in as a very competitive team in the world cup there were next to no qatar fans in abu dhabi for the match because of the blockade imposed by the hosts u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt but as you can see in these pictures there were plenty of celebrations going on in carter's capital city here in doha both fan parks and on the roads in their cars afterwards our correspondent any richardson was there at the fans near aspire cademy where many of the team develop their skills. well it's hard really so overstate the level of achievement to discuss all chambers of gold off the game insists all of it without any real track record of success at the asian cup and yet here they are lifting the trophy having hastened for premier champions on their way to this three one win against your little boys only with knowing goes on it's not just the record is told it is a record of any talk believe it looked a little bit late but you can see there were signs of these are great young see on the rise even ahead of this title success the vast majority of this team came through the years by internatio

in less than an hour qatar will face four time asian cup football champions japan in the final qatar was cleared to play after the asian football confederation rejected a protest from the united arab emirates about possible knowledgeable players this is the first time the gulf nation has made it to the asian cup final on tuesday qatar beat the u.a.e. for no in the semifinal dubbed the blockade darby let's go to our use that a fan zone here in doha forty five minutes until kick off how are the fans preparing for this match. well the reason they are preparing by celebrating before this game has even begun they think that just the fact that qatar has made it this far is a celebration in itself and regardless of the outcome of today's game they are very very proud of their national team some of the locals we spoke to here said that they can't believe qatar has made it to the finals and that despite all the obstacles they face referring to of course the blockade that's imposed on qatar by four nations in the neighborhood that is saudi arabia u.a.e. and egypt since june of two thousand and

and on the qatar and that's the you know on the basis that there would be the holes and of course in all the events being promoted as being the fifa world cup not only for qatar but for the whole region but when it comes to you know the to the the delivery they already know invested a lot in terms of meeting all the requirements of the farm there have been many visits of before on the basis that all the events will take place here in qatar but of course you know the we don't know what will happen in next four years i hope that we hope we all hope that you know this in all kinds of conflicts will be resolved very soon and maybe this may be some good signs and i have been for the social media they could see many saudis an emeritus were celebrating the success of qatar in one because you know of the end of the day this is a team and arab team from the goal from the region that won this trophy by when it comes to showing in all the some of the much as or in terms of co-hosting i mean that's i think it's too soon to say anything about it right now i mean the qatari in the organizers are y

this is as big as football gets in asia qatar were going for their first major trophy but standing in their way with a full time champions japan forty three places above them in the world rankings they may have been underdogs but qatar struck the first blow and a spectacular one to see i was. had eight goals in the tournament already but number nine was his best yet the twenty two year old with an overhead kick breaking the competition's goal scoring record set back in one nine hundred ninety six good a signal to the technician a fantastic start for qatar and soon it got even better i another stunning goal this time from abdel-aziz had term they were two no up at half time who would you see. things started to go against them after the break though first they lost to eleven hookey to a nasty looking head injury and then for the first time in the competition they finally conceded a goal to cooney mean amino giving japan hope and it promised to be a nervous finish. that was until an intervention from the referee and v.a.r. japan would judge to have humbled in the area which gave qatar a

have imposed a land air and sea blockade on qatar accusing of sponsoring terrorist groups a charge qatar has denied. since then travel to those countries has also been restricted. the spike the politics surrounding this asian cup games qatar fans are simply proud. it's a great feeling thank goodness we got here after a lot of hard work and perseverance. i can't describe my feeling today i feel as happy as any arab especially when my country achieved something like this it was a great game too and to beat such a great team like japan makes it an even bigger achievement it's a win for the amir the amir father and everyone who lives in qatar and every era every one without discriminating between them. it was a great game a very exciting game and thank god that the qatari team won i want to thank our boys what they've achieved from the start of the tournaments to the end. once the trophies were handed out in abu dhabi the real celebrations began in doha. the new champions are expected to return home on saturday where they will receive a royal welcome. as these asian games. to an end qatar's

country of qatar may have won the right to host it due to a secret. pain to sabotage rival begins sunday times newspaper is alleging that those involved in katter's world cup bid team ran a kind of secret black ops campaign designed to sabotage its main rivals bits this time however it may have gone beyond just bad headlines newly documents seen only by the guardian newspaper and the spin watch comparing groups suggest that a famous political strategist company c.d.f. partners was speech to a contract to make sure qatar's dream of welcoming the world's best footballers collapsed how by spreading negative stories about qatar in the mainstream media associating dollar with terrorism running fake grassroots campaigns and social media and lobbying friendly politicians journalists and academics we have a chance to talk to professor david miller from the spin watch group to initially this is the other techniques of the p.r. world isn't this deception as many puting social media trying to propose the problem with the qatari government is it to support terror

based company group was offering to spread negative news about qatar in a bid to strip the gulf kingdom of the twenty twenty two feet for a world cup. in the u.s. north dakota senate approves a bill to restrict access to public records relate to place police operations that softer the media are exposed to law enforcement to pieces. from the russian capital this is international. top story syria is demanding action from the united nations security council damascus accuses the u.s. led coalition of killing sixteen civilians and injuring dozens in a bombing raids over the border with iraq. video wait and see rapley film for the aftermath of what appears to have been a combination of air strikes and shelling more i'd have to take a closer look at. syria again is accusing the united states of war crimes february twenty ninth in the u.s. led coalition committed a new crime against innocent syrian civilians is we're playing targeted a civilian camp in the village of who's in the countryside of the governor it is all sixteen civilians including seven children were killed and seventy civilians m

