to them, a team of france. a long history with the america's cup. when is it about the america's cup that keeps the french coming back and winning and succeeding? what keeps you coming back every year? >> america's cup is very important in france. it is have a great opportunity every four years to race against the best in the world. it is part of our history in france. wonderful to be here. >> next to you, representing new zealand of the emirate's team, welcome to san francisco. you are one of the more experienced teams. how do you see the field shaping up in the 34th america's cup? >> we have a fantastic group. the quality of the teams will reflect the quality of the events in the end. we have a nice mixture of teams here, a good number of competitors. it will be fantastic. >> next, representing at italy, darrio valencia. italy has been involved since 1993. what keeps you coming back and what are you excited about this next america's cup? >> there is a field in italy because of the tradition and glamour it rep

is better than the men's team you know. they're great and they've been great for a long time and i'm really happy for them and know most of the players there back in two thousand and seven both men and women claimed european gold for russia david blant his team and the rest of russia will be hoping for a repeat this time around. though this national team is quite young or a solid put it less experienced david last process remains pretty much similar to the previous year's preparation for the eurobasket will take place in the three countries which are slovenia israel and cyprus and over this period russia will play nine friendly matches rim on cost of artsy moscow. ny china's most popular a basketball player ever is set to officially announce his retirement on wednesday eight time n.b.a. all star yell making calling it a career after recurring leg and foot injuries forced him to miss two hundred fifty games in the past six seasons on a was studious nature which allowed him to average nineteen points per game stateside that's

this boy will be on the south team and his girl is on the girl's -- and his sister is on the girl's team. >> it's cool to be at the top in that kind of town. >> the opening face off is at 4:00 tomorrow and the boy's game at 8:00. it will be on espn news. >>> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate for weather rate. >> reporter: wyatt everhart here, joining you live 88 miles north of baltimore at hershey park. if you want to go somewhere, think about hershey park. we have the board walk, water park and we have zoo america here. we have very unique animals. this is a north american zoo. who's your friend here? >> i have a young alligator. he'll be a year old in august. he'll grow up to be a ten footer when he's full grown. he should go to ten feet? >> yes. and he's showing a few of the teeth again. >> you know, it's really interesting. we've not just a gator here and the crowd's gathering to look at him. this is brewster the bearded owl. >> this is an owl that likes the wetlands. maryland would be perfect for it. pretty much, along the eastern c

the team the people with all the coaches instruction was on your court. now it's been a tough couple of years for test cricket it's the long for the sport experiencing when dealing attendance figures coupled with increased viewership of the twenty twenty format but the international cricket council believe they have the solution a new competition named the world test tropic chip for some time we've been working on. call of the world to step in so we've always said that it's not the format that is that you should it's the lack of context so by a little series whatever rock hall meeting if you aspire to who you are playing towards something at the end. and it's it's not common knowledge that you hope to get into the city the top four will be involved in the play off which will be considered finals a final which will determine a will to step in. finally it's one of the most bizarre spectacles of the footballing year to date take a look now at how the united arab emirates national team score their goal in a seven to win over at lebanon take a wanna call been

stars and break it and go and team up they must go. on the ball but yes search team is very young and some players haven't spent even a minutes on the court for russia but our coach has been building the scene for years and i'm sure that if will be any nerves will disappear after the first game of the new year both euro basket finalists will claim a spot at the summer olympics since once it's well that's the key task right now mindful that russia's men's basketball is not as strong as it used to be however they seem has hold a correct was it's of returning to the european summit so they should let that sequel mean goal is of course to make it to the elite ukes and do it with confidence if it weren't for the games on another test that we need to take will immediately go in the interest in a leading role in basketball once again the men should draw inspiration from their female counterparts as russia's women seen as already qualified for the london olympics after an earlier triumphant performance at the euro basket in poland everybody kn

