baz mauled russia's national rugby team suffer a disappointing twenty five nil defeat to romania and then in their second game since the rugby world cup. but we start with boxing and w.b. a heavyweight champion alexander privette can admits he may have underestimated opponent marco hawke after narrowly retaining his title on points the judges' decision went in perfect kim's favor after twelve gruelling rounds in germany the russian had his work cut out and was on the ropes in rounds four and seven but hart the cruiserweight world champion failed to land a knockout punch the decision was greeted with a bruise by fans in stuttgart with vacuum admitting afterwards perhaps he didn't take the fight seriously enough it's the second successful defense of the title he won in august last year. now to football at manchester city have stretched their lead at the top of the english premier league to five points after a three nil home win against struggling black burn goals from mario balotelli sergio agüero and adding jacko sealed the victory terry connors rang as rules manager began with a two

now in football's champions league basso have produced a major upset beating by munich by a goal to nil in switzerland substitute valentino with the winner four minutes from time giving the swiss side a slim advantage in the return leg of this last sixteen tie elsewhere marsay grabbed a win in injury time defeat into milan by the same scoreline but the headlines belong to bars and their manager hitting praise in this place afterwards although brian are confident they can turn things around. for my team of the serenity miss focus concentration will be a great part of pure talent and due to this group make sure we are in the position to turn over teams of the quality of biron in the must see want to flex on the whole game over the ninety minutes one could see it would have been just to get a draw that said we lost one nil i think i have a lot of experience in europe in twenty minutes and i have been often in such situations i know of course there is a second game and we might have see the final i myself have the confidence enough to believe that we can turn it around in the return. path m

nil with aston villa and.he went forth with a three hole win over bolton it was the blues first victory in six games and won some way to easing the pressure on manager andre pro-us who has the backing of former chelsea boss have ground. and i have sympathy for him and i was supportive enough to continue but. not many top clubs give money. to the coach after the losing so many games if you see your money go a lot of. them i wish it was in my days. well later on sunday manchester united could narrow the gap at the top back to two points if they win it in for both stoke close ones eight and fifth place arsenal take on place in a much anticipated north london. also on sunday liverpool captain steven gerrard will go up against his cousin and to me as they take on championship side cardiff in the league cup final the reds aiming to win their first trophy for six years on their first visit to wembley since nine hundred ninety six. now in tennis i will move to a career high a fifth in the world rankings after she won

want to be cited just to settle for a draw while the russian side because i need to overturn a one nil first leg deficit a greek side olympiacos all those games are among fifteen second legs taking place this thursday elsewhere athletico madrid host lot zero already three one up on aggregate manchester united have a two no advantage at home to x. united will be without him killed ways rooney and strong explosive is taking the things for granted over thing as it was a goal. or we're going to try and avoid done so we have to try and maintain a ruin. when i was them to make sure that all motivated to win the game. for me more manchester city are the first team straight to the last sixteen after beating defending champions porto four nil at the end he had stadium to go through six one on the aggregate and afterwards manager roberto mancini said carlos tevez could be playing for the side again within three weeks after the strike apologised for his three months exile from the club a timely basis from on cheney to set his eyes on the europa league and in its premier league double your lawyer

and finally to rugby and russia have suffered a disappointing twenty five nil defeat to remain here in the second match since the all cup so the bastille what to do if they want to build on their success in new zealand reports. rough weather and very strong opponents these were the key challenges for the russian rugby team in sochi heavy rain and temperatures just above freezing. pointman double trouble in the game against romania. and even though sochi is not the coldest place in russia it was hard for the home team to keep up the gas two weeks ago the bears struggled to beat portugal and eventually ran out winners by just the narrowest of margins of thirty three thirty two the final score however the encounter with the romanians proved to be a much tougher encounter and unfortunately for head coach kingsley jones the team's problem area in the scrum was once again to prove to be a major issue. say we need to improve but here we need to identify players more players more options not position the roumanians attacked from the first whistle and score at troy after only five minutes the r

