if munich is awarded the winter olympics, the opening and closing ceremonies will be held in the olympic stadium. figure skating, ice hockey, and curling would be held nearby. a new stadium will be built for speed skating. >> we have a very green concept for the winter olympics. there is a long-term lasting concept for the traffic. >> south of munich in the bavarian alps, a long history of posting sporting events. each year, one of the legs of the ski jump competition is held here. next month, they will hold the alpine skiing world championships. in 2018, they could alsoe have the snowboarding and cross- country skiing competitions. >> it is the biggest peaceful festival on earth, and if we are given the chance to stage it, will be very proud and very good hosts. >> there are also opponents. farmers and conservationists say it would cause irreparable damage to the environment, but for the most part, it has widespread support. >> the opponents to which it really rethink it. we really need these winter olympics. >> i do not think it will be a burden. it is only for a short space of time. >

for the olympics, beats for the olympic movement, and for me, as a figure skater, it was my biggest dream to become an olympic champion and then to celebrate the olympics, so it is very special for me, and i have incredible memory is, and now come to be in this position, may be helping for a young generation to help them make their dreams come true, that makes it very special for me. >> thank you so very much for speaking with us. >> international sporting events like the olympics or the international world cup are always tied to big money and, unfortunately, accusations of corruption. think salt lake city back in 1998. recently, there was speculation about impropriety about the world cup in qatar in 2022, but regardless of how a city gets the nod, the economic benefits for hosts are enormous. >> where the olympics have been held, the games have been used as a publicity vehicle for the host city. this is why perspective organizers spent millions on the bid alone. exports economist reckons it is money well spent, giving a promotional boost to cities like munich. >> we see positive ra

hopes it will be good enough to fill participants in all four taekwondo disciplines at the london olympic swimming course or have caught up with the man in charge of nurturing rushers. party sport brings you an interview series featuring all the heads of russian sports federations and with us today is the presence of russian taekwondo union. sali and thanks for your time at the moment russia doesn't have much to boast about as far as taekwondo at the olympics are concerned i want to ask you about your plans for twenty it's well but how's your team feeling ahead of the london games but. we're very eager to fight twenty ten was a very successful year for us our men's team won gold at the european cup instant petersburg and silver in the mixed event we haven't performed that well in a long time the youth olympics in singapore brought us one silver and one gold medal we want to gold and silver medal at december's world tour in moscow that's a great result we're all ready for twenty twelve. on a global level how hard do you think it would be for our fighters to the maximum number of qualifying

that would be great said the olympics are drawing closer and say you were appointed to this position a fairly recently even though you have been involved with taekwondo for a long time what will your role be in the preparation for the games is this system created before you came need improving. of the system is constantly improving but the foundations have been laid we have great athletes and coaches but our work is in progress we constantly amend our training routines and competition shared tools at the same time we're making sure our athletes are on display i would even say we're making sure the world is afraid of our athletes it's important that our athletes are well known to boost their confidence is by. any say a few words about how taekwondo is developing in russia is that more popular in some regions that in others and has a promoted. you know shooting your yes of course some regions are better than others looking back at the last championship i would say those regions moscow and st petersburg naturally pakistan north or setia the urals chelyabinsk. is quite popular nationwide

fighting fit for the olympics russia targets taekwondo is a potential medal winner in twenty twelve. but we'll start with ice hockey because three of the top five teams are in action in the k h l this evening all aiming to close the gap on leaders act bars i believe god could go join with victory over south about the same evening looking at the school just in the first period sandwiched between those two sides are met in the meeting course. at the moment and after all these three chasing the players they are one one the next week in week two days going in the first page of. football news becks is back in britain and trained with his new club tottenham hotspur today the former england captain is on loan from l.a. galaxy but at the moment he's me their only allowing him to train and not play for the north london side the two clubs are in disagreement over what percentage of beckons wages spurs will actually pay so as it stands backs will be with them for the next month during the american close season however if player if they playing the lead struck this week he could well turn i thin

he was carrying intravenous equipment and a derivative of the campaign for russia at the winter olympics in vancouver but is no longer part of the national team the twenty eight year old is a world championship medalist in ringlets but will now be banned until september twenty twelve. now and i saw three of the five top five teams were in action the k h l n cheese day all aiming to close the gap on leaders act bars and guard that they're going over style about means and i level on points at the summit i said i believe the course calls and made up some ground between you got all one with the season scoring twice and then the other game on tuesday at least two chasing a playoff spot and you can you know over time. the three pakistani cricket is accused of match fixing will have to wait until next month to find out their fate someone but how to say for mohammed amir are alleged to be accepted money in return for deliberately bowing no balls through the lord's test against england last summer all three deny wrongdoing their case has been heard by an international cricket council tribunals in

