blatter is hoping to be elected to a fifth term. >> blatter has more experience, and in life you must have some experience, but i will support blatter. i think he has an opportunity to do more in his administration. >> in golf following rory mcilroy in second round of 66. this is the par 4 par 4 fifth hole that led to one of his seven birdies. >> serena williams has pulled out of the indian wells due to injury. the american played in the event for the first time since 2001 having boycott the tournament for 14 years. roger federer beating thomas thomas berdych in straight sets. >> i think we're into something that's bigger than us... >> that's the pain that your mother feels when you disrespect her son... >> me being here is defying all odds... >> they were patriots they wanted there country back >> al jazeera america presents the passion... >> onward.. >> pain... >> it's too much... >> ..and triumph... inspirational real life stories >> all these labels the world throws at you, that's what drives me to push.. >> of ordinary people >> i tasted the american dream, i liked it... >> livin

but i will support blatter. i think he's due, has opportunity to do. >> rory mcilroy climbed up the leader board after a second-round 66. this is him at the par 4 fifth hole. birdying this under war. stopped. remarkable shot. the man is an american top of the leader board at the halfway mark. the 25-year-old 10-under par >>> over in california roger federer through to the semifinals of indian wells master. the second seed reached a ninth semifinal, making light work of his opponent. dropping to eight points on the serve. roger federer facing milos raonic in the semifinals. the canadian taking on milos raonic firing 18 aces and 48 winners. milos raonic coming through 4-6 7-6, 7-5 >>> meanwhile in the women's event, history repeating as serena williams pulled out of the semifinals. she was playing at indian wells for the first time in 14 years. she'd been due to play the romanian on friday night. a knee problem forced her off the field. she gets a free pass into the finals. >> england's rugby players take center s

four years ago blatter promised not to seek a fifth term for the job.there was polite applause when he made the appeal for the unity of solidarity which exists for the foundations of football. he said that the boycott must be ignored. >> sport should be united when it comes to boycott because boycott has never given any results. >> they have agreed to a new contract with atletico madrid to extend the deal to the year 2020. the success has led to speculation the 44-year-old sees a bright future by staying in madrid. >> soon there will be the opening of the new stadium. we're very excited about this opening. i think the club is absolutely growing. i shoes to be where i am, that's for sure. in our lives sometimes it's difficult to chance. sometimes because they don't let you. sometimes because you can't. but i'm choosing, and i choose atletico because i think the club is still growing. >> now formula one driver has been putting himself through tough training for the second race of the season in malaysia, and his preparations have been slightly unusual. the

game confidently, and i think we have every right to be. >>> uefa has said they won't be backing blatter seeks reelection in may. he has been the head of the world games since 1998 and europe will be supporting his three rivals at the upcoming vote. blatter taking this opportunity to call for unity. >> i have to say how much the football shall be united sports shall be united when it comes to boycott because boycott has never given any results. >>> also michelle was voted in unopposed for third term as uefa president. he spoke of his concerns of rising incidents of hue ganism. >>> the troubled bidding process for the 2022 winter olympics is nearing its conclusion. an inspection team has aarrived in beijing. four other cities including most recently oslo in norway have withdrawn their bid with the cost of hosting the games a primary concern for all. >>> rio is marking 500 days until the summer olympics. last year ofc committee, vice president described the preparations as the worst ever and said the situation was critical. organizers have just released details of 34 test represents by wil

. >>> and in sport the man who wants to unseed blatter as president, and those campaigning in one ofblatter's strongholds. >> now you wouldn't normally expect to see a family of giraffes out for a stroll in the philippines. but there are a few on the island along with many other animals from africa. we have the story on how exactly they got there. >> it is dubbed africa in the philippines. this safari park is home to animals on 400,000-hectares of reserve. the park is it's least known attractions. they have been working here for almost 40 years. he tells me the story of how former president ferdinand marcos envisioned the park after a trip to africa. in 1976 over 100 animals were shipped from kenya evicting 200 families in the process. the marcos were known to have stolen billions of dollars from government coffers and this was to be his private zoo. he was eventually overthrown by a revolution. caretakers continue to work under limited conditions. often they're not paid for many months. there are no resident animals doctors and no clinics. poach something also a problem. at least 20