the decisive clash in gabaa on late on sunday the ivorians booked up place in the final with a one nil victory over mali in the seventies on wednesday the pre-tournament favorite haven't reached the showpiece final since back in two thousand and six before with salomon kalou says the elephants team spirit could be the secret to their success. we're working on the. team spirit and working together and you can see with every game we played even destroyed came down to defeat in you know and. to defend so i think that the spirit does well we're looking for we want to win together and that the motto was go. most important piece to go home with it to feel that's what we. well zambia reached the final after a surprise one nil win over garner in the same means they'll be huge underdogs ahead of the game despite that victory the captain chris could all go is convinced his side can cause an upset. their favorite at the moment no papers and everything but i think i want to be fulfilled to feel what i want to be when this is the moment that we can shine all the guys to get out of the team if we ca

their opponents or the conditions as the visitors would add another convert to try to take a twelve nil lead into the halftime break undated north and the looks on the young the skin the world the bare stand out players as they tried to get russia back into the match the performance did improve in the second half but unfortunately the home side never looked like breaking down the resolute rumania the fans. are seeing that was difficult they've got a really strong grip and they have also gained weight or were also committed positional mistakes and it's hard to get your ball in this kind of weather with orders or. not but despite the russians positive intentions romanians would cross the bears try one for a third time to make the score twenty two to nil and the final penalty rub more salt into the wounds as romania would ease to a twenty five zero victory to hand russia their first defeat in the citizens european nations cup a lesson for the russians after the euphoria of new zealand but the team's coach kingsley jones is certain that five years of experience cannot be bought and his team

is the collar city beat three nil to go five points clear at the top of all chelsea clinched that first win in six on a crunch day in the english premier league. while homeward bound russia captain shoving returns to city on a six month loan deal from arsenal prepared to host talk live in the north london dobby. race to victory russian star tatiana even retains her european lose crowd with a narrow win just outside moscow. the first of football and manchester city have stretched their lead at the top of the english premier league to five points after winning three nil at home to struggling but the goals are merrier by the telly you know i go where go and see all the victory wells when terry connors rangers manager began as well as wolves rallied from two goals down to draw two to newcastle russian striker. struck in the seventh minute just following one ten man q.p.r. peter odemwingie netted a first half bracing west brom's drubbing of sunderland what are we going to do neil know with aston villa and. see what forth with a street all with over balls and the breeze first between six game

to city are the first team through to the last sixteen up to beating defending champions porto four nil at the end he had stadium to go three six one on aggregate and afterwards manager roberto mancini said carlos tevez could be playing for the side again within three weeks after the striker apologized for his three month exile from the club tommy based around cheney who set his eyes on the europa league and english premier league double. or you know it's not there is it is we want to do it i want to try to go in there finally. it will be difficult because you are a body player. like you're my shark. is that like jump your leg for this reason would be difficult but we want to drive off the mark as primitive you are on the top of it for the next thirteen games. well maybe not in the champions league on wednesday balls will start and four time winners by and munich one in switzerland substituted balloting stockinette if that were not four minutes from time to give the swiss side a slim advantage for the return leg in the last sixteen and elsewhere masai keep more pressure on the coach cla

nil in the first period remember the winner of that encounter will win the entire continent. while the next generation of russia's ice hockey stars had been displaying the talents in an all star battle the amateur showcase put the best of the east against the best of the west and it was the west which came from behind to win its second challenge cup title in a row but whether or not was that i these men are all about twenty years old but they will regain the skills sure the young hopefuls will present a youth hockey league game a chill i don't factory producing players for your strongest league the gay chill holding the north star game tradition once a year at the peak of the image of eastern conference plays the best from the west in the so-called challenge cup with every move showing this is far from just an exhibit game no end of skill from the very beginning to the joy that backed out middle corrina in one of russia's main centers gorst it was these who do believe waterspout play go three minutes from the first intermission the opening of the second period saw the eastern

meanwhile the usa have put their place in the quarterfinals with a comprehensive three nil win over roger federer switzerland mike bryan and marty fish winning the doubles rub against federer understand in four sets six six three six three six three the final school. feels pretty good doing those i certainly know what it feels like to lose. and it's not a great feeling and. you know playing with these guys guys the best doubles player of all time right here and understanding my part. meanwhile in the final game she was i've been powers that will be between home favorite marion bartoli and maria sharapova as contra. czech opponent clare as a couple over in straight sets seven six six love followed up her win over sharapova with a straight sets victory over belgium's nina whitmire. in ice hockey russia have been beaten by home favorites sweden in the swedish round of games in the euro hockey toe the home side ran out comfortable for one winners in stockholm although the defeat wasn't enough to not rush off a top spot in the overall standings meanwhile in the other game finland hundred out o

