now let's move on to ice hockey as some of the stars of the russian national teams unveiled their new olympic kits with the red machine targeting gold of the country's maiden winter games in sochi next february a reports. the unveiling of a new kit for any teen carries with it a sense of a new start but for russia's ice hockey teams the strips unveiled last week serve more as a reminder of past excesses the men's white jerseys have eight gold crowns on them and eight gold stars on the red version signifying the eight olympic gold medals won by russia and the soviet union and the new kids are also meant to galvanize the team and the nation ahead of russia's biggest sporting event yet the sochi twenty fourteen winter olympics where the men will hope to make it gold number nine with the help of n.h.l. star alex on but i've yet to get. every athlete wants to participate in the olympics as it's one of the most important words in your life but it's one thing to take part and not to think too when we rush always want to win and i think we have what it takes especially with this new kit you a

now let's move on to ice hockey as some of the stars of the russian national teams and valves they knew a little bit kits with the red machine targeting gold at the country's main winter games in sochi next february michael crabtree and co reports. the unveiling of a new kit for any team carries with it a sense of a new start but for russia's ice hockey teams the strips unveiled last week serve more as a reminder of past excesses the men's white jerseys have eight gold crowns on them and eight gold stars on the red version signifying the eight olympic gold medals won by russia and the soviet union and the new kids are also meant to galvanize the team and the nation ahead of russia's biggest sporting event yet the sochi twenty fourteen winter olympics where the men will hope to make it gold number nine with the help of n.h.l. star alexander ovechkin. every athlete wants to participate in the olympics as it's one of the most important the words in your life but it's one thing to take part and not think to when we were shows always want to win and i think we have what it takes especially w

it's always a nice thing to play for the national team. when it's the a-team, that's amazing. >> but it wasn't that is him i are -- but it was a baptism of fire. it was not until later that his true international rise began. few players manage the achievement. the teammate joked that the squad probably would not mark the occasion. >> we will wait until the game is over and see if the team does something, but i do not think we will. >> one thing seems sure -- until the final, the players will be sticking to water and not popping open any bottles of champagne. >> get ready to rock. the eyes and ears of the music world are focused on berlin this week. >> in recent years, the german capital has become an increasingly important creative and commercial hub for the music industry. >> its music week in berlin. for many, that means a show that is not to be missed. like this performance. thousands of other musicians have flocked to berlin for the festival. for them, the german capital is the perfect place. >> it's relatively cheap to live here, so it

funding to facilities. >> >> translation: in kabul we have two football grounds - not enough for the national team. other teams share the same grounds. we have problems from every aspect compared to neighbouring countries. >> after their victory politicians pledged money for the team. their win united the country in celebrations not seen in recent history in the capital. sporting officials in kabul hope to keep up the momentum and international support so their heroes can keep on winning. >> france will attempt to win their first major basketball title taking an lithuania in the finals. the french beat spain in the sem jis, and tony parker scored in 52. san antonio's point guards, one of six stars on the nba roster. he needs 21 points to become the all-time leading scorer. pirates moved into the top wild car player spot in the national league after losing to the cincinnati reds. the pittsburg pirates brought in pitcher aj burnett to win. they had a season high 12 batters, helping to a 4-2 win and they were agame ahead of cincinnati, and the chase for the top spot in the wildcard race. >> texas ran

for the last 2.5 years, i have been working in iran for an assistant coach for the national team.t is a very coveted position. a lot of people strive for that come,day, and here i living in the united states, working in the united states, taking this job. they never looked at me as an american because i carry an iranian name, a persian name, and for that, they recognize me as iranian, and there has never been a problem with that. the game itself is very different. people in iran, they like that technical part of the game. they like that fantasy football. here, it is about power. so, yes, it goes back to the culture of each country. parents here and parents in iran, the cheering is the same, except maybe the instructions are different. go, go,ey are like go, and there, they actually tell you in detail what the kid needs to do. pass right, pass left, trap it with your left foot or your right foot. >> get in front of the keeper. pass. good job. >> sports is always a good bridge to get the differences between the two countries, because sports is all about competing, and at the end of

