djokovic will meet andy murray in the final. djokovic beat wawrinka it's in semifinals at melbourne park. they were back and forth. djokovic ran away with it, six love in the fifth. they'll hold the upper hand in the final. >> banned from the sport for two years after fighting a drugs test. jeptoo tested positive for a and b samples. >> backing from six associations in europe. the election takes place in zurich on may 29th. >>> the president of the asian football association says that they is a desire from southern gulf nations to remove australia from the confederation. australia joined arab in 2006 after switching from oceana, and it comes after the sock radios will play. >> a time in sydney usually means a day at the beach. but the main topic of conversation is not surfacing for the sock radios. >> how do you think it is going to go? >> i think they're going to win. >> i have watched a bit over time. >> after a poor world cup in brazil this tournament has been a huge success with 70 goals scored eight sold out matches and hal

djokovic beat the defending champion. year running the pair went the distance at melbourne park. and went back and forth until djokovic ran away with it. he'll hold the upper hand over murray in sunday's final. the 2011 and 2013 finals against the scotsman in straight sets. >> looking at where he was in '02 and his game at the end of 2014 season maybe people were not giving him such a great chance to get to the finals but to me it is not sura huge surprise because i know what his qualities are. >>> kenya's runner [ inaudible ] has been banned from the sport for two years after failing a drug test. he was the winner of the boston and chicago marathons for the last two years tested positive for a banned substance in both her a and b samples. >>> former french international is out of the fifa race. no such problems for the prince of jordan who has officially launched his campaign. the current fifa vice president of asia says he has obtained the required backing from five fiebl associations, and launched a website and social

. >>> and in are sport novak djokovic makes his first appearance of the season. >>> now as the civil war continues in syria more than 1 million people who fled are now calling turkey home. but crossing that border has been a devastating journey for some. they have been killed or maimed by land mines and the turkish government says it's too early to try to clear mines now. >> reporter: at 13 years old fasal mustafa should be running are and playing with others his age but he can't. he ran into a mine field a turkish mine field. >> someone told us to cross under the border wire, fatah said. my brother was killed. i lost my legs. there are more than 600,000 mines along the border with syria. they were planted decades ago to prevent illegal border crossings according to the government. behind me where you can see the cars in the distance is the buffer zone between syria and turkey and that is a mine field and there are perhaps as many as 2,000 people there. but they're unwilling to come into turkey because they're not allowed to bring their cars or their cattle with them. turkey joined t

novak djokovic is in action at the australian open. we find out why the african cup of nations ecuadorial guinea will turn to buy footballers around the world. >>> the u.s.-led coalition must do more to help forces win the fight against i.s.i.l. that is a message from kurdish leaders who say they can't do the job by themselves and need boots on the ground. zeina khodr reports from northern iraq where kurdish peshmerga forces are battling i.s.i.l. kurdish peshmerga have been winning battles, but the war against the islamic state of iraq and levant is far from over. air support has helped them but commanders say it is not enough. the slow pace of the offensive allows i.s.i.l. to regain momentum. the kurdish security council representative oversees the military operations on the ground and told me that the international community needs to engage more. this he said would require ground forces because it will take time for iraqi forces to be ready to defeat i.s.i.l. >> to wait until the training is completed, until the force in iraq is comi

djokovic is safely through the fourth round. four-time champion overcoming a nervous start against spain's v verasco. the defending champion also through the last 16, the swiss win. his first grand slam in melbourne last year. the women's serena williams with a real scare to book her place in the last 16. the 18-time grand slam champion against kviolva. well the shock of the day wimbledon champion out, she was beaten by 19-year-old american key, key is coached by three-time grand slam champion lindsay devon port. baseball hall of famer ernie banks has died at age 83. he played for the cubs six years after jackie robinson broke the barrier. banks was an all-star in 11 season and twice named the league's most valuable player. he was awarded the united states highest honor in 2013, the presidential medal of freedom. >>> it's a busy day in sport we'll continuously update the website for you www.aljazeera.com/sport is where you can get your updates. >> thanks very much for that, robin. nigeria's government is embarked on a mission to