they are part of the team. they are an integrated part of the team. i think that's what makes this work very well. all right. work will be initiated through task orders on a regular basis. it will go through program staff and harlan kelly's approval. our goal is to make the southeast treatment plant a state-of-the-art facility, which is an asset to this community. working with tommy and his staff, we will start off with initiating a project office at the southeast facility where all the treatment engineers, project managers, and project control staff, as well as program management staff, will be situated. we have an office in the community, as well as our office at 525 golden gate. today, for your consideration, an item to approve the selection an award of the program management services to assist with planning, implementation, technical support, controls, and construction. the next stopping point for us, after receiving your approval to move forward, will be to go to the board of supervisors. we will be going in july and probably have the consultant

team trip to china in 1971 and the chinese team trip to the u.s.a. in 1972. ping-pong diplomacy also applies to the role of sports in bringing people together in peaceful interactions. in sports we have a common language that transcends national boundaries and cultural differences. we gain perspective and understanding, and we learn appreciation for each other. through the legacy of ping-pong diplomacy we carry forward to the new generations a new people's revolution. it is one that carries a world wide message of peace love, and cooperation. [applause] >> thank you. now, i would like to ask mayor lee to come back to the podium because we have some presentations to make to the delegation. and we are going to be helped, too with the pronunciation of the names so we make sure that we get them all correct. [applause] >> [inaudible] whene'er [applause] [reading names] >> before the exhibition i have one announcement to make, and i know supervisor mar will appreciate this. this summer -- in fact in the month of september, there will be sunday streets in san franci

think the team is definitely not the one who had been thinking about the tournament well it's a team that can play the same level as europe and we'll see what's going to happen . but. in the meantime malaysian football fans are continuing to witness the beautiful game up close and personal chelsea becoming the english premier league club to swing through kuala lumpur this month following in the footsteps of liverpool and a great reception for the blues both the players and their manager. out to their fans they are already under huge pressure to succeed though often the club finished trophyless last season and regards the asian tour as a chance to get to know the team action begins for him on this trip and says stay with chelsea taking on the malaysian select eleven while the premier league season kicks off and mean. there's no sense of urgency i mean it's still a big fifteen days to for us to go through in terms of activities and games and we sessions and again i mean when we go to the market to openly we can go to the market into the proper business golf and darren clarke is soaking

know thinking about through the team is definitely not the one we had been thinking about how do the tournament it's a team that can play the same level as europe and we'll see what's going to happen for us it's going to be very difficult but we have to try and win it because it's a kind of promise that. you know people who are waiting for this. in the meantime carlos tevez is set to leave much to say it's a calling to manage about the munchie need to set an agreement has now been reached with brazilian club kareem fans and some power club however where the strike a previously played footsie else say they haven't yet struck the deal since he was said to be holding out for eighty million dollars for the engine time forward after corinthians initially put forward a bit of sixty two million but the two sides now appear all the verge of a deal which would sound the twenty seven year old back to his side davis was the premier league's joint top scorer last year also helping the sky blues win the f.a. cup. on exhibit now and when cheney said on monday that will be joining the club in ameri

don't stop hugging will have to use force when they didn't stop hugging he tasered him and shocked team three times going toward the heart. can cause death very very easily and this shocked me because i was seeing that in front of my eyes while i was beaten up on the floor of the ship of the navy itself i saw my brother bouncing and screaming suddenly from an electric shock in this was the only the only surprise that i have apart from that it was very clear that they're going to a key in a restless in the middle of the sea and do you think you and your brother were treated differently because you obviously definitely know. well i while i was beaten up by the soldiers a that also had these taser gun and all the other guns possible i was speaking to them in hebrew in israeli acts and with israeli slang we really points of common common culture looking into their eyes i saw that hardship of him to actually beat me up while he had to take sides. to decide to take a deep breath and then come back as a real fighter and then beat me up he took aim at least five minutes to do so because he coul