for the last 2.5 years, i have been working in iran for an assistant coach for the national team.t is a very coveted position. a lot of people strive for that come,day, and here i living in the united states, working in the united states, taking this job. they never looked at me as an american because i carry an iranian name, a persian name, and for that, they recognize me as iranian, and there has never been a problem with that. the game itself is very different. people in iran, they like that technical part of the game. they like that fantasy football. here, it is about power. so, yes, it goes back to the culture of each country. parents here and parents in iran, the cheering is the same, except maybe the instructions are different. go, go,ey are like go, and there, they actually tell you in detail what the kid needs to do. pass right, pass left, trap it with your left foot or your right foot. >> get in front of the keeper. pass. good job. >> sports is always a good bridge to get the differences between the two countries, because sports is all about competing, and at the end of

. >> the last time the pakistani national team played in afghanistan was in 1977. given the background of strain, sometimes violent relations, the game was every bit as significant, although it seemed to matter little to the crowd. they have a history of strained relations that sometimes lead to clashes and harsh accusations. not only did they not see eye to eye on their border, there have been several cross-border shelling incidents in recent years, but pakistan's role in the 12 year war in afghanistan has been ambiguous. other reminders of the past were also present. the match was played just a kilometer away from a stadium that was used for public executions and mutilations of people who had transgressed the strict laws during the brief rule of the taliban. a return match between the two nations is scheduled for december. >> onto entertainment now. bollywood celebrities pranced down the runway with ethnic indian ensembles at fashion week in mumbai. >> bollywood celebrities glanced down the runway in ethnic indian ensemble at india fashion week in the glamour cap

i know that you and others on the national security team, based on my own reporting, were opposed to the president seeking congressional authority, >> no. >> thinking that he didn't need it. the reaction from the syrian state media is that this is the beginning, they say, of an historic american retreat. do you feel undermined? do you think the united states has undermined its leverage in the world, its credibility, having ramped up the specter of military action as being imminent and then saying, well, no, we're going to go to congress first? >> david, i completely disagree with the fundamental premise that you set out. no, i did not oppose going, nor did anybody else that i know of originally.

it doesn't appear that it was popular with his national security team. >> no. i understand, it is not popular with secretary of state kerry. and there is some concern over at the pentagon. it is equivocal and they believe they can have if he can. what they wanted to be is more specific as to what the goal are so that they can be judged to have achieved those goals. but overall, i want to come back to your first point and to something charlie said. i thought he made the point for congress supporting this president when the vote comes. that's not clear that vote is there right now to support him. the argument made on a personal level, i was not supportive of this along with 80% of americans, democrats and republicans who think we have been in wars and it is not clear what we were doing if we went into syria. whose side we were on and whether or not the bad guys, assad was in fact holding back people who might one day bite us. al qaeda. i think the president and secretary of state kerry made strong case leading up to this moment which is why it feels so empty righ

the fit nation team is regular to roll.r viewers have spent five months training for the race. what's your message for these guys? >> reporter: let me say i'm sorry i couldn't be there. maybe by the end of the this you'll be inspired to do a triathlon yourself. the reasons that i got involved in the first place was because this was chance to hit the reset button your honor li button your life. i know our six pack is watching from malibu. how often do you get chance to do that. another piece of advice i give people is you should do something every day that scares you. it makes you feel more alive. tomorrow morning when you wake up you'll be a little scared. this will be something that scares you. you go swim, bike, run. you want to make sure you're doing that. i got my goggles kicked them off my head at the beginning. get them on and do a few strokes before going. take off your helmet before you start the run. you'll look ridiculous if you start that run with your helmet on. you may forget things. it's okay. it's part of thi