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novak djokovic reaches the next round. all the latest in the programme. >>> thousands of people chanting "down with the houthis" are taking part in protests in yemen's capital. it is the biggest demonstration against the shia whose take over caused the resignation of the president. a rival pro-houthi demonstration is taking place a different part of the city. the editor-in-chief joins me live from sanaa. can you tell me what you have been seeing and give us a sense of size of the demonstrations taking place against the houthis. >> the protests were unexpected. yesterday they were in the hundreds, and no one expected them this quickly, even the houthis themselves. they were 400 to 500 yesterday. today it's 20,000. protesters against the houthis. it ran forward in support of the president, chanted and called for him to stand again. and with hold his resignation. it has vowed not to come to an end. it started in sanaa. today it's in five provinces. the protests seem to standing by the - expecting them to occur again. houthis

andy murray meets novak djokovic or defending champion stanislaw wawrinka in the final. >>> top ranked serena williams advances where she'll face maria sharapova. williams overcame compatriot madison keys in the semi. she was pushed by the big-serving teen. williams going for her 19th grand slam title came back to dominate closing out the. match 7-6 6-2. she has won all five of her previous australian open files >>> maria sharapova had an easier time in her semifinal against ekaterina makarova fellow russian. the world number 2 beat the number 10 seed 6-2, 6-2 to make the australian open final for a fourth time. >> thank you for that. we have a bulletin coming up. stay with us. i'll see you then. >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >>

. >>> murray will now face djokovic in the final.ne consecutive games on a way to his straight set victim in just 57 minutes. >>> nba now the chicago bulls beat the denver nuggets as they now sit fourth in the eastern conference. loose goods news for minnesota fans though. the timberwolves came up sort against sacramento. minnesota did come close though. they cut a 14-point deficit. final 110 to 107 for the kings. >>> the washington capitals beat the chicago blackhawks in the traditional nhl winter classic. troy brouwer scored a power play goal to give the capitals a 3-2 win over the blackhawks. there's much more sport on our website. for all of the latest check out our website at aljazeera.com/sport. >>> that's it for me for now. >> all right. thank you. >>> well now a new study says many cancers could be the result of bad luck rather than poor lifestyle choices. our science and technology editor has more. as with all living things our cells naturally divide and replace themselves with copies of the original cells, some tissue types

he will meet djokovic or -- in the final. >> top ranked serena williams advanced to her sixth round to face marina sharapova. she was pushed in the first set by the big serving teen. williams who is going to her 19th grand slam title eventual leclosed out the match. the american has won all five of her previous open finals. >> i think it's good for me and maria. i think it's -- i'm excited. i love playing her. i look forward to it. i feel like i didn't expect to get to the finals of this tournament when i got here, because i wasn't playing great so i'm happy to be here, and yeah i'm just happy like i said to get past the quarter finals and into the slam. >> sharapova had an easier time in her final. the world number two beat the number 10 seed 63-6-2 to reach the australian open final for the fourth time. this will be the fourth time williams and sharapova face each other in a final. >> i think my confidence is great going into a grand slam and whether i've had a terrible record against someone doesn't matter. i got there for a reason. i belong in that spot and i will do everything i c

. >>> novak djokovic has moved to the second round of the australian open in melbourne. overcome the 116th-ranked player in straight sets. djokovic is going for a fifth australian open title. >> it hasn't been an ideal couple of weeks in terms of health and preparation, but i fighted my way through, and now it's behind me and i'm only looking forward -- i think i did well in terms of responding to the -- to the slow start today, and feeling a little bit rusty on the court, so hopefully the next one will be even better. >>> defending australian opening champion has breezed into the second round. the swiss sweeping aside her turkish opponent in straight sets in less than 90 minutes to advance. >>> ander is serena williams's world number 1 made it look easy demolishing her opponent in straight sets. >> it's never supereasy to be the one that everyone wants to beat so i always have to be a little bit above, but, yeah i felt okay. i definitely think i can improve a tremendous amount. so hopefully i'll do better. >>> caroline stood up to a tough test. she beat her american opp

top seed djokovic will meet andy murray as he bids for a fifth title in melbourne.went the distance at melbourne park. they went back and forth through four tight sets until djokovic ran away with it in the fifth. he'll hold the upper hand on sunday. >>> kenyan marathon runner has been banned from the sport for two years after failing a drugs test. athletics kenya came to the decision after two weeks of the hearing. the runner was the winner of the boston marathon for the last two years. >>> the prince of jordan has officially launched his campaign to challenge seth vlada as fifa president. he launched an official website and social media pages. and loui says he is also an official candidate. >>> the president of asian football says there is a desire from some gulf nations to remove australia from the confederation. it joined in 2006 after switching from oceania, it comes as the socceroos prepare to face south korea on saturday. >> reporter: summertime in sydney usually means a day at the beach, but even here the main topic of conversation isn't surfing, but the soc

