scheduled to testify later this week to the senate judiciary committee in the face of growing hostility pavin on the republicans have indicated they will not give up without a fight neither are these activists. soccer's governing body has named croatian midfielder luka moderate the world's best male player at an awards ceremony in london bridge was chosen for the prize after helping real madrid win a third consecutive champions league title he was then a player of the tournaments while captaining croatia to the country's first ever world cup final. in the women's category brazilian great marto took the world for a sixth time she scored thirteen goals as orlando pride reached the playoffs and she captains brazil to victory in the copa america. well joining me now to talk about the fifo awards talkee from t w sports highly so what made luka moderates so special this year yeah his specialty definitely on not you know that's not rich doesn't do goals but makes him so special. is that he's a maestro he dictates the field he was the creative genius that basically pushed to the world cup final he wa

favorites to win but football matter is desperate to host the two thousand and twenty four championship pavin freend made field bits in the last three tournament's. giro twenty twenty four is set to be a footballing spectacle twenty four countries competing in a total of fifty one games but who will host the prestigious event germany are regarded as frontrunners you wafers evaluation committee has already backed the bid the german football association see this as a chance to follow up on the success of the two thousand and six world cup and they're clear on the benefits of their bid. we have the stadia the infrastructure the accommodation we also have great fan zones we're basically ready to host the euros tomorrow. but a shadow looms over germany's bid the measured israel a fair may also midfielders meeting with turkish president richard tie a bad one caused an uproar that eventually ended in israel retiring from the germany national team he accused the german football association of racism and discrimination. could that be an advantage for turkey the country is confident its bid can stand o

scheduled to testify later this week to the senate judiciary committee in the face of growing hostility pavin on the republicans have indicated they will not give up without a fight neither are these activists. scientists in the u.s. are reporting success in helping patients with paralysis to stand and even take steps again it's all thanks to an electrical implant that saps the spinal cord along with months of intense rehab the research is giving new hope to people suffering from spinal cord injury. it's one step at a time jerry is able to walk again five years after an accident that left him paralyzed to be able to move. my legs and. to walk even a stand it means a lot. that there is hope for not only me but other people. is one of three patients taking part in two separate studies in the united states has managed to walk again albeit assisted. the twenty nine year old was the first patient at the mayo clinic in minnesota to have an electrical stimulation device implanted near his damaged spinal cord. the original function of the electrical stimulator was to treat chronic pain. but it's bein