champion vitaly klitschko and manuel shar in moscow. meddling in nicely russia surpassed beijing a paralympic medal tally with a few days of competition still left in limbo. the first time a santa maria sharapova has put her place in the semifinals of the u.s. open she came from a set down in her reign affected lost a tie with marion bartoli leading for now in the first one play resumed on thursday botany julie took a six for drop of a how about bounce back to see out the window booked her place in the semifinals where she now faces top seed only as a thing. i think we both play pretty aggressive game. and we're competitive. to win. but she said this year you know kind of her breakthrough in terms of winning a grand slam being so solid so consistently remember on the world for the first time. meanwhile serena williams made it a hat trick of two thousand and twelve grand slam win is into the last four. straight sex to set up a last four tie it's me sad are learning. about the ronnie beat her compartment roberta vinci in straight sets six

klitschko clearly won all. rands of the contests char expressed his disappointment claiming he was able to continue and even win the fight but afterwards the german said he wanted a rematch although i was told he would have to join along here. i have great respect for you and i want you to give me in there a chance i'm sure fasten muscular in germany and all with the world would like to see one more fight between men and i'm sure you will accept my challenge. i understand your great motivation to fight me once again the problem is you're not the only one who wants it there's a lot of worthy contenders who are waiting for their turn to get a title sean you've already had your chance tonight you've proved to have a great heart and fighting spirit but you need to be patient. in tennis and he marries three to his second u.s. open final after beating thomas burdick in four sets of flushing meadows although he will have to wait to see who he will face next now that joke of each and every friday semi was halted becaus

heavyweight champion vitali klitschko one challenger manuel cha have met at a press conference here in the russian capital twenty seven year old german citizenship is unbeaten in twenty one fights with eleven knockouts he's also the first boxer of syrian origin to fight in the w.b.c. title bout forty one year old klitschko appeared relaxed more char has praise for his opponent although he still aims to knock him out. but i know many within my opponent manual char does not have a big name or much experience but he's a boxer represents the new generation and as reigning champion i can't simply fight against anyone anymore we've been strong opponent who is ranked in the top ten world ratings so is my dream to have come this far to be able to fight klitschko and of course now people are laughing become saturday when i knock out klitschko they won't be laughing anymore. and finally to motor sports where the g.t. won a world championships on the g.t. three european championships have made their debuts here in russia as nikolai told explains. not only was it the first time that the g.t. champ

to start the boxing now and heavyweight champion batali klitschko has successfully defended his w.b.c. crown in moscow ukrainian stopping germany's manwell char in the fourth round at the lim peacekeeper arena doctors stopping the fight after a klitschko punch opened up a cut above his opponent's side klitschko clearly won all four rounds of the contest but afterwards char said he felt he could have carried on and won and then asked for a rematch but was told to wait for the. greater respect and i want you to give me a chance i'm sure fans and most germany and all with the world would like to see one more fight between me and you and i'm sure you will accept my challenge. when you were i understand your great motivation to fight me once again the problem is you're not the only one who wants it there's a lot of worthy contenders who are waiting for their turn to get a title sean you've already had your chance tonight you've proved evergrey heart and fighting spirit but you need to be patient. and tennis andy murray is three to his second u.s. open final after beating thomas burdick in

in the meantime heavyweight boxing champion vitaly klitschko has successfully defended his w.b.c. crown here in moscow after the korean stopped germany's money in the fourth round at the olympic skier enough don't stop the fight after a klitschko punch opened up a cut above his opponent's ali well klitschko clearly won all four rounds of the contest but afterwards just said he felt he could have carried on and won and then oscar rematch he was told to bite. my mum i have great respect and i want you to give me in there a jones i'm sure fans in moscow germany and all with the world would like to see one more fight between me and you and i'm sure you will accept my challenge. when you were my understand your great motivation to fight me once again the problem is you're not the only one who wants it there's a lot of worthy contenders who are waiting for their turn to get a title shown you've already had your chance tonight you've proved to have a great heart and fighting spirit but you need to be patient. talented football and they fully fit russians scored have held a training sessi

