defending champion novak djokovic is through to the quarterfinals of the australian open. he didn't make it easy for himself. it was an error-strewn match with gilles simon. giving him a test. >> reporter: novak djokovic looked unstoppable this season, up against a determined gilles simon, the defending champion appeared to meet his match. novak djokovic made 100 unforced errors and was taken all the way to five sets by the frenchman. he's persevered to four hours and 32 minutes before reaching the quarterfinals taking on kei nishikori. no such problems for serena williams, with 21 grand slams to her name, she's three short of a record held by margaret court. as the australian tennis legend watched from the stand. serena williams took a step closer to slam 22. williams was rarely troubled in her straight-sets victory over russia's margarita gasparyan, as she booked her place in quarterfinals, giving her the rest of the day to herself - not quite what nick williams had planned. >> i haven't been doing anything. i've been spending a lot of time worrying about myself this tri

. >> rafael nadal beats jack sock and hopes to sock it to great rival novak djokovic in the quarterfinals. >>> hello. we begin in iraq where the islamic state of iraq and levant killed dozens of troops and police using dozens of captured military vehicles. fighters drove a tank loaded with explosives into tikrit killing 45 people. three suicide bombers drove humvees, killing 42 people. the attacks happened on the eve of a congress in paris where members will review their strategy following a series of setbacks. >> hundreds attended the funeral procession for police and militia men killed in the attack north of fallujah. the interior minister attended the funeral and met relatives of the victims. imran khan is in baghdad and has more on the tanguay tack that took place near tikrit. >> reporter: this is one of the boldest attacks mounted against a facility. the air base is home to a number of shia militia troops and iraqi security forces. what happens is i.s.i.l. is alleged to have driven a tank laden with explosives to the gates of that base where it exploded, hence the amount of casualtie

novak djokovic becomes the first man to win six masters title in a single season, beating andy murray in the paris masters final, taking the first set here. 6-2. novak djokovic took the second 6-4 for a straight sets win for his fourth paris masters crown and won 10 of the last 11 meetings with andy murray. >> it's very intense, very demanding physically, mentally. to come out on top again, it's trumy amazing -- truly amazing. i'm enjoying and cherishing this year. every moment on the court - obviously it's easier to play when you win so many matches, it gives you confidence and freedom to play well. i'm experiencing the best time of my career and trying to enjoy it >>> monday, the world anti-doping agency will reveal findings into the covering up of doping tests. form area boss has been arrested on corruption charges. it was a relief for many to get back to sporting matters with the 13th running of the beirut marathon on sunday. 40,000 took part. kenya's jackson won the race. an ambassador is the women's world marathon holder, paula ratcliffe. sunday she was hope to focus on positive

i did well together and i think novak - i don't want to say let it slip. but luckily it went my way. >> lucy from the czech republic won the qatar open beating victoria azarenka in the final. it was the first time the czech player beat victoria azarenka in seven encounterers and it ends victoria azarenka's 14th-match unbeaten streak. sava roffa won, moving up in the rankings. >> it's amazing, i'm excited and happy. it was a great week in doha a lot of great matches and tough players that i beat. nice to get the trophy >>> to the n.b.a. washington wizards ended a losing streak with a win over the pivot lions. wizards up before a comeback from the pivot lions, spencer and witty giving them a lead in the game. magic conjured up to seal the victory >>> on to football spanish leaders "real money" will look to put distance between themselves hosting alejandro villanueva in sunday's late game. they sit a point behind after winning 3-1. they got on the score sheet. with 20 minutes to go lionel messi sealed the win. dort monday's -- dort monday's have won over scha

novak djokovic reaching an unwanted century at the championships. that story coming up in sport >>> more than 80 million people have been affected by a blizzard sweeping through the u.s. east coast bringing cities to a stands still. at least 19 people have died in storm-related events across several states. new york's dpov nor has declared a state of emergency but a travel ban has been lifted. thousands of flights have been cancelled and now a clean-up operation is underway ahead of monday morning's commute. crossing over to our washington dc correspondent. it's looking bright there this morning, the clean-up well underway. how is it looking? >> reporter: the storm has cleared the new england and eastern canadian coast and is out to sea, but things are pack to normal here because what we're seeing here is a massive clean up that should take a couple of days, but all in all people are taking the conditions in their stride. >> reporter: the sun was out again on sunday and so were lots of people looking for help to dig their cars out of mountains of sn

the legendary day novak djokovic had at the australian open. that's next. >>> history repeated itself today as novak djokovic crushed andy murray to win the australian open. take a look ot that. this time novak djokovic seals the deal with an ace to win the tournament in straight sets. it was the fourth time he beat andy murray in the finals, and the sixth time he leaves melbourne with a large trophy in his luggage. sealing the deal with an ace, randall. that is a big deal. >> quite a big deal. i am sure people in iowa are trying to seal the deal. >> you bet they are. >> candidates making the rounds on sunday before the caucuses. the sanders campaign claiming a milestone. poll numbers are out. and in the sunday segment, the week ahead, as the u.s. becomes a sickular nation, we talk about the role of religion. and syrian peace talks. will the opposition be at the table. some of the stories ahead >>> in the north-east electric companies say billions spent on infrastructure after superstorm sandy paid off big during the blizzard. sandy forced them

