sure it did but a lecture is here so you can hear me ok we'll try to get back to him in warsaw little bit later we'll be catching up with him then for some more comment from poland let's take a look at our next story now the show we before we go back to alexia serious plunged into full scale civil war so says the head of the u.n. peacekeeping operation there he added that fighting a previously unseen ferocity as government forces seek to blunt a nationwide offensive by the rebels who withdrawn from the international ceasefire more developments than from artie's marine important. the u.n. peacekeeping chief our a lot too who recently made those comments saying that the conflict in syria is now a civil war he is the first you want to fishel to have made that type of declaration following the fifteen months of violence taking place and ask leading in syria now of course his words can carry a lot of political weight inside of the security council where the u.s. and its western allies are pushing for sanctions against the assad government now this is a campaign ongoing for months now the u

condemnation of polish hooligans after they attacked russian football fans story euro twenty twelve in warsaw it led to bloody clashes and the arrest of around one hundred fifty local . time all julian assange waits britain's supreme court decision on whether it will reopen his extradition case the u.k. moles a new bill that could prevent potential whistleblowers from speaking out. this nine pm in moscow this is r.t. coming to you live on me so now away with our top story this hour and a militant web site has released a video message from al qaeda as deputy leader calling on islamist outside syria to join the rebels there against for fighting i guess i should say president also that now earlier the u.s. claimed yeah yeah i live b. have been killed in a drone attack in pakistan calling it a major blow to the terrorist group it's not clear when the newly published video was made meanwhile the finding in syria has reached new levels as government forces seek to blunt a nationwide offensive by the armed opposition who had withdrawn from the internationally back cease fire robert naiman from the u

this is something like a blast from the past because i've been travelling to warsaw many times in the recent years and i've never seen any hostile attitude towards me even though i'm russian and generally the relations between warsaw and moscow have proved greatly since let's say twenty years ago but clearly there are some political forces in poland was still interested in inciting hatred between russia and poland and we can actually assume that some of this hatred actually spilled out into the streets of warsaw last night we understand that for now two almost two hundred fans have been detained by the authorities one hundred fifty of them are polish the polish the baldwins sports minister and many other words have already pin the blame down on the polish fans but we also understand that twenty russian fans who responded violently to this attack will be deported from the country they're also been detained and they will be deported from the country and they will have problems with gaining shang going to be easy in the future that's what we know for now. live with us on the line from ki

just meters from the national stadium, warsaw has a new beach. >> warsaw is not italy, but i think theeach is wonderful. >> the football championship has changed the city's image of itself. rich in history, the once drab mitropoulos has blossomed into a lively, attractive capital. >> we will cease to only come together on some occasions, but when the pope visited, your 2012 has given us a reason to celebrate -- we poles used to only come together on sad occasions. >> warsaw is set to enjoy its new stadium beyond 2012. the stadium and city sands are here to stay. >> the german-italy match, it is getting close to half time. the score is 2-0 for italy. we have just enough time to turn back to our correspondent. how's it going? give us news. >> it is not going very well at all. fans here are shellshocked. the germans are shellshocked theory the team -- they have really just conceded a very soft goal, exactly what italy would have wanted to do. germany pushed up high and hit the long ball, and he eats those of all day. he just set them up now for what looks like a comfortable victory. germa

on r t our top story of polish football fans of attack russian supporters as they marched through warsawto mark russia day fighting broke out ahead of the european championship between the two countries that finished in a one all draw all brawls continue throughout the night with one hundred forty people being arrested most of them polish sports correspondent richard ben port fleet has the latest from warsaw. well i'm just five a stadium another seat already seen a couple of arrests you know earlier in the day things were fairly quiet i had a bit of a stroll around the city center and it seemed all very good natured but there were reports much earlier in the day of a group of polish fans attacking a group of russian supporters who were sitting down in a cafe but the real trouble started really a couple of hours before kickoff for russia had planned march from a city center to serve a stadium in warsaw which is about two kilometers outside of the city center march was obviously given a go ahead by the local authorities but unfortunately the trouble started when russian fans started to rea

