from london 2012 through to sochi 2014 and beyond. great britain look set to win a bobsleigh bronze medal, the 10c banned three more russian athletes for doping. we had our moment stolen, basically. i feel like we fought so hard, knowing we were good enough to get on the podium. it's hard to take. as we're seeing across all sports in the world right now, this is happening all too frequently. it's a really sad state. it would have been a massive family achievement, more than anything. there's no escaping that, it would have been different. the funding would have been much higher. obviously, the personal reward of it. potentially, though, there would have been opportunities for us to further our careers. we did come third but until we've got the medal... how much would you like it to be resolved by pyeongchang? one of the things that is mentioned is, how do you feel about your moment being stolen away from you? in some cases, that could be corrected by being presented with a medal in the pyeongchang. silver for great britain. bronze las

from london 2012 through to sochi 2014 and beyond. great britain look set to win a bobsleigh bronze medal, the ioc banned three more russian athletes for doping. we've been stolen our moment, basically. i feel like we fought so hard, knowing we were good enough to get on the podium. it's hard to take. as we're seeing across all sports in the world right now, this is happening all too frequently. it's a really sad state. it would have been a massive family achievement, more than anything. there's no escaping that, it would have been different. the funding would have been much higher. obviously, the personal reward of it. potentially, though, there would have been opportunities for us to further our careers. we did come third but until we've got the medal... how much would you like it to be resolved by pyeongchang? one of the things that is mentioned is, how do you feel about your moment being stolen away from you? in some cases, that could be corrected by being presented the medal in the pyeongchang. silver for great britain. bronze la

from london 2012, through to sochi 2014 and beyond. great britain look set to win a bobsleigh bronze medal, nearly four years after the sochi winter olympics. the 10c banned three more russian athletes for doping. we've been stolen our moment, basically. i feel like we fought so hard, knowing we were good enough to get on the podium. it's hard to take. as we're seeing across all sports in the world right now, this is happening all too frequently. it's a really sad state. my life would have been different, you know. it would have been a massive family achievement, more than anything. there's no escaping that, it would have been different. the funding would have been much higher. obviously, the personal reward of it. potentially, though, there would have been opportunities for us to further our careers. so we did come third but until i've got the medal... how much would you like it to be resolved by pyeongchang? one of the things that is mentioned is, how do you feel about your moment being stolen away from you? so to speak. in some case

from london 2012 through to sochi 2014 and beyond. great britain look set to win bobsleigh bronze medal after the sochi winter olympics. the olympic committee banned three more russian athletes for doping. we had our moments stolen. ifeel like we fought so hard, knowing we we re like we fought so hard, knowing we were good enough to get onto the podium. it is hard to take. as we are seeing, across all sports in the world right now, this is happening all too frequently, it is a sad state. life would have been different, it would have been a massive family achievement more than anything. it would have been different, the funding would have been much higher, the personal reward of it, potentially there would have been opportunities for us to further our careers. how much would you like to be resolved by pyeonchang? people ask how about your moment been stolen from you and in some ways, that could be corrected by presenting the metal in pyeonchang. he is still in second place. silver for great britain,. you have another chance to do it at

assad's forces recaptured major cities and large areas of rebel held territory the russian resort of sochi is due to host a new round of talks in january but after so many failed negotiations the prospect of peace remains elusive we'll get to our guests in a moment but first zain the whole report from beirut. syrians in search of safety there may be less violence because of russian brokered local cease fires but there are still active frontlines in some areas of the country. over the past year the opposition lost sizable territory and the syrian government with the backing of russia and iran have also recaptured areas from. the government is stronger than it has been since the conflict began nearly seven years ago but the war is not it's and. the war is far from. that is for sure and what we're seeing is perhaps winding down the conflict in some parts. there is a likelihood an escalation. of the country almost a quarter of the country in the north east for example is outside the state's control the mainly kurdish region wants a federal system for syria the government wants said it would be

from london 2012 through to sochi 2014 and beyond. great britain look set to win a bobsleigh bronze medal, the ioc banned three more russian athletes for doping. we've been stolen our moment, basically. i feel like we fought so hard, knowing we were good enough to get on the podium. it's hard to take. as we're seeing across all sports in the world right now, this is happening all too frequently. it's a really sad state. it would have been a massive family achievement, more than anything. there's no escaping that, it would have been different. the funding would have been much higher. obviously, the personal reward of it. potentially, though, there would have been opportunities for us to further our careers. we did come third but until we've got the medal... how much would you like it to be resolved by pyeongchang? one of the things that is mentioned is, how do you feel about your moment being stolen away from you? in some cases, that could be corrected by being presented the medal in the pyeongchang. silver for great britain. bronze la