team in the championship decider. and russian basketball as i gearing up ahead of the european championships in over and whilst i wear a good showing with them a spot at the london olympics. so it's been a difficult few months for japan by the country are going to please take some joy from their women's football team who have become world champions in frankfurt the newly crowned with as of now at arrived back home schooled lansing in a pool of just a day off to securing the country's first ever women's world title answered the global final as right side as taking on two time champions team usa and the hell dogs who defeated them on penalties after the regulation finished that one won the first victory over the u.s. in twenty five attempts for japan and one which going to last the brain some cheer following the tragedy is over recent months. now similar scenes by a different feeling in new york where the american team arrived following the shootout defeat on monday part captain christie says the school should start foc

what you saw is the finest launch team and shuttle preparation teams in the world they got this vehicle ready to go flying. ute we got to see the teams perform everything we have asked them to perform over these years. the vehicle had a tremendous launch. the teams worked flawlessly even the last minute hold at 31 seconds. they worked through that with tremendous professionalism and got this launch off today such as congratulations to the ksc team. i can't thank you enough for everything you have done for us, everything i've asked this team to do here at ksc they have done and done a superbly and beyond my highest expectations so thank you to the ksc team. the jay-z tim and the iss team still have to get busy as well as the crew on orbit. the docking will be on sunday. is a pretty busy mission. you will see that activity on orbit and we will go through. we are going to try to extend the mission probably an extra day and they will work that for the mission management team as things go on but i urge you to follow the mission watch what is going on with iss and really take in and spend a l

she is the central part of the team. she has this good sense of looking at offensive and defensive plays. she knows how the flow is going. she knows when to attack, she knows when to defend, she knows when it's a chance to score. and when she makes that judgment, she runs straight for it so she has a feel for the game, and that's what's extraordinary about her. sh is what has made japan the team it is today. >> reporter: japan will face the united states, the world's number one ranked squad in the final. the u.s. has made it to the semifinals in all five women's world cup tourneys and has won the championship twice. japan and the u.s. have played each other 25 times in the past with 22 u.s. wins and three draws. in other words, japan has never won. what about this time? >> translator: well, the u.s. squad is not going to easily present an opportunity to attack overall, how to build up the offensive. however you build up the offensive, it's going to be difficult to break through and shake them up. japan will have to play

the top three teams.reporter: after all the dedication, sweat and sacrifice it's hard to hear they aren't world champions. their rivals take home the gold. >> it's hard not to feel like it was your fault. pretty much going into this all we had to do was hit and we could win. that just -- it wasn't happening for us. >> maddie, she'll be fine. maddie is a brilliant genius. it takes setbacks and, you know, disappointments to really get to the best of who we all can be. she's going to be something fantastic. >> reporter: it's an emotional end to a year of intense pressure and gruelling training. but practice is starting all over for the next season. and maddie will go for the gold again. >> maybe now that we're not on top we can come back next year and take it back. we'll see

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well as they have allies here in our team and i'll be back at the top of the hour with more dates for you the meantime we've got and really the way the sports news. seems like it seems not even huge sums should save money can keep some people happy these days. the football i call us toes and out of him he gets paid three hundred dollars a week what does he wants to leave the city why on earth you might ask yourself. in a minute. hello there welcome to the sport thanks for joining me good to have you company and the headline. i want to manage the city strike it collis time is asked to leave the club again. plus making up by three new stores who made their limping debut with the sochi winter games in twenty four teams. and thanked the fans new number one never djokovic enjoyed a welcome home party after his win but didn't try. the first manchester city strike a caller says he wants to leave the club for family reasons the arjun time is currently playing for his country in the corporate america but claims he can no longer live in the north of england without his two daughters and says he

we continue our team coverage and kron4 j.r. stone for more on the health risk. >> behind me, you can see this black field. >> environmental managers say this poses a slight danger to those in nearby. >> the real danger is that you should not be reading this if you have problems. but you have the same sort of issues, irritating the ear, nose, throat, respiratory system, causing nausea, headaches and things like that you not to read this if you can avoid it. it looks like it is starting to, it is starting to die down a little bit. but we away from the all clear from our fire department friends to make sure that the fire is completely under control so that we know that there is no potential hazard. >> this is a another a close look at the fire in the area that burned. invar middle managers that i talked with said they did extensive testing all day long and found no other hazardous chemicals in the year for now, reporting in fairfield j.r. stone with kron4 news. >> we want to show the live pictures of this chopper was shot from sky

