a foot in the door germany when the continental powerhouse battle against the netherlands while denmark came up short of another euro towards its faults and sation against portugal. plus russia are punished her fans are caught on camera attacking stewards at the euros. and the limbic calends out chinese and brazilian beach volleyball stars shine in moscow at one of the final qualification events for the loans and summer games. football first and germany have overpowered bitter rivals the netherlands two one two all but secure a berth in the quarterfinals of the european championships and york human lives men now need just one point in the last group match thanks to race by mariel gomez in the first half almost ensuring germany's passage into the quarterfinals robin month varies in second period goal was not enough to revive holland as good men in orange suffered their second defeat in a row bert van marwijk squad now have to crush or to go and hold the germany don't drop any points against denmark while the gritty scandinavian side came from two

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at euro two thousand and twelve with germany portugal the netherlands and denmark all in action. checkmate to russia thrashed the czech republic four one in their opening game to move top of group a. but first tennis and maria sharapova has continued a great sporting weekend for russia she's become only the tenth woman in history to an all four grand slams after a six three six two win over italy saw the iranian the final of the french open the twenty five year old went into saturday's final victory at roland garros was the only open absent from her impressive c.v. the. siberia native was too strong for her opponent from start to finish wrapping up the straight sets win in one hour and twenty nine minutes the last grand slam success came in australia in two thousand and eight and not long after she dropped out of the world's top one hundred as she battled injury and also for this win and see her return to number one in the world when the new rankings are released on monday. now moving to euro two thousand and twelve where group b. or the so-called group of death take center stage

up and running in denmark and germany were called wins over the netherlands on portugal on day two of the european football championship. and back on track while champion sebastian vettel recalled a blistering lot to secure pole for sunday's canadian grand prix. the first to be clay courts of the french open where both rafael nadal and novak djokovic are looking to create their own little bit of history they go head to head in the final in paris the dalton the first two sets and was to love up in the third but a remarkable new run of six straight games with just a bench has taken the match into a full set and the dollar has taken the first game djokovic can become the first man to hold all four grand slam signal to a new slate since rod laver in one nine hundred sixty nine moment dull is going for a record breaking seven title so plenty to play for and parents. now during twenty two hours where group c. takes center stage on sunday defending champions spain and taking on intimate me probably city all good and it's just hard time that the half time whistle has literally just gone a pre

and running in denmark and germany record wins over the netherlands and portugal on day two of the european football championship. back on track while champion sebastian vettel records a blistering lap to secure pole for sunday's canadian grown pouring. before us to the clay courts of the french open where both a rough eye on the dollar and novak djokovic are looking to create their own little bit of history going head to head in the final in paris the doll has taken the first set as he looks to win the title for a record breaking seventh time djokovic who can become the first man to hold all four grand slam simle tiniest late since rod laver back in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine has won the last three grand slam finals between the two dollars up a break in the second set as well. now to euro two thousand and twelve where group c. takes center stage on sunday first of all defending champion spain take on a chilly leap over city of get on the reigning european and world champions begin the defense of their title against the two thousand and six world cup winners never before has a cou

the netherlands or runners-up in the 2010 world cup.m filled with international stars. >> the dutch team has proven firepower. one of the english premier league's top strikers. and this player won the bundesliga's golden boot. the coach wants just one big done up front. who will sit his wingers? the first matches against denmark. >> we play the same kind of football. the players know each other. a lot of danish players play in holland. it is the same situation as two years ago. >> in 2010, the netherlands for world cup runners-up. wesley was an essential part of that team. but he is coming off a mediocre season. he's suffered an injury against slovakia this week. he hopes to be ready for denmark. >> we have to focus on at that game. then we will see. we have germany and portugal. as i said, we are in the toughest group of the tournament. >> defense will play a crucial role. if the netherlands make it through the group's stage, they could be contenders. they won the title in 1988. since then they have reached the semifinals three times.

