hamas has called for a new uprising against israel. germany's social democrats will hold talks with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives on continuing the governing coalition. the spd chairman martin schulz initially refused that, but now he i

best player of all time pele congratulations to christiane out christiane on winning this year's ballon d'or i would love to have played in the same side as you are an elder himself could never be accused of a shortage of confidence here's a quote from his interview with the magazine france football which organizes those awards i don't see anyone better than me no player does things that i cannot do myself but i see things others can't do this no more complete player than may i am the best player in history in the good and the bad moments they go that's his opinion of himself many of i would still argue that leno messi has the edge this from football analyst steve agree in twenty years ronaldo will be considered like a modern day a ruthless scoring machine. messy there will be remembered as an entertainer who did the impossible on a weekly basis and never has been or will be a comparison between the two hash tag messy well let us know what you think on twitter and they are underscore sport the hash tag is. coming up for me in the eighteen hundred g.m.c. news hour but for now let's get b

for a fifth time real madrid star player he called the an almes his record as he was awarded the ballon d'or in his home and has more. it sometimes appears as though christiane i rinaldo is as comfortable on a red carpet as a football pitch such is the extent of his trophy cabinet the ballon d'or is the oldest and most prestigious award the won't best player and for a fifth time it was in rinaldo his hands ronald awful was going to serve and said no thanks course i feel happy it's a great moment in my career or on drugs this is something that i. looking forward to every year every season so i'm glad that's last year with its amazing season. last season right now to help draw madrid win the champions league and their first league title since two thousand and twelve he's tied barcelona stylee now messi with five titles since two thousand and nine the journalists of france football magazine along with national team coaches and captains have voted for one of them as we know every year but what's left now so for now though. what division still have the motivation. christiane to play with. so

coming up on the thursday sport briefing: the 2017 ballon d'or ceremony takes place later in paris, willr seen him before. —— manny taki our. —— pacquio. are you a messy or ronaldo fan? the 2017 ceremony takes place, with ronaldo the favourite. if he does win it, he will be level with lionel messi with five wins, he last won it in 2015. don't forget name, he is also shortlisted. —— neymar. arsenal have qualified for the knockout stages of the europa league, but there will be 17 scrapping it out for the last remaining spots, go to our website for the latest details of. the course looks great, but built european two will be without its star attraction. the 2010 open champion was meant to be heading the field but has had to pull—out because of a freak accident. he hurt his fingers when they were caught between two airport trolleys. when something like this happens, on monday when i travelled. it is a bit u nfortu nate monday when i travelled. it is a bit unfortunate but i don't want to tee off and play one whole and withdraw and take somebody‘s spot. ijust can't do that. liverpool have qual

he was the first and only player from africa to win the coveted ballon d'or award. over the last three years, he has been a senator in liberia. when he becomes president next month, it will be liberia's first democratic transition in more than 70 years. we go to the liberian capital, monrovia, for details and reaction after the declaration of the election results. reporter: it has been wild celebrations literally two minutes after the electoral commission chairman announced the result. hundreds of people thronged in front of the election building, and from then on, central monrovia, across the city, we could hear the reverberating sound of jubilation, the honking of car horns. it has been 12 years of waiting for george weah and his supporters, the celebration will go on till tomorrow morning. sharanjit: this is liberia's first democratic transition in more than 70 years. tell us how groundbreaking is that in itself. reporter: this is very groundbreaking. liberia is the oldest independent republic in africa. this is the first time since 1944 that there will be a demo

having won it with manchester united in two thousand and eight as i mentioned this is the second ballon d'or in a row for him fifth overall on the go nicely with his best player of the year award from last month's fee for awards since joining real madrid in two thousand and nine when other has scored an incredible four hundred and eleven goals of more than a goal a game for the spanish giants including becoming the first man ever to score in each of his six champions league group stage games this season european governing body your way for has stripped to brussels of hosting matches at the twenty twenty european championships the four marches it was due to host have now been given to london's wembley stadium already due to hold the semifinals in the final belgians capital has been ruled out because a new stadium hasn't been built yet and local organizers have failed to give guarantees it would even be ready. just over a week since north korea fired a missile into japanese territorial waters the two teams are preparing to face each other in the final round of the east asian championship

