kate partridge kiev ukraine. and let's stay with football because messi has marked his twenty fifth birthday with the yes and no other hat trick in a charity match in miami the barcelona and argentina striker displaying his goalscoring prowess despise rainy conditions in florida many of the world's best gathered for an all star match to help the the fall player of the year to raise money for his foundation so messy had to share the spotlight with the likes of all former chelsea striker didier drogba and enters the other milly's all both played in missy's black masters seen wild lose so far is that their opponents the red stars the man also with a hat trick to his name as the football spectacular and in a seven seven draw it was the third and final stop of the all starts or after games in mexico and colombia. and in formula one defending champion sebastian fatso will start in pole position for sunday's european grand prix in valencia the red bull driver has won in violence here for the past two seasons and was qui

beating the twenty ten world cup in a shop for the first time in forty five years or correspondents kate partridge watch the danes standing group b. victory in the fall of ukraine. so here we are in day to erase a thousand and twelve in the second days craving justice consummating is the best denmark won the netherlands nil and if you would probably have predicted that result before the tournament started with the dutch being the finalists in south africa in two thousand and ten in denmark they lost one as in nine hundred ninety two but it was the dutch he dominated possession for the first twenty four minutes robin van persie normally so prolific brosnan couldn't find the shooting bees and i robin teased the defense the tentacle minutes and it was the day that simon making a run on the left hand side of his deflected cross somehow finding michael frayn deadly run gone the goalkeeper to make it one nil the dutch peppered the danish goal three attacking substitutions. came on he managed to get a one on one with a keep out and he missed that had a shot for a penalty it wasn't to be their day denmark

permutations allow for each of the top three to go through or each to join sweden in going at it kate partridge r.t. kiev ukraine well elsewhere plenty has been happening off the field stateside in the national football league former and current new orleans saints players who were suspended following the league's bounty investigation have now appealed against their punishments linebacker jonathan vilma was suspended for the season for his alleged role in a system which apparently paid his saints teammates bonuses for hurting opposite opposition players will smith and former st anthony hargrove were disqualified for four and eight games respectively another departed player scott fujita received a three game punishment presented over two hundred pages of documents to aid the prosecution case but will most lawyer called the meeting saying no real evidence was presented. now baseball great roger clemens has cleared his name in court the rocket acquitted on perjury charges with an american federal prosecution unable to prove that he lied to congress about using steroids a clearly emotional clemens s

until later tonight fronts england and coos ukraine all vying for the final two qualifying spots kate partridge previews the action from kiev. so if the tower was to go as the final set of great matches gets ready to conclude here in ukraine only tuesday and after defending champion spain. was. thinking it was the right to back up to decide who would join them in the last eight. at the intimidating donbass arena in donetsk second place england will take on third placed ukraine and after coming into the euros with a new manager injury hit squad and suspended star striker the st lions have unexpectedly roared after drawing with france and beating bogey team sweden another draw with the home nation would be enough to see england through theo walcott has recovered from hamstring trouble and sporting a new haircut wayne rooney is back from his ban other players will will be keen to remind him that what we require from him is a good team performance we want him to make us and help us be a better team we want him to help us win the game of football in the i've been very impressed with the way he's goi

biggest in his country's history a sentiment that both france and england could well understand kate partridge r.t. kiev ukraine. to the club game in england where premier league side west bromwich albion i've appointed steve clarke as their new head man clarke's first senior manager a role having been assistant that liverpool newcastle chelsea and west ham over the years the scot signing a two year contract at the hawthorns to replace roy hodgson who took over the england job at the end of the season the forty eight year old has worked under some big names including bobby robson joe scenario and kenny dalglish and says that experience will stand them included if you don't pick the best people you want to make yourself look stupid so hopefully after all the good. i can be anybody can be a marine your personality can integrate you can really sort of your option i'll just be good but not be steve clarke and hopefully that will be enough to be a successful coach let's move to tennis where london police have said they're looking into a complaint of assault made against tennis player david nalbandi