and bernard looks to continuecon the nationals team hittingte h streak. a hit would tie him with thewit team's high water mark that ryan zimmerman setback in 2009. in 2 last night they expand it had to 29 in the 7th inning againstng the braves. unfortunately it ended in a 5-2 loss. dropping the nats to a 5.5 games, with 10 games to go, so mathematically and it's stilll possible, but excellent baseball and a little luck the rest ofthr the way is their only hope. >> go out and play like we have been doing all year, i mean obviously, the beginning of the year, and they, the middle of r wenweren't that great, but we he been doing the same stuff thef whole year.e we finally got it turned around a little bit and got to continuo to play like we have been playing. >> what i am happy about is that the guys are playing like we know they are capable of, and like what i told them before the 12th season if we play to we our potential, we will win. when i said, i was talking aboug you know it's going to be i'm out of here one way or the another.her. >> meanwhile, at th

men's national team playing mexico. an awesome crowd in columbus, ohio.ne of the early heroes here is tim howard. an absolute onslaught by mexico early on. made huge saves. u.s. got goals from eddie johnson and right here that tap-in by landon donovan and n win-0 and are officially into the world cup. i love the slide. i like the airplane too. i don't know if i like the airplane better than the slide but i like the airplane too. >> the slide. >> no, i can't. i'll probably skin a knee and be on the dl for a month. nbc sport, die want to go to brazil. >>> the nfl finding the lie ons suh 100,000 bucks for this block. see the shadow. that could end somebody's career. it's the sixth fine of his career and one of the largest in nfl history, a lot think he got off easy. >>> walkoff home run in baseball for dodger pinch hitter scott van slyke. we were talk talks about his dad andy van slyke talking about the pirate teams from the early '90s that won games. that was a two-run shot to win it and beat the diamondbacks 5-3 and they are walking into the postseason. >>

the nation's team defeated india 2-0 in the final championship in katmandu, and the party started inul immediately. after years of violence the police force were happy to let these fans take over the streets. the next day they were still partying. >> in afghanistan after 30 years of war this is a small happiness. we're so happy to celebrate. >> this is the first time ever afghanistan has won a major football tournament. during the taliban they were allowed to play but not on an international level. the partying could go on for days. >> this was the biggest show of unity in years, and afghans are proud their country is making headlines for the right reason. >> it shows to the world that afghans are not after war. they're not only warriors. this is a peaceful message to the world through sports. [ cheering ] >> afghans have not had much to celebrate for decades. these parties will end, but for the next generation sport has provided more than a distraction from war. it has given them inspiration for the future. jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. >> the mexican national socce

in that country now the team was established by the un secretary general ban ki moon and it is been headed by swedish scientists doctors from the convoy of supply united nations cause. in damascus shortly before the day on wednesday we understand that there are at least some eight u.n. investigation is participating in this investigation the team was in syria last month and in a report that was handed to the united nations on the sixteenth of september it concluded that it had clear and convincing evidence that seven gas had been used in an attack on the twenty first of august in the suburbs of damascus in which hundreds of people were killed not up to the cells from has said that this report was an initial finding it is an initial document and that their purpose now is to look into the allegations we do expected to examine some thirteen to fourteen major attacks that took place inside syria during this thirteen month conflict the team does say that it hopes to present its final findings of grace in all of these accusations possibly by the end of october now there has been criticism as to the fact that the team candle cannot conclude whether or not chemical g

team u.s.a. they've done pretty well in columbus, correct? >> yeah, they have. columbus is a happy home for the u.s. national soccer team.ey come here especially against mexico, they have a lot of success. the reason they come to this part of the world is a guaranteed fierce home support. there's not a lot of mexican fans that travel to this part of ohio. you can guarantee a raucous crowd. >> if the united states can beat mexico tonight, what's the scenario for team u.s.a. in terms of qualifying for the world cup? >> if the united states beat mexico tonight, all eyes turn to the match taking place between honduras and panama. has not doors will be the favorite in that one and if they have defeat, the u.s. will be punching their ticket to practices approximate still and looking forward with two games to spare. >> on the flip side, mexico in desperation mode. their head coach after losing to honduras. what's going on there? >> you have to remember going into this campaign, mexico was a dominant team, the overwhelming favorite to top this group and book and easy passage to the world cup. they had a disastrous run through qu