novak djokovic looking for the ninth straight year facing fernando. stays home. down the line. nice touch. good. takes the second set. no back at 11 as. and he's moving op to the round of 16 winning a straight set. pga down south the humana challenge. michael putnam, a fourway tie for first. 16 observant day with shots like this. math kuchar, look at this shot on 17. rock over the green. gets his ball washed. on the east side fifth. one back. tonight at 11:00 p.m. on kgo, former teammate dwight hick back in the area for live action football. great story. hope to see you then. >> former teammate for you. re he recognized bill walsh. >> i said, do you see bill as a bellhop? i said, i walked by him. >>> next on abc7 news at 9:00, old carpet ripped out of an airport. >> why this carpet's removal has thousands mourning its passing an about face by the dmv when it comes to uber, lift and other ride services. the potential road block removed >>> residents of one san francisco neighborhood shut down a muni construction project keeping them overnight but will relief be short lived? on a

top seed novak djokovic reaches the third round at melbourne park for the ninth consecutive year, he defeated andrei kuznetsov in straight sets and john isner moves off after winning in four sets. >>> on the women's side both venus and serena williams have advanced to the fourth round. >>> in just one year the nba franchise values rose a whopping 72%. last year only three teams were worth more than $1 billion, knicks lakers and bulls, this year those three teams are worth at least $2 billion and eight more teams are worth more than $1 billion. the purchase of the clippers influenced the big boost there, including a 78% growth for the clippers. >> what a difference a year makes. >>> super bowl add front-runner. victoria's secret has released a minute-long add -- >> fully clothed. >> you'll have to wait until february 1st for the end. >>> how about this one, ouch to this. that's, right there, will ferrell at a pelicans game where he pummels a cheerleader. before you think the actor has gone crazy, this is for his upcoming film. he's working alongside mark wahlberg in the upcoming comed

. >>> melbourne, day four of the australian open the top-seeded novak djokovic advancing to round threen straight sets. 19th seed john isner also moves on after a four-set victory. >>> on the women's side both venus and serena williams advance to the fourth round. >>> let's get a check of the weather and bill karins. >> jen is doing nap time. >> oh she's napping? >> good for her. >> she's watching intently. thomas, knowing what's coming up here on saturday you may get some rain down there in florida. we may have to deal with wintry stuff with the nor easter. amarillo, texas, picked up 11 inches of heavy, wet snow. this snow will make its way up the east coast as we go through friday and saturday. what's going to happen with this storm, the track takes it down into texas, around the gulf on friday, up the coast on saturday. this will be a full-blown nor easter. a couple of things lacking, a lot of cold air, borderline temperatures for the coastal areas. heavy, wet snow. it's also a fast-moving storm. we don't have a high-pressure system. it's in and out in a hurry. the snow totals. the h

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novak djokovic defeated stan wawrinka in the awesustralianaustralian. >> very sad about tiger. >> exactly. >> times have changed. >> i know, right? >> any change in the weather? >> no. windy and cold tonight. here's weekend outlook. cold day with a bit of a breeze and sunday the clouds roll in. by late afternoon, we'll have to deal with snow or sleet or rain. steve rudin is checking the storm and have the latest updates when he joins you tonight at 11:00. >> thanks doug. "world news tonight" coming up next. >>> on this friday night, the super bowl and the cdc alert. the measles outbreak in phoenix arizona. how contagious is it? can you catch measles hours after the person left the room? >>> the third major storm hitting, from iowa to maine. tens of millions in the path. >>> and the jurors speak out. call one juror now turn a guilty verdict upside-down? >>> the wedding crash. the balloon suddenly dropping. >>> and 48 hours until the super bowl matt damon and ben

murray will face the winner of the other semifinal match up between djokovic and stan brink can a. >>s on right now. >> yeah, they're ahead of us. well ahead of us. >> giants rookie severe odell beckham, jr. teamed up withdrew breeds. much catches in a minute. they had to make ten passes but easily surpassed that mark completing 33 in 60 seconds. absolutely amazing. and lastly if you're having trouble picking a winner for sundays big game take some advice from our friends in the animal kingdom. salty the crock snag ago raw chicken paintsed in seahawks green. wait it was a dead chicken. >> yeah, not that one. >> in des moines we've got rudy the rooster leaning the same way, choosing seattle to win it but in sarasota hugh the manatee chose the patriots and in memphis the panda also a fan of new england. so to break the tie we're going to check in now with our favorite meteorologist, bill kerr. >> and only but that's a different story. >> let's just go with favorite. who's going to win? >> i think the patriots are going to win 27-17 but i will be rooting for the seahawks. >> i'll go for

wawrinka is up against number one novak djokovic in the semi final. >> millions of people in the northeastern united states are clearing up after the region was hit by a powerful snowstorm. massachusetts was affected with up to three feet of snow dumped in some places. the snow is forecast to continue following -- falling but blizzard warnings have been lifted. a driving ban has been rescinded, and public transit is largely back to normal. the snowstorm had been predicted to paralyze new york, but it ended up largely bypassing the city. we certainly haven't seen a lot of snow this year. >> not to that extent. my fingers crossed. >> thanks for watching. see you next time. n8 ip to the neighborhood store. just a short stroll away, these tiny retailers are known as sari-sari stores.

