. >> thousands of people packed the seven fiscal civic center to watch the fifa world cup final. the u.s. national team lost in dramatic fashion to japan but that did not stop people from enjoying the match with fellow soccer fans. the event was organized by the parks department with many sponsors. an estimated 3000 + people were on hand to cheer on their favorite teams. >> it was great we have been waiting for women's soccer to come to this level and now we're he would downtown san for cisco want to get and now it is mainstream is here and they're ready to go. >> this is awesome, they're still about here the weather is beautiful this is a great day. >> it is a great day for our country is good to have people rallied together. >> we will bring highlights from the heartbreaking match, and to get closer look at the impact that the team has had on soccer right here in the u.s.. this coming monday, we will air nbc programming starting at 8:00 p.m. we will run america has talent along with law and order and criminal intent at 9:00 p.m. kron4 news will air at 10:00 p.m. on monday. >> s

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now russia is preparing to host football's biggest spectacle in twenty eighteen the fifa world cup finals plenty remains to be don't include in construction of several stadiums across the country russian police the football union and organized fund groups are now attempting something equally as important making the relationship between spectators and the authorities more in a word civilized among calls to rev takes up the story. this used to footage shows various confrontations between russian football fans and ill for a season this year the current season standoff began in may and imagine it's being p.b.s. and that's all and spartak moscow after the game the problem that's obvious to any regular magical or sick center stage with russian lawmakers but it took a few more months and several other incidents for political bosses the sports ministry and authorities to begin at sands attacking the issue in this crash a special police units stormed the disease and found section in the match between angie and anything it is worth an inquiry into this incident is under way down to lisbon and barba

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petra wins over sharapova got that fifa world cup soccer women's style germany. team usa facing columbia. heather oriley goal -- oriley goal. megan shot's good. fast forward 7 minutes later, 57th minute put oog it -- putting it where it's supposed to g they advance. in another match -- to go. they advance. in another match, sweden taking advantage of north korea. sweden over the korea -- people's republic of korea. germany blacking the unanimous decision over hayes. the victory at a rain substadium means vla -- vladimir and his brother hold all three titles. and finally, mick wattney. fired a back 9, 29 on a national. not too far away he is here at the 54-hole lead with fowl here birdied six of the first 10 holes for a round that helped the birdie cause but he fired 64 today. that's sports everybody. have a great weekend. see you tomorrow. >> and thank you. we will be right back. navigating today's real estate market is complicated. you've seen the signs. that's why having the right real estate agent is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find experts

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san francisco to recreate the world cup enthusiasm from a year ago by showing the women's games in civic center plaza starting on saturday. that's when the fifa women's world cup begins. soccer fans can own joy other games and food trucks. >>> why drivers need to be extra cautious on the roads tonight and tomorrow. a population explosion in the heart of the silicon valley. the one group you never think is overtaking the region. ,,,, man: everybody knows you should save for retirement, but what happens when you're about to retire? woman: how do you go from saving to spending? fidelity helped us get to this point, and now we're talking about what comes next. man: we worked together to create a plan to help our money last. woman: so we can have the kind of retirement we want. now, you know how this works. just stay on the line. oh, yeah. fidelity investments. turn here. weekend. from fri >>> more drunken driving arrests in the bay area this fourth of july weekend. from friday night until yesterday morning, highway patrol officers arrested 67 people suspected of driving under the influence. that's ten more arrests than the same time period last f

the japanese women's squad has advanced to the final of the fifa women's world cup in germany. the team beat sweden on wednesday and has won a ticket to the final for the first time in six attempts. >> reporter: japan has defeated cup favorite germany and a well regarded swedish team to advance to the final. the team is regarded as the strongest women's squad that japan has ever put together. >> reporter: despite the historical feat back in 2000 for sydney olympics, women's national soccer team didn't even qualify. so what's behind their fantastic performance this time around? we asked japan football association special director the secret behind japan's strength. she is the former national team captain. >> translator: so japan's squad has for the first time advanced to the finals, so what are your thoughts? >> translator: i'm simply happy. as the front-runner in this area, we started out small and week, but kbrgradually built ourselves up improving our skills and now the younger generation has taken over, and now they are about to bloom. >> translator: as special director of t

and already, there are major delays in the building and renovating of stadiums for the 2014 world cup. fifaccer organization, says brazil is way behind in making preparations for the world cup. will the country be ready? >> lula ( translated ): look, first, we need to be careful about european perfectionism, because everything that happens here, in the south, they think they know better than us. well, the europeans may put their minds at ease, because we will organize the most extraordinary world cup ever. >> bueno: what they didn't make in 500 years, they want to make in four, because the world cup's going to be in brazil. >> kroft: do you think they'll be ready? >> bueno: no, i don't think it's going to be ready, especially because brazilians don't mind to be late. you know, they think, "oh, just get a little late. what's the problem?" they going to be planting the... the grass while the... the ball was already rolling. >> kroft: whatever happens in brazil, no one will be able to blame it on a lack of money. that's because 150 miles off the coast lie what are believed to be the largest di

the city has 25,000 hotel rooms, but fifa wants at least 40,000 for the world cup. >> it is possible there will be a lack of accommodation, but the city has a plan b. rio could riotwo cruise ships -- rio could lease two cruise ships to have enough rooms. >> the show goes on, the marketing regime closing of the rough edges. >> there is a big difference. it is there a difference? i think not. >> 1 grizzlies and proverb says there is always a solution to every problem, rigid one brazilian proverb says there is and always a solution to every problem, but that remains to be seen if that is true for 2014. >> time will tell. that is our in-depth report. thank you for watching and have a good weekend, everybody. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- which foot was it? best make that "best wishes." we don't want them getng their hopes up, do we? no, i suppose not. have always done it. why should she watch the flowers? nobody really remembers,