nil at half time. two point advantage meanwhile at the bottom wolves missed their chance to haul themselves away from the relegation zone as they were rushed by west brom at home five one. rushes dimiter militia has claimed braun's in the men's pursuit race at the eighth world cup staging controller to finland a twenty four year old athlete maced only twice on all the four shooting ranges well in school lost are two months off a car of five seconds at the finish with tips over with fruit misses while gold went to the legendary and beyond doubt and then a wedge and beat his closest rival by eighteen seconds and soon this is during shooting. staying with winter sports where. the course crew has won the world cup in the competition the russian team led by those who call finished third at the final stage in calgary but that result was enough to top the overall standings though the day belonged to germany as the crew of material on aren't one this stage of actually came home second in the final standings to

meanwhile the usa have booked their place in the quarterfinals with a comprehensive three nil win over roger federer a switzerland mark dr marty fish winning the doubles rub against federer and stanislav voting in four sets four six six three six three six three the final school. in the final of the series open in paris will be between home favorite marion bartoli reassurance of those programs in the. czech opponent clare as a couple over in straight sets seven six six seven final will be followed up our win over sharapova with a straight sets victory over belgium's. in ice hockey russia have lost two hundred favorites sweden in the swedish round of games in the euro hockey tour the home side before is in stockholm but not before school as first thirty eight minutes in the tires at home power play goal late in the second got things going for the hosts rush as the top came alive when they were two one down with the swedes capitalized on rushing the states to seal the victory to defeat still wasn't enough for top spots in the over ruled your actual standings meanwhile yet again finland f

cost the best to nil on aggregate elsewhere manchester united squeezed past i.x. despite a nail biting two one defeat at old trafford against street to overall the united manager sir alex ferguson admits he made a mistake with his team selection. this possibility because. when so many young players no buy for position was a big ask. so over to nothing we was a great opportunity to give some small and joins us again because we're going to for so long term. potential of there were big problem is he said the work his peers in terms of push not return enough in the game create a problem for was staying in manchester city midfielder david silva has welcomed back to make all our stuff as a controversial strike i took part in training with the club after apologizing for his and also arrived three months exile in his native argentina for better mancini's men who are struggling blackburn on saturday a city look to extend their lead to five points ahead of nearby rivals manchester united who play on sunday and saw the believes ten as his comeback could make a difference in

their lead on said glimmer of turning the shootout effort into goal with confidence to make it two nil nevertheless the peak of the west proved to have wanted to to produce a stunning comeback. inspired by their skipper of and continued by maxime creature. to two by the second in their mission. and the comeback turned into triumph. lubin move scored his second on the night to give his side the three to lead the eastern stars were giving their best to cool eyes but it was the western netminder that are months media and still this year when then and producing to him a zing seeds in them to net their advantage setting the final score of who are two . everybody was cheering for the east but the crowd support did not help the we didn't have time to build any sort of chemistry with some of my teammates before the challenge called but we still pulled out of emotional combat. so the league of the young has showcased its biggest airlines with the western conference team lifting the twenty twelve up although it's a save bet these stars still have some bigger shown gers and trophies ahead of them

while i saw that i had missed an eight minute penalty for going to and zambia then base the one nil emmanuel with the striker behind his teammates a dream final. this is database the leader was a top team to play in the final i think for the players i think this is that this is moving to a playoff run cup with vision from the notice in front of people we are happy everybody is not the we proved that people rome greece do we are a good team we today. i think we are we aware that this today despite whatever they want to see. me while i've been staying vassallo have reached the coverdell where a final for the new third time in four seasons after a two no home with over ten thousand volunteers a goal in each often sets fabregas the job ensuring boss goes through the strain was hard to get. good he was sent off to the visitors with fifteen minutes left the other side of all that face as let it build out in the final. rush to get on that it's. time you want in england scotland says in your sporting deep into extra time a sunderland one f.a. cup fourth round reply to one of local rivals mi