well meanwhile russia's women's basketball team have returned home after being. and european champions are just last out of the trophy squad to touch down in las vegas after the child turkey in the final in poland it was the third time russia's women have won the european championships which ensures they qualify the next the olympics in london and they put their success to simple hard work. or do you know how it works out here very happy hour in was gold who prepared and trained a lot it was started the beginning but thanks to our solid work or achieved our task and sinks everyone who was supporting us oh and they are the only ones celebrating their hard work and novak djokovic was greeted by thousands of fans when he returns to serbia after his triumph at wimbledon the new world number one locking up every minute tens of thousands of chanting his nickname no late happened in downtown belgrade boisterous welcoming ceremony the chant beat up on the dolly four sets in the final it showed up a few dance moves to perform to the band on stage and everyone with a simpl

so the intercept team knows exactly the trajectory that the missile is incoming on and they know the exact timing so of course in the case of north korea or iran that will not be the case furthermore most seriously perhaps most of the system is based on ships now these ships have never been tested in rough weather in fact when the usa one ninety three satellite was being intercepted a few years back it was called off for a couple of days because the weather was too rough for the cruisers so this is a known weakness in the system but you know from the planners side they have to see perhaps there will be some technological surprise in the future maybe they'll be many more interceptors maybe they'll be a different administration so from the military planners in china and russia they have to pretend or plan for the worst pretend like the system works where is it can be easily overcome and has never been realistically tested the russians have been quite persistent in thinking is saying ok if it's not against us let's do it together and the response that they get is always a polite no play

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team in the world and. or. player is difficult to accept because you want to be the best team in the war that's why you just want to play again to go to and make sure you beat them. and next week tiger woods will resume his hunt for his first gulf in title in almost two years the former wild number one is set to make his comeback from injury at the bridgestone invitational in ohio this week tiger's first tournament since may when he withdrew from the first round of the players championship with leg injuries and went on to miss by the u.s. and british opens the americans last triumph came at the b.m.w. championship in september two thousand and nine and here since late june twenty first in the world rankings the thirty five year old will also unveil his new caddy on the second his long time partner steve williams last week. moving on to rugby and with the world cup starting in just six weeks his new zealand are aiming for good performances in the tri nations as they prepare to take on saturday in the first g

so we can that we decided that it's not very good idea to send a team without key players and we had serious serious negotiations with. the general manager and the general manager was there was a red army team and they decided not to send their team so the next is the least still force this is an extreme as least we'll go steal fox's play in russia's junior hockey league which has just completed its second season which was won by saying. it has raised the standard of the game in the country more hopefully provide the cage and the russian national team with a steady stream of tons of players for the future. however perhaps most importantly it gives young russian players a chance to play at home and having to cross the atlantic to play top level hockey . previously they had no opportunity then to go to counter what is us what they have there normally they're living someone's family. they live in a house where people they've never seen before they have about fifty bucks a week and they're playing thinking about possible chance to play in the n.h.l. . right now we have. another system he

we have the federal agency coronation team, the public safety team that includes law enforcement and fire, and emergency medical planning, and the transportation team as well as freight transportation agencies to develop a plan to move people around. part of the city that is obviously very beautiful but constricted with options for transportation. this has been a major effort to that was spearheaded. we have specific partners at the court venues, parks and recreation and the waterfront. this is a place where they can talk about the collective concerns and the approaches to challenges that they are all facing. and the water task force, the u.s. coast guard has been a partner in coordination among the different harbor safety communities, and the law enforcement agencies. we had a number of different stakeholders. we have the permit process that would allow for these events to be managed well. the other side of the organization talks about the initiatives with the authority and the america's cup organizing committee. the america's cup organizing committee is another party for the agreem