novak djokovic came through in straight sets. he is now one 15 straight matches going back to 2013 and is bidding for sixth title here. that would match the record held by agassi. novak djokovic will now face nishikori in sunday's final. the world number 6 over came the australian in straight sets. he is bidding for his first atp masters title. one of the biggest rifl rees in international football will have its latest chapter on saturday. barcelona will host real madrid. they're ten points ahead of real with eight games left. he takes charge of his first game and he wanting to forget the loss last time >> translation: we need to enjoy it, playing against good players, sizing each other up. that's it. i'm going to sleep very well tonight because tomorrow i'm going to enjoy my first barcelona against real madrid as a coach. i want to enjoy it >> reporter: the head of the u.s. women sockers players association has told al jazeera the all options are on the table as a team make their case for equal pay of the world cup. they filed a

novak jokavich takes centre stage. his match was not close. novak showed why he was the number one seed. he won in straight sets 6-3, 6-0, and 6-0. he squares off against mikhail youzhny. azarenko dropped her opening set, rallying back to win the next two, to punch her ticket to the quarterfinals. on grid iron. a statement made. number five georgia was beaten 38-35. as a result the tigers moved up from number eight to number four ranking. the last time they were ranked this high 1988. tony was trying to get his licence then? >> yes, if only. >> all right. dennis rodman is back in north korea to visit his friend kim jong un. cameras caught up with dennis rodman at budget's air -- beijing's airport. the visit comes as the us is trying to negotiate the release of a missionary. he was given a life sentence at a labour camp. the communist leader is said to be a basketball fan and med with dennis rodman in february as he visited north korea on a promotional tour. >> the obama administration making its case for a strike on syria. coming up next testi

novak djokovic led 2 sets to one, held a 5-2 lead before roger federer battled back forcing a fifth. this is the first five-set final since 2009. >>> country music stars are helping people with developmental disabilities tap into their creative potential and helping to reach a disorder. >> reporter: it looks like a song writing session in nashville with a country trio working on a tune. as um see and hear, this is -- as you'll see and hear this, is special. this music camp, sponsored by the academy of country music is for young adults with williams syndrome, a genetic disorder affecting 30,000 people in the u.s. williams system causes cardio vassuala, learning and developmental abilities. they usually have a strong vocal and an affinity for music. >> others are interested in music, and the ideas gives us an opportunity to combine music and research to focus on the unique strength, which is music. >> after the session, campers came to record their song. [ sings ] >>> they have an amazing sense of music. there's the negatives, but there's pis about them. it -- positives about them. it

novak works with dr. igor to train the local surgeons side by side training, so that for the future, the cranes will be able to help to continue this, because what's very clear to us is that the rate of heart surgeries these are going to need to be continued, because children on a daily base are being born with multiple holeles in the heart having heart attacks having strokes. this phrase that was contained chernobyl heart the correct terminology for it is seize yum cardio myelopathy, and it's as a result of chernobyl disaster so many years ago. now it's a genetic effect, affecting mothers and their fetuses being affected. >> let's hope these life saving procedures can continue and you have the volunteers and resources you need. thank you very much. >> one person has been killed and several injured following a large tornado that limit the u.s. state of illinois. these pictures show a massive twister barrels across an open field. that is huge. people across the u.s. midwest have been and to stay on high al

novak djokovic ended andy murray's 11th match streak, beating him in straight sets. despite the defeat. andy murray did enough to the qualify for the season-ended world tour finals, as for novak djokov djokovic, he as schickory in the violence. the raaf has two weeks to decide who should host the 2019 world championships. they completed a tour of the three cities, eugene, barcelona and doha in the running. >> reporter: a large stop for a group of people with a big decision. led by seb co- former champion. the iaaf has been in doha to see if the qatari capital is ready to host the 2019 world championships, a first for the middle east. >> if qatari got 2019. it will support a lot of girls. they will think more to be a part of this. everyone loves to practice. >> imagine bringing all the people to the sport. inspiring a younger genration. once you have seen the experience life. >> the cities of you geen, in the united states -- eugene, a country in the united states, yet to stage a championship, barcelona and spain are in the running. every previous edition started in a

but there are novak seens or medicines to treat it. all doctors can do is try to boost the immune system. it is crucial now to stop the virus from spreading any further, they have closed their border, but liberia has confirmed victims. and sierra leone has a number of cases too. al jazeera. >> aid groups are deeply concerned about this outbreak, there is novak seen or cure, and it is spreading fast. 78 people have died in new guinea's capitol. we are also getting reports of infection symptoms from liberia, and sierra leone. it first appeared in 1976, we have seen outbreaks places like congo, the d.r.c., and uganda. monkeys and pigs can catch it too, but the fruit bat is what carries it. that is why there is concern that this virus can spread beyond africa. robert gray is in atlanta, now the cvc is stepping in to help, how do they plan to do that. >> indeed, good afternoon, the cdc was contacted over the weekend by the department of health. they were called in, they landed in the capital last night, and today they met with the health ad

novak djokovic is through to the fourth round of the australian open, but it wasn't an easy match for the world no.1. the defending champion battled his opponent. he faced a challenge. he stepped up to claim a six one, seven 5, 7, 6 victory. >> it's almost like after the season that i've had in 2015, anything is another success. somehow even though you don't think that way personally, but there is a kind of an energy and a feel. >> reporter: novak djokovic could be on course to meet federer in the semifinals. he won in four sets. it was an federer 300th grand slam singles match victory. serena williams demolished her opponent. she was dominant from the start, cruising to a 6 one 6 one win. she is bidding for the 22nd grand slam title. the man in charge of world athletics saying that his sport can recover from the recent scandals that have engulfed his organization. he is in doha ahead of the indoor championships. >> reporter: it has been a rocky few months for sebastian coe. the former olympic champion has had to deal with the suspension of russia and the fallout following the arrest