it is not something that should be undertaken lightly. >> the national security team is providing new physical evidence against the syrian government. >> from first responders in east damascus we have signatures of sarin gas if their hair and blood samples. >> with all of the evidence that bashar al-assad gassed its own people, congress is war weary. >> people want to know there is not going to be a military engagement like in iraq and afghanistan. we have a very skeptical public. >> congress returns september 9 and the white house will not say what president obama will do if lawmakers vote against military action in syria. >> it is 4:35, a $10,000 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of the person who shot and killed an oakland man. it happened on saturday night outside an apartment complex on daisy street. the 48-year-old victim was visiting a friend when according to police he got in a physical altercation with another man who shot him and police say the man went to the apartment complex to visit a friend. >> police are looking for two shooter whose fired more th

men's national team qualified for next summer's world cup in brazil. >> look at the screen if you aren new jersey. the kid does a flip on a throw in. yeah. the ball hits the goalie's hand and goes in. it's a goal, and it counts. >> full credit for andy gordon from hackensack, high school. the bad news that was the team's only goal of the game. so they lost 2-1 but does it matter? >> just crazy. in the soccer-loving world, that will get a bazillion hits. >> amazing. obviously a loss matters, but >> i'd love to ask was he trying to do that, trying to throw it up there so somebody could head it in and get the general direction of the game. >> is this something he does every game some much we want to know. >> i'm a casual soccer fan and i didn't

came to help new generations of russian basketball players to flourish and seize the current national team's failure to get past the preliminary round at the recent european championships in slovenia as just a blip we're going to have a new russian team which is going to be built from the young guys who failed now but you know the. going to rise and fight again it was the same thought same tough year for us about ten of forty years ago when i was joined by frost experience from national to you know we've been like servants of the knives and finally we will rise them you know we've been frost we've been bronze medalist on olympics and the generation kind of get into the so we're going to start a new one. a k forty seven as he's known by many fans in the u.s. due to his initials jersey number and birth place near the kalashnikov rifle plant may have returned to the n.b.a. to finish off his playing career but he still helping to sow the seeds needed for a bright future in basketball back home michael genco auntie moscow. may be on to gymnastics where a little pick champion early in the staff an

stunning twenty six to nine third quarter which proved too much from a cubby headed by former russian national team coach david glass and by the late push by the israeli side kind of the micros claim third place with an eighty to seventy full final score in the end tesco made light work overtaking that exam the bonus he got for the full success again before they get their domestic and european campaigns on the way they'll be on to the us for the euro league americans will well there be up against n.b.a. teams minnesota timberwolves and us and only use first from the age of october michael vick of the r.g.p. must go. and finally the appropriately named muskerry black storm defied the elements to reach the final of the russian american football championship after edging the moscow patriots twenty thirteen yet all the pretty much talk was about n.f.l. quarterback tim thibeault which i'm portrayed explains all. trying to gain a foothold in the russian sports market isn't easy football ice hockey and biathlon rule the roost leaving little room for minority sports such as american football however one cl

annette did make it to malibu along with the rest of the fit nation team.d you who they are and then we'll show you how did in the race. tabitha mcmann. >> when i was 19 years old i became ill with ulcerative colitis. i've been working really hard over the past 12 to 18 months on my own to get back on my shape. >> stacey manto. >> long hours and my health has definitely taken a hit. i want to swim and i want to bike and run to a better me, to a better lifestyle. >> ray timmy. >> after 25 years working with the colorado department of corrections, i get to retire, but i want my retirement to be ten times as wonderful as my life and career so far have been. >> and douglas mogul. >> 13 months ago i went into sudden cardiac arrest as a fourth grade teacher, i teach the students in my classroom that they need to work really, really hard in order to reach excellence and success. you know, ironically i haven't been adhering to my own advice. >> it all started with a trip to atlanta. >> what's your heart rate at? >> eager to learn about a new sport. and nervous abou