the last winter games in sochi in twenty fourteen were meant to be a display of russian sporting prowess they have since turned into a russian nightmare. evidence from gregory wrote a chunk of the former head of russia's anti doping lab revealed cheating on an unprecedented scale this. an i.o.c. investigation finally confirmed that evidence to be credible. the year has been an intense warm hard warm. believe we've never had a harder year for both soviet and russian sport. but still russia and its president vladimir putin continue to deny state involvement until that changes the country may find itself left out in the cold pariah of international sports. a young south african is vying to become the first black alpine skier to represent his country at the olympics as a teenager see this film and was invited by the international olympic committee to compete to the twenty four thousand sochi games that south africa declined to send him saying he didn't meet the required standard now he hopes to make the cut for the winter games in february in south korea. quo. missing out on sochi hasn't sto

i ththink on some political lell of russia wanted to be first in the sochi olympics at any cost. it was a question of cost at so russia got this prize in the sochi olympics with the huge cost of doping. this is the problem with russia. they have huge ambitions on the and theional level ability is not always fit with these ambitions, so they use doping, which is a shameful thing to do. so they are banned from the olympics in south korea. daria: i remember reading the forecasts right before the olympics. vladimir: it was a nice surprise for the russian people andnd for the russian government. we continue the conversation, let's take a closer look at what the allegations of state-backed doping amount to. 2014 winter olympicics in sochi. , the host nation, won 33 medals, more than any other country. russia and president vladimir putin, the came off looking like champions, but did they play fair, or were the real champions the doping labs? two years after the games, an investigator with the world doping agency published some serious allegations. >> the mesko -- the moscow laboratory o

there were four gb medals during sochi 2014. that could be upgraded to a record haul of five. british athletes are winning more major medals now than at any point in history. there is every chance that pyeongchang 2018 in south korea could be great britain's best ever games. one of britain's best medal prospects is elise christie, competing in three events. since the last games, she has become a world champion. she is looking to put her 0lympic demons firmly behind her after a devastating sochi 2014. 0h, they've gone down, they've all gone down! i can't believe it! christie's been penalised again. it's been tough. i can't even describe how hard it was. i suffered a lot after it, in my normal life too. i had a crash at the games. i received a lot of death threats and online abuse from the south koreans. it changed me as a person. you know, i lost a lot of confidence from it. but since then i have actually had a massive turnaround. christie, the first british woman to win a short track world title! people became fans and they were really sorry for how people had treated me. and

the twenty fourteen winter olympics in sochi russia the host nation won thirty three medals more than any other country russia and president vladimir putin came off looking like champions but did they play fair or were the real champions that doping laps. two years after the games had investigator for the world anti-doping agency richard mclaren published some serious allegations the moscow laboratory operated for the protection of doped russian athletes within a state directed feel safe system the russian ministry of sport directed controlled and oversaw the manipulation of athletes analytical results no less than the head of russia's only anti-doping laboratory wrote chunk of was chief witness he left for the united states as did you. a runner who had reported systematic doping in russian sports and started the ball rolling. are the accusations of state sponsored doping just mudslinging against russia. but i mean what do you say to that question all these allegations just mudslinging on the part of the west a conspiracy on the part of the west against putin's efforts to make russia

the twenty fourteen winter olympics in sochi russia the host nation won thirty three medals more than any other country russia and president vladimir putin came off looking like champions but did they play fair or were the real champions that doping laps. two years after the games had investigator for the world anti-doping agency richard mclaren published some serious allegations that the moscow laboratory operated for the protection of doped russian athletes within a state directed feel safe system the russian ministry of sport directed controlled and oversaw the manipulation of athletes and little results no less than the head of russia's own anti-doping lab grigori wrote chunk of was chief witness he left for the united states as did you yesterday part of a runner who had reported systematic doping in russian sports started the ball rolling. are the accusations of state sponsored doping just mudslinging against russia. but i mean what do you say to that question are these allegations just mudslinging on the part of the west a conspiracy on the part of the west against putin's effor

the twenty fourteen winter olympics in sochi russia the host nation won thirty three medals more than any other country russia and president vladimir putin came off looking like champions but did they play fair or were the real champions that doping laps. two years after the games had investigator for the world anti-doping agency richard mclaren published some serious allegations the moscow laboratory operated for the protection of doped russian athletes within a state directed failsafe system the russian ministry of sport directed controlled and oversaw the manipulation of athletes analytical results no less than the head of russia's own anti-doping laboratory wrote chunk of was chief witness he left for the united states as did. a runner who had reported systematic doping in russian sports and started the ball rolling. are the accusations of state sponsored doping just mudslinging against russia. but i mean what do you say to that question all these allegations just mudslinging on the part of the west a conspiracy on the part of the west against putin's efforts to make russia once a