heavyweight boxing champion tally klitschko makes a strong hint that he's already fought his are by. the manager guus hiddink has praised his side after their one when i moved them up to second in the russian premier league it was the fourth straight victory for the side from dagestan a missed decided by nearly stripe from the senior to rule i learned you had their chances to get back into the gang hitting the woodwork twice but angie hung on to go within a point of league leaders to. extract the difficult game because they know the emotion we know the commitment of all i know and i look forward to the ball and we have a very busy schedule and it's very difficult to play here with a lot of emotion but i think we managed. to get out. from there on a good game here are so quick look at the top of the table shows you are the team to catch but angie have almost done that with their light speed straight and it is very tight out there. any two off the summit themselves as us had a defending champions in the fifth and sixth respective late after nine games. well sparks domestic and european

and of course now people are laughing become saturday when i knock out klitschko they won't be laughing anymore. my. and finally the new ice hockey season gets underway this tuesday with reigning champions damo moscow hosting runners up on god in the traditional first vs second cousin raiser this match is also now called the local team top named in tribute to be our savile team which was killed in a plane crash on september the seventh last year and the top is not back in the tournament this season to rebuild and that's why well meanwhile the plane crash victims will also be remembered by canadian legends as the likes of wayne gretzky and mark messi have arrived in russia for a couple of matches their team will face form a side of a great senora seven floyd a but it's before that a match will take place in st petersburg on wednesday to celebrate the famous summit series but tonight showdown was first held forty years ago and the canadian superstars are happy to reenact the battles of the past you know we're just really excited and thrilled to be here and a chance to see all the great pl

well mike tyson has draining heavyweight champions the klitschko brothers to be more entertaining in the ring the ukrainian siblings hold all five while titles between them and last week here in moscow elder brother vitali defended his w.b.c. belt with a technical knockout blow his lesson upon the man however the forty one year old was booed after all turned out to be a sure full round fight something former champion tyson thinks needs to be a thing of the past. stated bachmann is not bad just ahead with not really exciting as it should be but. in a we have to we have people individuals who want excitement we don't look at the art of cliff very good guy. good fight but we want to feel. and then that the particular professor that the particular you know population is five. now the fastest man on a few st paul says he's happy to have silenced the skeptics after the six time lympics print champion arrived back home in jamaica the twenty six year old proclaimed himself as a legend after successfully defending his one hundred two hundred and four by one hundred meter titles in london desp

the gloves out there ready for tommy klitschko puts his w.b.c. heavyweight title on the line as he takes on manuel sharkey or not later on saturday. the first football in russia have got their twenty fourteen world cup qualifying campaign off to a winning start they beat northern ireland to know in moscow in fabio capello's first game in charge they defies you in scoring on his competitive debut before i coughed penalty sealed the win twelve minutes from time which was that. fabio capello got exactly the star he was looking for in his first competitive match as head coach of a russian national team as his only eased to a victory against northern ireland while russia dominated both position and territory throughout perhaps could have won by a bigger scoreline however battalion was more than happy with the team's performance it was difficult because the beach was. difficult the blue the ball of the field it. was difficult to find this piece because the. players in front of the goal in the few of those there is if you would define this piece for wha

ounce entertain me mostly legend one time and says current world champions the klitschko brothers all great but just not exciting enough. first a football and russia have maintained top spot in group after thrashing israel four nil in a world cup qualifier in tel aviv goals either side of hard times for alexander but strikes from alexander payne and victor finds even did the damage russia's first victory in israel in three games was the second competitive win in a rope of manager fabio capello after last friday's two nil home win over northern ireland but it was also enough to get russia top of their group despite portugal beating azerbaijan three nil while northern ireland also drew with luxembourg and with more from a point televisa has which. russia produced one of their best performances in years to beat israel with such ease and conviction while this was supposed to be one of the hardest games for fabio capello's men in group but they blew israel away with a four star performance which records highly and more than happy with the way his players have performed over the last two ga