warsaw. now over to the n.b.a. hardwood where the season is reaching its climax is the two remaining teams prepared to go head to head in the playoff finals tuesday night sees the first match in the best of seven series between the miami heat from the east and oklahoma city thunder from the west the bron james and the hate taken all the way to a seventh and deciding game in the semifinal win of the boston celtics while oklahoma wrapped up their series against the san antonio spurs four two the series starts in oklahoma with the hate looking to put last year's disappointing final series defeat to dallas well and truly behind them i don't think we need more motivation last year is behind this this is a different journey we went through the pain we went through the valuation we went through the recommitment at the beginning of the year. we survived all these rounds we were very motivated group because of the opportunity to have obviously how they will feel but i know how our guys feel really are we will embrace this c

condemnation of polish hooligans after the attack russian football fans during euro twenty twelve in warsaw it led to bloody clashes and the arrests of around one hundred fifty locals. and while julian assange waits britain supreme court decision on whether it will reopen his extradition case the u.k. voles a new bill that could prevent potential whistle blows from speaking out. here in moscow you are watching r t with me kevin zero in on our top story of militant web sites and released a video message from al qaeda as deputy leader calling on the islamists outside syria to join the rebels fight against president assad the u.s. claimed. libby had been killed in a drone attack in pakistan calling it a major blow to the terrorist group so that it's not clear when this newly published video is made meantime the head of the u.n. peacekeeping operations says syria has plunged now into a full scale civil war the fighting in the country has previously reached levels unseen before of ferocity as government forces seek to blunt a nationwide offensive by the armed opposition who'd withdrawn from the

on attack by polish hooligans or russian football fans during euro twenty twelve and warsaw leads to bloody clashes in the arrests of around one hundred fifty locals. while julian assange britain supreme court decision on whether it'll be open reopen his extradition case the u.k. holds a new bill that could prevent potential whistle blows from speaking out. a low four pm here in moscow you're watching r t with me kevin and first a militant web site has released a video message from al qaida as deputy leader calling on islamist side syria to join the rebels fighting against president assad earlier the us claimed. libya had been killed in a drone attack on in pakistan calling it a major blow to the terrorist group so it's not clear when the newly published video now was made meantime the head of the un's peace keeping operations says syria has plunged into a full scale civil war the fighting in the country's rich previously unseen levels of ferocity as government forces seek to blunt a nationwide offensive by the armed opposition who have also withdrawn from the international backed pe

this is something like a blast from the past generally the relations between warsaw and moscow have improved greatly since let's say twenty years ago but clearly there are some political forces in poland who are still interested in inciting hatred between russia and poland because of something of a sentiment on the message boards in poland on the internet that russian fans must pay for their violent clash with two words during the first game and brought up one russia beat the czech republic four goals to one we know that russia has already been officially punished for that it is due to pay one hundred twenty thousand euro fine for for the for these actions but some of the polish media have been raising the hype ahead of that game saying equating that match to a battle of one thousand nine hundred twenty when. the bolshevik army was outnumbering the polish forces but the polish forces still managed to gain victory and some of the magazines portrayed the polish national coach in a military uniform saying that poland still has to be at the euros and the players i quote must die on the

condemnation of public school against after they attacked russian football found story twenty twelve in warsaw it led to bloody clashes and the eros of around one hundred and fifty locals. a module you know songe awaits britain's supreme court decision on whether it will reopen his extradition case the u.k. models a new bill that could prevent potential whistleblowers from speaking out. live from our studios in central moscow you're watching archie with me and he said now it's good to have you with us eight pm here in the russian capital seven pm in damascus and a militant web site has released a video message from al qaeda as deputy leader calling on islamist outside syria to join the rebels they're fighting against president also that now earlier the u.s. claim to. be have been killed in a drone attack in pakistan calling it a major blow to the terrorist group it's not clear when the newly published video was made meanwhile the fighting in syria has reached new levels as government forces seek to block a nationwide offensive by the armed opposition who had withdrawn from the internationally