of the organizing committee sochi two thousand and fourteen will be withdrawn from the called a nation commission beijing two thousand and twenty two. the president of the russian olympic committee mr alexander shook of his suspended as an i.o.c. member given that his membership is linked to his position as president of the russian olympic committee. the i.o.c. reserves the right to take measures against and sanction other individuals implicated in the system. the russian olympic committee will reimburse the costs incurred by the i.o.c. on the investigations and contribute to the establishment of the independent testing has already ita in the total sum of fifteen million u.s. dollars to build the capacity and integrity of the global. hoping system. of. the olympic rings the games going to be trying things i was and a teen provided these decisions are fully respected and implemented by as a russian olympic committee and by the n.y.t. to athletes and officials. this decision should draw a line under these a damaging episode and serve as a catalyst for a more effective and more robust ant

the twenty fourteen winter olympics in sochi russia the host nation won thirty three medals more than any other country russia and president vladimir putin came off looking like champions but did they play fair or were the real champions that doping laps. two years after the games had investigator for the world anti-doping agency richard mclaren published some serious allegations that the moscow laboratory operated for the protection of doped russian athletes within a state directed feel safe system the russian ministry of sport directed controlled and oversaw the manipulation of athletes analytical results no less than the head of russia's own anti-doping lab grigori wrote chunk of was chief witness he left for the united states as did you yesterday about a runner who had reported systematic doping in russian sports started the ball rolling. are the accusations of state sponsored doping just mudslinging against russia. but i mean what do you say to that question all these allegations just mudslinging on the part of the west a conspiracy on the part of the west against putin's efforts

they are a super—power in winter sport and topped the medal table when they hosted the games in sochi in 2014. the ioc stopped short of a blanket ban on russia at the summer game in rio last year. but two separate investigations coimissioned by the ioc have reported back with their findings into the extent of institutionalized doping and also details of russian doping controls in sochi. our sports news correspodnent richard conway will be following the news conference from london — we are expecting to hear from thomas bach, and also samuel schmid, a former swiss president who authored one of those investigations. running a little bit late but how do you feel this is going to go? well in the last few seconds we have had a statement from the international olympic committee announcing their decision and we will hear from thomas back in due course but in the last few seconds the ioc have announced the russian olympic committee has been suspended with immediate effect. that means that russian athletes under strict conditions it says will go to the olympic, the winter olympics but they wi

he then went and joint the russians in 2011, was extremely successful at the sochi games. we don't know whether he will be among the independent athletes coming to participate, but if he doesn't, then a lot of south koreans will be disappointed at the loss of an opportunity, perhaps the last opportunity, to see one of their favourite sons. the bomber who attacked the manchester arena, killing 22 people, had been a subject of interest to the british security services, and opportunities to stop him were missed. that is the conclusion of an official review. it says it is conceivable the attack by salman abedi could have been avoided. after the manchester bombing and three terror attacks in london this year, uk counter—terror police and security services conducted their own reviews, as our security correspondent gordon corera reports. four terror attacks in three months, with some of those responsible known to the authorities, raising questions as to whether they could have been prevented. today, a review said that the bombing at manchester arena, which killed 22 in may, was

. >> sochi, 2014. a grand spectacle of russian glory. the host country taking home an impressive 13 gold medals, spiking national pride. boosting the stature of president vladimir putin. the ioc confirming today, russis home turf. >> dozens of russian athletes including final of the 33 russian medal winners were part of a state-run doping program. >> at the center of the cheating scheme, a russian scientist. >> big boss. show the best results. >> two people connected with the russian doping program are already dead. >> there was never anti-doping in russia. ever. >> the story chronicles in the netflix documentary, icarus which became part of the ioc's case against russia. >> day after day. >> the film maker and amateur cyclist said he initially set out to understand how his hero, lance armstrong, had managed to get clean drug tests for years, despite his doping. dan harris sat down with fogel last summer. >> if lance had been able to do this and everybody else, forget about cycling. what did this mean for every sport planett earth? >> i'

i thinink on some political levl of russia wanted to be first in the sochi olympics at any cost. it was a question of cost at so russia got this prize in the sochi olympics with the huge cost of doping. this is the problem with russia. they have huge ambitions on the and theional level ability is not always fit with these ambitions, so they use doping, which is a shameful thing to do. so they are banned from the olympics in south korea. daria: i remember reading the forecasts right before the olympics. vladimir: it was a nice surprise for the russian people and f for the russian government. we continue the conversation, let's take a closer look at what the allegations of state-backed doping amount to. 2014 winter olympics s in sosochi. , the host nation, won 33 medals, more than any other country. russia and president vladimir putin, the came off looking like champions, but did they play fair, or were the real champions the doping labs? two years after the games, an investigator with the world doping agency published some serious allegations. >> the mesko -- the moscow laboratory