one nil in the first leg of their europa league tie and more. while barcelona put one foot in the quarter finals of the champions league with a three one win over by les because in germany. she gets praise from the limpid changed and competitive test events for the twenty four team went to gangs gathered pace. first the football and former manchester united goalkeeper roy carroll came off the bench to save a late second half penalty as ten man in p.r. cost. the stadium in the first leg of their europa league loss the tie to the harsh weather the rubin had to play on the artificial pitch but it was the visitors he took the lead with eighteen minutes to. scoring for the green champions men had a great chance to get level when the. make yet he was sent off for a foul on. the knees but. carroll came in to save the resulting penalty from nacho and then the other europa league tie that last year's final sporting braga lost to nil to turkish side after having striker held sent off after thirty minutes now in the champions league leon got a hard full wi

as they take on championship side cardiff in the league cup final it's currently one nil to the house their game is half time remember the reds are aiming to win their first trophy in six years. in turn a significant advance call will move to a career high of fifty in the world rankings that's after winning the dubai tennis championships with a straight sets victory over germany. but came into the final as favorite despite the fact opponent had beaten world number four colin was not in the semifinals but it looked like got the better of the seeded german one to advance broke in the first game of the match eventually taking the opening seven five shouldn't also claimed the second six four to win eight time of her career. i. understood very very happy that you know our first of all that i can play my best tennis from the beginning of the year and you know i do i was playing great tennis today so i'm just very happy that you know i could close this matter. in one hundred seventy two the world of ice hockey witnessed the beginning of what will become one of the greatest rivalries in the h

in next week's second leg while on tuesday's other side last year's final sporting brodeur lost two nil at home to turkish side question. well in the meantime russia has remained thirteenth in the new fever world rankings while spartak midfielder the really come by our office and his maiden call up for the national side the twenty five year old is set to make you senior debut in a friendly in denmark on february twenty ninth as russia prepare for this summer's european finals andrey goalkeeper of the who's carlo at tesco moscow is also due to make his international come back into open hagen three more friendly as our shared job for russia as part of their euro twenty two hour warm ups including a clash with italy in early june. for me while over in england one of the america's top footballers landon donovan says he's been enjoying his second loan spell as everton the twenty nine year old l.a. galaxy forward is considering joining the toffees on a permanent basis but as a later point in his career. in the future who knows you know i have had. a really good time again i've had time to spe

their lead and said got him of turning the shootout effort into duel with confidence to make it two nil nevertheless that because the west proved to have wanted to to produce a stunning comeback. inspired by their skipper. and continued by maxime creature. to two by the second in their mission. and they come back turned into triumph of scored his second on the night to give his side the three to lead the eastern stars were giving their best to cool was by it was the western netminder or months media again who stole the show when then producing saves and them to net their advantage setting the final score for two. everybody was cheering for the east but the crowd support did not help their team we didn't have time to build any sort of chemistry with some of my teammates before the challenge cup. an emotional comeback when. so the league of the young has showcased its biggest moments with the western conference team lifting the twenty twelve challenge cup although it's a safe bet these initial stars still have some bigger challenges and trophies ahead of them. robert carlin known party am

italian team on their home turf at the same stage of the tournament four years ago the score was two nil then and terry henri will be doing his best to score this time around it's the only ones thirty four year olds last game in his second spell at last will before returning to the new york red bulls while manager aston vega is slightly concerned about the play surface. try to play all game and me on the stick which side we are we think we are good. we really go to work talk. to new readers words which would be an exciting game i'm a bit worried about the quality of the pitch. doesn't look exceptional. hope for you until to morrow it will be better well milan have struggled against initial opposition apart from the defeat to asshole in two thousand and eight they also lost one military to top them on this very day last year all this year and giants have overcome most of their injuries defenders are seldom less than matter yet as are back in training after long spells out while kevin prince boateng and former arsenal would feel that your family could also feature and even have a virtual h