is to make the city the olympic village, if you will. by comparison, in valencia, the event was all built around a commercial area that was very lightly used, and when you look at the winter olympics, the actual events were outside of vancouver. it is very cold, so it is not like people are walking around the streets of vancouver getting drunk. people will be getting drunk and walking around our streets. and we have to be prepared for that. >> if i may -- commissiioner marshall: if i may, i did not want the full report tonight. i was hoping to get the report at a future meeting or lay this out on paper so the commission would have this out on paper so we could see your vision. that was my thought, so i want to relieve you of your burden this evening. >> ok, thank you very much. we will put that together for you. i would like to decouple the taser from this. i think that needs to be addressed soon and as a stand- alone item. what i would like to do is bring to a proposed policy that would basically be best practices, looking research foru

second the margin the smallest gap in race history the former olympic games clear pigeon shooter w.r.c. rally driver holding a fifty one minute lead this season in the bikes to time to car winner mark. fifteen minutes ahead of sort of the pray who won the stage. let's head finally to cyprus the training venue of choice for russia's limping team the decorated pentathlon section of the squad recently spent some time there now they've won medals at every game since nineteen sixty four an incredible record on one will be hoping to further in london next year among cos rev reports. cyprus has been one of the softer resists nations for many years but a couple of decades ago this mediterranean a lot and has become a training base for many russian and i think athens and this story is about the national modern that's a long seen first off a bit of history for those unfamiliar with this highly competitive olympic disciplines with roots that spread all the way to ancient greece just like in modern pentathlon back in the day the sport also consisted of five events at the ancient olympics the athle

the olympic games are always like a dream you have a day you have a schedule by that date but that's got to do everything it's got to be done so they will look to the olympic games as a turning point of these sort of really. and finally another eventful sporting hero with many brass taking victories and crushing defeats across the globe is behind us and to help us so through it all artes god the best moments from each of the pas twelve months see if you agree with i'll pick up the action for twenty town. thank you. thank . you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank . you. thank. you. thank. you thank you you. thank . thank. you liz. thank you thank you ily thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you thank you. thank you. lynn. cutler thank you. thank you thank you. thank. you liz thank. you so that does it for twenty to an artist would like to wish you a happy new year and the weather is next to see how you might want to celebrate. nothing. can. be.

at last had finally to cyprus the training venue of choice for russia's olympic team they decorated poundof long section of the schooled recently spent some time there now they've won medals at every game since one thousand sixty four an incredible record and they will be hoping for more of in london next year and on course there are reports. cyprus has been one of the softer assists nations for many years but a couple of decades ago this mediterranean island has become a training base for many russian and the athletes and this story is about the national modern that's a haunting first off a bit of history for those unfamiliar with this highly competitive olympic discipline with roots that spread all the way to ancient greece just like in modern pentathlon back in the day the sport also consisted of five events at the ancient olympics the athletes competed in a stadium foot race discus and javelin throw a long jump and wrestling as the greeks modeled each event in accordance with the skills of the perfect soldier at the time the ward modern along with the new events was added to pentathlo

at the two thousand and ten was a difficult year for russian sport we failed to the vancouver olympics and did not qualify for the two thousand and ten world cup we've had our fair share of victories as well such as our hockey players were in the channel one cup and moscow in our skiers taking podium spots of cross country skiing world cup events the expectations are incredibly high for every single russian athlete in the upcoming year because we will compete in the hockey and athletics world championships and many other events. meanwhile jacques rogge is going to celebrate the new year in rio de janeiro the host city for the two thousand and sixteen summer olympics the i.o.c. president taking a closer look at how the metropolis is preparing for the first in south america with the organizers already saying the future of and as an important moment and brazil and history the olympic games are always like a dream you have a date you have a schedule by that date but that schedule everything's got to be done so they will look to the olympic games as a turning point of these sort of really.

we did some research with the chicago olympic bid, the london olympic bid, and the host offer.those jurisdictions of for the enormous amounts of cash subsidy from the local government, the regional government, and the state government. they put a large degree of risk on the venues to cover cost overruns. chicago had been publicly guaranteed $500 million in costs for their olympic bid, and private revenue was expected to $246 million. the london olympic bid required 875 -- 875 million pounds worth of risk and costs. the valencia local and regional government had a 16 million euro agreement. obligating the general fund directly might be a feasible way to pay for the costs we are going to incur to host this event. we landed on development agreement where we get improved assets and the team gets to recoup the cost that they would be investing in our waterfront in order to host the event. that is just to answer how we landed on that formula. those were my specific updates. i wanted to invite brad benson from the port to come up that directly affect the port. supervisor mirkarimi: mr