permutations and live for each of the top three to go through each to join sweden in going at it kate partridge r t kiev ukraine. staying with football and according to reports over in england russia striker pavel pogrebnyak is on the brink of joining premier league side reading the russian international look set to sign a four year contract with the newly promoted side now owned by russian businessman and tossing it out of age the twenty eight year old spent the end of last season on loan a full and from german side stuttgart scoring six goals in twelve premier league matches however reported salary of around sixty five thousand pounds a week looks to attend to him to move to the royals. meanwhile it's been a busy time off the field in the national football league former and current new orleans saints players who were suspended following the league's bounty investigation have now appealed against their punishments linebacker jonathan vilma was suspended for the season for his alleged role in a system which apparently paid his sayings teammates bonuses for hurting opposition players will smith

beating the two thousand and ten world cup runners up for the first time in forty five years kate partridge watched the rain stunning victory and live off. so here we are on day two zero two thousand and twelve and the second day is proving just as fascinating as the first denmark one the netherlands nil and if you would probably have predicted that result before the tournament started with the dutch being the finalists in south africa in two thousand and ten and denmark they lost one as in nine hundred ninety two but it was the dutch she donated possession for the first twenty four minutes robin van persie normally so prolific brosnan couldn't find the shooting base and the robin to use the defense return to full minutes in it was the day to open simon making a run on the left hand side of his deflected cross somehow finding michael frayn delhi if it runs on the goalkeeper to make it one no the dutch peppered the danish goal three attacking substitutions quasi until i came on he managed to get a one on one with a keep out and he missed then had a shot for a penalty it wasn't to be their da

to the last group stage match against england following at sunil loss against in-form friends kate partridge has more. ukraine nello. while a big three running back feels in ukraine signed by the same time champions would have seen them guys you to the quarterfinals on their european debut after coming back to beat sweden to want to get a one well. off the full minutes the heaven's like things to ridicule raid in donetsk tearing the entire stadium at the bottom if you want to sell for the best bottom in our hands when the players did you imagine it was a first offer a few chances for the second off with a loan the liveliest does not accounting one hundred ship tank i went on i'm a zero on the left hand side of ukraine but he fired over the bar that was the cue that for the french to show that false and just why they're on beat going to matches some fantastic midfield player i found the speech of very many on the right hand side and he made my mistake finding my post the keeper on the left hand side managed to miss later on fifty five minutes of the french maybe to no similar build up like th

portugal take on the czech republic in the quarterfinals a few roads once it's all in warsaw all kate partridge previews that match for us plus all the other last eight clashes. so the group stage guillotine of euro two thousand and twelve has dispatched co-host ukraine and poland not to mention world cup finalists holland and early prospects russia but how will the remaining teams fare in the knockout stage after days break the focus is back on the quarter finals where history could help decide the prospects of the eight that made the cut. first up of the national stadium in warsaw on thursday it's group a winners the czech republic versus group b. runners up portugal captain christiane there are now though he of the cough tear and dizzying step overs is coming off the back of a scintillating personal performance and two goal haul against the dutch and now goes up against the czech side who went through with a negative goal difference. however the czechs did precisely the same ninety six when they reached the semifinals and they did so by beating portugal one nil in the last eight the equally

scenes there for further analysis on last night's game and indeed the turning into as a whole kate partridge caught up with the chief football writer a british newspaper the daily mirror after the match martin lipton first stating that italy were deserving winners. in the first fifteen minutes they were by far the better team england showed great courage to visit great desire in the end it wasn't quite good enough and of course the familiar feeling from twelve yards so how do you think italy would do against germany that. they could have a twenty percent chance germany or sensational had the best team in the children pirlo today was magnificent germany won't give in that sort of space i don't think if they were even if they played twenty percent better than that i don't really fancy having some of your germany spain final say you say spain so what makes you think that the portugal can't do it i don't think they can get the ball enough to run out before he can hurt spain no question he's been the player of the children so far for. spain just smother the life out in they did it to france on sa