. >> top seed, novak djokovic looking to advance to the round of 16 for the ninth straight year second set. the joker working the net. down the line. back-hand winner, taking the second set. novak hit 11 aces, won in straight sets. >> pga tour down south humana challenge. bill haas, putnam in a tie for first. haas 3-under. matt kutcher had the lead at 18 but buyings bogeys, and is tied for fifth. >> lard to believe it was 33 years ago today we won the first superbowl the 33rd anniversary of their second and 25th 25th anniversary of the third time. a long time since the super bowl title and none of you were born on the first one i showed. >> i was around. it's always neat when we say we but when you say we, you actually were part of it. >>> a group of devout christians are ready for football. >> i don't know any convent that ♪ at kaiser permanente everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. okay, a little easier. become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ >> at 6:00, why california judges are distancing thems

top seed, novak djokovic, looking to advance to the round of 16 here for the ninth straight year, second set the joker working the net. stays home. drops in a nice little soft touch down the line. taking the second set. novak had 11 aces. and there's another. moving on to the round of 16 win thing straight sets. >>> pga tour down south. third round of the humana challenge. four-way tie for first at 17-under. 3-under 69 on the day. matt kutcher had the lead at 18ure but struggled down the stretch. check out 17. off the rock in the drink, nothing but net. 1-under 71. tied for fifth and one back. >>> congratulations to san francisco's tim durbin. just before noon yesterday finished the world marathon challenge, seven marathons in seven days on seven constant inepts. last one was in sydney australia. he posted this instagram and done. ran in to hour 55 minutes. trying to raise money for cancer research go to the web site at abc7news.com to get involved. >>> this sports report brought to you by bank of the west. tim stayed in touch with me on the way. i think from morocco to sydney. he ran tw

top seed, novak djokovic, looking to advance to the round of 16 here for the ninth straight year, secondng the net. stays home. drops in a nice little soft touch down the line. taking the second set. novak had 11 aces. and there's another. moving on to the round of 16 win thing straight sets. >>> pga tour down south. third round of the humana challenge. four-way tie for first at 17-under. 3-under 69 on the day. matt kutcher had the lead at 18ure but struggled down the stretch. check out 17. off the rock in the drink, nothing but net. 1-under 71. tied for fifth and one back. >>> congratulations to san francisco's tim durbin. just before noon yesterday finished the world marathon challenge, seven marathons in seven days on seven constant inepts. last one was in sydney australia. he posted this instagram and done. ran in to hour 55 minutes. trying to raise money for cancer research go to the web site at abc7news.com to get involved. >>> this sports report brought to you by bank of the west. tim stayed in touch with me on the way. i think from morocco to sydney. he ran two in 24 hours. so it

en la rama masculina el serbio djokovic triunfÓ.no alejandro gonzÁlez con bergman se extiende. bergman es una de las grandes favoritas a los oscar con nueve nominaciones. la misma cantidad que de gran budapest hotel. estamos seguros que va a arrasar en esta importante noche. >> finalmente el experimento tiene una conexiÓn emocional con la gente y eso me da mucho gusto. >> otro que fue reconocido los oscar por su trabajo en bergman fue manuel luveski quien hace historia, mexicano con el mayor nÚmero de nominaciones a la estatuilla mÁs importante. la argentina va por su tercer oscar en la categorÍa mejor pelÍcula extranjera con relatos salvajes. sin embargo una representaciÓn latina que quedÓ por fuera y que tomÓ por sorpresa a muchos fue la cinta sobre la tradiciÓn mexicana del dÍa de los muertos. pero su director jorge gutiÉrrez afirma que ya es hora de que hollywood reconozca aÚn mÁs el talento latino. >> creo que ya no puede negar que venimos muy fuerte y tenemos cosas muy bonitas que decir y es una Época mÁgica para los hispanos.