take center stage for european heavyweights are preparing to go head to head with the netherlands taking on denmark and then germany on portugal facing off a partridge has the preview now from ukraine. where harry live up which was the venue for the first ever officially recognized football match in what was poland is now ukraine that was in eighty ninety four and on saturday hero two thousand and twelve three time winners germany will take on two thousand and four pinus portugal in the second match of group b. the so-called. germany were one of the pre-tournament favorites and have the best european culture record of all the countries taking part at euro two thousand and twelve as well as winning the trophy three times they've also been runners up three times and they're also a team in form after reaching the semifinals of the world cup in south africa they soon made up for that relative disappointment they can live side won all ten of their group a match is conceding just seven goals in the process and became the first team through to the summer's finals however they were drawn in the

orange squash the netherlands exit euro two thousand and twelve of the group stages following defeat to a christiana and although inspired portugal. green no more webb simpson security his first ever major title after a thrilling final round up the u.s. open. truck test of the pick shortened season hopefuls gear up for london twenty twelve at the annual it's not meant schema morial meet held just outside school. lets start up the european championships where another two schools have booked their quarterfinal berths but twenty ten world cup finalists the netherlands are into one of them for more on that exciting day's action from group b. here is k. partridge germany and portugal guys through to the quarter finals of euro two thousand and twelve off the price of them on their final match using group three the sample group looked at two one while 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 h

pick of the bunch denmark and germany record wins over the netherlands on portugal on day two of the european football championship. in the hemisphere nations complete a clean sweep over their northern parts in the latest rugby union test series. in a weekend to remember for maria sharapova the russian becoming only the tenth woman in history to win all four grand slams after a six three six two victory over italy sorry irani in the final of the french open the twenty five year old went into some of these final knowing it. was the only major missing from her impressive c.v. siberian native too strong for her opponent from start to finish wrapping up the straight sets win in one hour. and it's her last ground success came in a stream in two thousand and eight not long after that she dropped out of the world's top one hundred but she battled injury all form but this win will now see her return to the number one spot when the new rankings are released on monday. the most unique moment i've experienced in my career i i never thought i would. i have that. i thought that when i once. thoug

the competition defeat by more than one goal against the danes and think for portugal over the netherlands would send them home early but those computers are two months and i have a feeling the team recognise immediately that we haven't qualified yet if you look at the different possibilities you find out that it can happen quite quickly that we could still go out and have to be careful against denmark despite the fact that we played very dominant until now and we beat the teams that were the hardest opponents on paper holland and portugal. or germany are one of the hot favorites at this year's european championships but they haven't enjoyed an entirely happy can't buy munich start only cruz has told newspapers he's not satisfied with being a substitute and has only played a total of twelve minutes in the eighteen games against the portugal against portugal and the netherlands but general manager all of a bit off the night such comments have unsettled the squad. does enjoy the most is that of them i think the most important thing is that this is not transferred to the team it will always b

thousand and twelve and the second day is proving just as fascinating as the first denmark one the netherlands nil 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 winners in one 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 days 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 down a bit runs on the goalkeeper to make it one no the dutch peppered the danish goal three attacking substitutions was younger until i came on he managed to get a one on one with the keeper and he missed then had a shot for a penalty it wasn't to be their day denmark won hala know and it's going to be the danish side that take a one zero victory from group a group of death on the first day and they start down the gauntlet to germany in portug

let's have a little look at going bayport to play the netherlands in the other game there on saturday there are many possible permutations here but the easiest thing to say at the moment is that all four teams can still reach the quarter finals and a draw for germany in portugal would be enough to send them through. elsewhere if they could be without their star striker mario balotelli for their last game against ireland on monday the match the city forward injured his nature in training and is being assessed ahead of their must win match and. against the irish meanwhile italy's coaches scoffed at conspiracy theories surrounding the last games ingroup say even if italy win on monday they would still be knocked out if spain encourage played at a high scoring trough that result would suit those two sides both would progress to the last eight bases are planned barely had this to say to the conspiracy theorists . because for tickets to get it i really have a hard time listening to these debates of the i really do you know that's not the way i see things you're but we're talking about the c

russia had to sell the place on the plane to the summer olympics for the first time ever in the netherlands as well as what's on. certainly we're also in that moment but the first time to win the hand i mean being all of mine told me which will also be held to give the russians comfort zone but seemingly just cannot get enough of beach volleyball at the moment and that's one of the starts from the twenty two months of the franco month most. well that is all the sport for me for now i'll have more for you in around two hours time join me then hit on arts and. culture is that so much i'm afraid we're going to make it a lot of people a variant of the look of what is the future of the european union will be a federal union or will continue to keep the euro down the road. going to be.