it is not something that should be undertaken lightly. >> reporter: the president's national security team is providing new physical evidence against the syrian government. >> from first responders in east damascus, we have signatures of sarin in their hair and blood samples. >> reporter: but even with all the evidence that bashar al assad's regime gassed its own people, congress is war weary. >> you know, people want to know that there's not going to be a military engagement, entanglement like in iraq and like in afghanistan. we've got a very skeptical public. >> reporter: congress returns september 9th. the white house won't say what the president will do if lawmakers vote against military action. diana. >> all right. abc's tahman bradley in washington for us this morning. thank you. >>> and a top official in syria says that the president's delay is a sign that the u.s. is losing its nerve. >> for more reaction, we're joined by abc's molly hunter in jerusalem. molly, what was the reaction from inside syria including the assad regime? >> reporter: we heard from assad for the first time si

i think that's going to be very instructive for everybody to see what he and the national security team to u.s. national interests that he's willing to risk it those unintended consequences, put buns ybut once you make that point, talk about crossing the red line, witness we cross that red line, it's not only the enemy who's going to be looking at us to wonder, to take us seriously, but it's our allies wondering if they can ever trust us again. so this is really a mess. >> let's pop that tomahawk cruise missile back up on the screen. i don't know if you can see this. what we're showing our audience is what potentially is on those ships you talk and. all of what you just said, making the case. what does this tomahawk missile do for us? open the door in terms of making us vulnerable in other ways? >> they're very accurate. they can be launched from half way across the mediterranean pup don't have to be right off the coast of syria. so the standoff distance that it provides is great. and the other thing is, it flying about the speed of an airliner. >> wow. >> so if you launch it from 1,000

national championship, it dawned on him he might be pretty good at it. i care about the athletes. i talked to their parents. >> willie has since coached his teamal titles. willie has coached the u.s. olympicic judo team more than once and other national teams too numerous to mention. but with that list of awards, willie says what he's doing now is more than he's ever done. teaching his sports to blind and visually impaired athletes. of course willie being the master has turned them into some of the best in the world as well. tt effort and the attitude, it's like nothing willie has ever experienced. and wh more than that could any coach possibly ask for? a another way to shake your hand and give you a hug. to me it's a big deal. right now, we're going to check in the day after his birthday for a lit weather. happy birthday, rob. >> wonderful cupcakes brought in by yourself and others. we really enjoyed that. it was a wonderful weekend and the weather was nice. look over my shoulder now, we're starting to see some changes here. just in time for the monday morning commute. we've got some light rain, widespread light rain approaching from the nort

the president and his national security team pulling out the stops today to make the case for militaryotes he need in congress? we will speak about alan graceson about that and can mccain get skeptical members of his party to back a strike on syria? >>> also, sisters feuding over marriage of equality and symbolizes a growing divide in the republican party. one who was ousted over his position from marriage inequality and that is coming up at the top of the hour. [ crisp crunches ] whoo-hoo-hoo! guess it was. [ male announcer ] pringles, bursting with more flavor. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients... plus, there are no networks, and you'll nev

i know that you and others on the national security team, based on my own reporting, were opposed to the president seeking congressional authority, thinking he didn't need it. the reaction from the syrian state media is that this is the beginning, they say, of an historic american retreat. do you feel undermined? do you think the united states has undermined its leverage in the world, its credibility, having ramped up the specter of military action as being imminent and then saying, well, no, we're going to go to congress first? >> david, i completely disagree with the fundamental premise that you set out. no, i did not oppose going, nor did anybody else that i know of originally. the issue originally was should the president of the united states take action in order to enforce the credibility and the interests of our country and to deter assad from using these weapons and to degrade his capacity to do so. that was the issue. and that's the issue that we debated. there was no decision not to do that, and the president has the right to do that, and we argued -- argued -- we discussed