novak djokovic also denounced his words and he said: >> reporter: the argument over equal pay in tennis and in other professional sports isn't new. some say women tennis pairs should be pay less because they play fewer games. in the grand slams it is the best of three sets and for men it's the best of five. some women's games can last just as long and attract even more viewers. serena williams says matches sell out before the men's >> i'm totally surprised especially when we have done well and last year the final's fin final-- female final sold out before the men's final. >> reporter: tennis is one of the few sports where the major tournaments offer equal prize money for men and women. even then the salary for maems out strip the female counterpart. >> reporter: before wading into the argument, novak djokovic did receive an unprecedented fifth men's title. it took him one four and 17 minutes to dispose of his opponent in straight sixth national deafness sector summit two six one. it is his 27th master's crown for the world no.1. the women's final was equally one-sid one-sided. serena wi

. >> novak djokovic is through to the quarterfinals of the china happy. deserve a match for the second longest record. beating wildcard 6-2, 6-1. novak djokovic won five titles at the china open in the past six years. >> to racing fans in australia, getting revved up by an all-female team competing. andrew thomas has more. >> reporter: in a sport dominated by men, the novelty of female drivers brings attention. bathurst v8 is an endurance event. two drivers sharing 161 laps of a track over 600km wrong. this two ... >>> let's take you to morocco, you can see the head of the u.n. mission in libya about to hold a media conference. he, of course, being locked in peace talks in morocco, with the two rival libyan governments. we are expecting them to announce some kind of deal that the two sides have reached. a deal would bring together libya's two rival government. one is the general national congress - that has been operating out of the capital tripoli. it was established when an alliance of former rebels known as libya dawn took over tripoli in 2014. they pu

novak djokovic denounced the words, but reopened the debate bay saying stats show that: the argument over equal pay in tennis and other sports is a new, some say women tennis players should be paid less because they pay few ir games, in the grand lambs, it's the best of -- grand slams it's the best of three as opposed to best of five like men. >> one of the women's stars serena williams says the women's matches sell out before the men. >> yes, i'll surprised, specially if it's me and venus, and last year, when we played the final. we were sold out before the big final. tennis is one of the few spots where equal prize money for men and women have been added. last year the top 10erbers were endorsements. australia cricketers recorded the first win. bangladesh batting first in this super-10 much in bangalore. the middle order keeping the scoreboard ticking. sign posted at 126-5. kuaja had the reply, setting them up nicely. and the aussies going on to win by three. >> they play an friday. >> the pitches i'm not used to as: it's nice to have the experience and confidence. it will be a new

novak djokovic on a charm offensive. he will be here with that story and the rest of the sport. stick with us. ♪ >>> tell us about england and german's ball in just a moment. but first, it's england and cricket. >> thank you, david. england has booked a spot in the semi finfinals at the world 20s twitched championships when you it was a nervy win against sri lanka with the game wide open until the final overs. here is a report. >> england had been hit and miss throughout the tournament to date but against sri lanka, the first part of their innings was a miss. there were 99 for 3 after 15 overs until england had a rescuer who hit an unbeaten 66, bolstering their total to 171. sri lanka could barely have made a more disastrous start, winning four wickets in the first three overs. the stip was stead kid with a half century, sri lanka back within striking distance. held his term. ever land 10-run winners. they joined the west indies and new zee rand in the semifinals. >> the kiwis won their unbeaten record with a crushing defeat of bangladesh. 20 bangladesh told the figures 5 for

he was chasing a six title in melbourne. >> reporter: joko widodo has looked unstobl-- novak djokovic has look unstoppable this season. the defending champion appeared to meet his match. he made 100 unforced errors and was taken all the way to five sets by the french man. the five time champion% veed tlur four hours and 32 minutes to reach the quarter finals. -- persevered for four hours. >> translation: i was pleased to win the match. the last point counts, but in terms of the performance itself, i haven't done well at all. >> reporter: no such problems for roger federer. the four time champion beat his opponent in straight sets to set up a quarter final clash. with 21 grand slams to her name se refreshings ena williams just three short of the record held by margaret court. as the australian tents legend watched from the stands-- tennis legend watched from the stands, williams won. she was rarely troubled in her victory over her opponent as she got her place in the quarter finals with the rest of the day for herself. >> i haven't been doing anything. been spending time worrying about

. >> reporter: vivica novak is from the center for responsible politics. >> a lot of people think lobbying money is spent to get action. as often as not it is spent to stop action to stop negative action against the industry and i think that's what you are saying in this case. >> they have taken federal pell grants and instead of subsy subsidizing students education, they have taken the money to make the shareholders rich. the reason this will be difficult to get anything done is because of the influence of financial contributions by these people to both democrats and republicans at outrageously large levels. >> $43 million can buy a lot. >> reporter: the biggest chunk of those $43 million has gone to minnesota republican john cline, chairman of the house committee on education and the work force. he has received more than $400,000 from the industry over the courseover his career. >> that's a lot for one industry to give a member of congress especially an industry as small as this industry is. >> reporter: we asked representative cline how he felt of being the biggest recipient of this mon