top polish officials have condemned the behavior of hooligans in warsaw who attack russian fans before the two countries euro two thousand and twelve showdown fires continue to after the match with poland's ambassador to russia saying polish hooligans of the blame for the turmoil that resulted in multiple injuries are eastern europe correspondent geoff skew reports. one hundred fifty poles have been arrested for attacking the crowd of russian fans and the russians were also attacking for providing violent response to the polish attack anyway were understand that those twenty odd russians who have been arrested who've been detained in poland will be deported from the country according to the interior ministry and a future they will have problems of training shan't get a visa because of all these because of participation in this in this in those riots in warsaw now certainly the relations between warsaw and moscow have been very strained have been difficult for many centuries now but for now when the stand that they have basically normalized and the events which happened in warsaw last n

condemnation of public school again that today attacked russian football fans story bureau twenty twelve in warsaw it led to bloody clashes and the arrest of around one hundred fifty locals. and while julian saundra waits britain supreme court decision on whether it will reopen his extradition case the u.k. molls a new bill that could prevent potential whistleblowers from speaking out. it's eleven pm in moscow this is art to you coming to you live on nice in our way with our top story this hour and a militant web site has released a video message from al qaeda as deputy leader calling on islamist outside syria to join the rebels there fighting against president also earlier the u.s. claimed abu yahya our liberty had been killed in a drone attack in pakistan calling it a major blow to the terrorist group well it's not clear when the video was made but as real for most of the reports from syria it provides further evidence that extremist might be taking advantage of the country's civil war. this video is a clear indicator that in the conflict in syria you can't a global terrorist organization is tak

condemnation of polish hooligans after the attack russian football fans during euro twenty twelve in warsaw it led to bloody clashes and the arrests of around one hundred fifty locals. and while julian assange awaits britain supreme court decision on whether it will reopen his extradition case the u.k. involves a new bill that could prevent potential whistleblowers from speaking out. troops supplies in the u.s. oppose the broad decline oil prices turn up and the russian markets managed to end the day on the very positive note more on that the twenty minute. hello there live from moscow this is r.t. it's kevin zero in here with you this hour at seven pm moscow time a militant web site has released a video message from al qaeda as deputy leader calling on islam is outside syria to join the rebels they're fighting against president a sad. though the u.s. have claimed. liberty had been killed in a drone attack in pakistan calling it a major blow to the terrorist group it's not clear when this newly published video was made however meantime the fighting in syria has reached new levels as governm

now certainly the relations between warsaw the moscow have been very strained have been difficult formany centuries now but for now when the stand that they have basically normalized and the events which happened in warsaw last night is something of a blast from the past certainly there are political forces in poland who are interested in this hatred towards russia but certainly this is a minority of the polish population for now in fact we understand that many poles have been expressing their apologies to russia on the internet on the internet into on twitter and different forums and web sites for what they described to be brainless and mindless a bunch of supporters who attacked the russian crowd it's also understood that the media some of the media in poland have been have been doing everything they can to raise the hype of this game equating this game with the battle of all the whistler river in one thousand twenty when the polish forces of outnumbered by the soviet troops actually managed to be victorious over the bolshevik soldiers and. some of the polish media including the sup

polish football fans attack supporters of team russia before euro two thousand and twelve match in warsaw these are the latest pictures from the polish capital. in other news tens of thousands of opposition activists rally in central moscow with agendas ranging from the far left to nationalistic stream of. violence intensifies across syria with you and observers pointing out a fight include ordinated rebel attacks which government troops have to repel clashes leading to foreign powers increasingly if you think i'd intervention. and no room for refugees after promising to provide sanctuary israel begins arresting african migrants who fled violence in their homeland and plan to deport over four thousand people. it's nine pm in moscow you're watching r t m and he said now i will get to those mass protests here in the russian capital but first let's check in on some breaking news just in from warsaw this hour we're polish football fans have a attack supporters of the russian team the police have reportedly used rubber bullets to disperse the crowds while mass arrests are being made russian fa