moments ago top seeded novak djokovic advanced in five sets. murray who beat number seven thomas individualvidic earlier. >>> the number of concussion in the nfl has fallen by 25% this season. >>> according to the ap 111 concussions occurred in games during the 2014 season. that's down from 148 in 2013. and from 173 in 2012. a 36% drop over a three-year span. >>> seahawks running back marshawn lynch finally spoke out to reporters during his final q&a. >> i told you all. for some reason you all continue to come back and do the same thing that you all did. i don't know what story you all are trying to get out of me. i don't know what image you all are trying to portray of me. but it don't matter what you all think. i done talked. all of my requirements are fulfilled. so now for this next three minutes, i'll just be looking at you all the way that you all are looking at me. thank you. >>> a super bowl fan from rhode island is showing off his patriots pride with this sculpted snow piece. it's called the belichicksaurus. this arizona super fan pulle

we start with the australia open that continues on the men's side top side novak djokovic reaches thirdround for the ninth consecutive year. he won in straight sets. 19th ranked american john isner moves on after defeating his opponent in four sets. to the women's side both serena and venus advance to the fourth round. >>> forbes released annual list of nba team values. in one year franchise values rose a whopping 72%. last year only three teams were word over a million dollars. this year these teams worth $2 billion and eight times worth over $1 billion. steve ballmer's purchase of the clippers a big boost, 178% growth for the clippers. goalkeeper hope solo has been suspended from the u.s. women's national team for 30 days. that suspension stems from an incident that occurred at the team's training camp. solo wrote on training camp she accepts the federation's decision and issued an apology to teammates, coaches and federation. solo will be eligible for reinstatement after 30 days pending approval by head coach and u.s. soccer. this could be super bowl front-runner. team secret behind

djokovic fue superior y lo sellÓ en dos horas de juego. >> consejos para evitar razones coronarias nolas enfermedad del corazÓn y derrames cerebrales en las mujeres enfatizando que las enfermedades del corazÓn son la causa de muerte 1 de la naciÓn entre las mujeres latinas mÁs que todas las demÁs enfermedades juntas. cada aÑo unas de cada tres mujeres por alguna enfermedad cardÍaca muere o por ataque cerebral pero esto puede cambiar ya que unos 80% de los problemas del corazÓn se puede prevenir con cambios en la educaciÓn y en el estilo de vida. primer paso es aprender a cocinar y a comer de forma saludable, realizar ejercicios fÍsicos que le agraden. conocer los nÚmeros de su colesterol y glucosa isabel siguen sus familias hay antecedentes enfermedades del corazÓn, preguntar y no quedarse callada. conocer los sÍntomas de la enfermedad que son diferentes en las mujeres y en los hombres. ademÁs los datos sobre las razones cardiovasculares debe saber desde el aÑo 1984 han muerto mÁs mujeres que hombres al aÑo por salvedades cardiacas y ataques cerebrales. las mujeres hispanas son propen

. >> tennis world one djokovic moved into the second round of the australian open in melbourne. the top seed has struggled with illness for the last few days, wasn't at his best. he managed to overcome the 116th ranked player in straight sets. djokovic is going for a fifth australian open title. >> it hasn't been an ideal couple weeks in terms of health and preparation but i fight my way through and now it's behind me and i'm looking forward, i think i did well in terms of respond to go the slow start today and feeling a little bit rusty on the court so hopefully, the next one will be even better. >> defending australian open champion into the second round sweeping aside turkish opponent in straight sets. >> the way i play today, feel great coming to the court and playing some good tennis. i'm confident with my game in general, and that's what i did today. it was not so hard. >> in the women's draw, serena williams quest for a grand slam title off to a perfect start. the world number one demolished her opponent in straight sets, making it look easy. >> it's never super easy to b

. >>> awrcht open champion who will beaustralian open championwill face novak djokovic. >>> less goodews, sadly for minnesota fans the timber wolves, 21 points on the night he was matched by dan ali funson who got 20 of their own. could have forced overtime, it wasn't to be. 110, 107 to the kings. >>> washington capitals beat the chicago black hawks in the traditional winter classic, with the game tied up add 2. called a powerplay goal, to gif give the team a victory over the black hawks. >> this event is outstanding. the atmosphere on the highs from first second was unreal. it's gone before whole our lives and i'm pretty sure i'm going to watch this hockey game like i will enjoy it. so 100% i think. it is what it is. >> third and final test is underway between west africa the series will be followed by three t-20s and five one-day internationals. >> closing out their two match series they are coming off the most successful year as they won five tests. gls. >> diplomatic missions. the rules say they can't keep any gifts over a certain value. anyway den baba takes a look inside the spr

in the australian open, djokovic wins his 25th grand slam semifinal. >> knowing that i have raised the level of performance tonight, and probably playing the best match of the tournament so far as effecting my confidence. >> wawrinka progresses to the semifinals. we also are at the semifinal stage of the women's top seeds. serena williams is through. she beat the lastserena's older sister has been taken out of the final. boxers floyd mayweather jr. and manny pacquiao meet at the miami heat game. no word yet if they'll face each other in the ring. the two watching core side. brandon knight, 17 points. two of seven the milwaukee players to reach double figurers. the bucks go on to win 109 the- 109-102. that's your sports and now back to felicity in london. >> thank you very much, indeed. to find more on news and sport go to www.aljazeera.com. that's it from me. please don't go too far. we're back with more news in a couple of minutes. see you then. bye bye. >> aljazeera america presents a break through television event borderland... >> are you tellin' me it's ok to just open the border,