while some other guy who missed an eight minute penalty for got out and zambia then beat them one nil emmanuel my you with a strike to hand his teammates a dream final. i think this is the best thing you know as it popped into play and if i don't i think for the players i think this is that this movie to play off and on top of vision for you know this is fantastic we are happy everybody is happy we proved that people room to be a good team we win today. i think we are we aware that this today despite whatever they want to see we are in the final. for me while i was in spain barcelona have reached the copper del rey final for the third time in four seasons after a two no home with over ten thousand the lengthier a goal in h.r. from sex fabregas and job ensuring foster goes through three one on aggregate figure eight was sent off for the visitors with fifteen minutes left but guardiola side will face athletic bilbao in the final after the vazquez thrashed made and that is. while in england stepan sesson your scored deep into extra time a sunderland won the f.a. cup fourth round replay t

nils jensen. he is a senior traffic planner working with strategies and planning in the traffic department of copenhagen. he is educated as a landscape architect starting his career in the danish cyclist federation in the late 1970's, has worked with cycling research projects at the danish technical university, has conflicted to national danish cycle planning and has been involved in european union projects on zero and low-emission vehicles as well as cycling benchmarking. he has been the coordinating of a car-free cities conference and another conference in copenhagen. nils. >> i'm very happy to be here today and i'm going to talk about planning for a wide range of users, not just for the strong cyclists. i'm not too familiar with this. it's very easy. just keep to the right. in our cycling policy, we present a starting point for the policies for cycling, what we call the transport quality and we are looking at safety, of course, which are the statistics, but we also very much looking at the sens

well rich the third final surprise one nil win over ghana. huge underdogs ahead of the game despite their victory which the final twice before finishing runners up in one nine hundred seventy four and nineteen ninety four. in the english premier league match to united have lit rivals manchester city at the summit following a dramatic two one victory over lupul at old trafford double from wayne rooney will now for the victory of the girls came in the second half in the forty six and forty ninth minute so as to pull one back for the visitors. the rebels are now at a point about city in the table with roberto mancini's side aston villa later on sunday a victory stablished a two point vantage meanwhile at the wolves have a chance to hold themselves away from the relegation zone if they're able to beat local rivals west brom. the latest score that won all and it went through the second half a head of city's trip to the park mention admits his team's away form will have to improve to win the title. i did that is impossible to ignore. the disease. n

favorites for this one although zambia are the surprise package of the tournament after their three nil win over sudan in the last eight. when they were in spain athletic bilbao have reached the final of the copper del ray after an emphatic six two win over second leg win last night they go through a three in aggregate ending around this fairy tale run the spanish side had beaten the likes of villareal espana and racing santa and there in the final hour face either barcelona or valencia pay their second leg tonight at barcelona have a home advantage after drawing one one valencia in the first game and are boosted by the return of angry. guess who have taken part in training this week baster are fighting for titles on four fronts and their manager says his plan is for the challenge. of upton. we have the chance of playing in the fourth final of the season i think the players are aware of this is a challenge sport gives you these new opportunities of being able to repeat some to make this after achieving so much in the past we've already pleaded difficult quarter first leg of the soon be

booked their place in the final with a one nil victory over mali in the samis on wednesday to createtournament favorites haven't reached the showpiece final since back in two thousand and six but forward kalu says the elephants team spirit could be the secret to their success. in the. team spirit world. and you can see with every game we played even destro came down. you know. so i think that the spirit does who are we looking for we want to we. always go. most important is to go home with it to feel that's where we are. well it reached a final after a surprise one nil win over ghana in the semifinal selby huge underdogs ahead of the game despite that victory it parts kept saying chris scott tong is convinced they saw it can cause an upset. but at the moment the thing but i think i want to be fulfilled to fit what i want to do to win this is the moment that we can shine all the guys together as a team if we can shine we're going to be on top as we did it for nobody expected it but we believe in ourselves that we're going to do it and i think this is our moment. now russian athletes a

other first team to reach the last sixteen of the europa league play be defending champions porto four nilat the end he had stadium to go three six one and i get afterwards coach roberta man cheney said carlos tevez could be playing for his side again within three weeks after the striker apologised to his free month exile from the club a timely templeman cheney who has got his eyes set on the europa league and english premier league double you know. we want to try i want to open going there finally is possible it will be difficult because the robot league. cup squad like united shot here is about ten purely for this reason would be difficult but we want to try and get there but it's really on the top if we were in thirteen games from any remaining ties taking place tonight and among them knocking out of moscow go to athletic bilbao i would say one advantage on their first leg but the russian side proved they need to overturn a one all deficit away at the limpy are. already out on foot in the last six days and take a three one vantage into their return leg against that cia munchkin i think