condemnation of polish hooligans are to attack russian football fans cheering euro twenty twelve in warsaw it led to bloody clashes in the arrests of around one hundred fifty local. and well joining the sounds of waves britain the supreme court decision on whether it'll be reopening his traditional his extradition case the u.k. holds a new bill that could prevent potential whistleblowers from speaking out. aloud five pm here in moscow you're watching r t live with me kevin i mean first the militant websites released a video message from al qaeda as deputy leader calling on islamists outside syria to join the rebels fighting against president assad earlier the u.s. claimed a libyan big killed in a drone attack in pakistan calling it a major blow to the terrorist group so it's not clear when this newly published video was made meantime that of the u.n. peacekeeping operations says syria has plunged now into a full scale civil war the fighting in the country's region previously unseen levels of ferocity as government forces seek to blunt a nationwide offensive by the armed opposition who had

yeah it's a very been a very very hot day here in warsaw by far the hottest day of the tournament so far with the temperature reaching around thirty degrees but says perhaps one of the biggest concerns i said was told by the defense last question but the other concern really is be age of the squad russia have the oldest quarter of the euro two thousand and twelve championships with an average of twenty eight of course are going to fade especially playing such high impact games and such quick succession in russia did seem to fade in the second half against the poles poland really played out of a skins. they were really out of the game for obvious reasons to win but you countries and the rivalry i don't really think the greeks are in the same class as poland i mean poland did show in their first group game against greece and good they are going forward and really the key thing for russia tonight is if they can. a very high tempo like we did against the czech republic but i can't really see russia having too many problems in qualifying his group winners for the knockout stages ok well w

the warsaw pact countries objected. they objected for a very reason that troubled khrushchev terribly. they said, if you do that, we'll stop the trade with west germany and we desperately need that trade with wrest germany because it produces our best technical goods. khrushchev was aghast. he did not know yet how dependent eastern europe was on west german trade. but he recognized that it couldn't be approved. indeed the warsaw pact nations universally disapproved it. they did say one thing. they saiding okay, we understand you have to cut what he called the flight from the father land. so you can do that, but you cannot do anything else. khrushchev pointed his finger and said not one millimetre more. he was to hold his fire on anything beyond cut the refugee flow. in berlin, we met all the time. we were trying to figure out what the gdr was going to met. we met with cia. we met with army intelligence. we knew they had to do something. it was obvious they had to do something. the question was if they would divide berli

warsaw. well in the other gaming group a big czech republic two thousand and four champions greece to want to love the czechs bouncing back from the opening four one defeat to russia a goal from petty here to check on. that putting them to last just after five minutes the greeks did pull one back to get us early in the second but the czechs managed to hold on and win puts them second in the group ahead of their last match with poland so to clarify all that russia a point at the top at all but through to the quarter finals while poland in the czechs know the winner of their last match will go through to the last eight. maybe on to basketball and the n.b.a. finals where western champions oklahoma got off to a great start in the deciding best of seven series against miami kevin you round was the man of the match for the thunder raking in thirty six points his teammate russell westbrook added another twenty five to help the home side to one hundred five ninety four victory going to take place on

well certainly it's something of a shocking story in warsaw last night because this march was greeted with between the russian movement and the polish on the warsaw authorities nevertheless we understand that for now one hundred fifty poles have been arrested for attacking the crowd of russian fans and twenty russians were also attacking for providing violent response to the polish attack anyway we're under stand that those twenty odd russians who have been arrested who've been detained in poland will be deported from the country according to the interior ministry and it a future they will have problems of training shan't get a visa because of all these because of participation in this in this in those rights in a war so now certainly the relations between warsaw and moscow have been very strained have been difficult for many centuries now but for now when the stand that they have basically normalized and the events which happened in warsaw last night is something of a blast from the past certainly there are political forces in poland who are interested in inciting this hatred towards