. >> i was part of a four-way intermediate team of the australian national championships. >> reporterrome is so dedicate he had shaves the name of the team into the back of his head. >> they rub the magic head for luck. >> but luck is not on their side one december day in australia. on the last day of the national parachuting championships, jerome's team gets ready to jump. all week long, the team jumps have gone smoothly and safely. >> we'd finish the competition two days before and we were just here doing some fun jumps. >> on this last jump a teammate's helmet camera records the action. and an excited jerome gives a thumb's up. 13,000 feet in the air, jerome leaps from the plane and begins his 120 mile-an-hour plunge to earth. >> the deployment of the parachute, there's no real jump. generally the parachute is opened and running smooth land it's quite comfortable. i had my canopy and -- >> moments later, something goes wrong. >> when i felt a thump, i was stunned. at that point i knew i had been involved in a collision with another parachuter. >> another jumper that just released h

saturday after a two hour debate in the white house situation room with his national security team, the president addressed the nation with a plan to seek lawmaker's approval. >> while i believe i have the authority to carry out this military action without specific congressional authorization, i know that the country will be stronger if we take this course and our actions will be even more effective. >> reporter: the white house says evidence shows syrian president's regime launched a chemical attack that killed more than 1400 people. including 426 children on august 21st. the president sent congress a draft of a resolution seeking approval for a military strike to deter and prevent the syrian government from using chemical weapons in the future. president obama says military action would be limited and would not include american troops on the ground in syria. >> the senate foreign relations committee will hold hearings this tuesday on the request. a vote will likely take place the following week. a bay area professor who teaches a course on congress suggests the appeal to congress cou

. >>> at which time is teaming up with the national -- twitter is teaming up with the nfl to show video clips of games advertisement. it's a first partnership way social media company for the nfl. >> the 49ers are making a bid to host the national championship game. they plan to play at their new stadium next year. the team plans to submit the bid this week. the winning bid will be announced in six week. >>> our high school game of the week is moreau catholic and fremont. >>> they say it's a first. researchers in chicago developed a bonnic leg control -- bionic leg controlled by brain waves. he lost his leg four years ago. nerves are wired to communicate with the leg. the goal is to create better prosthetics for those who lost limbs in war. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. our coverage continues on the 10:00 o'clock newscast. we're always here for you. tmz is up next. >> today on tmz -- >> some people are saying khloe kardashian is going to spend her anniversary with lamar, but they have a lot to talk about because he's holed up in a house 100 miles from l.a. with two wom

men's national team qualified for next summer's world cup in brazil. >> look at the screen if you are not looking. a high school game in new jersey. the kid does a flip on a throw in. yeah. the ball hits the goalie's hand and goes in. it's a goal, and it counts. >> full credit for andy gordon from hackensack, high school. the bad news that was the team's only goal of the game. so they lost 2-1 but does it matter? >> just crazy. in the soccer-loving world, that will get a bazillion hits. >> amazing. obviously a loss matters, but >> i'd love to ask was he trying to do that, trying to throw it up there so somebody could head it in and get the general direction of the game. >> is this something he does every game some much we want to know. >> i'm a casual soccer fan and i didn't realize you could throw it. i thought somebody would have to touch it first. i guess the goalie. >> if he touched it does that make it count. >> two people that don't know. >> we don't know the answers to these questions. >> soccer fans out there. cursing us going, "give me a break!" >> i think we are not alone wi