heavyweight boxing champion vitale klitschko makes a strong hint that he's already full this is our. first angie manager hiddink has praised his side after their one year when i rely on the move them up to second in the russian premier league it was the fourth straight victory for the side from dagestan and was decided by an early strike from the scene and to a great one to learn he had their chances to get back into the game hitting the woodwork twice but angie managed to hang on to get within a point of the. manager hiddink had this to say about his teeth before. i expect the difficult game because we know the emotion we know what a commitment i know and i know it's always difficult i mean we have a very busy schedule and very difficult to play with a lot of emotion to play but i think we managed. to get it. from there on most a good game here are. so quick look at the top of the table show the team to catch but and she have almost done that with that latest victory and it's very tight up there blocking might see only two points off the summit themselves as our tactic defending cha

and back in the ring boxing heavyweight champion the tally klitschko says he isn't going to retire after all. but before that fifth matches in the russian cup have got underway on a day where three first division teams are hosting premier league opposition and there is an upset on the cards and they down car by a goal to nil but half time approaching in that one defender robert money and the score the winners will go through to the last sixteen of the competition and latest any to head to the sea port city of cleaning grad to face baltic or do you say with that midfield ego denise of striker alexander could go off the pad for a second game in a row after threatening to go on strike in the other gang territory for the russian premier league spot now a chip. meanwhile angy manager has praised his side after that one now when i read lanyard to move them up to second in the russian premier league it was the fourth straight victory for the side from dagestan was decided by an early strike from the seniors through are a great one to learn who had their chance to get back into the gang hitting

heavyweight boxing champion vitaly klitschko makes a strong start he's already fought his last. weekend to remember brandt snedeker wins the p.g.a. tour championship claiming with the. prize of ten million dollars. on sticky wicket bulldogs for their loss there were twenty twenty cricket score the defending world champions go down to india by nine. one half of the greatest heavyweight boxing jewel in recent years looks like he set to bring down the curtain on his illustrious career vitaly klitschko on monday stating quote i don't intend to fight anymore leaving younger brother vladimir to carry the torch but tully also reiterating out a press conference in the politics in this need of ukraine as work is focused on. the forty one year old retained his w.b.c. world heavyweight title earlier this month the feeding manuel char in moscow via a fourth round tactical knockout to previously already retired want to injury in two thousand and five only to announce his return to the after his overall record stands at forty five wins two goals. to russian for poor sport domestic and europea

to boxing where for telly klitschko is aiming to end manuel char's run of perfection on saturday the elder of the ukrainian boxing brothers putting his w.b.c. heavyweight belt on the line here in moscow against the syrian born german who is unbeaten in twenty one pro fights the clash may be one of the last chances for france the county heavyweight legend in action with politics very much now on political his mind no sparring opponent is meanwhile too small for his twenty seven year old opponent mr char the scenes and high spirits ahead of the biggest fight of his career to date to tour though is big favorites having not lost since his super fight with lennox lewis in two thousand and three forty one year old seeking to extend his legacy by hanging on to the belt once held by legends such as muhammad ali mike tyson and indeed louis and self. in golf america's ryder cup captain davis love the third is pick his wild card for the competition which begins later this month steve stricker dustin johnson brandt snedeker and two thousand and three u.s. open champion jim furyk the chosen ones

to boxing now avatar klitschko is aiming to end man world is run of perfection on saturday the elder of the ukrainian brothers putting his w.b.c. heavyweight belt on the line in moscow against the syrian born german who don't beat him in twenty one professional fights the clash may be one of the last chances for fans to catch the heavyweight legend in action with politics very much on the pitch goes mind and it appears there's no sparring opponent too small for the twenty seven year old who seems in high spirits as you can see ahead of one of the biggest fights of his career to date klitschko though is a big favorite having not lost since his super fight with lennox lewis back in two thousand and three the forty one year old seeking to extend his legacy by hanging on to the belt once held by legends such as muhammad ali mike tyson and of course lewis himself. and finally so i saw in the k h l the league's all time leading scorer alexander radulov got off to a losing starts with his new side sales car young man a loss to one nil in a moscow. to make in with the only goal there while i