he claimed a record equalling fifth ballon d'or title, matching the number of wins by his great rivalona and argentina striker lionel messi. australia's parliament has voted to legalise same—sex marriage. the historical vote came after last month's nationwide referendum on the issue. the first weddings could take place next month. hywel griffith has more from sydney. the vote passed yesterday. already this morning we've seen it signed and sealed by the governor—general, which means, as of midnight tonight, same—sex marriage is part of the australian legal system. so the government acting as soon as possible to get this into reality. what it means is that same—sex couples in australia can now lodge their papers to get married. it takes 30 days, so we're talking about 30 days from tomorrow. the very first same—sex marriage under the new law could happen as soon as january 9th. however, for couples, there are hundreds who have gone abroad already to marry, hoping of course that the change would eventually come to australia. anyone who's married abroad will have their marriage recognised

he claimed a record equalling fifth ballon d'0r, matching the number of wins by his equally great rivalsome of the team on twitter — i'm @tomdonkinbbc. hello there. right now we are more concerned about snow and ice rather than the strength of the wind. but for a while on thursday we had a gust of 90mph in the far north of scotland, all due of course to storm caroline. the centre of that storm is heading away from scotland and over towards scandinavia. but around that area of low pressure we've still got very windy weather right now. very quickly we're drawing down some much colder air, rapidly down across the whole of the country. so we've had some snow already. there will be more of that and some icy conditions continuing into friday. keep up to date with any travel disruption on bbc local radio. snow not unusual across northern scotland at this time of year. there will be more snow piling up. blizzards in the hills as well. probably largely dry and sunny and frosty into the central belt. more snow showers for northern ireland getting blown over the irish sea into north—west england a

george weah was the first and only player from africa to win the coveted ballon d'or award and he madeame playing for ac milan. for the last three years, he's served as a liberian senator. when he becomes president next month, it will be liberia's first democratic transition in more than 70 years. the bbc‘s umaru fofana is in monrovia. it has been wild celebrations, literally just about two minutes after the electoral commission chairman announced the results, hundreds of people were in front of the elections building in jubilation. from then on, across the city, you could hear the reverberating sound of jubilation, the honking of car horns. it has been 12 years of waiting for george wea h been 12 years of waiting for george weah and his supporters. i would bet my life will go on right until tomorrow morning. this is liberia's first democratic transition in more than 70 years, tell us just how groundbreaking is that in itself? very groundbreaking, this is the old est very groundbreaking, this is the oldest republic in sub saharan africa and it is the first time since 193a that there wi

sportsday on bbc news, the best player in the world, cristiano ronaldo, is named the winner of the ballonthe fifth time. good evening. the number of cases of domestic violence reported to police in england and wales is on the rise. now the children's commissioner for england has called on the prime minister to put in place greater protection for children who are exposed to the problem, at home. the latest figures show an increase in the number of cases police in england and wales are involved in almost 650,000 in the year to march. it's estimated that one in seven children and young people under the age of 18 will have lived with domestic abuse at home at some point. and it's when children are involved that there's added pressure on the police to respond quickly. jeremy cooke has this special report. it starts with claire's story, which i should warn you is upsetting. jack was the eldest, he was 12. he was a musician. he was just a lovely, quiet, gentle boy. paul was cheeky, full of confidence. a good sportsman, he was a runner. personal best was always in his mind. claire, proud mother.

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cristiano ronaldo wins his fifth ballon d'or award today.ward goes to the world's best soccer player....and with his fifth trophy...ronaldo ties lionel messi of argentina as the only two players to receive the honor five times. the portuguese star and messi have won it for the last ten years. ben simmons took the first game against lonzo ball round two was entire different story. lakers in philly taking on the 76ers -- los angeles came into the game with five straight losses. lakers up by 10 -- simmons... spin move... dunks (simmons: 12 pts, 15 ast, 13 reb) 76ers down by 5 -- joel embiid on brook lopez... lays it up.... lakers were up by 16 at one point (embiid: 33 pts, 6 ast, 7 reb) game tied at 104 -- lonzo drives down the baseline... kicks it out to brandon ingram for a three. (ingram: 21 pts, 6 ast, 7 reb) (lonzo: 10 pts, 8 ast, 8 reb) lakers win 107-104 the warriors have a chance to make history tommorow night against the detroit pistons. they have never won six straight road games in a single trip. today the team practiced at the unive