el presidente de la fifa joseph blatter, haba dicho que prefera que la final se jugase el domingo 18as finales de los mundiales desde 1966 se han disputado en domingo. gabriel durante los meses de junio y julio que es cuando normalmente se disputa un mundial las tempraturas pueden llegar hasta los 122 grados mienstras que en los meses de noviembre y diciembre las maximas estaran entre los 85 - 9o grados. cesar ---como le reportamos ayer, los vendedores afuera de la iglesia guadalupe en san jose fueron despedidos por inspectores del condado por no tener los permisos apropiados damian live damian/live es que los organizadores del super tazon estan buscando a vendedores ambulantes sin permisos ya que no quieren verlos en el super tazon. vo el super tazon en el estadio levi's de santa clara es el proximo ano. pero desde ahora, el departamento de salud ambiental esta organizando redadas en el condado de santa clara. inspectores estan buscando vendedores ambulantes sin los permisos adecuados. los vendedores de la iglesia guadalupe fueron afectados directamente, cuando inspectores les orden

but i will support blatter. i still think he has an opportunity to do more in his administration. >> rory mcilroy has climbed up the leaderboard. he would eventually get to 8 under par. american morgan hoffman leads at the halfway mark. this birdie put him five clear of mcilroy. >> he made a few good puts at the stop of the line, which got me going a bit. i played the par fives better. over all it's a good day and gets me back in the tournament. >>> serena williams has pulled out of the indian wells. she had been playing the event for the first time sing 2011 having boycottsince 2001 having boycott the tournament for 11 years. >>> federer will take on raonic and beats nadal in the 4-6 7-6 7-5 victory. >>> wales could take the championship with a big win over italy and currently leading in rome. england faced france. and they topped the tables. their faith is in their own hands but they only have a plus four point advantage over ireland, and even france has an outside chance if they can upset england. >> one more

the official reason for blatter's attendance is the 56th congress of comnibal. his rivals are attending hoping to give their campaigns a boost. that is dutch fa president michael van prag. and the f.i.f.a. vice-president. louis figo is the other candidate. the election taking place on may 29th >>> three games in the english premier league on tuesday. relegation-threatened aston villa got a late win are. south hampton gave qualification hopes a boost after beating crystal palace. a goal giving saints their first win since 7 february they go above liverpool into fifth. to the asian champion's league where they are in the group stages. great goals in this game against the chinese. the home side taking the lead. after the first half the winner was special. the brazilian striker giving united a 2-1 win. they lead with six points from two goals. >> violinist vanessa may appeared before the court of arbitration for sport. she skied for thailand was punished by the international ski committee for manipulateing results, the ruling on vanessa may is not due for weeks >>>

reporter: the three candidates opposing sepp blatter in the fifa presidential election.he brazilians have landed in paris ahead of their thursday evening. the five-time world champions have right of six consecutive victories -- have racked up six consecutive victories. the midfielder is dreaming of perfection. >> for me, it is a dream come true. i get the same feeling each and every time i represent my country. in brazil, all the kids would love to be in my shoes. on top of that, we are playing against france, who are great opponents. there is a special rivalry between us. we have only played against them once and we lost 1-0 in 2011. reporter: remembering the 3-0 defeat in the 1998 world cup final in the same stadium, even though he was just a young boy at the time. >> all i can remember was being very sad. i was seven years old. i followed the games played by brazil. the french team was a great one. they deserved to win on that day. times have changed. we are about to play a great game and get the win this time around. reporter: he will be just behind the brazilian for

fifa president sepp blatter confirmed it.nada will host this summer's tournament, which has already been marred by controversy. >> fifa's choice is a good one. i have no doubt about that. this is a fantastic opportunity to develop this great sport. reporter: it was another great day in the world cup sprint event. a frenchman took the victory sealing the fourth french world cup in a row. he hit all-time targets and had enough speed over the course to beat the russian one favorite -- russian home favorite. he kept his hopes of winning the overall title alive. he was in contention for both the sprint and overall titles. he finished in 18. -- 18th. lindsay vonn is continuing to enjoy a stunning world cup finale. a day after claiming the downhill american crystal globe she claimed another title, joining a swedish skier as the second woman to win all 19 world cup titles. an austrian was second-place. she is second in the standings for the second year in a row. an alpine skier retained his chance to win overall second. the defending

el presidente de la fifa joseph blatter haba dicho que prefera que la final se jugase el domingo 18 deiales desde 1966 se han disputado en domingo. gabriel mientras tanto en la copa libertadores de america el dia de hoy el equipo mexicano de tigres logro su pase a la siguiente ronda gracias a la combinacion de resultados. faltando dos jornadas por disputarse en la fase de grupos. take vo vo el equipo argentino river plate recibio al juan aurich de peru. el equipo argentino que despues de trs jornada solamente sumaba dos puntos graicas a dos empates y una derrota. inicio el partido ganando en el minuto 26 gracias a gabriel mercado. despues los de casa no pudieron hacer mas y en el minuto 89 marcos delgado le dio el empate y un punto de oro al juan aurich. marcador final de 1 a 1 vo ahora nos vamos al partido entre el atletico nacional y el barcelona de ecuador. el atletico pego primero en el partido pero el equipo ecuatoriano tuvo una gran respuesta despues de verse abajo en el marcador y anoto tres goles sin respuesta para ganar el partido por marcador final de tres a dos gracias a dos