importantly is to go with it to feel that's what we are for was reached a final hour to surprise one nil win over ghana in the semi final sale be huge underdogs ahead of the game despite that victory but captain chris katon is convinced his side can cause an upset. the favorite at the moment the big buzz and everything but i think i want to be both on the field but i want to be one this is the moment that we can show all the guys together as a team if we can shine we're going to talk as we did it for ghana nobody expected it but we believe in ourselves that we're going to do it and i think this is our moment. now russian athletes are steadily becoming a major force at the paralympics although they winter games. the country's strong quiet russia is slowly climbing up the rankings and some are displaced as well. serve has not one of the leading russian parent bands childer champ and lived in a call up. while the russians dominated the winter paralympics it's the chinese who are unquestionable leaders when it comes to the summer portion of the games however the biggest country on earth coul

punchdrunk deny my moscow's boxes celebrates a five nil whitewash over the los angeles matadors in the world series. but we start with tennis where in moscow team russia have put their place in the semifinals of the fed cup after a three one victory over spain after taking a tuna lead on saturday ten russia were able to complete the job on sunday spain did haul the deficit when world number thirty three now they have to try the last in straight sets to collar suarez in the fall of six six three is not sort of a finish by an off with a three sets when i was sylvia so that espinosa the russian easily took the arming set six to her she lost the second despite leading for one at one stage however she came back strong to take the third six two four six six three the final score russia will face a home tie against the belgium or serbia and they will some finals while the still uncertainty over whether sharapova will once again be available. when we have. the problem with sharapova is not her desire to play but the fact that she's participating in a lot of tournaments held in the states and i

meanwhile in the champions league on wednesday a vase will stand four time winners buy in munich one nil and switzerland substitute valentino netted the wind out four minutes from time to give the swiss side the same advantage for the return leg in the last sixteen while elsewhere masai him more pressure on third cloudy around harry grabbing an injury time winner to beat internet one zero and meanwhile back here in russia league leaders need to have made an offer to take russia striker and captain and they are shoving on loan from alston all the thirty year old has failed to secure a starting place with the gunners this season and scored twice for the reserves against norwich this week spent eleven years with the need for his move to england however any deal would have to be settled by friday when the russian transfer window closes. and in the meantime the russian national beach football team have won the european cup adding to the world championship grand they won last year it's been a rapid rise to the top for a nation hardly known for its beaches so richard one portly went to find out

while asked about a guy who missed the eight minute penalty for gone out and samir than the one nil emmanuel my yuko with the striker behind his teammates the training final. this is the best thing you know as it popped into play and if i don't think for the players i think this is that this movement to play off and on top of vision for you know this is for dusty we are happy everybody is happy we proved that people go we used to be a good team we win today so i think we we read that this today despite whatever they want to see. one of the main saw it was a cup match in germany too where the country's most decorated side by in munich beach got two mil to move into the semifinals and stay in the hunt for red trouble toni kroos twice went agonizingly close to breaking the deadlock in the twentieth minute but it was francois franco riverine who opened for buying at the home found mark thomas mueller feeding in the cross me that was once again the provider as mario gomez added another right after the restart the prolific strike keeping his cool and using his left foot somewhere in the r

one one nil at q.p.r. . net today grace in west brom's cornell freshman of sunderland but as for the current league leaders speculation is growing take and win that first title in forty four years. there's a belief that we can go into football matches and we're going to. because that's what we've done all season for two thirds of the season and it's what we've done the most which goes where we are we have to show consistency for the for the susan and if you do so there will be lower order. but it's just important to concentrate on our own game through. what on sunday much sooner to close the gap on the leaders back to two points so willing to inform norwich to one celebrated his nine hundred . for the koreans with a winning goal there paul scholes also on the scoreboard. in the mean time fifth place are still playing to a comeback victory against third place tottenham in the north london five to finish in favor of the gunners while in the late game of the day so scored two unanswered goals against swansea. t