djokovic has pulled out of the are tennis tournament because he was unfit to play he says.the honor goes to andy murray. >>> more marches on the adp circuit than anyone here, and back to second slot. coming runners up at wimbledon. >> i gave myself chances at quite a few slams u.s. open, wimbledon, and i hope i can go the one step further because being close is not quite good enough but it was overall good season, but a good year in slams needs to be i guess a victory as well, i guess. >>> sri lanka and new zealand fastest player to reach 12 thousand runs in test cricket. 247 sandakara will need to score a few more to get his site out of trouble. after bowling the kiwis out to 271, sri lanka need a win to level the two-mash series. wind has interrupted the final session of the third test between south africa and the west indianawest indees. indies. >> thrashing the second best teem in the east, toronto 126 to 105. the houston rockets were also on the receiving end of a hammering. currently new orleans one of the favorites to be mvp anthony davis but it was ryan anderson who

. >> djokovic and federer had good opening weeks while in a dal had a poor start to the season. women's top seats serena williams will kick off against the top ranked belgium. she'll be going for a record sick open title. that's all your sport for now. >> thank you. thank you very much. chinese doctors say they have a world first in surgery. they've been experimenting on animals for more than ten years. the surgery will come under proper scrutiny where reputation is key. >> while all operations are delicate there is an added level of pressure when the surgery is a world first. on the table is a patient known only as mr. wang. paralyzed in a car accident two months ago it is hoped that this experimental procedure will allow him to walk again. neurosurgeries are placing stents in mr. wang's spine. but what comes next is new in medicine. >> we replaced the area with a stent and put in stem cells for if to grow it. >> it is hoped that it will regenerate and help the spine. they've been using it on animals with some success. >> we've signed fibers like a bridge or rail that cells can

novak djokovic pulled out of the championship because of illness. the serb world number one was set to play andy murray in the exhibition event on saturday but said he was suffering from a fever and couldn't play. the title goes to andy murray for the first win of 2015. >> yes, obviously it's disappointing. i heard that novak was not feeling well. it's a tough thing about an individual sport that you can't just substitute players in a team event. you can do that. it's an unfortunate way to finish the week >>> nadal bounced back from his 6-2, 6-0 thrashing by murray. he intat stanislaw wawrinka in the first. he had a shaky start, overpowering the opponent >>> still with ten. >> the czech republic beat canada 2-1 on the opening day of the hopman cup. the best of 2014 was carried into the year opening the campaign with a win over number two seat, giving her country a 1-0 lead. there was a teaming beating the opposition 6-4, 6-2 in the mixed doubles decider >>> >>> sangakkara's knock allowed the tourists to recover. he helped sri lanka reach 305 giving

. >> djokovic ran away with the victory, holing the victory. >> marathon runner banned from the sport for two years after filling a drug test. athletics kenya came to the decision two weeks before she was to appear before a doping hearing. she first the winner of the boston and chicago marathons testing positive for a banned substance in both her a. and b. samples. >> five men have put their names forward for the fifa presidency. portuguese football great has put his hand up and names five associations backing him. dutch football president also is a candidate. >> we asked if any of these men pose a serious threat. >> it's looking unlikely because of the way the vote is being diluted. if you go back to the last fifa presidential election, 2011, we have a ban from the election, leaving one candidate, 186 votes, taking his official presidency to 17 years now. of course, he wants more. look at the people who are trying to unseat him and there are a lot who want to do it. you see the problems, the dutchman hugely respected but it dilutes the challenge. you look at the prince from jordan wi

. >>> men's world number one djokovic winning in straight sets to advance to his 25th grand slam semifinal. he >> i'll be ready for a fight and knowing that i have raised the leftful performance tonight and probably playing the best match of the tournament so far effecting my confidence in a positive way and hopefully i can carry that into the next one. >> the semifinals will take place on friday. >> i'm happy with that part of my game. it's never easy never easy. you need to change. you need to change speed and the way you serve and yeah, i think it was one of my best matches. >> let's stay in melbourne. serena williams has the world number one moving close for her 19th title. now the last five times williams has advanced to the semis she's actually gone on to win the title. >> i thought that i played well. i had to. i feel like when you're going up against a player like her she's very confident on the court. she had a few good matches. i knew i needed to really play well or go home. >> serena's older sister very venus has been dumped out of the tournament. and now key the 19-year-old wil