. >> novak djokovic made easy work of pierre huwert. beating the prenchman ranked 189th. novak djokovic didn't have it all his own way, staving off two set points in the opening set. he clinched the match 7-6, 6-3. the serb assured of a place in the finals in london next week. >> a man that won't go to the finals is france's tsonga. he was beaten by japan ss shikor jirks. and he'll gay richard gasquet next. >> cricket australia looking to seal the game. aussies were put into bat and are piling the runs, shane watson and george bailey getting sent iries. >> carlos borlay, brazilian surfer may have ridden the biggest wave of all time off the coast of the portugal. there's confirmation that this wave could have topped 30 metres. it was an emotional day for borlay who saved the life of a fellow surfer who was knocked unconscious by the same wave. incredible. that's the sport. >> he's like the super surfer. >> exactly. >> thank you. now, four french men who were held by al qaeda in niger have arrived in paris. these are the pictures of the men being greeted no doubt by ecstati

novak djokovic winning. kyrious place in another semi-later on. the first classico on saturday with a real madrid fighting to stay in the race. barcelona are ten points ahead of them. there are eight games left in the season. real their third and looking to come back. >> translation: we need to enjoy it, playing against good players, sizing each other up against barcelona, but that's it. i'm going to sleep very well tonight because tomorrow i'm going to enjoy my first barcelona against real madrid. i want to enjoy it. >> translation: it is true that there are less and less games ahead to be played and achieving a victory against one of the candidates to win the title could be decisive. >> reporter: the fight for player quality in u.s. football looks set to qualify for some time to come. champions of the women team have filed a complaint saying they're paid a fraction of their male counterpart. u.s. soccer is refuting the claims. >> reporter: american striker alex morgan breaking another u.s. record by scoring just 12 seconds into this olympics qua

and novak, i think - i don't want to say let it slip. it wept my way. >> the qatar open has been won, beating victoria azarenka of belarus in the time. it was the first time the czech player beat victoria azarenka, and ended her 14-match unbeaten streak in doha. safarova winning in straight sets and move to 11th in the world ranking. >> the washington wizards n.b.a. stopped a losing streak. they were up by 21 before a great comeback by the pistons. detroit with the first lead in the full courts. nemay conjured up the magic. 99-95-point victory >>> the read of the international olympic committee defended the rio games after coming up against environmentalists protesting in the city. the week-long visit was met by angers by protesters that got into the hotel lobby. the golf course is damaging an eco system. there was a response that overall the impact on rio's environment will be positive. >> it was a golf course is cultivated. a kind of waste land before. and there is as i was told more natural resources claimed tore this, have been gin b

he is seeded number two, and can't meet novak djokovic until the final. his opponent damir dzumhur was number 88. he didn't cause problems. in court number one roger federer's sparring partner rafael nadal cruised to a bin over b, luchi. rafael nadal's poor season means he's seated at 10. he could face andy murray in the finals. >>> the first round of the tournament claimed big named casualties simona halep among the highest seeded player to lose in the first round. world number 3 beaten by 106th ranked jana cepelova. making 7 double faupt, 5-7, 6-4, and 6-3 devote. >> to be honest, i have no rehabilitation. at my first conference, i have no inspection for the tournament. here i am. i knew it would be a difficult tournament. i didn't expect to lose in the first round. they were fighting till the end and aggressive when they could. >> last year's finalists eugenie bouchard were knocked out, losing in straight sets to the chinese qualifier saisal zheng. we'll keep you up to date and on the website, aljazeera.com/sports for the latest. thank you for watch, m

why members of greece's third largest party is on trial >>> find out how novak djokovic made history in monte carlo. jo has the details in sport. >>> a court in egypt sentenced to death 11 men involved in a footy riot in 2012. the court referred the sentencing to the grand mufti. capital punish the in egypt has to be approved by the senior religious authority. the decision is not binding. there could be an appeal. the final ruling comes at the end of next month. >>> in other costs pro-muslim brotherhood fought with police in cairo, hundreds of students gathered running through the streets hurling stone. they are angry at the imprisonment of mohamed mursi. on saturday the spiritual leader hood of the outlawed muslim brotherhood appeared in court. he was sentenced to death for inciting violence against the state >>> the u.n. warned that 90,000 people are running for their lives in iraq's anbar province. the area is the center of a military offensive against i.s.i.l. fighters. their own government is denying them the relative safety of the capital. from baghdad, ali abdullah saleh repor

tournament begins on sunday. 33-year-old roger federer has the chance to take the top ranking from novak djokovic much his opening group game is against newcomer milos roon itch from canada. >> very excited to be back again. been to the world tour finals so many times? a. so many years. it's been a goal and a dream to be part of the elite eight at the end. one of the coolest events that we have on the tour is here at the 02 in london, and i'm happy to be part of the show. >> you have to accept it for what it is. it's a big goal for myself to be here. you have to understand that's what it is. but this is another week. i've got to find that find the level and a way to perform and give myself the best opportunity to win. >> there's more sport on the website. check out aljazeera.com/sport. there's blogs and video clips from correspondents around the world. the address aljazeera.com/sport. that's it from me for now. >> thank you. see you later on >>> two dare delves crossed the victoria falls in zimbabwe, high up in the air. they prepared for two years before make the the spectacular 100 metr

