the mayor of the city of san francisco gavin newsom and his team, the mayor of barcelona and his team and all institutions and private citizens who helped make possible this relationship between san francisco and barcelona. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, mr. council in general. next to let me introduce someone who is very important. that is not just about establishing the sister city relationship, but making sure it is a meaningful one. that would not be possible without the work of the sister city committee. the president of that committee is here. she has been working diligently for the last few months. we are excited about the leadership that she will continue to provide. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome and thank you for being here. it is an honor to have such key figures here today as we welcome the formal recognition of the sister city relationship between barcelona and san francisco, and what better timing than spain's recent victory in the world cup last week. back in history, the catalan region was home to an important figure, gaspart laportala. fina

footballers are turning their attention to the upcoming euro twenty twelve qualifiers barcelona starlin messi and his argentina team mates have trained at the national stadium in tokyo ahead of their friendly with japan on friday following victories over ireland and spain the visitors are seeking a third straight win on the temporary coach sergio bettis to replace diego maradona following their four nil thrashing by germany at the world cup and fee for world player of the year late on messi will be the main attraction for the local fans you recently recovered from an uncle injury scoring on his return for boss a in their one one draw with railway orca. teenage cyclist meghan down of australia has time to a second gold medal as australia dominated the track cycling events at the commonwealth games in delhi nineteen year old donkey already won the twenty five kilometer points race powered her way to win a ten kilometer scratch race as a spread one all for gold medals on offer and claimed ten out of eleven so far while over in archery nicky can't hit the bull's eye with the final shot to ensure england's women picked

footballers are turning their attention to the upcoming euro twenty twelve qualifiers barcelona star legal messi and his argentina team mates have trained at the national stadium in tokyo ahead of their friendly with japan on friday following victories over ireland and spain the visitors are seeking a third straight win under temporary betances who replaced the egg donor following therefore no thrashing by germany at the world cup i'm fearful world proud of the yearly messi will be the main attraction for the local fans he recently recovered from an ankle injury scoring on his return from in their one one draw with reality yorker. last night. it's all stuff three passed around in a friend in abu dhabi the five time world champions taking the lead with it danielle is free to take the fifteen minutes and it stayed like that with half an hour to go alexander potter getting brazil second. time in injury time getting it was his ninth in twenty two appearances of brazil will play you crying in another friendly on monday in english. as a new number one in women's tennis caroline wozniacki has claimed top spot from serener wi

team olympia milan know in milan yesterday. they travel to paris to play the knicks on wednesday. barcelona in spain on thursday. >> abc news continues to work on all angles of the story. we will have more live coverage later on "gma." >>> for the third time in three days, tankers carrying supplies to nato and u.s. troops have been attacked in pakistan. the taliban claimed responsibility for at least one of the attacks last week and had promised to launch even more. it's been especially tns in the region, ever since a nato helicopter attack killed three pakistani troops. >>> former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel hits the campaign trail today in chicago. emanuel made his bid for mayor official over the weekend with the announcement on his website. despite hi high washington credentials, emanuel is no shoo-in for mayor. >>> in washingtons are the priests told the lawyers and judges they are charged with rights that come from god, not government. the supreme court begins its new term today with three women on the bench for the first time. >>> residents near a wildfire in northern colo

travelers are refusing to change their plans including three nba teams playing preseason games this week in london, milan and barcelona reports. >> reporter: americans bound for europe are being urged to pack an extra dose of caution. the state department issued a travel alert warning possible attacks by al qaeda and affiliated organizations. the message says "u.s. citizens should take every precaution to be aware of their surroundings and to adopt appropriate safety measures to protect themselves when traveling." >> we get an elevated alert like that, then you know it's something that's in your mind. >> reporter: this is just an alert. less urgent than a warning. comes avocations terrorists may be planning attacks on major tourist attractions and other public places. soft targets, modeled on the 2008 commando style assault in mum buyer, india. officials believe osama bin laden could be behind the new plot. one expert says it's not a reason to cancel travel plans. >> you can still go. you can still be safe. you just have to be smart. >> reporter: at new york's kennedy airport the news was a sobering send-off for trave