well semifinals now that follows a one nil victory over the czech republic in warsaw all artes kate partridge reports. the czech republic nil portugal won and the first semifinalists of euro two thousand and twelve has been decided in warsaw well when these two sides met in the quarter finals of euro ninety six in front of dutch legends rootlets to call it sexy fogel well he wouldn't have said that about the first off in warsaw the first thirty minutes were dominated by the czechs but without any end product but that seemed to spur portugal into life and in first half stoppage time captain fantastic christiane are now they latched onto a thirty odd ball over the top from rama relished the chest of the ball down and flicked the ball past the defender and goalkeeper had to check that he could only hit the post well five minutes into the second time off it was more of the same this time a twenty five yard free kick from another hitting the post wrong bootable striker held the pasta had gone off injured with a hamstring injury in first half and he was replaced by hugo major and he and manny admir

either three time champions germany or nine hundred sixty eight winners easily on july the first kate partridge r.t. kiev ukraine well actually in germany have a vested interest in who will progress this evening the sides meet in the second semifinal on thursday italy getting there after a penalty shootout win over england of course thanks in part under a pale as confident chip penalty. now that you understand the culture i just decided just before the penalty i think england played in a very careful way they were sitting back for the entire match like chelsea did in the champions league and i think that for them going to penalties was a good result so i don't think it's because what do i call germany maybe i'm beaten at euro two thousand and twelve but they've never beaten italy at a major tournament midfielder bastian schweinsteiger has been declared fate as he deals with a recurring ankle injury the rest of the line up not as clear cut they were especially up front with mario gomez miroslav klose thomas miller and lukas podolski all in the hunt for a starting place working last man seeking a

well after that match group continues as the co-hosts get their campaign started as kate partridge reports. off to poland got the euro two thousand and twelve ball rolling in warsaw with a dramatic one one draw against greece it's now the turn of co-hosts ukraine to showcase their talents in that capital against sweden in the second group d. match on monday ukraine only played their first match as an independent nation in one thousand nine hundred ninety two however they went on to reach the two thousand and six world cup quarterfinals on their debut in a major championship this summer's event marks their first participation at the euros and as a host nation they've also magically qualified making them an unknown quantity most of them look at. our team is like a thoroughbred horse tired of waiting in the stables and eager to go out and play the more we sit the more nervous the guys get so we need to get out there to calm down. a lack of qualification matches has also seen a glock inside drop to fifty second in the world rankings they also lost their last two warm up matches against austria

either three time champions germany or nine hundred sixty eight win as easily on july the first kate partridge party ukraine. leaving football behind moving to tennis on to the grass courts of wimbledon where patrick of eight of us hopes of a second straight crying at the all england club picked up some pace on tuesday the spike the straight sets to check how to far from easy against a goal. of his pakistan for one time in the first giving to finally find a rhythm to a night six four six four the twenty two year old saying afterwards she felt nervous on center court. another player appearing jittery on the day with serino williams the american who saw her sister venus crushed in the first round earlier in the week forced to hunt on every ball in a six two six four win over barbara strike or. over the men's side of action another russian has departed the third grand slam of the season nick i never really getting going at all against andy murray scott murray winning his first match on grass this season but barely breaking sweat six one six one six for the final score the winner of the duty evil

either three time champions germany or nine hundred sixty eight winners easily on july the first kate partridge r.t. kiev ukraine italy and germany will be very interested spectators tonight the sides meet in the second semifinal on thursday italy getting there after a penalty shootout win of ring them thanks in part to storm on andrea pirlo superbly chipped spot kick. i didn't use a month or so coach on that one i just decided just before the penalty i think england played in a very careful way they were sitting back for the entire match like chelsea did in the champions league and i think there for them going to penalties was a good result so on to the physical model germany will try to end their winless run against the major tournaments midfielder bustin schweinsteiger has been deemed good to go as he deals with a recurring ankle injury the rest of the lineup not clear cut especially up front with mario gomez miroslav klose said thomas mueller podolski all in the hunt for a starting place germany are seeking a record fourth european title and mr eleven finals appearance. cannot stay with foo

