fifa president sepp blatter confirmed it. canada will host this summer's tournament, which has already been marred by controversy. >> fifa's choice is a good one. i have no doubt about that. this is a fantastic opportunity to develop this great sport. reporter: it was another great day in the world cup sprint event. a frenchman took the victory sealing the fourth french world cup in a row. he hit all-time targets and had enough speed over the course to beat the russian one favorite -- russian home favorite. he kept his hopes of winning the overall title alive. he was in contention for both the sprint and overall titles. he finished in 18. -- 18th. lindsay vonn is continuing to enjoy a stunning world cup finale. a day after claiming the downhill american crystal globe she claimed another title, joining a swedish skier as the second woman to win all 19 world cup titles. an austrian was second-place. she is second in the standings for the second year in a row. an alpine skier retained his chance to win overall second. the defend

reporter: the three candidates opposing sepp blatter in the fifa presidential election. the brazilians have landed in paris ahead of their thursday evening. the five-time world champions have right of six consecutive victories -- have racked up six consecutive victories. the midfielder is dreaming of perfection. >> for me, it is a dream come true. i get the same feeling each and every time i represent my country. in brazil, all the kids would love to be in my shoes. on top of that, we are playing against france, who are great opponents. there is a special rivalry between us. we have only played against them once and we lost 1-0 in 2011. reporter: remembering the 3-0 defeat in the 1998 world cup final in the same stadium, even though he was just a young boy at the time. >> all i can remember was being very sad. i was seven years old. i followed the games played by brazil. the french team was a great one. they deserved to win on that day. times have changed. we are about to play a great game and get the win this time around. reporter: he will be just behind the brazilian f

president sepp blatter urged tougher sanctions, after sending a congress of the south american and said existing penalties are not going far enough. >> translation: we should set an example, not just a stadium ban. no we should take away points points or relegate a team. at the moment in our world we need the courage to do this. discrimination will stop. we haven't seen it anywhere in the world. >>> the greek government lifted a suspension on the football league, an indefinite ban has been listed. it's the third time that professional football has been shut down. the newly elected party is determined to stamp out crowd violence. the super league will resume this weekend, but behind close doors. >> bangladesh wins a group a match, moving them closer to a place in the quarterfinals. the side went on to post a total of 318/8. but bangladesh were too strong reaching 322/4, for a 6-wicket victory, the highest professional one chase. they'll pay england and adelaide next. >> we chased down the score. we have added in a similar way. rather than thinking about the scoreboard, we were enjoying t

i will support sepp blatter. he has more experience and stayed a long time. in life you must. but i will support blatter. i think he's due, has opportunity to do. >> rory mcilroy climbed up the leader board after a second-round 66. this is him at the par 4 fifth hole. birdying this under war. stopped. remarkable shot. the man is an american top of the leader board at the halfway mark. the 25-year-old 10-under par >>> over in california roger federer through to the semifinals of indian wells master. the second seed reached a ninth semifinal, making light work of his opponent. dropping to eight points on the serve. roger federer facing milos raonic in the semifinals. the canadian taking on milos raonic firing 18 aces and 48 winners. milos raonic coming through 4-6 7-6, 7-5 >>> meanwhile in the women's event, history repeating as serena williams pulled out of the semifinals. she was playing at indian wells for the first time in 14 years. she'd been due to play the romanian on friday night. a knee problem forced her off the field. she gets a free pass into the finals. >> england's

mercedes is on top of the podium >>> sepp blatter met with the amir of qatar ahead of f.i.f.a.'s executive meeting, about what progress is made on conditions for migrant workers in the country. it's encouraging to here the emyr's personal commitment but added more must be done to ensure uniformly fair working conditions and said a collective effort was required from construction companies. f.i.f.a. is expected to confirm a date for the 2022 tournament at the meeting this week. people more problems with racism for 2018 world cup hosts russia. this time brazilian striker who plays for league leaders was subjected to monkey chants during a match at torpedo moscow. more than 200 cases have been found of racist and discriminatory behaviour linked to russian football over two seasons. >> chelsea move a further point clear of manchester city. they couldn't make it three, held 1-1 at home. the leaders took an early league through diego costa, his 18th goal of season. chelsea had plenty of chances in the second half, but couldn't find a goal. ending a frustrating week seeing them elimina

when we come back we'll have all of the sport, including why sepp blatter has been having an uncomfortable day with european football bosses. ♪ >>> welcome back now. al jazeera has been exploring the role that cartoon characters play in social commentary in countries around the world, and in bangladesh it's a wise-cracking sea urchin who has been adopted. from dhaka, our correspondent caught up with the creator. >> reporter: all it takes is a few strokes for this cartoonist. the street urchin. he was drawn to the straight-talking ways of the street children he knew during his childhood. and recognized his potential as a social commentator. >> translator: many people have called me after a strip is released that they were thinking the exact same thing. >> reporter: he has been a huge success since he made his first appearance in 1978. he realized that a seemingly powerless street urchin could get away with saying things most people couldn't. >> translator: i used to make these cartoons for police officers. i would poke fun of their flaws and they used to really enjoy that actually. they n

. >> football and sepp blatter arrived in paraguay continuing a campaign for a fifth term as head of the sports governing body. the official reason for blatter's attendance is the 56th congress of comnibal. his rivals are attending hoping to give their campaigns a boost. that is dutch fa president michael van prag. and the f.i.f.a. vice-president. louis figo is the other candidate. the election taking place on may 29th >>> three games in the english premier league on tuesday. relegation-threatened aston villa got a late win are. south hampton gave qualification hopes a boost after beating crystal palace. a goal giving saints their first win since 7 february they go above liverpool into fifth. to the asian champion's league where they are in the group stages. great goals in this game against the chinese. the home side taking the lead. after the first half the winner was special. the brazilian striker giving united a 2-1 win. they lead with six points from two goals. >> violinist vanessa may appeared before the court of arbitration for sport. she skied for thailand was punished by the