. >>> uncief goodwill ambassador novak djokovic has met children of refugees saying in serbia. the tennis start visited a child-friendly space in belgrade. serbia is part of the route of refugees trying to get no those richer western european countries. almost 130,000 people have applied for asylum in serbia. this year alone. >> seeing children that don't know if, you know, if they will have the roof above their head, if they will have the food on their table, have their water to drink, they don't know where they are going, where they are heading, what tomorrow brings, it is hurting me very much personally. >> still ahead on the program, police in indonesia get ready to clamp down on uber, the latest move against the high-tech taxi service that's causing practice zests arounprotestsaround the w. >> reporter: i am in lacia a country experiencing it's worst ever out bang of deny. great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows that. that's why you can schedule an installation at

regions to help identify the infected and slow down the spread of the ebola virus of which there is novak seen and no cure. robert ray, al jazerra, atlanta. >>> remembering a major milestone in american history coming up on al jazerra america. the signing of the civil rights act of 1964 and what it means 50 years later. and people in japan paying tribute to the porcelain throne. é >>> welcome back to al jazerra america. i am del walters. these are your head lines at this hour. dozens of people have been injured following clashes in east jerusalem. the fighting breaking out between israeli police and palestinians after the bo body a pal stun queen teenager was found in a forest. investigators are looking in to whether it was a retaliation for the three murdered teenagers whose bodies were found monday. >>> looking to pardon anti-government fighters who haven't killed anyone. a holy site in car bola: tensions are rising over border issues in the u.s. a community in california holding a town hall meeting today, after residents of the town forced a caravan of buses filled with undocumented m

so we know how to handle this. >> the paris masters the world number two novak djokovic is through to the quarter finals, he beat john isner to get there but had to come from behind with the big american taking the first set 7-6. on a tiebreak. but that was as good as it got for i isner, with djokovic dough knowledgishing him in the next two sets, 6-1, 6-2 to seal the win. were you next to the seb. switzerland. >> double partnered roger federer is also through the in straight sets. 6-3, 6-4. as he seeks the second title of the year. next up for him is the man he beat in the final of the indoors last weekend, juan martin del potro. the wayning champion also in to the last eight having swept aside 6-2, 6-3. looking for his third title of 2013. >>> the formula one circuit heads to abu dhabi this weekend with the newly crowned world champion looking for his seventh straight race win. his red bull team decided to celebrate his fourth consecutive world title in a rather unique way, on the held pat of dubai's most famous seven star hotel. it wasn't businessal, he was pulling off the move, in

. >>> awrcht open champion who will beaustralian open championwill face novak djokovic. >>> less good news, sadly for minnesota fans the timber wolves, 21 points on the night he was matched by dan ali funson who got 20 of their own. could have forced overtime, it wasn't to be. 110, 107 to the kings. >>> washington capitals beat the chicago black hawks in the traditional winter classic, with the game tied up add 2. called a powerplay goal, to gif give the team a victory over the black hawks. >> this event is outstanding. the atmosphere on the highs from first second was unreal. it's gone before whole our lives and i'm pretty sure i'm going to watch this hockey game like i will enjoy it. so 100% i think. it is what it is. >> third and final test is underway between west africa the series will be followed by three t-20s and five one-day internationals. >> closing out their two match series they are coming off the most successful year as they won five tests. gls. >> diplomatic missions. the rules say they can't keep any gifts over a certain value. anyway den baba takes a look inside the s

. >> reporter: jok-- novak djokovic appeared to meet his made. he made 100 unforced errors, taken all the way to five sets by the french man. the five-time champion persevered through four hours and 32 minutes. >> the last point counts but he was of - the performance itself i haven't done well at all. >> reporter: no such problems for serena williams. she is three short of the record held by margaret court. as the legend watched the world number one from the stands, she took a step closer to slam no.22. williams was rarely troubled in her straight sets victory over the russian as she booked her place in finals in just 45 minutes giving her the rest of the day to herself. perhaps not quite what she planned. >> i have been spending a lot of time worrying about myself, this trip. it has been kind of sad. kind of boring. >> reporter: what have you learned about yourself that you didn't know two weeks ago? >> i think i hate being by myself. >> reporter: at least she will be reunited with her old foe in the last eight. her route to the finals was in sh

there is novak seen and no treatment. this wasn't considered a major health priority, because in every prior outbreak we have never seen these type of complications and it is a mild illness. over than these cases that are rare. and then go after the most toe itself, using -- getting rid of standing water, thinking about how we will reduce the vector populations. >> and what do you think about the cdc travel warning? >> it is a good measure to take. right now we have a lot of people traveling, it is a major destination, and there are women that are pregnant that may be going there, and this is a very worry some. and it make as lot of sense to warrant pregnant women and give guidance in the united states, and how to advice women about the risk. the metous remains developing normally and no danger to it, so this is a very understandable position that they have taken and i agree with it. >> proteching people that are traveling there, but it strikes me what do you do for the people that live there. you expect them to just pick

second seed novak losing. micha michael fepz is competing over the weekend in north carolina. >> i don't care who i'm competing against, i don't want anybody to beat me. that is still the same. sure, i'm more laid back and more relaxed now than i ever have been and that's still, i mean, he's heard me say a couple of comments and showing how fired up and motivated i am. >> bradley wiggens maintaining the lead in california. finny winning stage five. wiggens 12 seconds back, the advantage at 28 seconds and three stages are remaining. back to you. >> thank you so much. see you later. >> now a woman in the united states said to be killed from late stage cancer with a dose of the measles vaccine. it is a medical first. from a clinic in the state of minnesota we have a report. >> stacy gone from hopeless to history maker. for ten years endured a cancer incurable and now the case has doctors using the word cure. >> we have begun to think about the idea of a single shot cure for cancer. >> she tried every drug and two