. >> tennis number one djokovic wasted no time in booking his spot in the first round. the top seed lost just five games as he thrashed the russian. he is bidding for a fifth title. >> defending champion is also safely through to the last 32. he need add tie break to win the first two sets against the romanian but he took the third 6-3 to clinch the match. top women seed serena williams had to save three set points in her match. she finally clinched the first set and went on a 10-game winning streak. >> i had to get my mind like serena's this girl is ranked number two in the world and she's been on the tour and she's a very quality player, she knows what to do, and she knows how to win, so i had to kind of snap into that. >> we go back to football briefly now. it's not often we show you action from the fifth tier of english football, but with a goal like this, you'll see why we made an exception. he was the toast after this strike. it has gone viral and shown as far afield as australia. we're going to see it one more time. there we go. well worth another look, i'm sure

tennis now djokovic is safely through the first round of the australian open. he overcame and managed to steal the tie break in an hour. >> serena williams survived a scare to book her place. she dropped the first step 4-6 but the american finally found her form to take the remaining set, and with it, the match. >>> the major shock of the day kvitova has been knocked out by american key. baseball hall of famer ernie banks died at the age of 31. he became the chicago cubs' first black player six years after jackie robinson had broken the color barrier with the brooklyn dodgers. he went on to have a 19-year career with the cubs. he was an all-star 11 seasons and was named the highest honor the presidential medal of freedom. a. >> that's it for this news hour. we have another bulletin of news straight ahead. see you then. >> this is joe berlinger calling, i'm the director of that documentary about the manning case and i know you had told my team not to call anymore-i just wanted to introduce myself, just to tell you a little bit about what we're hoping to do. can

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. >>> to tennis world number 1 djokovic wasted little time in booking his spot in the third round ofn open. he lost just five games as he thrashed his russian opponent. going for his fifth title in melbourne. >>> the top women seed williams had to save 3 set points in her match. she finally cleched the first set then probably went on a ten-game winning streak. >> playing vieira i had to get my mind like serena this girl has been ranked as high as number 2 in the world, and she has been on the tour and she is a very quality player. she knows what to do and she knows how to win. >> reporter: the phoenix suns have baent the conference-leading portland trail blazers in the nba. the suns blew a 25-point second quarter lead and trailed by 5 with just two minutes left on the clock. but bledsoe came to their rescue for a 118-113 victory for their fourth win in a row. >>> long time world champion sebastian has returned after an absence of 15 months. the 40 year old now only competes in certain specific races, but showed no signs of rustiness. he was third quickest in his volkswagon. >>> we're

. >> he won't open his campaign until tuesday along with top side djokovic. the men's second and third seed federer and nadal will be in action monday. the women's draw second seed will face competition. >> a law prevented racial discrimination during election time. brought test was seen as a pivotal movement for african-americans, now a hollywood movie about that period is causing controversy. we have a report. >> these days, 71-year-old annie pearl avery enjoys a stroll across the bridge in selma. when she set off on a peaceful march here back in 1965, it was a starkly different scene. protestors fighting for the right to vote were met by armed police. dozens were badly hurt and annie, not for the first time, was arrested. >> our real heroes are the people who died. i could ever gotten killed, but i'm just saying i think it was a small contribution that i paid, because other people paid more. >> we've actually had people walking off the street and find themselves -- >> what happened in selma during the 1960's is deeply engrained in this community. every yea

. >> men's world number one djokovic is through to the semifinals of the australian open. he beat the canadiens in straight straights to advance to the semifinal. he'll face the defending champion. >> playing the best match of the tournament so far is affecting me in a positive way and hopefully i can carry that into the next one. >> the swiss had a straight sets win. >> serena williams progressed to the semifinals of the australian open. the world number one moving a step closer to her 19th grand slam title defeating her opponent 6-2 6-2. the last time times she has advanced to the last four, she has won the title. >> i felt i played well. i had to. i feel like when you're going against a player like her very confident on the court she had a good few matches. i knew that i needed to really play well, or go home. >> there will nobody sister act in this year's semis with serena's sister exiting the tournament beaten by unseeded american teenager. the 19-year-old will take on serena williams. >> football's world govern body announced global transfer spending has broken the $

. >> andy murray won his first title of the season after novak djokovic pulled out of the world tennisionship because of illness. the serb worldnu 1 was set to face andy murray in the exhibition event. earlier on saturday he said he was suffering from a fever and couldn't play. the title goes to him for his first win of 2015. >> it was obviously unfortunate. you know i heard earlier that novak wasn't feeling well. so, you know it happens. it's one of the tough things about an individual sport is that you can't just substitute players and team events. you can do that. it's just an unfortunate way to finish the week. >> rafael nadal bounced back from his 6-2 love thrashing by murray in the semifinals, he was in the third place playoffs match. the worldnu 3 had a shaky start but overpowered his opponent. 7-6, 6-3 the final score. >> south africa's day in the third test against the west sxwirningz. theyed bold out 329 and were on their way to reaching that first inning total until the rain came down. richard parr reports. the west independentics on 276 for 6. trumain blackwood became the t