more than once and other national teams too numerous to mention.ut with that incredible resume, that list of awards, willy says what he is doing right now is the most rewarding thing he's ever done. teaching his sport to blind and visually impaired athletes. >> you're going to go with katy. >> reporter: judo, with its close quarters and nearly constant contact between competitors turns out to be a good fit for the blind and visually impaired. of course, willy, being the master, has turned them into some of the best in the world as well. and willy has become so dedicated to teaching these athletes, he co-fuounded the blind judo foundation. the effort and attitude these athletes give their coach in return is like nothing willy has ever experienced and what more than that could any coach possibly ask for? >> it's just a way to walk off the mat and a way to shake your hand, they give you a hug. to me it's a big deal. >> reporter: garvin thomas, "today in the bay." >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," new developments in the deadly stabbing of a dodge

i hope in the immediate aftermath of that report there can be another united nations team sent with a mandate to determine who did it. we don't know that either. >> phyllis, appreciate it, phyllis bennis an advisory of the united nations an. >> walmart workers want walmart to undue the firings of 20 employees who took place in strikes in june. walmart says it has done nothing wrong. john terry was at one of the protests earlier today. tell us about it. >> i sure was, being tony. more walmart selling more stuff to more people than any other outlet. it is a 21st century conundrum. here is why. on the one hand, walmart sells us lots of cheap goods and cheap food, we like that. but there's a down side, walmart really screws the margins down on its suppliers. they make much less money than before walmart came along. and also on top of that, they don't do much for mom and pop story stores of course. they tend to close when walmart comes along and walmart also pays notoriously low wages. and there are protests about that gathering speed all over the country. as you say today there were 12 of

national team arrives ahead of the match on friday. chants of no fair play by the costa rica fans. match in march with the americans, they feel the match should have been abandoned. >>> the world's number one player were accused of filing false tax returns. the argentine as his father are still due to appear in court on the 17th of this month. they're accused of hiding more than $5 million by filing incomplete returns for the years 2006-2009. messi gave his backing to host the 2020 olympics denies any wrongdoing. >>> the international community refuses to lift against india. when they named their secretary jen despite facing corruption charges over the commonwealth games. they're urging other avenues for its athletes to compete. >> we're going to replace is that they should think of an alternative method in which the sport people of the country can contest under the indian flag. >> starting today with the 23-1 lead zimbabwe finished 327. pakistan closed on 168-4, and it's unbeaten on 76. there is more check out www.aljazeera.com. >> thank you very much, indeed. you might not associ

jersey mets but never reported to the team and they would remain an amateur for the brazilian national team and the only player to escort more than 1,000 points in the olympics. >> i have a ring. tomorrow i will be with my legend. i will save that for my speech tomorrow. thank you. it's team new stkaoe th new zeay and will drop from a modification. it's skwepblit's scheduled for . >> enough for the first time in 15 years an italian film at the venice film festival and the first time the documentary has won the line. it's a decision that hasn't been welcomed by all. >>> he came in huge cheers and a way of surprise. it's adamant all the along that it would have the golden line here at the venice fil film fe festival. i have been living and working among the major roads have ban strong contender from the start. >> it's documentary not that work and the kind favored by the lead director and the decision to award his real life account and the agent and the drama of it own. >> i'm not so happy pause i think that the movies because the movie is funny but a little bit weak and superficial. this bri

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so he trained alone, and he had ten days trainings session with the national team. his continue is not 100%, but he's not about a. >> kaka is set to play his first league match saturday rejoining the team. and the former world player of the year is expected to start. he stand joined record of $158 million. kaka has already won a s erie-a. >> kaka is in good shape, and has played very well with the enthusiasm of a young player. he said he's moved by the debut. is. >> lance armstrong said he returned the bronze medal he won in january. the international olympic committee stripped him of that honor after he admitted to using drugs. here he is competing in the individual time trial. they said they would not reallocate armstrong's bronze medal. >>> the spaniard leads the championship by 50 points. he was .53 of a second faster. >>> and new zealand entry over article team u.s. in the 54th america cup. despite the article recruiting the most olympic sailor ever. the challenger quickened sixth and seventh on thursday to finish three points short of winning the title. they l