to boxing where italy klitschko is aiming to end manual charles run of perfection on saturday the elder of the ukrainian brothers putting his w.b.c. heavyweight belt on the line in moscow against the syrian born german he's on beaten in twenty one professional fights the clash may be one of the last chances for fans to catch the heavyweight legend in action with politics very much on klitschko his mind there's no sparring opponent too small for the twenty seven year old as you can see here he seemed in high spirits ahead of the biggest fight of his career to date. ways big favorites having not lost since his super fight with the knicks lewis in two thousand and three the forty one year old seeking to extend his legacy by hanging on to the belt once held by legends such as muhammad ali mike tyson and lewis himself. now to the paralympics in london where team russia has drastically improved on its medal tally from beijing four years ago the country moving into second place in the overall medal standings with seventy three including twenty eight golds most wins coming in athletics and swim

it is my dream to have come this far to be able to fight klitschko and of course now people are laughing become saturday when i knock out which go they won't be laughing anymore. goal of now world number one rory mcilroy produce a blistering final round to win the georgia bank championship by one stroke on the final hole in boston the northern irishman as latest drive comes three weeks after winning the p.g.a. championship and saw him overturn a three shot deficit on the final day to south africa's toys and with tiger woods a shot further back well mcelroy carded a sixty seven and had an electrifying start with three bird is on the first four holes and took the outright lead on the fifth to an who isn't drove his ball into a hazard however the south african didn't manage to keep it close right up until the eighteenth meaning marco needed to sing this to be sure a victory but it was agonizingly short and he then had to pray. missed his birdie effort to avoid a playoff. i which he did handing the twenty three year old the title and top spot in the fed ex cup standings which guarantees mcel

punch opened up a cut above his opponents on life klitschko clearly won all four rounds of the contest but afterwards charles said he felt he could have carried on and won and then asked for a rematch but he was told to what were the. boys but i have great respect for you and want you to give me in there jones i'm sure fans in moscow germany and all with the world would like to see one more fight between me and you and i'm. sure you will accept my challenge. i understand your great motivation to fight me once again the problem is you're not the only one who wants it there's a lot of worthy contenders who are waiting for their turn to get a title sean you've already had your chance tonight you've proved to have a great heart and fighting spirit but you need to be patient. tennis now and andy murray is through to his second u.s. open final after coming from a set down to be thought much about it in four sets at flushing meadows and will play the winner between novak djokovic and that farah who semifinal was halted because of fears of a tornado while the weather wasn't ideal when mari was

heavyweight champion vitaly klitschko has successfully defended his title in moscow ukrainian beatingman will charge in the fourth round by technical knockout one of his punches cut the diamond boy's eyes and the doctor immediately stopped the fight clearly won all four rounds over the contessa leg expressed his disappointment with the outcome claiming he was able to continue and even win the fight with the post fight press conference saying turning to negotiations on a possible rematch however according to the reigning champion char should by this time. i have great respect for you and i want you to give me in there a chance i'm sure fans and most germany and all with the world would like to see one more fight between me indeed and i'm sure you will accept my challenge. when you were my understand your great motivation to fight me once again the problem is you're not the only one who wants it there's a lot of worthy contenders who are waiting for their turn to get a title sean you've already had your chance tonight you've proved evergrey heart and fighting spirit but you need to be p

extends his record to twenty five victories no defeats clash with multiple world champion for the year klitschko another moves a little bit closer. to cricket for australia are cruising towards the last four stage of the twenty twenty world cup. he also he's making short work of south africa on sunday australian i four from four of the tournament points are going from the office they took to victory some of the track in colombo zavvi a doherty she came through with just balls so africa picked up the pace somewhat towards the end of their innings though finishing with a modest yet respectable one hundred forty five c. . history in showing with bob in her. tailored wants again a run competition top scorer shane watson an incredible display from the sydney sixers all rounder thumping seventy off forty seven balls at st marks to their tally in seventeen point four overs the a.t.p. with the win means there are now all but guaranteed a semi final. moving to tennis for a while minako us claimed his fourth title of the season on his first on the hard courts of the malaysian open the argentinian outing h