i think on some popolitical levl of russia wanted to be first in the sochi olympics at any cost. it was a question of cost at so russia got this prize in the sochi olympics with the huge cost of doping. this is the problem with russia. they have huge ambitions on the and theional level ability is not always fit with these ambitions, so they use doping, which is a shameful thing to do. so they are banned from the olympics in south korea. daria: i remember reading the forecasts right before the olympics. vladimir: it was a nice surprise for the russian people and f for the russian government. we continue the conversation, let's take a closer look at what the allegations of state-backed doping amount to. 2014 winter olympics s in sosochi. , the host nation, won 33 medals, more than any other country. russia and president vladimir putin, the came off looking like champions, but did they play fair, or were the real champions the doping labs? two years after the games, an investigator with the world doping agency published some serious allegations. >> the mesko -- the moscow laboratory

from london 2012 through the sochi 2014 and beyond. great britain look set to win is bobsleigh bronze medal, the ioc banned three more russian athletes for doping. we've been stolen our moment, basically. i feel like we fought so hard, knowing we were good enough to get on the podium. it's hard to take. as we're seeing across all sports in the world right now, this is happening all too frequently. it's a really sad state. it would have been a massive family achievement, more than anything. there's no escaping that, it would have been different. the funding would have been much higher. obviously, the personal reward of it. potentially, though, there would have been opportunities for us to further our careers. we didn't come third until we've got the middle. how much would you like it to be resolved by pyeongchang? one of the things that is mentioned is, how do you feel about your moment being stolen away from you. in some cases, that could be corrected by being presented the medal in the pyeongchang. silver for great britain. bronze las

. >> sochi, 2014. a grand spectacle of russian glory. the host country taking home an impressive 13 gold medals, spiking national pride. boosting the stature of president vladimir putin. the ioc confirming today, russia cheated, taking advantage of its home turf. >> dozens of russian athletes including final of the 33 russian medal winners were part of a state-run doping program. >> at the center of the cheating scheme, a russian scientist. >> big boss. show the best results. >> two people connected with the russian doping program are already dead. >> there was never anti-doping in russia. ever. >> the story chronicles in the netflix documentary, icarus which became part of the ioc's case against russia. >> day after day. >> the film maker and amateur cyclist said he initially set out to understand how his hero, lance armstrong, had managed to get clean drug tests for years, despite his doping. dan harris sat down with fogel last summer. >> if lance had been able to do this and everybody else, forget about cycling. what did this mean for

. >> sochi, 2014. a grand spectacle of russian glory. the host country taking home an impressive 13 gold medals, spiking national pride. boosting the stature of president vladimir putin. the ioc confirming today, russia cheated, taking advantage of its home turf. >> dozens of russian athletes including final of the 33 russian medal winners were part of a state-run doping program. >> at the center of the cheating scheme, a russian scientist. >> big show the best results. >> two people connected with the russian doping program are already dead. >> there was never anti-doping in russia. ever. >> the story chronicles in the netflix documentary, icarus which became part of the ioc's case against russia. >> day after day. >> the film maker and amateur cyclist said he initially set out to understand how his hero, lance armstrong, had managed to get clean drug tests for years, despite his doping. dan harris sat down with fogel last summer. >> if lance had been able to do this and everybody else, forget about cycling. what did this mean for every

as do you have the news coming to you live from berlin syria's power broker say peace talks in sochi next month russia iran enter the agreed to move at talks in the casa capital us dhamma this is human rights watch accuses russia and syria of targeting civilians in the air strikes on rebel held enclaves get the latest from a researcher who's been in touch with trap civilians in eastern. plus catalonia is almost a president makes an offer after winning a slim majority carlos pushed along once in dialogue with the spanish government but prime minister marianna oil is playing hardball he says he'll meet the leader of the biggest party and that he's not pushed more. staying in spain the festive season is all about children singing songs that bring billions of euros el gordo the fat one is here again the world's biggest pig water it is bringing celebrations and cash to the streets of spain. i'm sara harmon welcome to the show it's good to have you with us major power. ours in the syria conflict say they'll hold peace talks in the russian resort of sochi at the end of next month russia tur

and qualifying for sochi in turning forty so like a difference. within the community with more children wanting to question the sport and to the development program kids. that decision on his participation him yung chang twenty eighteen is likely to be made in january but after missing out on the sochi games ziva spielman is more determined than ever. two days to go before christmas even here in europe means last minute shopping bright lights and of course father christmas bearing gifts and sporting good cheer the children know that he's coming but the question they come times was where he's coming from so he sent did. to settle in search of santa claus she found him in present day turkey. but. it's christmas time a reason to celebrate for some people here in istanbul as well and like every year curious children want to know where does santa claus come from. are forgiven from somewhere in europe more awake. from a snowy place from england. america maybe. from over there. i don't know. unbelievable but true even many turkish people don't know that