. >>> serena williams and novak djokovic have been named the world catch i don't knows for 2015. williams wins the award for the fourth year in a row. djokovic also picked up three grand slam titles. >>> drew brees has become only the fourth quarterback in nfl history to reach 60,000 passing yards. he reached the landmark on monday, moving ahead of tom brady. he is still more than 1,000 yards behind dan marino. >>> staying with the nfl, they have suspended new york giant's receiver following his conduct during the loss to the carolina panthers on sunday. in a statement the league said he was guilty of multiple violations of safety-related playing rules. in the number the hawks beat the trailblazers on monday in what was a pretty painful night for one of their players despite top scoring with 18 points, and draining one of the three-pointers of the season. the german suffering a nasty collision in the fourth quarter which saw him lose a tooth. not wanting to lose it completely, of course, he put it in his sock and just continued on playing. >>> new zealand cricket captain has anno

novak djokovic will play his opening match on tuesday. >>> attention already turning to south korea. whond officials fro200 foibles g games. budget will be one big difference between the two hosts. >> certainly south korea won't contribute with sochi regarding the amount spent. south korea plans on spending $9 billion, $7 billion in tense of infrastructure. part of the reason for that is that this is the third bid, successful third bid, so much has already been in place. seven of the 13 separate venues are already there, already waiting. in terms of weather, it will feel more like winter than sochi, minus 5 sells use at that time of year. in the last few years we've seen the hundred-yearing snow record broken twice. een if they don't get cold temperatures, the artificial stuff will be in better conditions than it has been at sochi. unlike this current winter hoaks just finished in sochi, kim jong-il, massive park which opened this winter, there are some here in south korea calling for a joint north-south olympic team. said it would welcome a north korean team although the prospects o

first it was proj err federer, then novak djokovic. >> another one to come -- okay, one of the top contenders about film follows holocaust survivor who moves to israel and falls in love. phil lavel has the report from venice. >> there have been many movies about the are israeli palestinian conflict over the years, but anna adabir claims to be something different, something unique. there have been cues and plaudits, who, the man with the human touch is that of a jews who survives the holocaust, they live a peaceful life in a nearly arab township near tel teleah t. >> they manage to coexist. why do they manage to coexist because they understood they don't have to agree about everything. >> anna adabier was shot in one take, the camera rolled for 81 constant unforgiving minutes. >> people don't do things like that. and it was funny because you know, in the middle my nose started running and i had to take a tissue or something and i couldn't do it. >> you had to improvise. >> yeah, so every time the camera went for a second, i did like -- so it whereas funny and it was challenging. >> this movie

the top seed novak djokovic will play rafael nadal in a quarter final after both won their fourth round matches it's shaping up to be an exciting final week, with all the big names still there in the men's draw. second-seed rogerseed roger federer. >> i'm still physically fresh for the back end of the tournament. and i'm pumped up to be in the quarters again. last year i missed it, you know by a hair losing in the fifth so it's nice to be back in the quarters now. and looking forward to my next match tomorrow. >> andy murray is one of the form players with two tournament wins in the run up, number 1 seed is having his best season ever on clay. ending the hopes of area any jeremy sabu. murray meets david ferer. now let's watch the action. >> maria sharapova looked in good form with the winner of the rome event. she was well against already best, who took the first set on a tie-break. sharapova was struggling from a cold. her 7-6 6-4 victory after which the defeated champion had no excuses. >> just a tough day and a match that i lost. my opponent was at a much higher level more consistent

they settle for a 19-yard novak field goal to send this into over time. darrel young carried the ball twice all season and guess i gen a track play for one of his three touch downs. 30-24 in favor of the red skins. >> it's hewn. huge. and the fans want to have something to believe in and the players want to have something to believe in and the way our division is set up we have something to believe in and we can control our own destiny. we nee need to get another win n thursday and take that minute me buy week and whoever that team is we have to play we have to go after this emas with e them as . the biggest surprise is the way we started the season. we want to be better than that. the in ex-eigh next eight we haa decision. for us it's about taking it one game at a time and when you are on the field you take it one game at a time. >> after atlanta beat carolina last year matt ryan told the panthers to get off their [bleep] field. that led to greg hardy promising pay back and punishment. the panthers got their pay back ten books later and continue to punis