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he was africa's first and only ballon d'or winner and was named footballer of the year on three occasionsou. now to puerto rico. many residents there starting the new year still in the dark. it's been 100 days now. 100 days since hurricane maria struck that island. much of it still doesn't have electricity. >> it's not the way to ring in the new year, is it? cnn's layla sanity yooeg reports that is unlikely to change as well anytime soon. >> reporter: it's more than just the flip of a switch. >> whoo! >> reporter: finally, a hint of what life was like before hurricane maria. after more than three months without power, ida is one of the lucky few who just got power. ♪ >> she says "i want to take a hot shower." that's what she's excited about. a hot shower. >> reporter: this city in southeastern puerto rico has a massive generator to power its substation. it's enough to power part of the town, not a permanent solution. not enough to turn the lights back on for all 38,000 people. it's always been known for its agriculture. now it's known for that area. where hurricane maria came in with 155-

later the portuguese star headlines a thirty man shortlist for the world player of the year title ballon d'or which will be awarded on thursday now when elder is the current holder and has won it four times is largely considered to be a favorite among fans so after leading round to a second champions league title in a row last season also on the list though is his rival in all messi of past loner who himself is a five time winner and now he was the leading goalscorer in spain last season netting thirty seven goals and veteran italian goalkeeper generally cheaper from well he's an outside threat he's helped eventis to the settee our title and the copper tally at the age of thirty nine but this one was almost always goes to forwards will find out later in paris if the football journalists who vote for the winner will have broken with tradition while the united states ambassador to the un nikki haley says it's an open question whether american athletes will be allowed to compete and next year's winter olympic games in south korea that suited tensions with neighboring north korea meanwhile g

after equaling little messes record of five ballon d'or awards for the world's best football a christan or an elbow now faces the task of reenergizing around madrid's league season ronaldo and co face severe on saturday rail down in fourth in the league are only severe on goal difference but still much of the pre-game talk was of ronaldo is place in football history the story of the forwards who soon the best of football history you certainly years this is the same story as always there are a lot of players for example at this club who have made history but i think no one has done what he's doing now look at the in the numbers speak for themselves what he has done what he's doing and what you carry on doing it's impressive so yes i think he has the rare will soon be heading to the club world cup to represent europe the defending champions will answer the events at the semifinal stage that sort of the already under way in the united arab emirates on saturday the cheek of mexico face african champions without casablanca while japan's era words take on al-jazeera of the year eight the haun

later the portuguese star headlines a thirty man shortlist for the world player of the year title ballon d'or which will be awarded on thursday now we now know is the current holder and he's won it four times he's largely considered to be a favorite among fans after leading royal to a second champions league title in a row last season also on the list though is his rival messi of barcelona who himself is a five time winner now he was the leading goalscorer in spain last season netting thirty seven goals and there's veteran italian goalkeeper genuine reform who's an outside bet he's helped eventers to the seri our title and the corporate italia at the age of thirty nine but this is walt almost always goes to forwards will find out later in paris if the football journalists who vote for the winner will have broken with tradition now japan are set to face north korea on the pitch in the final round of the asian east asian championship on saturday but three players will face a clash of loyalties at the game young john lee young chick and came song you were born in japan but have north korean

and the head of russian football takes drastic action as he fights an olympic ballon for state sponsored doping details in sports. mexican police arrested a suspect in the murder of a crime journalist hung carlos moya so sure is accused of planning the killing of little slava british in march but she was shot several times as she drove out of her garridge to continue work on of the search and location works continue to achieve the arrest of the other people responsible for the homicide and want the public prosecutor's office the state's general prosecutor's office processed the suspect will present the main elements of the investigation and its methodology well this past year has seen numerous protests denouncing violence against journalists demonstrators accuse the government of not doing enough to protect reporters or to bring their killers to justice mexico is one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists at least sixteen were killed there in the last three years. the u.s. canada and the european union have joined top u.n. officials in demanding the release of two reuter

porter also through thursday sees the awarding of the ballon d'or separate from the fee for player of the year award even though there was once a partnership that combines the awards that's no longer the case though there were thirty players nominated including the world's most expensive player neymar but in the eyes of the fans there were really only two realm of cristiana ronaldo lead to his club to a second champions league title in a row in the last year he's also the current holder has rival in all messi of boss alona was the leading goalscorer in the spanish league or last season messi netted thirty seven goals during that campaign and veteran italian goalkeeper genuity bouffant is an outside bet that's mostly because this award almost goes to ways to forwards the event will take place in paris the eiffel tower will feed for has lifted kuwait's ban from international football the suspension had been in place since october twenty fifth and because of government interference in the running of the game is yet to be announced if that means q eight will compete in this month's gold c