the organizers already saying the future of and as an important moment and brazil and history the olympic games are always like a dream you have a day you have a schedule by that date but that schedule everything's got to be done so they will look to the olympic games it's twenty one of these are really. and finally another eventful sporting hero with many brass taking victories and crushing defeats across the globe is behind us and to help us so we're through it all artes got the best moments from each of the pos twelve months see if you agree with i'll pick up the action for twenty town. thank you. thank . you. thank you. thank you thank you. thank you. thank you. thank . you thank you. thank. you. thank. you thank you. thank you. thank you you. thank. thanks. lisa thank you. thank you. thank. you. thank you thank you. thank you feel. such. utter thank you. thank you thank you. thank you. lynn. so that does it for twenty to an hour to sport would like to wish you a happy new year and the weather is next to see how you might want to celebrate. it can hear doctors wives policeman's wives

first off a bit of history for those unfamiliar with this highly competitive olympic discipline with roots that spread all the way to ancient greece just like in modern pentathlon back in the day the sport also consisted of five events at the ancient olympics the athletes competed in a stadium foot race discus and javelin throw the long jump and wrestling as the greeks modeled each event in accordance with the skills of a perfect soldier at the time the award modern along with a new advance was added to ten times longer by the founder of the present the games are on pierre de coubertin on now back to the present day russia and its predecessor the soviet union have been winning podium places in men's events in every single indiana that it took part in since the games in nine hundred sixty four that's a record the country would certainly like to uphold on the london games in twenty twelve however the ladies are hoping to make an impact as well all battle muscle competition for a place on the national team is very high especially for the men's team the dropout rate for women is quite hi

the annual vladimir sound the coffee cup it was started four years ago in honor of the four time olympic champion and world record holder who predicts more records are about to fall but only cos the ref reports. the lattimer side of couples established four years ago with a straightforward plan to make swimming more globally popular while there is no way to gauge the empiric effect of this competition on swimming worldwide in itself it has grown to three hundred fifty participants from fifteen countries and vladimir suddenly got himself promises further advancement of this event next year but. i can guarantee you that next year will have even more stars because this year many athletes said that they do they can't make it now they will definitely come next year and we're talking here about real ale east athletes i shall not disclose their names but i can say that the total number of the gold medals they wanted their limpid games you've put together exceeds ten. despite a gruelling world championship in dubai recently the swimmers managed to put on a good show for some it was another chanc

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national team out of the so-called slump which many pundits believe that said by the fourth time olympic champion is certain the country swimmers are evolving along with the rest of the world. the move of the five world records were sent to the world championship in dubai which is a breakthrough for our athletes set a world record too this is a tendency that proves the crisis has been overcome some pessimists were saying that base would be a long crisis and we would not see any new world records before their lympics i'm convinced that rec olds will be set at world cup in shanghai the russian swimmers finished second behind the united states in the latest biannual world championships in dubai the result was a strong statement which showed that russia is back hungry for medals and a far cry from the team that only managed six place in the same competition two years ago back then russia also disappointed at the beijing olympics finishing in ten overall place the athletes will be looking to stay on course for the podium at the twenty twelve london summer games and it's no secret that early p

the four time olympic champ. has been instrumental yet again it is important not only in russia but abroad as well. st petersburg. and fun even you tell me season has started not mean george ephedra rafael nadal begin another chapter in a great rivalry in the first told him and for them twenty seven is the day. the pair started their preparation for the tournament interesting function two you want to call constructed right in the water the. first matches will be on wednesday in preparation for the first grand slam of the season the strike between them they've won twenty one of the past twenty three major singles and in melbourne the da would have ten become the first place in nine hundred sixty nine to hold all four grand slam try things out one time to get the seventeenth slam title. really prepared for it the break wasn't very long which i think in this case is quite of an advantage for me because i played so well at the end so much i haven't lost much of my game and i feel like i should play pretty well alread

. >>> athletes aren't the only ones going for olympic gold.ow thieves walked out of a northern california home with medals in hand. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. we're tracking those chilling temperatures with plenty of upper 30s and low 40s in the east bay. it will be cool there in the south bay as well tomorrow.we a srmto srm about that will delay you, no matter where you're headed tomorrow. that, coming up. mary! hey! wo you look great! thanks! it's this new wish yourself thin pgram. i just wish it and it happens. it's probably those fiber one bars you're eating. i know they help me stick to my diet. the bars are 90 calories and the fiber helps you feel full. 90 calories and high fiber. so that's why this diet thing is working. but it's weird because my wish for lorenzo came true. [ male announcer ] fiber one 90 calorie bars. hungry no. results yes. >>> the twin brothers who claimed mark zuckerberg stole their idea for facebook want more than the $65 million settlement they won. tyler and mark winkelvoss appeared in court today,