. >>> native japan since he shocked novak djokovic on saturday, politicians are now taking notice. >> i think magnificent is the only word to describe this properly. if he's come this far we definitely want him to win the tournament. he not only represents the hope of all japanese citizens but would also be the first asian. so we want him to accomplish this great feat. >> well, serena williams already has the job done. straight set victory over caroline wozniacki. 4th on the all time list of grand slam singles victories but she's got some way to go to match australia's margaret court. 20 titles. >>> allegation he that australia deliberately lost a match at the world cup in spain to get themselves a better draw. basketball australia has been asked to explain the goal, the second string aussie side blew a 15 point lead to lose the match. quarter final match with the united states, academic at australia were knocked out in the second round anyway. the united states meanwhile are busy preparing for their quarter final in slovenia. coming back of a convincing win over mexico in the previou

we will start with tennis in the master's final, novak djokovic up against andy murray. the world number 1 currently leading in the second as well. now, china calling for the turkish lead to be suspended after their team bus was shot at. league leaders are traveling to the airport to return to istanbul following the 5-1 victory when a gunman opened fire. the driver was taken to hospital but no players were injured in the attack. an investigation is underway. a simple one. this is an attack. the driver. nobody else was wounded. this coach was, they wanted this coach to be smashed and wanted him to see the footballers dead. >> bernard smith has more. this could have been a lot more serious as the teach coach. at the coach injuring the driver. a body guard on the coach taking control of the wheel, that coach could have plunked over a bridge that was near and into a river below. the management the team have condemned this attack. there is longstanding animosity between both the clubs. back in 2010 when they won the league here they were runners up. after that there was an in

was philip rivers who conducted two 4-quarter scoring drives, the last ending with a drive by nick novak, giving the charges 33-30 win. rivers threw for 419 yards and three touchdowns in that game. in chicago, it was nfc central battle between the bears and vikings. minnesota was poised for victory. it helps when you take the opening kick off all the way back for the touch down for the ear early 7-0 need. jake completed seven pass, 293 yards and three touch downs and intercepted twice. blair gave the vikings a lead, only to see cutler march the bears down the field, connecting with marr tellise on a 16 yard touch down, giving chicago a 31-30 come from behind win. the bears unbeaten under new head coach mark tresman. how about the cowboys, tony robow. he finished 30 of 42, i should say, for 29 yards and two touch downs. of the chiefs were determined it give andy reid a win. the chiefs had the lead for good. solid defense. kansas city win, 2 and 0 for the second time in 2005. in buffalo the bills hosted the panthers. there was two touch downs. there was 100 yards, fred jackson scored a tou

last ending with a 46 yard field goal by nick novak. giving the chargers a 33-30 win. rivers passed for 430 yards. >>> the vikings and minnesota seemed poised for victory, opening kickoff for a touchdown to take the early lead. blair washington, 32 yard field goal, with three minutes remaining. only to see the bears quarterback marching down, 16 yard touchdown with 16 seconds to go in the game, giving chicago a 31-30 come from behind win. the bears remain unbeaten, cutler completed 292 yards, also intrepted twice. >>> less than 30 minutes ago, the broncos and giants kicked off at met life stadium. as important as this is in the standings, especially the giants, the overwhelming meeting of the brothers, manning brothers, peyton versus eli. >> the hype machine has been in overdrive all week. in one corner eli manning, in the other, peyton manning, another super bowl ring. >> you do take a moment there and you kind of capture it and hold onto it. i have a moment from the 2006 game and the 2010 game. and -- but that's one moment and the rest of the time you're going out tr

. >> in the men's, second seed novak djokovic crewed into the third, claiming a win over france's jeremy shardy. the 2012 runner-up needing a title to complete a career grand slam. >> i managed to stay solid from the baseline. if forced him to make unforced errors, that helped me to win in straight sets. roger federer joins him in the third round. the 17-time grand slam winner seeing off his opponent 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. he goes off to play for a spot in the last 16. >> miami heat had the eastern conference final lead cut. what a night paul george had in game 5, scoring 51 of 57 points. leading the pacers to a 93-90 win. the performance a day after he was fined $25,000 for criticising the officials in the previous game. the pacers must win in game 6 in miami, to take the series to a decider. >> i thought the whole team had had a yellow light meantality, and was hesitant when we got down. the message to the team was the light needs to be on green for all of us. you need to go, attack and be aggressive. paul took it, ran with it and took it to a crazy minor. >> martin glaser, owner of manchester

. >>> novak djokavich won 13 games in a row, top speed cruising through. the 2011 champion will play 23ed seed in the quarters. >> some of the best tennis that i played in my career. and it all comes at a great time for me. it's something that i was wishes for definitely to be more aggressive as the tournament progresses. >> joining him is defending champion andy murray. number 3 seeded scott dropped the first set but he dropped and won 6-7, 6-4, 6-4. beautiful smash, place in the semi finals. >>> defending women's champion serena williams, against carla suarez novarro. the match in just 52 minutes. next is lina of china. >> she's a great challengesser, she moves well and does everything well. the challenge of meeting her is how do you beat a player who does everything well. i'm going to in the next couple of days think about that and hopefully come up with an answer to that. >>> the first chinese player ever to reach the finals, fifth seed beat ca katarina macarova. the 33-year-old sustained the hunt for her second grand slam title. >> i always try to be