well meanwhile mike tyson has a right wing heavyweight champions the klitschko brothers to be more entertaining in the ring the ukrainian siblings hold all five world titles between them and last week here in moscow elder brother vitali defended his w.b.c. belt with a technical knockout against less than an opinion man welsh however the forty one year old was booed after what turned out to be a short all round fight something former champion tyson thinks needs to be a thing of the past. instead of bachman is not bad just ahead we didn't really exciting as it should be but. in a we have to we have people individuals who want excitement we don't look at the art of play with those clips very good guys. good friday but we want to feel. brewer are and then that the particular have a professor about the particular you know population is friday you know. elsewhere arnold palmer has become only the second to go for ever to receive a congressional gold medal one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a u.s. citizen was awarded for his contributions to golf and his civic contributions to the natio

record to twenty five he has never been beaten by clash with multiple world champions but the mere klitschko of the smooth little. elsewhere new zealand tough won the inaugural rugby championship after a demolition job on argentina in buenos aires the one sided victory in the all blacks and on the saleable lead at the top of the fourteen group that means they become the first winner to show all of the tournaments which took place to trying to argentina were included in the. sack. he sees the advantage in the first try to save him but the visitors turned on the style after that cory jane the tell us man helping himself to trick tries again following your journey and sophia out of a race to complete the comfortable victory the world champions their boy standing near winning run time. i. tell you what he does get there in the end i think in the end but certain. parts of africa as bryan habana showed us truly he still got the skills that earned him i.r.b. player of the year honors in two thousand and twenty. suring his side came second place in the standings overall by helping the most of all th

loss of one of its former heavyweight champions on one of only three people to ever defeat their klitschko corey sanders was shot dead in this native south africa during an alleged restaurant robbery attempt he was forty six years will saunders was it attending the birthday celebration of a family member in his birthplace of when the robbers reportedly burst in an open fire the former w b o heavyweight champion died in hospital after suffering wounds to his stomach and he'll be remembered mostly in the sport of boxing for demolishing the younger brother in two thousand and three sending him to the canvas four times before a second round knockout now it's been exactly a week since n.h.l. commissioner gary bettman announced a lockout stateside since then some of the world's biggest ice hockey stars have been busy arriving in europe to compete in the cage shell most eyes focusing on alexander ovechkin and if gainey metal magnitogorsk on the following is just some of their highlights so far. liz liz. liz . liz liz liz . creates additions to the lake that has all your support for nazi use it. t

to klitschko brothers better look at freddy's a bike former england cricket star freddie flintoff is set to try his luck as a heavyweight boxer flintoff stating he wants to stand with the sport's biggest specimens the thirty four year old son one point one three meters tall himself in a round hundred kilograms so size might not be an issue but punches the behavior former all rounder and listening former worlds better with champion darren mcgrady last part of his training stuff until he had face another multi sport star former all black rugby star sonny bill williams is heavyweight champion and you have to listen to the pardon pics in london finally where team russia have drastically improved on their medal tally from beijing four years ago the spike the british event still being far from finished the country moving up to second place in the overall medal standings with seventy three including twenty eight goals. the latest nine from the english capital. it's taken race it should bloody go up fifteen long years to find that it clinched paralympic gold yes there were several world in c

however many kids and is working two jobs but food that's hard you know what i did it wasn't hard the klitschko brothers better look at freddie's bike former england cricket star freddie flintoff is set to try his luck as a heavyweight boxer flintoff stating he wants this down to two with the sport's biggest specimens the thirty four year old sons one point one three meters tall himself on a round hundred kilograms to size might not be an issue but punch is he the former all rounder and listening former world featherweight champion barring the greatest part of his training stuff flintoff could yet face another multi sports star former all black rugby star sonny bill williams is heavyweight champion and you have to win. but could be a fun clash to the paralympics in london finally where team russia have a must that they and proved on their medal tally from beijing four years ago despite the british event still being far from finished the country moving up to second place in the overall medal standings with seventy three including twenty eight goals but i'm on cos river has the latest from the en