france who lead the way after beating ukraine to neil on friday i'm watching that one force with kate partridge. ukraine nil front while a victory for the take back the ukraine side play with its resigned champions would have seen them guys through to the quarter finals on their european debut after coming back to beat sweden two one in game one but after four minutes the heavens opened torrential rain in donetsk tearing the entire stadium apart from a few hardy souls for the best part of an hour and when the players did away a match it was a first off a few chances but the second half was a lot livelier talismanic kept it under a chip janko went on i'm a zero on the left hand side me ukraine will be fired over the bar that was the cue that for the french to show their class and just why they're on be going to matches some fantastic midfield play fantasy to very many on the right side of me made my mistakes firing like pass the keeper on the left hand side managed to miss later on fifty five minutes the french made it to no similar build up by this time karim benzema with the lethal final pass

the last group stage match against england following it's an ill loss against in-form france as kate partridge now reports. ukraine nella. while the big three cutting back things in ukraine side they would see time champions would have seen them guys due to the quarterfinals on their european debut after coming back to beat sweden to want in game one butts off the full minutes that incitement to regulate indian. it's tearing the entire stadium up with you on the south for the best bottom in our hands when the players did you imagine a visit first off a few chances the second off was a long lively as time is not a campaign under a ship tank i went on i'm a zero on the left hand side of ukraine but he fired over the bar that was the cue that for the french to show that false and just why they're on beat going to matches some fantastic midfield player found the feature very many on the right hand side and he made no mistake finding i passed the keeper on the left hand side on stimulus later on fifty five minutes the french made it to no similar build up by this time karim benzema with a lethal fi

champions qualifying for sunday's euro two thousand and twelve final after a long night in the nets kate partridge stayed up late to send us this report. it was a very forgettable first ninety minutes with a defensive display from both sides who flooded the midfield but neither could find any penetration in attack in fact there were more bookings than there were shots on target for in fact andres iniesta were the only one for spain and christiane or another with a couple for portugal and in the last minutes the captain got the chance to win it the ball to go a free kick for spain it brought down the ball fell to realm relish and he found asleep on the left hand side but now they could only blast over the bar well that meant it went to extra time and that seemed to spur spain into life in the ass down substitute tasers now as they drew too close range shots for rupert but they couldn't make the breakthrough so he went to a penalty shoot out both sides missed their first shots and then when it came to st two to spain danielle they had to score for portugal but he missed and fabregas stepped up he hi

gritty scandinavian side came from two goals down against portugal but still lost three two and kate partridge watched the game for us. to go three ten months ago and palembang says to remain in the tournament after a thrilling loss goals win in the well in the first off the day completely dominated by finding out the going to go up to twenty four minutes of time and senussi excellent pulling out headed home and it times by the defending and twelve minutes it was to know the both sporting phenomena at the edge of the box his cross make no mistake finding the best they get to make it so you know well the days of the dead. buried in the past all but full minutes before the interval nicklas bendtner popped up on his fiftieth appearance but them are beating the offside trap to make it so you won one in the second half christiane ever now that could have but what about parts of sides two one on ones with the goalkeeper but the real madrid match up his lines missing bice and denmark took advantage ten minutes ago time back there again on target heading home again so it's a chance what about the poin

champions spain pup third title on the line against christiane all those portugal in donetsk on kate partridge has more in the. the last meeting between spain and portugal was a friendly in lisbon where the home side triumphed four nil worst defeat for forty seven years elder frosty get back to brace though mrs wednesday's match with a fine jury but should be replaced by. netted goal number four this summer portugal finished second to germany in group b. and beat the czechs in the last eight each game getting better along with christiane a right now though the infuriated skipper was denied a super goal in that spain victory as an offside nani headed in on the line and rinaldo remains focused on reproducing his stellar platform at international level . playing with cristiano ronaldo is always a great source of satisfaction and pride he's among the world's best players a great professional and he's doing everything he can and the rest of the team is following suit with vick in order to try and make it to the final. portugal are seeking their first major title after being stunned by greece in two