international story captivating folks here at home is the action at the women's world cup in dresden, germany. according to fifare than 29 million women around the world play soccer. and if searches are any indication, this tournament is sure to light an even bigger passion for the sport in the u.s. as team usa heads into the final match on sunday against japan, players hope solo, abby wambach, and megan rapinoe are the most-searched team members right now on yahoo!. >>> now to hollywood news and the harry potter frenzy. fans are getting nostalgic at the series draws to a close with the opening of the final movie part 2 of "harry potter and the deathly hallows." searches for the complete list of the movies in order are up 265% right now. people are scouring the web for all kinds of hogwarts merchandise like wands, costumes, , d even a harry potter chess set. >>> and speaking of nostalgia, the death of sherwood schwartz, the creator of "gilligan's island" and "the brady bunch" is stirring up lots of memories for people of a certain age. and it seems fans of the shows '60s and early '70s have more of a soft spot

backing has been thrown behind cristiana really although as world cup holder set us is says he rates as well madrid teammates better than barcelona's fifa player of the year lionel messi the ray allen spain goalkeeper is in beijing for promotional and charity reasons and he will donate items for an auction for holding football and in the chinese capital israel prepare to match tour of the asian nation next month because this is likely to retain the captaincy for that trip and beyond after he rebuffed loomis questions a mania is trying to strip him of the role he will survive in vocal support for ronaldo which however comes as no surprise. unless choosing between messi and cristiano ronaldo i would say i will go for christian no as he's not only my teammate but also a friend i have to admit that they currently have both the best footballers in the world and they're both very ambitious and given all their effort to play football for themselves and for their respective teams but anyway the two best players i would choose christian know. his. now the city which will host the twenty eighteen winter olympics will be announced this wednesday w

tokyo on tuesday morning from frankfurt where the 2011 women's world cup final was held on sunday night. the team nicknamed -- defeated fifa's top ranked team 3-1. the team including the coach and tournament mvp sawa is expected to give a news conference later in the day. >>> "newsline" is the place to turn to for the latest on japan post-march 11th. we have two segments offering two unique perspectives on the fallout of the tsunami and earthquake. "the road ahead" examines the efforts to rebuild and recover. don't miss "nuclear watch" and "the road ahead" on "newsline" >>> three prefectures in northeastern japan have identified more farms that shipped beef from cattle that have been fed cesium-tainted straw. fukushima prefecture says seven farms and six municipalities fed their cattle straw that had been left outdoors after the march nuclear accident at the fukushima daiichi plant. the straw was found to contain radioactive cesium at up to 520 times the government's safety standard. the farm shipped 411 head of cattle to meat processing facilities in 5 prefectures including tokyo from late march to early july. in migata pre

but what facing expulsion from fifa later this month, they know that there will be questions on how they won the world cup. qatar is worried its reputation could be damaged if he is found guilty. it plans to spend billions of pounds on new infrastructure and air-conditioned stadiums like this one which won them the world cup vote. but voters still insist they got it wrong. >> if is unusual to say the least a hold an event of this extraordinary magnitude in a country of one city, in effect. you have to question whether it makes sense to build the kind of infrastructure it takes to accommodate the world cup. >> their celebration following last year's world cup decision has proved short-lived. despite the country's efforts to draw a line on the criticism of its victory, but doubts are unlikely to end here. >> the most populous province in china has as the country to relax laws that restricts most families to one child. it has been in force for more than 30 years. >> in china, they are known as little emperors. they have no brothers or sisters. it is because of the country's one child policy. they have al

how did a country persuade fifa to have them play the world cup. >> it fits the prejudice that people have in their mind. an arab nation could not have one. -- won. >> nobody was safe from corrupt journalists. there were allegations today that they tried to pack the funds of members of the royal family. reporters had to details of his son's medical reports. david cameron stood by his decision to appoint the former editor, andy coulson, as his communications director. there is no sign of the scandal at diminishing any time soon. >> today, the hacking story moved on with new victims gordon brown and his family. new charges against more rupert murdoch newspapers. and the exposure of more unethical members of the press. the brown revelations came from investigations by the bbc and "the guardian." the first relates to a flat to mr. brown bought in 1992. eight years later, the sunday times ran a story suggesting that it was bought for a knock down some. the bbc has received a tape of a call that seems to suggest how the details were obtained. >> i wonder if you can help me. -- >> the caller

time since last year's world cup but also visited a local women's football match as well as construction sites for new pitches the seventy five year old swiss was reelected as fifa supreme when last month made an ongoing saga of corruption allegations while in harare he pledged that the people initiative holds firm to invest seventy million dollars in african football even though thoughts are to fend off the critics. and inside the india executive committee there were people in our executive committee saying now again he gives all to africa only to africa by the way the gave also to the orders a little bit less but the seventy million still went to africa. cycling now and australian all rounder could tell evans has won the fourth stage of the tour de france just ahead of defending champion alberto contador have been seen here in sunday's team trial twice fell behind because of chain problems and a puncture but he shrugged off those problems to catch up with the palace and and pace that accomplice or the spanish three time champion came up short by a mere ten centimeters in a dramatic final sprint is the most laps for the state into the steep climb at the end of