russia ruled at sochi in 2014, but behind the scenes it was cheating on a scale never seen before. now after a 17 month investigation, the international olympic committee has decided on an unprecedented punishment — russia is banned. decided on an unprecedented punishment - russia is banned. the report clearly lays out an unprecedented attack on the integrity of the olympic games and sport. as an athlete myself, i am feeling very sorry for all the clean athletes who are suffering from this manipulation. the scandal has seen a rewrite of sporting history. russia topped the medal table in sochi, but after the retesting of samples, a host of athletes have been stripped of their medals. russia's cheating was exposed by the former head of russia's anti—doping lab, he alleged an elaborate state—sponsored conspiracy that benefited athletes across many sports. there is still a way for russian athletes to compete, if they can prove they are clean they will be allowed to take part in next you's gains, but only as neutrals and without a russian flag 01’ neutrals and without a russian

russia ruled at sochi in 2014, but behind the scenes, it was cheating on a scale never seen before. now, after a 17—month investigation, the international olympic committee has decided on an unprecedented punishment — russia is banned. the report clearly lays out an unprecedented attack on the integrity of the olympic games and sport. as an athlete myself, i'm feeling very sorry for all the clean athletes who are suffering from this manipulation. the scandal has seen a rewrite of sporting history. russia topped the medal table in sochi, but after the retesting of samples, a host of athletes have been stripped of their medals. russia's cheating was exposed by the former head of russia's anti—doping lab, who alleged an elaborate, state—sponsored conspiracy that benefited thousands of athletes across many sports. there is still a way for russian athletes to compete. if they can prove they are clean, they will be allowed to take part in next year's games, but only as neutrals, and without a russian flag or national anthem being played. taking a nation as powerful as russia and s

explained its decision by saying that some russian athletes doping test samples were manipulated during the sochi games in two thousand and fourteen these desailly will participate between individual or team competitions under the name olympic elsley it from russia. they will compete with a uniform bearing these. and under the olympics like. the olympic and swim will be played in he said really. russian figure skating coach it's not a sort of broke down in tears when she learned of the decision. so those new which took as they say there are no words you know i don't want to cry i want to scream it's sad that we won't be at the games as a team that the russian flags will be flying it's devastating that there will be no tears of joy as you hear your national anthem but nobody's prohibited from singing the anthem i think that if there are victories and if there are athletes who want to participate and when i think we'll hear them singing. which is. our correspondent honest as he is now in the last sunday she has briefed us on the decisions made concerning the russian olympic team. it's been a very d

their cases many of them have been stripped of their medals toppling a russian from the top of the sochi two thousand and fourteen medal table now the move shattered the athlete's dreams and ambitions. sure because the story is a little more as we were almost nose monocle at the things presently it was to appear to be just gaynor that she only now believes close inequality is going to be a bit slow i mean almost to the way that my mom could get the news nice to you and . the first of do it just reasonably just really should sit on the. board from. me and i want to shoot of that is to choose to shoot anybody just. goodness the boy in there which took a chance the guy has a right but the most the thing even though i've been thinking is you warn your absolute joining more of your time with the squad so you. can be in the middle of the bushies tingles of the opinion leadership in europe what they see with the notion of what started. it all which in. the morning is not the. thing if you did that just. to say of what did you. watch and if you did. the i.o.c. reports of those say it is unclear

here in sochi he has a reputation for predicting sports results. in fact, at the sochi olympics, he had a 75% success rate. will england win? yes or no? and he is going for... straight for the green! a couple of seconds and he decided, no doubt about it, england will win. now to ekaterinburg, where the excitement is building. not on the pitch, but in the zoo. maggots at the ready. meet suri, the fortune—telling meerkat at ekaterinburg zoo. i am told he has plenty of experience picking winners. let's see where he has gone? england! that is a good sign. in rostov, they're proud of their new stadium, and elyce, the fortune—telling raccoon. but she isn't playing ball today. she is harder to catch than harry kane. so bring on the subs. if the left turtle wins, so will england. coming up from behind... it's england! yeah! england! since paul the german octopus hit the headlines in 2010 with his world cup predictions, the search has been on for a worthy successor. so have they found one in saint petersburg? well, at the world—famous hermitage museum

weeks before when they were so to speak clean and this was not only a sort of one time thing at the sochi olympics in two thousand and fourteen but apparently this was part of a highly orchestrated state sponsored doping program involve not only the russian olympic committee but the russian sports ministry the russian you know special police so this was something that was being directed from very high levels and the evidence for this really came out last year after the mclaren report and that happened basically too soon before the summer olympics for the i.o.c. to be comfortable to put sort of blanket ban in place so they decided to really look at the same evidence and lo and behold mr schmidt which was the that the head of the new commission which gave his report today said yet the evidence checks out we need to ban russia and what happens now to the clean athletes and how are we going to prove that russian athletes are clean well to answer your second question first i think time will tell one of the big things that happens in a lot of reason to lympics and you can go back not only to so