denmark three two in an entertaining game in the very last night and watching that one forest with kate partridge. portugal trade two and paolo back says to remain in the tournament after a thrilling last gasp win. well in the first half the day completely dominated by finding the board to go after twenty four minutes i'm a genius excellent corner headed by the defender and twelve minutes later it was to . the both sporting finale at the edge of the box this cross make no mistake finding the bus to get to make it to know well the day's not dead and buried in the first half but four minutes before the interval nicklas bendtner popped up on his fiftieth appearance by denmark beating the offside trap to make it to one well in the second half christiane or another could have put notable out of sight to one on ones with a goalkeeper but the real madrid match up his lines missing by his hands denmark took advantage ten minutes before time back there again on target heading home again to answer what about the points were about to be shared then substitute some best ever he made this call on this guy he

group stages of human rights violations and widespread allegations of racism from the home fans kate partridge explains. the issue as you say is not really about sports so much of football it's about politics because the u.k. government has joined the french government in saying that they will boycott the tournament during the great stages this is cheating. the alleged mistreatment of the imprisoned former prime minister yulia timoshenko. well the u.k. government as i say on the back of the french government and other high profile e.u. withdrawals and threatened with drawls over the alleged mistreatment the situation here is not really just about political controversies that seem to be dogging this tournament but also about social issues and as you say racism has become a particular issue a dutch team based not in ukraine they're braced in krakow in poland just before they come into play they gave and they have they've had their training session and apparently they were subjected to racist abuse while they were on the pitch which is a sad incident on the reports after they went to see auschwit

a year feeling to get out of the group stages even for more on sunday night's action here is kate partridge. germany and portugal going through to the quarter finals of euro two thousand and twelve on the grounds of them on their final match using group three the sample group of down to one well first down was portugal against holland and the dutch needed to win by a two goal advantage and also hope that the danes did them a favor by between germany the dutch started well rafael van de vos he opened off eleven minutes but after that he became the christiane our now though show talismanic portuguese paper finally finding his scoring base and he leveled up to twenty eight minutes and then after how the post again how the goal disallowed our side in the second half i made a post of chances he managed to get the winner off to seventy four minutes to ensure that portugal won two one the portuguese they maintained their unbeaten record in the group stage of the year raised but for the dutch it was a shock and they've now lost them three straight games for the first time ever in the european champ

first round of matches in the so-called group of death this is a story even more significant says kate partridge now reports. one of football's most famous rivalries as we know it began at the world cup final in one nine hundred seventy four as legend has it the supremely talented dutch johan cruyff golden generation didn't let the germans touch the ball until goalkeeper sent my a pretty down to his net after johan miskin second minute penalty but germany went on to win two one thanks to goals from pulled right now and after german totally fish and sea plate dutch total football four decades of brilliance volatility and history followed in one nine hundred seventy eight holland game some revenge of the world cup a two two group game draw help then go on to the final where they lost to argentina then germany won again in naples only each to their second european crown but in one nine hundred eighty eight ruud hulet frank reichardt and marco van bastien produced stellar displays to beat germany one nil in hamburg in the european semifinal and then list the trophy four days later while on wednesday

from several european countries threatening to spoil the beautiful game our two sports presenter kate partridge is in ukraine for us. twenty twelve with poland and ukraine and another political controversy has hit the event before it even starts the french sports minister has announced that the french government will be boycotting the event in protest over the alleged mistreatment of former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko is being held in the ukrainian city of kharkiv well this follows on the back of racism issues which have also arisen in england particularly following on from the broadcast of the b.b.c. panorama programme stadiums of hate which went out last week in court and cause shock waves throughout england as it highlighted racism and anti-semitic views amongst at club level in polish and ukrainian teams this also is in line with manchester city mario balotelli he said that he has also witnessed racist issues in italy and across europe and he said that should he be the victim of particular chanting or abuse while he's on the pitch while he's here at the euros that he would wal

game group d's turn in the spotlight came on monday with england france kicking off proceedings kate partridge talks us through what up. france one england won and is on is even from the european heavyweights from the first match in group d. wellington came into this town of the only world cup winners never to have won the euros and on the roy hodgson they had a manager you don't need being in charge for forty days missing a place to play as he suspended wayne rooney and they were up against a long lost team around between twenty one matches and the french had the best in the first half an hour but then open the scoring a free kick from steven gerrard on the right hand side journey and left it on the right is about values we are running for england won the last while the french could swiftly have equalized a free kick that was conceded by alex up a table in the eighteen year old a present for england was posted by sammy and nasri he found allergy araa but he could only head straight joe hockey's respects and say to sure go but nine minutes after england today been france did equalise some grea