yeah. >> so this is your first season with world team tennis what do you think about the concept?> i think it is great i love it and i think it is going to be so much fun and i am really excited about it. >> you played one match already last night. >> yeah, like a cheerleader. >> cheerleaders are important sister i was one of those. come on. so what are you looking forward to most about getting involved? >> of course to work with such a great coach as murphy. >> murphy. >> just as you told her to say. >> she is saying that on live television. >> hey hey hey,. >> we are going the work on your service here. >> that is the weakest part of my game as if i have a game. >> we will have a con it's who has a bigger serve yourself or arena. >> the morning news reporter in dc or the professional tennis player place your bets now. >> arena, you are on the deuce side holly second side, holly you go first. excellent. >> any tips? >> bounce the ball. >> bounce the ball. >> focus always look where you are hitting. toss it up, and give it a whirl. >> hey. >> not bad. >> super good. okay. it is yo

growing together as a team just think positive you know we had one text right around the corner it's you know enjoying this through it what it's been for has great history again some recovery and some rest and then start you know get ready for qualifying for the olympics. no football and the copa america is also heating up with the first time a final due to be played later on she used a europe wide take on cairo after an emphatic victory over hosts argentina in the course says europe while they thought in time called america champions and favorites to their up coming up on and all sorts of far as his team came fourth in last year's world cup and where one of the play tournaments frontrunners but according to have coach it's not going to be an easy walk for his man regarding many surprises at the championships. now thinking about through the team is definitely not the one we had been thinking about the tournament it's a team that can play the same level as europe and we'll see what's going to happen for us it's going to be very difficult but we have to try and win it because it's a ki

this is a team that plays close games because it is a pitching intensive team.ok statistically, you might say that this team shouldn't be in first place, because we are 15th in the league out of 16 in hitting area >> but that wasn't the case last year. last year we will able to do it with very strong and timely hitting. we will see. it's very gratifying to his need of the metamorphosis, if you will, with baseball in san francisco are you. >> i find it fascinating. for a while, the team was in the dumps and they were going to be moving to tampa. you helped to together a group that say them. everyone has rallied around here. then the stadium was the star, ballpark was the star free than we have a steroid scandal in this new team emerges. just seems to keep rolling along. >> there is some investors that really say the team. in the end, this is what they envision. a ballpark that could be a community gathering place, and every night there would be 40,000 people enjoying the shared experience. that's what baseball can do for a community. it can really promote civic p

however the team from the goals one time she's supposed to go and play in the states spent team as a last minute replacement the problem is that they can't go because seven players will be as a training camp together with their team and so we decided that it's not very good idea to send a team without key players and we had serious serious negotiations with. internal manito six k. and the general manager was a red army team and they decided to stand there so the next least still forces the next in his list will go steal fox's play in russia's junior hockey league which has just completed its second season which was won by saying. it is raised the standard of the game in the country provided cage and the russian national team with a steady stream of time to play is a chance to look out most importantly if young russian players a chance to play at home robinson coming across the atlantic to play top level hockey i previously they had no opportunity then to go to the counter which is us where they have their normally they're living someone's family. they live in a house with people they

if this time our team goes. so the on the region look for the gold rush still gets people like joe cooks her an ancient tribe likes to save its culture going to where cranes are protected in the first head on and on official nature reserve if you come to the original i'm going to push a close up of the car to. keep the fifty. the first for next fifty. feet. going to come into the. what needs to be splash in the world of high tech business which turns advanced science into i judging products don't understand qalqilya trophies is kept he followed russian innovators to ensure bidders abroad and their big breakthrough back home of sunlight on stone strung technology update here on. we've got the future covered. for. motion movies soon which bryson. evolves from phones to christian. who for instance on t.v. don't come. the guns for hire a company accused of killing seventeen innocent iraqis goes on trial in the u.s. but only on accusations of overfilling blackwater now known as the allegedly charged too much for prot