is be the italians on their home turf at the same stage of the tournament four years ago it was two nil then auntie erion ray will be doing his best to get more goals tonight it's his last game before arsenal before returning to the new york red bulls although coach aston vanga is slightly worried about the playing surface. try to play the old game and. we. will try. we really go to work like retort to new readers words which would be an exciting game i'm a bit worried about the quality of the pitch. doesn't look exceptional. hopefully onto two more through. what milan have struggled against english opposition apart from that they need to ask they also lost the spurs last season and are struggling with injuries defenders are sandro in their star and matter yet this are back in training after a long spells but are unlikely to feature that also applies to kevin prince but tank and former arsenal man mathieu flamini. the market is back in england trying to resurrect his career with premier league side man just to city he returned to manchester after three months of only the rise to leave i

cup fifth round tie of premier league everton after beating sheffield wednesday three nil in the fourth round replays while the wall beat southampton three two to set up a home tie with bolton. while this wednesday there is another f.a. cup fourth round replay as middlesbrough host sunderland and all the star after both sides drew one one last week but were not well welcome asshole in the last sixteen. it's every finals day at the africa cup of nations with the ivory coast star studded sides taking on lawley gabon's capitally revealed the elephants are the favorites to lift the trophy and include big name players such as chelsea's did a drug for lunch to city's yar touré the site produced an impressive three nil win over co-host equatorial guinea in the last eight but despite their obvious talent their coach is always wary of the opposition. forward with what i would say is a lot of cohesiveness because we know that everything we've achieved is for our job and that in the game we're a certain situation would crumble so we're being very prudent to deserve our country we're trying to be w

team on their home turf at the same stage of the tournament four years ago the score there was two nil and terry henri will be doing his best to school this time around it's the on loan thirty four year olds last game in his second spell as arsenal before returning to the new york red bulls while manager also vanga is slightly concerned about the playing surface. try to play old game and me on the stick which side we think. we really go to work talk. to new readers words which would be an exciting game. i'm a bit worried about a quarter of the pitch. doesn't look exceptional. hope for your two to be better. well milan have struggled against english opposition apart from that defeats to ask thousand and eight they also lost one nil at home to tottenham on this very day last year while the syria giants are struggling with injuries defenders alessandro less that matter yet players are back in training after long spells are out but are unlikely to feature along with kevin prince boating and former arsenal midfielder. well meanwhile on tuesday night french jersey all clinched a one no heart

have a hernandez and then it's all berbatov scored from the penalty spot as manchester united won two nil a time to stoke to go level on points with english premier league leaders manchester city former united now darren gibson spurs goal brevan was enough to beat city one nil defeat meaning united now only trial city on goal difference at the top well meanwhile tottenham kept up the pressure in third after a three one home when the wigan chelsea grabbed a point to one z. while liverpool and now in the top five after their three no win at struggling will . well this wednesday also could reclaim fifth with a win also and you can still travel to third bottom blackburn villa entertain q.p.r. sunderland norwich and west brom travel to follow up that could make his debut. and a quick look at the other transfers the city have signed robot midfielder that it's out on loan till the end of the season while the left back wayne bridge goes on loan to sunderland and evidence striker luis ahau has been lying to tottenham until the summer. and q.p.r. have snapped up two strikers lying pulis probably za

other football news in the english premier league manchester city have regained top spot after a one nil victory at aston villa lobos in mancini's men and now two points ahead of rivals manchester united following a solitary goal from joleon lescott meanwhile in the bottom missed the chance to hold themselves away from the relegation zone as they were thrashed at home by rivals west brom five one in the score a minute as for manchester city their boss now believes they're all set for the title run in. you know that. december in general. difficult because we had players injury players players away for these reasons but now we are in february we are still on the top i didn't anyway next week or the players and this is very important for. meanwhile there was a dramatic conclusion to this is africa cup of nations underdog zambia one on penalties against overwhelming favorites the ivory coast the shootout finished eight seven in zambia's favor after a goal is draw ivory coast captain didier drogba had the chance to win the title for his team but missed a penalty in normal time it's obvious fi