. >>> novak djokovic has moved to the second round of the australian open in melbourne. he managed to overcome the 116th-ranked player in straight sets. djokovic is going for a fifth australian open title. >> it hasn't been an ideal couple of weeks in terms of health and preparation, but i fighted my way through, and now it's behind me and i'm only looking forward -- i think i did well in terms of responding to the -- to the slow start today, and feeling a little bit rusty on the court, so hopefully the next one will be even better. >>> defending australian opening champion has breezed into the second round. the swiss sweeping aside her turkish opponent in straight sets in less than 90 minutes to advance. >>> ander is serena williams's world number 1 made it look easy demolishing her opponent in straight sets. >> it's never supereasy to be the one that everyone wants to beat so i always have to be a little bit above, but, yeah i felt okay. i definitely think i can improve a tremendous amount. so hopefully i'll do better. >>> caroline stood up to a tough test. she beat he

countries from obtaining nuclear weapons is valerie payne, a household name as a former spy outed by robert novak. it's believed a top official with the bush administration leaked her name in retaliation of her husband's criticism of the iraq invasion. joining us from new mexico to discuss the spread of nuclear weapons, we welcome valerie. we appreciate your time with us tonight. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> i want your rehabilitation to what is in this today. "new york times" reporting, according to american officials that saudi arabia made the strategic decision to acquire nuclear weapons from pakistan. what do you make of that? >> honestly i don't put a lot of stock in the story. it's sourced to one anonymous official. and it doesn't make sense. it is not in saudi arabia's strategic interest to get a nuclear weapon, nor in pakistan's strategic interest. >> if the deal was to go through, pakistan would lose a billion in u.s. aid, and saudi arabia - it's not uncommon that these rumours circulate every time they are anxious and want to convey concerns to washington about iran's nucle

i did well tonight and i think novak i don't want to say let it slip but was tight and luckily went my way. >> a six-game losing streak with a win over the detroit pistons the wizards up before a great come back gave detroit their first lead of the game in the fourth. conjuring up the magic to seal the wizards 99-96 victory. >> coming up against environmentalists protesting, protestors got into the hotel lobby, saying the construction of the golf course in a nature preserve is damaging the ecosystem. the response was the impact on rio would be minimal. >> as you can say cultivated a kind of waste land before, and there are some of the as i was told, even some more of the natural resources which have been given pack to nature at the same time. >> there's more sport on our website. for all the latest check out aljazeera.com/sport. that's all the support for now. more are with and cry later. >> 100 years ago airplanes were fitted with machine guns, and the first fighter planes took the skies. they were crucial to the first world war battle then and to aerial combat ever since. andrew thom

the final with novak djokovic. there have been three separate attacks in the occupied west bank. at least one person is dead. a palestinian shot by israeli police after driving into a froup of people. a palestinian woman was shot and wounded by a security guard after she tried to stab him. shia was seen pulling a knife from her handbag and lunging at the guard. this is the latest incident in a wave have van't attack in september. israeli soldier who was critically injured on wednesday has died. it brings the death toll from the recent violence to 77 palestinians and 10 israelis killed. >> reporter: two of the incidents took place around the northern city in the occupied west bank. one of them that was caught on camera, the woman that tried to stab an israeli security officer, that was a change to a pattern that was seen here over the last few weeks that most of the incidents, some of them disputed, of course, palestinian witne witnesses, some people say it's not as israeli narrative goes, but they have haven't taken place around hebron. it shows how unpredictable these attacks ar

. >>> world number one novak djokovic is looking good as he steps up efforts to win the french open thanks to one grand slam title to elude him. he bead roger federer. this was his 22nd consecutive win, and fourth-run title much the french open gets under way next sunday. >> roger plays well hasn't dropped a set. today i served well stayed aggressive calm in the right moments, and all in all it was a great performance, i'm looking forward to paris. >> he played great throughout, made few unforced errors and took the opportunities that presented itself >>> maria sharah pova looking good before rol jnd garros fighting back in her rome final. the win sees sharapova move up to second in the world rankings >>> the world's fastest woman shelley ann fraser price has been beaten in her 100 metres. the double olympic champion was fifth in shanghai here. 11.25 seconds, a slowest time in a diamond league final since before the london olympics. also suffering struggles is world 400 meter champion. the reigning champion came in in 44.66 seconds >>> alberto contador had his league at the giro d'italia t

but it does have something, meet rocky novak. the one and only resident. he is trying to preserve the history of this once thriving and wild mining town that over a century ago was an important hub for mineral exploration. >> here are original photos of the town in its day. this is 1898 photo. this is the callaway hotel right here. >> reporter: this was quite a town in its heyday, huh? >> they had a bank, post office, store, and seven salons, four brothels, and a cemetery. >> reporter: everything a miner would want, huh? >> yeah. too bad they don't have that now. [ laughter ] >> reporter: today the town is an open-air museum of sorts in disrepair, yes, but a couple of old buildings are still standing and artifacts still sitting where they were left a sentry ago. in many ways rocky represents a last line of defense, a man doing his part to try to preserve a little piece of american history that so many have forgotten about, because if he wasn't here this is a place that almost certainly would not exist. >> there is nobody here, this place would be gone in a

convinced the sun hasn't quite set on these gal a galactic goas sport on the news hour world number 1 novak, djokovic dominant on the tennis courts. with the details. >>> saz promised, robin adams with sports news. >> thank you very much. manchester city have won the big derby match in the english please, sir league, in a scoreless first half, a send off after 3 minutes when he picked you his second yellow. united's defense suffered another setback. rojo dislocated his shoulder. the patched up defense didn't hold up for long. against united in the 63rd minute. city managed to hold on for the win. it's their fourth consecutive derby victory. >> one of the important things about this game was that we return and it's always difficult. it was more difficult for a team when you have to play with one goal considered. you always play fast everyone you need playing against the scorer, against the rival. so, i think one of the important things today was to keep the clean sheet until we were able to score the goal. >> i think our problem is that in the first half, we gave too much balls away. in posi