these are headlines this hour making moves olympic gold medalist. sets his sights on a comeback to figure skating later this year after steering the sports federation in russia will contest from competition. mind the gap l'oreal madrid suffer a shock defeat to louis also soon in spain leaving the last seven points behind primera liga leaders barcelona. california dreaming i clutch putt sees bubba watson secure the farmers insurance open title falling off three time winner phil mickelson by a single stroke. let's start with the news that the cream of world figure skating may have to make room at the top shortly because the sports star over the past decade. he's seeking to fight on eligibility. lost his right to compete competitively for taking the means of ice event in march last year. twenty two fields are seek permission from the international skating union for the appearance. competing on for an exempt legibility member status whenever possible the olympic gold and silver medalist sent a letter to the russian figure skating federation asking for r

olympic chiefs threaten to put the brakes on russia's first ever formula one race. but it's life already tough at the top russian usually loses to hewitt ahead of you should really you know put. love me tender it's all smiles and hugs for the title fight the view. now russia could be forced to spend its first ever formula one race in sochi to avoid any clash with the twenty fourteen winter olympics at the black sea resort the international olympic committee says it has the power to delay that race for a year if necessary have one chief bernie ecclestone signed a six year deal with russian officials in october to hold grand prix races starting in twenty forty but i.o.c. executive director gilbert fairly says we don't want to have the facility built for the grand prix put in construction or preparation of the games at risk he says there is a clause in the f one contract which allows the i.o.c. to spoiling the race by a year. now from the racing track over to the ice rink and k h l hockey no big match ups on wednesday shojo with the only top ten clubs garson paid is wi

witnessing the future veils the logo for the twenty sixteen olympics in front of as many as two million people at trios copacabana beach. and also icing on the cake planty of fox flew into the season and r.t. brings you the top down highlight trail all the best goals. but let's begin with english football where manchester united had little time to. hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. will. bring you the latest in science and technology from around the world. we've got the future covered. you know watching the sports round up on r.t.l. headlines last. sequel r.t. loops of how the second half of the twentieth and russian prime a league season played out. witnessing the future of ales the logo for the twenty sixteen olympics in front of as many as two million people at trios copacabana beach. and also icing on the cake planty of fox flew into the now this season and r.t. brings you the top down highlight reel all the best goals. but let's begin with english football where manchester united had little time to bask

olympics in russia and summer games. but ioc execs say they're thinking about including the 2018 and the 2020 games in the deal after network's expressed interests. adding two more games could bring the fee to more than $4 billion for the rights. the contenders include long-time olympic broadcaster nbc, owner of this station, espn, fox, and possibly cbs and turner. >>> all right. let's take you outside. a live look, san francisco, wintry out there. "spare the air," meaning it's illegal to biurn firewood or los to protect, it's cold and you want to, there's no word the ban is going to continue through tomorrow. but tonight, even though it is cold you have to use your snuggie instead. >> my 3-year-old stepped outside today and came back in and said, dad, the grass is crunchy. >> another word for freezing fog out there. >> crunchy. >> i like that. it says it all. crunchy. let's take a look here. temperatures, wide spread out there from some of that, you know, the areas that were crunchy today that were not. you can see wher

the olympics coming up you've got the world cup coming up is russia's security situation something that needs to worry investors. well i would like to start with something else this issue ation definitely concerns first and foremost russian citizens and me as the president and this is the most important thing because only by consolidating all public forces can we vanquish this evil consider that we have no right to get hysterical about terrorism and spread out for this will make terrorism stronger look at the way americans came together after the events of nine eleven even those who are not very fond of president bush said yes he's got to be at the helm he's got to be tough but it's got to be the same for our country the only way we can defeat terrorism at all as regards fears and concerns for our investors and all those who want to come to russia rest assured that we will ensure a high level of security we will ensure the proper level of security for the winter olympics and the world football cup and all other sporting events this will be a task for the whole of society and for law enf

and twenty fourteen will be working closely together with the international olympic committee and we very constructive business relationship with them i would like to ask you to point specialists to come and work here together with us to be present from the very first day of our common interest rise and take part in the entire process of preparing for the twenty. experience from the preparations start she will help the world cup preparations to be made for seventy seven years time mr blatter also the key for president of. russia's chances he said he was looking forward to working closely with the russian government that he would be providing people from. advice and consultants to. preparing for this tournament every did say that ultimately. the final. book stops really with the russian government they have to be able to. have. twenty eight. very pleased that the russian government is playing a direct role in organizing the world com i can assure you that we will work together very closely on this joint venture. will provide support but the lion's share of responsibility rests on russ