nil in the spanish league christiane allare scoring two of the goals just days after receiving the ballon d'or award for the fifth star of the victory moved up the third chelsea's manager says he's given up hope of successfully defending the english premier league title after a surprise defeat chelsea went down one nailed so west ham after a six minute strike by mark owen out of it but while the bubbles burst and so neo-cons say it was a big day for david moyes his first victory since taking charge of west ham we've we've kept a clean sheet to dig we've got a goal and look we were. with a good organization to see who we could try and hope chelsea a little bit but obviously try and make sure that the quarter in that ability was going to be was going to be over run through. both due to the result of the defeat i think the reason is abuse drainage. leave. these default defeat in the system in sixteen games. we know you have of these of this. is it possible to think that you are. indeed that a race. is it possible in the late game less that came from behind so when three two at newcastle earl

at the time he scored that goal and broke that record one also has a busy schedule on top of the ballon d'or awards ceremony later next week he'll be heading to the united arab emirates with realm of dread as they try to defend the club world cup title it kicked off in the u.a.e. on wednesday between local side al jazeera and oceania champions oakland city from new zealand hardly big names and you can see plenty of empty seats as well this event has been held annually since the year two thousand but on twitter we tracked less than ten thousand tweets globally using the hash tag club w c one of those ten thousand tweets was all very i only welling's he said still baffles me club world cup hasn't been transformed into something important and special happy secure fee for my ideas for it ok well let's speak to him in person then and get some of those ideas thank you for joining us how can favre revamp this tournament to make it more appealing. well i should revamp agent and the first thing that i need to do is acknowledge that there's a problem with it for love i pose on the tournament's th

the past two seasons they have their full lineup available including christiana rinaldo who won the ballon d'or as the world best player last week zenit in saddam is defending his statement that the portuguese is the greatest footballer of all time. not everyone is allowed to have their opinion but for me he is the best and he has demonstrated this with what he has done and with his history with this club and wearing the shirt ronaldo has the world's best and now around the trade have to. proved that they are two elites homan al jazeera english premier league side burnley are pretty fit to be this season surprise package after rising to fourth in the league table they beat stoke one nil on tuesday thanks to a late eighty nine minute goal from ashley bond that was barely the ninth the win of the thieves and it lifts them to the highest league position in forty two years the northern club with english champions back in one nine hundred sixty and then manager was certainly a very proud. story you want ok we're still in a good match the weather story you had a crush i'm very proud and super pr

later it was a perfect week for christiana rinaldo who scored twice just days after receiving the ballon award for the fifth time. this was an important match and we can be very happy with the way we played and with the results we're getting five goals against severe is never easy and of course i'm very happy that christiana rinaldo managed to get on the scoresheet and happy for the rest of the players that until now haven't played a lot of minutes i think they played excellently well it was very important to get three points from this match so i'm very happy you will. have dumped their head coach after just hundred sixty seven days in charge of the german club he was sacked after a two one defeat at home to vertebrae and left them well let's say in the last eight league games and he's been replaced by austrian peter who was fired by cologne last weekend. so lanka's pace attack has inspired the thumping seven wicket when against india in the first of a three one day cricket internationals so long lead the way with korea best figures of four for thirteen as the home side were dismissed fo

thank you very much barbara the ballon d'or ceremony in paris has begun as we wait to find out who will be awarded the accolade of wild player of the year for twenty seven thousand the refer to see men on the shortlist but there are some perennial favorites one of them is vis a man here christiana rinaldo the current holder who's want to a total of four times he helped around madrid to a second a champions league title in a row last season also on the list is the rival from botha lonna the n.l. messi isn't silva a five time winner messi was the leading goal scorer in spain's legal last season with thirty seven strikes and the thirty nine year old italian goalkeeper john luigi the phone was an outside bet he has just been announced as number four in the on his list he was part of the event as team that won this area a title will find out soon who the panel of one hundred seventy three football journalist actually voted for while fernando messi and be fun could all come up against english opposition in the champions league last sixteen history has been made with five clubs from england th

five nil thrashing of severe christiane when i scored two of the goals just days after receiving the ballon d'or award for the fifth time victory moves right up to third in the spanish league. chelsea's manager says he's given up hope of success in defending the anguish premier league title that after a surprise defeat chelsea going down one nil to west ham after a six minute strike by mark owen else of it but while the bubbles burst from sunnier conseco was a big day for david moyes his first victory since taking charge of west ham we've we've kept a clean sheet to dig we've got a goal and look we were. with a good organization to see who we could try and hope she'll show a bit but obviously try and make sure that the quartern that ability was going in was going over runs through. bo didley the result of the defeat to. be strange. was busily. these default defeat in the system in sixteen games where you have these. days that. is impossible to think that you are. indebted to raise. it is impossible while in the late game lestrade just gone to one up at newcastle earlier burnley maintained t