olympics the sochi olympics is where the international olympic committee says russia committed this state state sponsored widespread doping so if they did hold competitions there that would be a rather aggressive signal to the olympic committee and after all russia is at the moment complying with all the rules set by the committee and they have decided to send their athletes there so i think they might choose a more neutral venue they already hosted alternative games in two thousand and sixteen for the track and field athletes that were banned from the summer olympics in two thousand and sixteen in rio and that was held that competition was held in a rather modest stadium in moscow so we'll have to see where this one is held when more details emerge so with this competition than before athletes who are not considered clean enough for the actual winter olympics or for clean athletes who want to boycott the olympics. well the clean athletes have basically decided that they're going russian athletes are being encouraged including by putin himself to take part in the olympic games if th

its decision by saying that some russian athletes doping test samples were manipulated to during the sochi games in two thousand and fourteen these in writing desailly so will participate be to an individual or team competitions under the name olympic else lead from russia. they will compete with a uniform bearing these. and under the olympics like. the olympic anslem will be played in the several. russian a figure skating coach tatiana broke down in tears when she learned of the decision slovenia which still because they see there are no words you know i don't want to cry i want to scream it's sad that we won't be at the games as a team but the russian flags will be flying it's devastating that there will be no tears of joy as you hear your national anthem but nobody is prohibited from singing the anthem i think that if there are victories and if there are athletes who want to participate and when i think we'll hear them singing. that was just by. our correspondent honest as he is now in that loss and she filled us in on the decisions taken that concerning the russian olympic team. it's b

missing out on sochi hasn't stopped him for seven spielman the very novelty of participating in alpine sports in south africa spurs him on to keep going for gold you know. the great thing is. that the remoter is another thing that motivates the twenty two year old inspiring local kids to also get involved in a sport they wouldn't normally have on their radar. to kids. and qualifying for turning forty so like the difference. within the community with children wanting to grow in the sport and through the development program kids are. a decision on his participation in yung chang twenty eight team is likely to be made in january but after missing out on the sochi games even spielman is more determined than ever. to some football transfer news from germany and veteran strike a mario gomez is on the move again after leaving foles bug the thirty two year old is returning to fellow bundesliga star a side street got the club where he started his career gomes scored nineteen goals in fifty two appearances for the wolves has signed a deal until twenty twenty and will cost a reported three millio

commission which examined their cases many of them have been stripped of their medals that they won in sochi russia in fact from the winter games there back in twenty fourteen the move shattered dreams and ambitions. the story is really more as we got almost no snorkel things produce to appear. only now believes closer because it can be. almost a. good thing is still your. reason you are just really. pressed me and i want. to do is to get used. to should go to good national boarding there which sickly church the gaza roads but the most the thing even though i've been to warn you absolute joining more of your to the store to store. to be nearer to the bushies to news of the opinion leadership in your work with the rush of water stored. in morning news no. think if you did that just. what did you. say when i joined in the studio by alan moore who's a russian baseball specialist and a columnist thanks for coming into the studio alan. let's start with. a lot we are going to buy us and. some say that this is the fairest option there's going to be a massive mixed reaction because obviously it's gr

game says sochi two thousand and fourteen. ok let's get to the former u.s. diplomat jim with us good evening jamie i'm not sure how much using of this in the united states waking up to this news but. what do you make of it because the i.o.c. has said from the start it ain't to be objective and impartial g. think it was no i don't think so i think this is clearly a political lose remember this is a campaign that's been building for sale for years really since two thousand and fourteen with the airing us of these allegations. on german t.v. that all american t.v. remember the banning in rio of the russian track and field team and then even many of the paralympic team from russia were picking on handycam people down i think the fact that we are talking about banning the russian team the russian flag the russian anthem is shows that this is really directed against russia per se it's not a question of clean athletes and athletes that are there. which we know is a widespread practice there was a two thousand legged water report that said between twenty nine and fo

its decision by saying that some russian athletes doping test samples were manipulated to during the sochi games in two thousand and fourteen these are right to their sleep so will participate be to an individual or team competitions under the name olympic else lead from russia. they will compete with a uniform bearing. and under the olympic flame. the olympic and swim will be played he said really. a russian figure skating coach touched you know. broke down in tears when she learned of the decision. slovenia which still because they see there are no words you know i don't want to cry i want to scream it's sad that we won't be at the games as a team but the russian flags will be flying it's devastating that there will be no tears of joy as you hear your national anthem but nobody is prohibited from singing the anthem i think that if there are victories and if there are athletes who want to participate and when i think we'll hear them singing. that was. our correspondent an associate churkin a is now in a loss and she filled us in on the decisions taken concerning the russian olympic team.