the place on the plane to the summer's olympics for the first time ever in the netherlands as well as what's on. also on that morning on the first night of the when the n.i.v. being called langholm of which will also be held there is not much older but seemingly just can't get enough of the ball of the moment and that's one of my starts from the twenty's. cinco. i'm excited michael. all your sports i whether it's next year in twenty four hour r.t. . culture is that so much music to make a lot of people if you're young enough to look at what is the future of european union will be if it will unions or to continue to keep the hero down the road. wealthy british style. guys. markets. scandal find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two kinds of reports. that she could leverage surely to mccurry was able to build a most sophisticated robot which fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and. this is why you should care only on the do

summer olympics for the very first time booking their place by beating tournament favorites the netherlands in the confederations cup in moscow with the details. this competition was a real chance for russia to make history in the sport after a hard fought three two win over switzerland in the semi's they faced the dutch in the final it was a place at the olympics at stake the best of five contest started wobbly for russia's first time in team and it's the sea of wasilla and. fail to break down holland's jewel of madeline mccann and so if you can guess though and team russia went down one nil but that didn't stop russia from making full use of their home advantage russia's second tandem call of i'm a countryman made light work of the two games beating both dutch teams two zero and two one with advantage now firmly with the home team and a boy and crowd behind their backs team vices and bozak over rectified the only slip up to be called as we can do a twenty one to twelve not only was it a fine win over the tournament's favorites it was also sweet revenge for team russia having lost out to t

of the euro two thousand and twelve favorites as morton also is meant to get the better of the netherlands by a goal to nail the. king of this winner's lee westwood wins his nor the masters title finishing five shots clear of the pack in sweden. but first tennis and maria sharapova has continued a great sporting weekend for russia she's become only the tenth woman in history to win all four grand slams after a six three six two win over it and he saw it out on me in the final of the french open the twenty five year old went into saturday's final no no victory at roland garros was the only grand slam missing from her impressive c.v. the siberian native was too strong for her opponent from start to finish racking up the straight sets win and one hour and twenty nine minutes last grand slam success came in australia in two thousand and eight and not long after she dropped out of the world's top one hundred as she passed the injury and loss of form this way and will see her return to number one in the world rankings when they released on monday. the most unique moment i've experienced in my ca

giants in hockey called the netherlands faced a must win game against germany who could secure a berth in the last eight with a with terry. and finishing touches athletics stores descend on the russian capsule for the annual moscow challenge certain events with a little over a month to go before the london olympics. but let's start with football where russia could only manage a one one draw against co-hosts poland but still top their group a at the european championships richard and port leeds watch the game for us. for russia's one hundred percent recording group a has been ended after a one one draw with poland but not all is lost for dick advocaat side as face still remain top of the group after two games or everything could have been so much better for the russians after hours ago it had given them the lead as moscow strike aircraft as first goal of the tournament for fine headed goal from a free kick or just says within the manchu of the czech republic russia did start slowly as the poles were on top but unfortunately they weren't able to turn their possession into goals and vendo

over the tournament favorites it was also sweet revenge for team russia having lost out to the netherlands back in the zoning stage of the competition in twenty eleven i simply cannot put our joy into words were so happy i don't know what else to say most of all i would like to say thanks to all our fans it's a big advantage to be playing at home and i'm so pleased with all the support it definitely helped us win. in the battle for bronze switzerland soft italy with three games to one ensuring they will get another crack at allin because occasion i think we still have a chance to get the. game. like yeah it's normal. moscow's second beach volleyball tournament of three in quick succession now seems justified as russia's women's beach volleyball team proved the country can compete with the world's best even if there's no beach in sight no gold here on the continent cup means that russia had to sell the place on the plane to the summer's olympics for the first time ever in the netherlands as well as what's an example. also on the money for the first time to win the one i may be full of langh

strong teams like the netherlands and portugal we are also among the favorites denmark it's not very comfortable to play but. the best memory and then we have to start well against portugal. another thought the united have