the severe punishment of hooligans involved in bloody clashes with russian football supporters in warsaw between before rather both countries euro two thousand and twelve showdown after violence continued after the match with poland's a basket of russia saying polish pseudo fans are to blame for the turmoil that resulted in multiple injuries are eastern europe correspondent alexei or chesky has more. the radical supporters of the polish team were attacking a regular simple russian fans just marching through the streets of warsaw in something in an action which had been agreed before that now the violence was so strong that the police had to use small bombs tear gas and water cannons to pacify the angry polish more we understand that for now two almost two hundred fans have been detained by the authorities one hundred fifty of them are polish twenty russian fans who responded violently to this attack they're also being detained and they will be deported from the country and definitely their relations with russia and poland have never been easy but definitely from what i've seen in these p

warsaw. elsewhere in group a the czech republic b two thousand and four champions greece two one over inverts love the czechs were looking to bounce back from four one defeats a russian the opening match and they made a blistering start goals from fielder gerard six and what's left people are put them up after just five minutes the greeks were able to reduce the deficit so one goal less than ten minutes after restart however that's all the team could do as they now move bottom of group a and the czechs are now runners up and this is how the table is shaping up russia are one point clear and that's all that means they could afford a draw in their last remaining group game against greece on saturday and whoever wins the other match between poland and the czech republic would also reach the quarter finals. while on wednesday perhaps the most anticipated of all the group games will take place in the heart of where the netherlands so will take on great rivals germany and after the first round of m

coming to you live from an isa now way with our top story and first to warsaw where polish football fans attacks russian supporters as they marched through the polish capital to mark russia day fighting broke out ahead of the european championship match between the two countries which has just finished in a one all draw well police had to use rubber bullets to break up clashes which led to several injuries and dozens of arrests sports correspondent richard porte that is in warsaw for us. well russia's fans had planned a march from the city center to the stadium there and of a five thousand supporters beating hearts and minds and they were looked after by round six policeman everything seemed to be going off very peacefully about was up until they got here a stadium what sporadic polish border grids try to type but i've been covering the russian football team for quite a long time and yet the supporters who really want to watch for the troops is still ahead sir a lot of news still trying to have a pool and a piece of gaudy russian fans hi.

people being arrested most of them polish sports correspondent richard run portably has more from warsaw. just by the stadium and obviously very seen a couple of arrests you know earlier in the day things were fairly quiet i had a bit of a stroll around the city center and it seemed all very good natured but there were reports much earlier in the day of a group of polish fans attacking a group of russian supporters who were sitting down in a cafe where the real trouble started really a couple of hours before kickoff or russia had planned march from a city center to serve a stadium in warsaw which is about two kilometers outside of the city center march was obviously given a go ahead by the local authorities but of course even trouble started when russian fans started to reach the stadium as a bridge just a few hundred meters away from the stadium polish fans really tried to.

nil portugal won and the first semifinalists of euro two thousand and twelve has been decided in warsaw well in these two sides met in the quarter finals of euro ninety six in front of dutch legend ruud toilets to call it sexy football well he wouldn't have said that about the first half in warsaw the first thirty minutes were dominated by the czechs but without any end product but that seemed to spur portugal into life and in first half stoppage time captain fantastic christiane are now they latched on to a thirty odd ball over the top from rama relished the chest of the ball down and flicked the ball past the defender and passed goalkeeper petar check but he could only hit the post five minutes into the second time off it was more of the same this time a twenty five yard free kick from another hitting the post wrong suitable striker held the pasta had gone off injured with a hamstring injury in first half and he was replaced by hugo major and he and manny admiration both pep it checks goal to no avail but it's eleven minutes from time for now though across this time from the right fro