. >> plenty of -- >> djokovic runs off his -- a lot of athletes, and they're asked to do that.nt? >> yes! >> it's just a man who interviews a lot of people for a living, it would never occur to me to say, you know what? you just won, turn around for a second. >> if someone said, tucker, rip off your shirt during "fox & friends" weekend would you be offended? >> that's happened so much that's why these are velcro they're not buttons. [laughter] check in on tomorrow's show to find out. what do you think happens when a man gives a woman a compliment and she agrees with it? the result of a fascinating social science experiment that shows why it doesn't always go very well. ♪ ♪ e... it's a full day for me, and i love it. but when i started having back pain my sister had to come help. i don't like asking for help. i took tylenol but i had to take six pills to get through the day. so my daughter brought over some aleve. it's just two pills, all day! and now, i'm back! aleve. two pills. all day strong, all day long. and now introducing aleve pm for a better am. [ fishing rod casting li

. >>> novak djokovic haves reached the final of the grand slam and will play andy murray in the finalnow, two pilots have broken the world record for distance traveled in a helium balloon at the crossing of the pacific ocean. they're also hoping to break the duration record. allison reports from los angeles. >> they set out from southern japan last weekend, hoping to fly longer and further than any previous gas balloon. the pilots an american troy bradley, and a top russian balloonist leonid. it's not a hot air balloon, it's filled with helium. to go up they have to drop these colorful rope sandbags off the side. to go down they let gas out. think jules verne and "around the world in 80 days." this week they've been riding air currents across the pacific, enjoying perfect conditions and making great progress keeping in touch by satellite phone. >> leonid and i are having a wonderful time up here having a beautiful flight. the calculated risk is very well thought through and that's why we've waited so long for the right weather system. >> reporter: this has been their route so far but

in an hour and 24 minutes djokovic getting his top. >> in a match against two time grand slam finalist, she finally clenched the first set, went on for a ten go winning streak, 7-5 6-love. >> playing -- i had to get my mind like serena this girl, she is ranked as high as number two in the world and she has been on the tour, and she is a very quality player, she foes what to do. and she knows how to win so i had to kind of snap into that. >> the new england patriots coach bill belichick is denying allegations that his team purposely used under inflated footballs in a match that got them through to the 2015 super bowl, the patriots have been accused of cheating and a scandal now named deflate gate. and the nfl is investigating these claims. >> my entire coaching career, i have never talked to any player staff member, about football air pressure. that is not a subject that has ever brought up. to me the footballs are approved by the league and game officials pregame. and we play with what is out there. >> nine time world champion has returned to the world rally champion after an absent of

murray faces novak djokovic or last year's champ stan save rinca. >>> one thing you won't car is marshawnedia for more than five minutes. that's the required time mandated by the nfl. >> i done talked all of my requirements are fulfilled. so now for this next three minutes, i'll just be looking at y'all the way that y'all looking at me. >> the only question lynch answered today was when a reporter asked him where to buy his beast mo gear. other than that he let the reporters know where they stand in his world. >> y'all could go and make up whatever y'all want to make up because i don't say enough for y'all to go put anything out on me. but i'll come to y'all event, y'all show up cameras, and microphones down my throat, but when i'm at home in my environment, i don't see y'all. ha ha. but y'all mad at me. and y'all ain't mad at me then what y'all here for is it. >>> >>> katy perry will be at halftime on sunday. she will headline the halftime show but she took a page out of lynch's press conference playbook earlier today. >> you're a single girl. is there somebody you have your eye on this

it's goalless in both of them djokovic is fourth round, the fourth time champion overcame a nervous startut managed to seal the first set at a tie break after an hour. he ran away with the next match or the next 2, 7-6, defending champion svanika 16. 6-4, 62, and 64. a first grand slam in melbourne after beating rafael nadal. serie a williams survived a scare to book her place. the 18 time grand slam champion dropped the first set against st set against svelina. >> robinson with the brooklyn dodgers we want on to have a 19-year career with the cubs. he was an all star and twice named the most valuable player the presidential medal of freedom. with that, it's bag to laushen in london. >> robin, thanks very much indeed. a quick reminder, catch up with the sport and all of the news on our website. the address of that is aljazeera.com. >> that's it for me for this news hour. we will be back with a full round-up of the day's news in a couple of minutes. thanks very much for watching. bye for now. >>> very few people get up in evil. what evil can i do today? >> he wrote the epic novel, a song o