today about what happened in sochi but they did stop short of saying it was state sponsored the just want to play you a sound bite what was said this evening sure nevertheless the independent and impartial evidence do not allow the i.o.c. d.c. to establish with certitude either who initiated or who headed this scheme on many occasions reference was made on the involvement at the minister of sports level but no indication independent or impartial evidence appeared to cooperate any involvement or knowledge at a higher level of the state. i hope you heard some of that there paula century they're saying that we can exclude confirm that it was state sponsored do you think the punishment fits the crime here given the athlete. we just saw you go in an active transmission there but do you think now. i was going to say he think the punishment fits the crime paul go ahead. well i was pleased to see that russian fleets were allowed to participate in some sense so i'm glad that they'll be an opportunity like there was with the item for the world championships this summer to at least allow russia

also prevalent prevalent during the olympic games winter games in sochi in two thousand and fourteen from the legal point of view the disciplinary commission concluded that as far as this is to make many people asian was concerned there were different levels of administrative and contractual responsibility. as a consequence we draw the following conclusion on the operational antidoping on. the roads and implementation of the rules was under the authority of the russian sports ministry. this arises from the structure of the rational sports system. that is why are they then sports minister has a responsibility for the failure of this system. even though the russian did not bear the operational responsibility. had any responsibility during the olympic winter games for the implementation practice limitation of the. the last of the legal and contractor was sponsibility. this also arising from the provisions of the olympic charter and the host city contract for the olympic winter games. consequently the discipline rate commission. submitted the following recommendation to the executive boa

a state—sponsored doping scandal that benefit at about 1000 athletes over many sports, and saw the sochi games in 2014, sabotage. russian topped the medal table in many advanced, that have dropped down to fourth now overall due to the allegations. this is a sporting powerhouse nation. remember that it sporting powerhouse nation. remember thatitis sporting powerhouse nation. remember that it is due to hold the world cup next summer. but it was told today that it effectively was a sporting pariah. kick—out of the winter olympics in february, its deputy prime minister, who has had to deny allegations that he was in some way complicit in that conspiracy, he has been handed a life ban by the ioc when it comes to the olympics. of course, he is in charge of the 2018 world cup. russia has been asked to pay $50 million as a contribution to the fight for clean sport. its officials have had their accreditation removed as well. it is accreditation removed as well. it is a very dark day for russian sport, today. the big question now is what they will do. what will their retaliation be? they have al

missing out on sochi hasn't stopped him for a civa spielman the very novelty of participating in alpine sports in south africa spurs him on to keep going for gold you know. the great thing is that the water is another thing that motivates the twenty two year old inspiring local kids to also get involved in a sport they wouldn't normally have on their radar. i think i'm a good role model to the kids. and qualifying for what you can turn fourteen so like a difference. within the community there's more children wanting to acquire in this sport and through the development program kids are inspired. that decision on his participation in yung chang twenty eighteen is likely to be made in january but after missing out on the sochi games ziva spielman is more determined than ever. now just two days to go before christmas even here in europe that means last minute shopping bright lights and of course father christmas bearing gifts and spreading good shia children of course know that he's coming but they're not necessarily sure where he's coming from the japanese union set out in search of scent

almost four years later and russians who triumphed in sochi and now being stripped of their medals and given life a live picture why in twenty sixty in the middle report explosively claimed russia used an elaborate system of state sponsored doping athletes officials and ministers were implicated like the plot of a cold war novel the attitude to russia a return to skepticism then retribution as its track and field team and entire paralympic team were banned from the rio games which left the clean athletes wondering why. we care about how the russians completing it so they adopt the right policy but sure they are a clean nation never mind cleaned out they ought to be a clean nation. the i.o.c. and i p.c. have now definitively backed up mclaren supporting the claims of former lab boss cricketing don't think of who's under criminal investigation in russia and saying that infamous sample swapping system has finally been replicated but questions remain the i.o.c. standard of proof is not beyond any reasonable doubt but rather the balance of probability the presumption of guilt is enough it w

we had a task, that was to prepare the sochi 0lympics task, that was to prepare the sochi olympics and put it on a presentable level for athletes, sports fans and those who love sports all around the world. time news magazine has awarded its annual person of the year to the people around the world who have broken their silence on sexual assault and harassment. calling them silence breakers, time said their collective anger had spurred immediate and shocking results. let's return to our lead story. president trump's announcement a few hours ago that the united states now recognises jerusalem as the capital of israel. victor kattan is senior research fellow at the middle east institute, national university of singapore. he explained what this announcement might mean for the peace process. well, it doesn't look good at the moment becausejerusalem well, it doesn't look good at the moment because jerusalem is well, it doesn't look good at the moment becausejerusalem is a final status issues. usually one of the last things you discuss this topic this time they have reversed that process and