president sepp blatter urged tougher sanctions, after sending a congress of the south american and saidsting penalties are not going far enough. >> translation: we should set an example, not just a stadium ban. no we should take away points points or relegate a team. at the moment in our world we need the courage to do this. discrimination will stop. we haven't seen it anywhere in the world. >>> the greek government lifted a suspension on the football league, an indefinite ban has been listed. it's the third time that professional football has been shut down. the newly elected party is determined to stamp out crowd violence. the super league will resume this weekend, but behind close doors. >> bangladesh wins a group a match, moving them closer to a place in the quarterfinals. the side went on to post a total of 318/8. but bangladesh were too strong reaching 322/4, for a 6-wicket victory, the highest professional one chase. they'll pay england and adelaide next. >> we chased down the score. we have added in a similar way. rather than thinking about the scoreboard, we were enjoying the w

because he has more experience but of course, you have to have some experience but i will support blatter. he has of the opportunity to do a lot in the organization. >> taking charge of sunderland for the first time with the club battling relegation. >> i think everything that you do is a challenge this is a big challenge because this is a big club. we are still one point ahead of the others. we have the same games to play, difficult games like the others, so we have to do it. we won't look too much to the other side. just look for our own team. that's important. >> well, six nations that take center stage as the tournament concludes on saturday with four of the countries still in with a chance of taking the title. england faces france, they only have a plus four points advantage over ireland. and they could take the championships with a big win. >> when we're in the game, not losing our composure, i think we don't know what's going to happen with the games but if we do need to chase a few points, it's about not getting frustrated too early especially in the first half, staying quite comp

. >> blatter arrives in paraguay for the 56th conquest of the south american confederation. they are attending, hoping to give respective campaigns a boost. that is why the candidates there, dutch president. the man in the helicopter is another. the prince ali hussain. and louis is another candidate. the election takes place on may the 29th. >> to matters on the pitch. boris dortmund had a nightmare but enjoyed themselves. they take on the second leg of the champion's league knockout tie. they trailed 2-1 but are through to the quarter files of the german cup. last season the runners up >>> over in the n.b.a. atlanta sit top of the standings after cooling from 18 points down to beat houston 104 to 96. cleveland - cavaliers beat the seltition. cordell james -- celtics. lebron james scored 27 moving into the career scoring list 27th pleas. habs win >>> lynn dan will believe his campaign for a sixth all england title on wednesday. after a three year's absence, then he'll make the return the chinese center is building up to defend. all england is the m.e.r.s. in the super series

by the way blatter is used to face his critics. which will be interesting. >>> fernando alonzo, forced to miss the first race of a new season in australia. he's being passed fit after a final medical examination by the governing body, after a rigorous specialist training program. >>> former olympic swimming champion has been banned for doping tested positive for testosterone. the ban will begin the day of his positive test and will expire in march 2016. putting his participation of the rio olympics in do you believe. >>> the city of auckland, world cup final after seven wins out of seven. without fast-bowler adam mill who has been ruled out of the tournament with a heel injury. >> injuries have been known and we've got good cover amongst the squad as well. i was disappointed for adam, but he will remain part of the squad, good fellow to have around. it's disappointing his tournament has ended but i'm sure we'll come up with a suitable replacement. >> south africa lost two coming at the right time. it should be -- should be a good g

mercedes is on top of the podium >>> sepp blatter met with the amir of qatar ahead of f.i.f.a.'s executive meeting, about what progress is made on conditions for migrant workers in the country. it's encouraging to here the emyr's personal commitment but added more must be done to ensure uniformly fair working conditions and said a collective effort was required from construction companies. f.i.f.a. is expected to confirm a date for the 2022 tournament at the meeting this week. people more problems with racism for 2018 world cup hosts russia. this time brazilian striker who plays for league leaders was subjected to monkey chants during a match at torpedo moscow. more than 200 cases have been found of racist and discriminatory behaviour linked to russian football over two seasons. >> chelsea move a further point clear of manchester city. they couldn't make it three, held 1-1 at home. the leaders took an early league through diego costa, his 18th goal of season. chelsea had plenty of chances in the second half, but couldn't find a goal. ending a frustrating week seeing them elimina