another news twenty four hours after appearing to quit the sport boxing heavyweight champion vitali klitschko says he intends to fight on at a press conference in donetsk li forty one year old had suggested he wanted to focus on a career in politics but after many took that to mean he's retiring the crane has now insisted he was misunderstood stating on his facebook page there is no talk about the end of my career i'm sorry if i didn't put enough emphasis on this at the news conference he retained his w.b.c. world heavyweight title early this month the phaeton man was in moscow but his younger brother vladimir is the undisputed heavyweight champion holding three. belts. in tennis world number two maria sharapova has survived a real tussle with britain's heather watson in tokyo the russian had to come back from a set down after losing the. and then to decide a six for after nearly three hours on court early and that if a trial over made it to the second round after beating similar to how it will remain here however fellow russian annecy a perfect chunk of loss to seventy three says there was a

heavyweight champion of the world vitaly klitschko belt on the line here in moscow later on saturday dr iron fist up against challenger manuel char robert downey in the preview. even those who don't like him have to face the facts to tell you the school has already become one of boxing's greats for six professional votes forty four wins with forty of them claimed by no chaos the second best result in history after the great rocky marciano dr this true self has never lost by decision and he has yet to ever even if he can this and despite his illustrious career it has never let came to the russian capital until now on saturday night the forty one year old is set to defend he style once again in must kill against germany's money . prevent the dungeon boy with a flawless record of twenty one wins in twenty one belts he's on the eve of his first major title shot despite the pressure the twenty seven year old soon turned his open training session into master class winning its hearts. chars feeling confident i can see it it was far from trainee he was just playing with the kids no worries h

generation of boxers after alley has been praising the man at the top of the tree today vladimir klitschko a former all disputed world heavyweight champion mike tyson also giving a little preview of what his next career move into a. very good guy. good friday but we want to see it mark brewer are and the particular you have a professor about that particular you know population is five you know so we have a funny feeling toward. violence in the way for when i hang out with entertain there i want to dance i think i'll give a billy madison moment show me if you have. plenty of energy anyway how to finally the fourth international backyard football tournament house concluded right here in moscow with kazakstan topping the charts the tournament which aims to promote support among children going from strength to strength as michael cup chant go reports. in twenty live in as many as twenty nations to parts of annual international backyard football tournament and this year's event was no less successful despite only fourteen teams taking part but the drop in the number of teams was more to do with

now it's boxing where tali klitschko is aiming to and manual charles run of perfection on saturday the elder of the ukrainian brothers putting his w.b.c. heavyweight belt on the line in moscow against the syrian born german who jump between twenty one pro fights now the clash may be one of the last chances for fans to catch the heavyweight legend in action with politics very much on the pitch goes mind there's no sparring opponent too small for his twenty seven year old opponent shell who seems in high spirits as you can see ahead of the biggest fight of his career to go though his big favorite having not lost since his super fight with lennox lewis in two thousand and three a forty one year old seeking to extend his legacy by hanging on to the belt once held by legends such as muhammad ali mike tyson and louis himself. and finally to ice hockey where in the cage the league's all time leading scorer i was on the redo of got off to a losing starts with a new side the army man lost a spot on one nail in moscow darby guys mark again with the only goal there was a little bit of land three

and he says he's ready to fight any fox on the planet including multiple world champion but in the klitschko. elsewhere new zealand have won the inaugural rugby championship after a fifty four fifteen demolition of argentina and want to see the one sided victory gives them an unassailable laid out the top of the fourteen group that means they become the first winners of the tournament which replaced the tri nations after argentina were included in the new format it was actually the peers who took the lead score in the first trial after just seven minutes but the all blacks turned on the style after that corey jane the talisman scoring a hat trick refers to his trial coming james fellow winner. chilean surveyor added a brace to complaints a rather comfortable victory the world champions extending their winning run to fifteen matches. meanwhile the n.h.l. lockout continues in the usa but the players' association aides returning to the negotiating table with team owners after a two week break the two sides have hammered out issues such as drug testing and player safety although they yet to disc