teams and so you know to be an experience like no other. you know plan against f.c. barcelona here in barcelona. you know for me to be the closest to libya experienced it other than mark arrear i think it'll be a lot of fun this will be a lot of energy in the city that athletics at the commonwealth games are going ahead a shared jewel today despite earlier phase the track at the main stadium in delhi would not be ready in time organizers say the track had been completed and all systems are there for avoiding another big embarrassment for the gangs plus an additional fifty thousand tickets for events will sell gas today after complaints many stadia were empty. and as a title they were going to die straight at the start of today they had a total of nine goals but they don't have a ruler and why the pool bookies will chanting mean uncalled for the commonwealth record in the men's fifteen at the backstroke of the lace to pick it gave the aussies gold in the blues event and in the velodrome things are going well for straight in thinking it. means anti-racism limping chante enemies

teams in so you know to be an experience like no other and you know plan against f.c. barcelona here in barcelona. you know for me to be the closest to libya experience that i later in my career and i think it'll be a lot of fun it's going be a lot of energy in the city. meanwhile the athletics and the commonwealth games in india have gone ahead a shed despite earlier fears the track at the main stadium in delhi would not be ready in time organizers say urgent repairs to the track had been completed and all systems are go so avoiding another big embarrassment for the games an additional fifty thousand tickets for the events were also sold on choose day after complaints many stadia were empty. and it's a story a few tops the medals table getting into day three they had a total of nine gold medals but didn't have it all their own way in the pool british world champion liam time called set a commonwealth record in the men's fifty meter backstroke but i missed him pickett a few strains gold in the women's event and invalid drive things are going well for a stray or two they picked u

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the bad news for the toughest on team is that influential defender to run off will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury group these other fixtures sees barcelona aim to leapfrog f.c. copenhagen the top of the table in group seems manchester united must face turks bursaspor with the supposedly injured wayne rooney rangers will aim to inflict a second straight defeat on valencia. and make it three wins from three when they spend shocked at their favored to keep up well and zero points those two games include the well twenty unburden game must play second fiddle to tottenham's meetings with dreaming champions ensuring that the table group a clash. we always have a go we play you know we planted checking game now so we play. we look to have a. problem so you know we won't sit back and just look to soak up pressure for ninety minutes you know this is not the way we play. chelsea test meanwhile proved to be a step too far for spartak moscow and choose their carpenter's men suffering their first loss in the champions league at the hands of the london side both soft on wins from suit heading into the new sneaky stadium clash but it's chelsea for the s

barcelona the defending champions are currently fourth having won only one home game so far this season scoring just twice and pass as coach anticipates a competitive encounter. we play against a great team which has been coached by the same person for a good number of years this means that they know how to do things and how to do them well it's not a surprise to see this team in such a good position i think it will be a very nose game because they're a team that always pleased to win they're prepared for that and defend well we will also try to do the same. you've got over staying with football and italian francesco to talk to you has won the twenty ten golden for toward the thirty four year old attacking midfielder received his prize from prince albert of monaco the award is handed over to players who are at least twenty nine years old and stand out for their sporting results fairplay personality and how much there is steve and by the public in football experts twenty first in the vote role was second david beckham's third battalion as regulars their time record goalscorer and helps that story capture the two thousand and six world cup motor sports now and jorge lorenzo continued his d

barcelona beach s.c. copenhagen. much meaning for two sides are well and truly in the qualifying driving season no goals in this one and in truth there never really looked like being any team seemingly happy or not losing a point on taking the chance of winning all three. really though there were goals in each of the night seven other clashes with lionel messi helped himself to. leapfrog copenhagen in group c. wayne rooney list manchester united moved to the summit courtesy of a no win over turks. and rangers are beaten up. with valencia in group. three with victory over ten feet shelved to ensure a top well remain zero points for another fortnight at least while twenty unadvertised could not live up to top meeting with champions in group a mentor for the end of the first half before he. gallants verse five garth bailed out a top three or three out ended in. international football chiefs provisionally suspended officials from nigeria to haiti for alleged corruption in the world cup vote making the ruling after a british newspaper secretly filmed a mosque adamu. during a staged meeting now the jew were part of a group of twenty four people who will select which nations host