explained its decision by saying that some russian athletes doping test samples were manipulated during the sochi games in two thousand and fourteen these in writing desailly will participate between individual or team competitions under the name olympic else lead from russia. they will compete with a uniform bearing these. and under the olympics like. the olympic anslem will be played in the several. russian figure skating coach tatyana. broken down in tears when she learned of the decision. slovenia which still because they see it there are no words you know i don't want to cry i want to scream it's sad that we won't be at the games as a team but the russian flags will be flying it's devastating that there will be no tears of joy as you hear your national anthem but nobody is prohibited from singing the anthem i think that if there are victories and if there are athletes who want to participate and when i think we'll hear them singing. that was just by. our correspondent honest a situation it is now in the us and she has briefed us on the decisions made concerning the russian olympic team. it's

russia ruled at sochi in 2014, but behind the scenes, it was cheating on a scale never seen before. now, after a 17—month investigation, the international olympic committee has decided on an unprecedented punishment — russia is banned. the report clearly lays out an unprecedented attack on the integrity of the olympic games and sport. as an athlete myself, i'm feeling very sorry for all the clean athletes, from all nocs, who are suffering from this manipulation. the scandal has seen a rewrite of sporting history. russia topped the medal table in sochi, but after the retesting of samples, a host of athletes have been stripped of their medals. russia's cheating was exposed by the former head of moscow's anti—doping lab, dr grigory rodchenkov, who alleged an elaborate, state—sponsored conspiracy that benefited 1,000 athletes across 30 sports. there is still a way for russian athletes to compete. if they can prove they are clean, they will be allowed to take part in next year's games, but only as neutrals, and without a russian flag or national anthem being played. taking a coun

the russian cross—country skier alexander legkov was one of the first to be stripped of his sochi medals. he's one of 25 russians who have been banned for life. let's talk to our correspondent from bbc russia. russia say they did not do this but there is a lot of evidence. you may laugh but russians keep saying there is no evidence, that's what they claim. they say all this is based on words ofjust one man, who is cold a national traitor now in russia and is under investigation at the moment. he underlined that there is no document saying let's start the doping programme or whatever, so it's saying let's start the doping programme or whatever, so its pure politics, it's just another version of western sanctions, that's the narrative. this idea of russians competing under a neutral flag, narrative. this idea of russians competing under a neutralflag, will gladly repeat in dover that? it's ha rd to gladly repeat in dover that? it's hard to tell, we need to wait till tomorrow morning. -- will of vladimir putin go for that? the kremlin will take a while to go for that. we'll take this decisi

there were four gb medals during sochi 201a. that could be upgraded to a record haul of five. british athletes are winning more major medals now than at any point in history. there is every chance that pyeongchang 2018 in south korea could be great britain's best ever games. one of britain's best medal prospects is elise christie, competing in three events. since the last games, she has become a world champion. she is looking to put her 0lympic demons firmly behind her after a devastating sochi 201a. 0h, they've gone down, they've all gone down! i can't believe it! christie's been penalised again. it's been tough. i can't even describe how hard it was. i suffered a lot after it, in my normal life too. i had a crash at the game. i received a lot of death threats and online abuse from the south koreans. it changed me as a person.

here in sochi he has a reputation for predicting sports results. in fact, at the sochi olympics, he had a 75% success rate. will england win? yes or no? and he is going for... straight for the green! a couple of seconds and he decided, no doubt about it, england will win. now to ekaterinburg, where the excitement is building. not on the pitch, but in the zoo. maggots at the ready. meet suri, the fortune—telling meerkat at ekaterinburg zoo. i am told he has plenty of experience picking winners. let's see where he has gone? england! that is a good sign. in rostov, they're proud of their new stadium, and elyce, the fortune—telling raccoon. but she isn't playing ball today. she is harder to catch than harry kane. so bring on the subs. if the left turtle wins, so will england. coming up from behind... it's england! yeah! england! since paul the german octopus hit the headlines in 2010 with his world cup predictions, the search has been on for a worthy successor. so have they found one in saint petersburg? well, at the world—famous hermitage museum

he just spent $51 billion, starting with a b, to put the olympics in sochi four years ago. i think vladimir putin thought he had a lifetime pass to get away with whatever he wanted with the international olympic committee based on that incredible gift he gave of the olympics in sochi and building them from scratch to the tune of $51 billion but no. the ioc basically said enough is enough. this is not lance armstrong or marion jones or some of the other scoundrels who are notoriously cheating and getting caught. this is the state-sponsored doping machine of russia, government involved, multilayered, over 1,000 athletes cheating at the very least, and now 25 athletes just from sochi alone kicked out, banned, accounted for 11 medals that should have gone to other athletes to other countries from -- who were not cheating but were robbed of that moment by this diabolical russian plan. it's a great day for clean sport, and it's a great day for those who are sick and tired of cheating going on in the olympic games. >> as i mentioned before, depending on whether the russian choose