fixture they will have a familiar feel for an experienced new england manager roy hodgson as kate partridge now reports from ukraine. his football managers go england boss roy hodgson is an unusual man the sixty four year old former teacher t.v. pundits a non-league defender has managed sixteen different teams in eight countries including into milan and livable he's been the beaten finalist in the wife the cup and the league and speaks five languages and he arrived in poland as the first english manager to lead his own national squad at a european championships since kevin keegan in two thousand and two and after only thirty nine days in charge well for once england's expectations as a nation entering a big football tournament were also unusually low despite being six in the fee for world rankings in the only world cup winners never to have won the european crowd or even reach the final they're also plagued by preventing injuries losing frank lampard gary cahill and even goalkeeping coach ray clemence before a bull was even kicked wildstar strike out when rooney was suspended for the first

denmark three two in an entertaining game in the field last night and watching that one forest with kate partridge. portugal trade two and paolo back says to remain in the tournament after a thrilling last gasp when endeavor well in the first half but they completely dominated that day finally got the ball to go after twenty four minutes tell me genius excellent corner headed by the defender and twelve minutes later it was to the ball sporting finale at the edge of the box this cross make no mistake finding the pass to get to make it to l. well the day's not dead and buried in the first half but four minutes before the interval. popped up. he's fifty of the kids but denmark beating the offside trap to make it to one well in the second half christiane i read now that i could have put notes about pads of side two one on ones with a goalkeeper but the real madrid manager from his lines missing base and denmark took advantage ten minutes before time back there again on target heading home again so you can't what about the points were about to be said then substitute some best. he made the score line i

confident they can end that barren run against italy this evening with more from the two camps here's kate partridge. the olympic stadium in kiev will host the first competitive match between england and italy for fifteen years and only the second is a european championship but after finishing unbeaten at the top of group day england manager roy hodgson says the approach to this tie will be much like the others to certain is such a different mentality because saying is that. stage who was in the group stages you would had a element of not held involved because you realize you didn't win your game or get a result in your game you could not get through to the final stages i don't think this could change our mentality particularly we must just make certain we prepare for the match that we are very for the much and when we go on the field we're capable of doing what we set out to the england all the only world cup winners never to have won the euros and lately have the habit of getting knocked out of big tournament of the quarter final stage but captain steven gerrard says this young team can still prog

portrayed is going to update us in sports today in around twenty minutes all not a minute after that kate partridgewho's in ukraine for us with davis on the group b. so me and group of death who are huge european teams going into action tonight somebody's got it so that's all ahead within the next twenty minutes. all right here and thanks very much indeed let's now take a look at some of the stories the number of female gun owners in the u.s. has nearly doubled in the past seven years now women in the big apple are joining the craze by spending their free time at the shooting range has made a board now reports the city's firearm frenzy is only gaining in popularity. it's the show that defined new york city's ambitious successful female you're known for their minola blog knicks and cosmopolitans. in real life. the latest trend attracting career women of the big apple pops more punch in the sweet cocktails call it shooting in the city we're still let those and rifles meet and different it's not common but i've been fairly quiet and i rather do it it's pretty cool actually it's a very empowering thing

kate partridge she sent us this report from kiev. so it's england and france to go through from group d. hour respectively play italy and spain in the quarter finals of euro two thousand and twelve well first up at the donbass arena internet skate was england won ukraine ill and a controversial victory at that it was an england man who was making his return wayne rooney who missed the best chance of the half back after two match ban and his mansion out a teammate ashley young found a cross on the left hand side but rooney practically on charge could only head white however three minutes after the interval i really swiftly made amends the cross this time coming from the right hand side from steven gerrard his cross-breed the goalkeeper who fumbled and rooney couldn't have got any easier goal heading in from one yard ads well after an hour of ukrainians i tried to fight back and he was going try to see roger milewski he had it over he had a free header and he missed the controversy came just a minute later he beat the defense and he ju