well this is russia's training base just outside of warsaw in the lovely small town of sileo vic where they'll be preparing for the euro two thousand and twelve championships well the training session was open the first fifteen minutes before it was closed to the press and this is what went on a lot when the free players are out we're out of a pitch training for the game against poland which comes up on tuesday was a great spirit in the camp especially after four one victory against the czech republic where the russians really were in fantastic form good thing is the who realized of those one one game we start now caused version of poland i don't see any. players with the idea for the world the. game so there goes bowl a different game different opponent and. you can get the same result but it will be more difficult than the first one was surely to test against poland will be a completely different kettle of fish for the russians well first of all they'll have to deal with a very hostile crowd have really been waiting for this match more than anything else and also the poles they looke

of the poland got the euro two thousand and twelve ball rolling in warsaw with a dramatic one one draw against greece it's now the turn of co-hosts ukraine to showcase their talents in their capital against sweden in the second group d. match on monday ukraine only played their first match as an independent nation in one thousand nine hundred ninety two however they went on to reach the two thousand and six world cup quarterfinals on their debut in a major championship this summer's event marks their first participation at the euros and as a host nation they've automatically qualified making them an unknown quantity most of them look at our team is like a thoroughbred horse tired of waiting in the stables and eager to go out and play the more we see the more nervous the guys get so we need to get out their car going down. a lot of qualification matches has also seen a glock inside drop to fifty second in the world rankings they also lost their last two warm up matches against austria and turkey as the coach continued to experiment with his squad however only by an unique midfielder ana

legend ruud toilets to call it sexy fogel well he wouldn't have said that about the first off in warsaw the first thirty minutes were dominated by the czechs but without any end product but that seemed to spur portugal into life and in first tough stoppage time captain fantastic christiane are now they latched onto a thirty odd ball over the top from rama relished the chest of the ball down and flicked the ball past the defender and pass goalkeeper had to check that he could only hit the post well five minutes into the second time off it was more of the same this time a twenty five yard free kick from another hitting the post wrong to tickle striking how the pasta had gone off injured with a hamstring injury in first half and he was replaced by hugo major and he and manny and the rush both pep it checks goal to no avail but it's eleven minutes from time of poker now go across this time from the right version of the teenie it was too high for omega there were no other rows highs beating his defending hitting the ball into the ground and over the flailing arms of check the sharks have no

to jump or feet there meanwhile the other group b. a class which open the tournament in warsaw finishedalso work cool who is poland drawing one one with three star first off all poland but of the greeks who really should have not all three points in the second half the two thousand and four winners left to ruin a missed penalty following arsenal goalkeeper wojciech the chance leagues sending. them all one of the stars of russia's world cup winning ice hockey team had a few tips for the country's foreclosure right before kickoff the pittsburgh penguins forward who was named russian player of the year in the n.h.l. seeing one of the secrets to his success was not to worry about the media that was the points leader in the regular season with fifty three goals sixty four assists i was also in the and most valuable player at the world championships last month he's a keen footballer as well as you can see here on this to say to dick out that gets me. all i can say is they should play as a team there on the much pressure now so i hope they don't read the papers too much they should just relax

is a really big confidence boost for the team and it really in relaxed mood since that landed in warsaw and travelled to here down here ross love the game itself and the rush of a really dominated from around the fifteen minute mark didn't start to well after they really took a stranglehold of a game the attacking trio of under their shot and islands a go of an alexander character called really causing offense no end of problems it was really no surprise but russia did eventually manage to open the scoring for about money and would go to up later in the first half of the czechs did manage to pull a goal by but even intervention of roman public really did give the russians a boost and he provided the go over to seconds ago it would eventually go on to win the man of the match and it was not a change to him so who was suffering for bit of a gruelling injury early in the week when he showed that he's back to full fitness as he grabbed a fourth to get russia really after a fantastic start and some really big boost for take out the guardsmen have played so well in this match against the czec