yielded the first major upset of the tournament so far denmark overcoming the odds to shock the netherlands one nail beating the two thousand and ten world cup runners up for the first time in forty five years a partridge watched the danes stunning victory and love. so here we are and eight zero zero two thousand and twelve in the second day is proving just as fascinating as the first denmark one the netherlands nil and few 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 she donated possession for the first twenty four minutes robin van persie normally so prolific russell couldn't find the shooting days and the robin to use the defense return to full minutes and it was the day to open simon close and making a run on the left hand side of his deflected cross somehow finding michael frayn delhi would be long gone the goalkeeper to make it one no the dutch peppered the danish goal three attacking substitutions was young h

while the netherlands hopes of reaching the quarterfinals are almost over. meanwhile you eva has fines of the russian football union the one hundred fifty thousand dollars after russia fans that sacked sewers during the country's opening match against the czech republic now the russian fans were films fighting with the stadium sat in the rocks love after their team's four one victory it happens after a series tried to detain a man they believe had thrown a firecracker you wait for says russia could also be docked six points in the it's euro two one to sixteen qualifying group for a repeat oftens meanwhile hundred fifty poland fans and around thirty russians have been arrested following violence before and after tuesday's one old role between the country's. well russia players are recuperating after that hard fought draw in warsaw but both defender gear is your calls and alexander cares a call for sitting out the squads training session earlier jerk off watched part of it from the sidelines with ice on his knee. while striker alexander cares to call friend in

full of the euros which could see an early exit for a couple of big teams yes right kevin of the netherlands and portugal could be eliminated if they fail to get three points this evening out of the build up just a sec. hello again you're watching the sports and these are the headlines battle scars russia defending here coffin strike occurs you call feel the effects of a hard ball draw against poland to be your. class crunch games now the ones in portugal could go out of the tournament tonight if they lose against the germans and day. and its first blood to oklahoma against miami's the n.b.a. finals get underway. but first russia are recuperating at the european championships after their hard fought one one draw with poland last night both defending your teacher kovan alexander courage of sitting at the squad's training session today and nothing strenuous for take out the cars man this afternoon here cough watch part of it from the sidelines with ice on his knee strike alexander trained individually although neither are thought to be suffering seriously and should be fit for the final group

win is never to be taken lightly bush beating good needle and i think that the game against the netherlands is going to be a big test for us because they play high quality football this is one of the best teams not only in europe but also worldwide it's been like this for many years and they're always getting better but we must win to reach the quarterfinals so it's a crucial game for us to whichever side wins f.c. medalist spider arena will certainly be adding to a piece of football history as german legend franz beckenbauer said matches against holland have cost me years of my life but i wouldn't have missed them for anything with so much at stake in this particular encounter i don't think anyone would argue . r.t. kharkiv ukraine but before that kicks off their mark faced portugal in livy for the portuguese needing a result to keep alive their hopes progressing from the group of death. bentos man suffered a one they'll defeat germany in their first game in a struggling to find the back of the net we're now though hasn't scored for them since november and the team with only lit up the sco

while the netherlands hopes of reaching the quarter finals now depends on the outcome of match day three. elsewhere it's attending jam in spain or preparing for their match against arlen's in dunn's besides the boss his men are the hot favorites to condemn the republic to their second straight defeat and in fact they could do with all three points after playing out a one all draw against italy in their opener says club record snit's of the equaliser the barcelona star was just one of the six midfielders in that game as spain stars is without a single striker and could use the same strategy against arlen's. if you keep moving and you have serious without giving a reference to the french it can work but it will have shown that it works when such plays are his core a great goal not being a striker about great movement so i think it's it's not about what system you use it's about how do you. how do you play them. i mean the result is good no might normally you say that there that that big was fantastic on the. money or big bush was it right this issue. all right before that game it's a face

plus disaster marry a girl miss bags of braces germany be the netherlands to once you put their arms on the brink of elimination at what it's well. plus heavy blow russia faced self but l.c.f. first fans are caught on camera attacking seward's at the euros. and sands of glory chinese and brazilian beach volleyball stars shine in moscow at one of the final qualification events for the loans in the summer games. football first and germany have all were powered bitter rivals the netherlands two one two all but secure a berth in the quarter finals of the european championships and joachim loves men now need just one point in the last group match thanks to a brace by marriott gomes in the first half almost ensuring germany's passage into the quarterfinals robin van persie second period goal was not enough to revive poland's as the men in orange suffered their second defeats in a row bert van marwijk squad now have to crush portugal and hope that germany don't drop any points against denmark while the gritty scandinavian side came from two goals down against portugal but still lost three t