four nil at the san siro to book a place. in the quarter finals. while lokomotiv failed to build up steam in the europa league as they face athletic bilbao in moscow. but first and he came from behind to beat them three two in the champions league last night with a last minute winner in the first leg of this last sixteen tie afterwards and. he said he's played a lot of heart in what was. in since then think it took the lead after twenty minutes. however moments later she got an equaliser before six put the russians to one up three minutes from time it looked like it would be a draw one. made it but should have called on the defensive era but seconds left to give his side victory also last night. but first let's hear from. jesus believed to still everything to play for in the return leg next month. it was a hard game and we were playing on a hard pitch the aerial game wasn't going well and we conceded three goals which means people actually did parents who we scored twice away from home matches an achievement for a deal in attack i want to emphasize

manchester city former united not darren gibson spurs goal for everton was enough to beat city one nil defeat meaning united now only trial city on goal difference at the top well meanwhile tottenham kept up the pressure in third after a three one home when the wigan chelsea grabbed a point at swans a wildly before and now in the top five off their three no win at struggling wolves . well this wednesday all snow could reclaim fifth with a win also and you cancel travel to third bottom blackburn villa entertain q.p.r. sunderland and west brom travel to full of their could make his debut. and a quick look at the other transfers to the city have signed brokeback midfielder that it's out on loan till the end of the season while the left that wayne bridge goes on loan to sunderland and everton striker luis a car has been loaned to tottenham until the summer. and q.p.r. have snapped up two strikers lying full of his bobby zamora for just over six million dollars while for my liver for sunderland star general si se returns to the premier league after three years on a two and a half year deal.

so while benfica have a good chance of progressing arsenal was thrashed four nil as ac milan brazilian strike out of rio scored either side of half time as the syria champions dominated the game having been spouting had opened with a stunning strike after fifteen minutes and even have edge added a late force after was asked the manager also vanga said the defeat was a disaster while his opposite number matthew me on my legs and we've learned the school will. maybe two percent of five percent stuck to strictly challenges but. we have. to show a completely different performance and you never know but that's a really sticky various. really really be out of this competition about what a lot of us are with i'm very sorry the school was greater because we had many chances to score and we did make it so when you can score you should score especially in a champions league two legged much we have a good lead but we have to be more clinical promt. staying with china has taken a tough stance on corruption in the sport as for referees have been given time in prison for match fixing luzhin is argua

follow on his debut in their two one win over stove top notch kept up their title hopes with a five nil hammering of newcastle also moved into the top four with a come from behind win at sunderland the chelsea are now fifteen points off the top of the table after a two no defeated everton. you know were in no performance today. we are sure of anything positive. if you go to a lot of. little negatives to take from this game. and the little things to to improve bearing in mind a free cup and champions league. now over in the n.b.a. hard with the denver nuggets of one for just a second time this month after holding off a late rally by the indiana pacers one hundred thirteen one hundred nine the final score towson's game high twenty seven points with kate as denver ended their five game losing streak danny granger was the man setting the tone for the crisis scoring a team high twenty six points while the nuggets lorson showed off his marksmanship to hitting two alto. three attempts from long range six mos it got neither team led by more than six until denver jumped out to a ten point lead i

defensive error but seconds left to give his side victory also last night man precious arsenal four nil worn out in a moment but first let's hear from. this is believed to still everything to play for in the return leg next month. but. it was a hard game and we were playing on a hard pitch the aerial game wasn't going well and we conceded three goals which means we play out badly in defense we scored twice away from home and that is an achievement for our midfield and attack i want to emphasize again that the conditions were hard but we were still playing well in our time and in the midfield the final result will be set in the second leg game in lisbon and i will drown that . low but at least they have a realistic chance of progressing which is more than.

and what elsewhere atletico madrid enjoyed a three one victory lap zero balance here beat stoke one nil and sporting lisbon managed to draw two two at legit warsaw the return legs on next thursday february twenty first. while in other news beach football world champions russia are gearing up to defend their european crown this weekend here in moscow although ari is being held indoors and russia will play france in the quarterfinals while one of the favorites portugal will meet poland elsewhere spain taking on italy and switzerland will play romania russia ended spain's reign as european champions in two thousand and ten and followed it up by beating brazil in the world cup final last year so they're aiming for the trophy in a row but no competition will be tough. it's definitely switzerland and portugal matches against these two sides are always difficult there without a doubt our main rivals in europe are now formula one's only russian driver vitaly petrov has finally found a seat for his third season in the high octane sport as the four were no man has joined the catering to the twent