and rubber bullets as polish hooligans attacked russian fans ahead of a euro twenty twelve match in warsaw which is now under way. tens of thousands of opposition activists rally in central moscow with agendas ranging from the far left to nationalist extremists. and serious conflict has grown into a full scale war that's according to the un's peacekeeping chief the mission's observers point to win and that's coalition and violence by learning a spike in coordinated grabble attack. live from moscow more get to mass opposition rallies that took place but first breaking news from warsaw where polish football fans have attacked supporters of the russian team it happened ahead of the european championship match between the two countries which has just begun now police reportedly use rubber bullets to break up clashes which led to several people being injured and thousands of the rest are to sports correspondent richard roth reports but has the latest from the polish capital russia's fans had planned a march from the city center to the stadium they were of a five thousand supporters beating hear

harty warsaw well every team at euro two thousand and twelve has now played their first game turning the spotlight came on monday with england and france kicking off proceedings partridge watch the action. france won england won and is known as even from the european heavyweights from the first match in group d. o. england came into this tournament the only world cup winners never to have won the euros and under roy hodgson they had a manager you don't need being in charge for forty days not missing a place to play is feeling suspended wayne rooney and i were up against long last team there and beaten in twenty one matches and the french had the best of the first half an hour but then open the scoring a free kick from steven gerrard on the right hand side from jersey and left on the right is about values we are running for england won a lot while the french could swiftly have equalized a free kick that was conceded by alex outplayed chamberlain the eighteen year olds eight percent for england was posted by samir nasri he found ality are up but he could only head straight joe hockey's

warsaw. premier the game group republic two thousand and four champions creech two one in broad slough the czechs balancing back from the opening for one defeat to russia a goal from a euro check. put them to nil up after just five minutes the greeks did pull one back through thirty in the second half where the czechs managed to hold on and the windows put them second in the group ahead of their last match with poland so to clarify this is that russia point clear at the top of that and all but through to the quarter finals while poland in the czech snow the winner of their match will also go through to the last eight. now on wednesday perhaps the most anticipated of all the great games will take place in kharkiv where the netherlands will take on great rivals germany and after the first round of matches in the so-called group of death this is story has even more significance as partridge reports one of football's most famous rivalries as we know it began at the world cup final in one thousand

they certainly it's a big ask but shouldn't rush it be to poland in warsaw tonight they're pretty much into the quarter finals more of that kerry in just a sec. thanks for joining us this is sports and a plenty ahead including the euro two thousand and twelve auction right now. in pole position after a victory in their opening european championships group much russia perfect game against poland on choose the evening. monday rafael nadal beats you on board record of six french open titles and victory over world number one novak djokovic in a rain delay final. then there was one history is made a small school plays host to the first ever unified. european championship. every team euro twenty twelve played their first game group d's turn in the spotlight on monday with england and france kicking off proceedings a partridge talks us through what happened. france won england won and is known as even from the european heavyweights in the first match in group d. following one came into the stone of the only world cup winners never to have won the euros and on the roy hodgson they had a manage

got underway co-host poland have kicked off against greece in the first game of the tournament in warsaw and the poles have had the perfect start leading one nil at half time thanks to a call from grover eleventh poland are the lowest ranked team in the tone but they dominated this game to the life of their fans you heavily outnumbered the greeks in the municipal stadium in warsaw so one nil to poland at the moment and in two hours time russia and the czech republic will go head to head in their opening game in the group with the build up to that. it's. the way it's almost over to take out the captain as russia side as day began their euro two thousand and twelve campaign here in ross love against the czech republic on friday for the team of the pairing for almost three weeks now. three friendly matches which culminated in a fantastic free no victory you really have a cow billie's but results give the team a lot of confidence is important not that important but if you win three you know it was a little bit flat route but it gives a lot of confidence in the team and that's important but t