thank you very much qatar have stand the footballing world by winning the asian cup for the first time maybe japan three one in the final in abu dhabi to cap a remarkable tournament david stokes reports i this is as big as football gets in asia we're going for their first major trophy but standing in their way with a full time champions japan forty three places above them in the world rankings they may have been underdogs but qatar struck the first blow and a spectacular one two was i was. had eight goals in the tournament already but number nine was his best yet the twenty two year old with an overhead kick breaking the competition's goal scoring record set back in one thousand nine hundred ninety six that is similar to tennis at a fantastic start for qatar and soon it got even better i another stunning goal this time from abdel-aziz had term they were two no up at half time who would you see. things started to go against them after the break though first they lost to eleven hookey to a nasty looking head injury and then for the first time in the competition they finally conceded a go

qatar a surprise everyone to reach the final they are facing controversy though about some of their star players to head up the big showdown. i'm serious so much got to thank you for joining us washington is expected to announce its withdrawal from a cheap arms control treaty the u.s. and the soviet union signed the intermediate range nuclear forces or ins treaty in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven the agreement aimed to eliminate a whole category of nuclear missiles now the americans say a new generation of russian cruise missiles violates the pact an accusation moscow denies. this is the russian cruise me. sa that the u.s. sends by late said joint on's treaty the s.s.e. eight is said to have a range of more than five hundred kilometers which would break the i.n.f. treaty just last week parts of the system are on display near moscow u.s. president donald trump has been threatening to pull out of the pact since the end of last year. russia has not heard orchard way out of the agreement so we're going to terminate it agree but we're going to pull out the u.s. lead ons control n

business updates brought to you by qatar oh we're going places together. welcome back now tech experts at the world at the mobile world congress in barcelona are predicting a revolution in connectivity with the rollout of five g. the new network will usher in an era of super fast internet speeds and that will open up a range of new services and products driverless cars to remote surgery charlie and general ports now from boston. at this tech trade fair there's one thing everyone is pitching it's five thirty. five. life is about there if i just look at the network a hundred times faster than forty wireless internet will be rolled out in twenty twenty but in some places it's already operating here patients under the knife at a hospital in barcelona is linked by five g. cameras to the mobile world congress where a senior surgeon is guiding his genius through a gastro intestinal operation the world's first live five g. assisted surgery one of the main problems you are not in the right plane piece you can't make an injury into the year it is estimated that ever

japan will be bidding for a record 5th title and they're facing qatar who are playing in the final for the first time. but their place was thrown in doubt following a complaint from the host nation, the uae, who claim two of qatar's players aren't eligible and the team should be disqualified. more now from the bbc‘s mani djazmi in abu dhabi.

japan were judged to have one pulled in the area which gave qatar a penalty and akram a faith a chance to win it for his country if you look good i. was. they held on through five minutes about a time and then the championship was theirs nineteen goals and just one conceded their improbable run to glory was complete chaos was you know if you know god it's perfect preparation as qatar prepares to host the world cup in three years' time david stokes al-jazeera. while the improbability also at the tournament. i had some players in disbelief even after getting their hands on the trophy even. if i say it honestly we didn't expect that up until now i didn't believe we had asian champions i never imagined ever that i would play in the final we won thanks to a lot of trust in our so and in god. well there were next to no cattle fans in abu dhabi for the match because of the blockade imposed by the emirates the hosts saudi arabia bahrain and egypt but as you can see in these pictures there were plenty of celebrations going on in qatar as capital city here in doha both the fun parks and on the r

i this is as big as football gets in asia qatar were going for their first major trophy but standing in their way with a four time champions japan forty three places above them in the world rankings they may have been underdogs but qatar struck the first blow and a spectacular one to say i was. had eight goals in the tournament already but number nine was his best yet the twenty two year old with an overhead kick breaking the competition's goal scoring record set back in one thousand nine hundred ninety six that is similar to tennis or a fantastic start for qatar and soon it got even better was another stunning goal this time from abdel-aziz had term they were two no up at half time who would you see. things started to go against them after the break though first they lost to eleven hookey to a nasty looking head injury and then for the first time in the competition they finally conceded a goal to cooney meena mino giving japan hope and it promised to be a nervous finish. that was until an intervention from the referee in. japan would judge to have humbled in the area. of penalty and

football gianni and since you know has repeated his believe that the twenty twenty two world cup in qatar could be expanded to include other host nations qatar successfully bid to host the thirty two team competition but the fee for president is keen to increase that number to forty eight and has suggested some games could be played in neighboring countries since two thousand and seventeen the four our states of egypt saudi arabia bahrain and the united arab emirates have imposed a blockade on qatar. we need the world to discover the gulf region which is beautiful which is full of. people who want to open themselves to the world and i think we should grab this chance in qatar and maybe in neighboring countries as well and this will be i think very very positive for football. based t.v. network been sports has teamed up with six major north american sports leagues in its ongoing. broadcasting piracy they're asking the u.s. government to take action against the saudi arabia about our operation be out cue the n.b.a. is just one of the league's being shown on be out q illegal channel providin

leaks documents reveal that based campaign group was offering to spread its negative news about qatar and it gets to strip the gulf kingdom of the twenty twenty two world cup. europe faced with an economic crisis without precedent this progressive continent it's people my question for you mr conti is how much longer will you continue to be the puppet. strong words exchanged in the european parliament with italy's prime minister puppets after he accuses you of being out of touch. is just ten three pm here in moscow welcome to r.t. international. syria is demanding action from the united nations security council damascus accuses the u.s. led coalition of killing sixteen civilians and injuring dozens in a bombing raids over the border with iraq. video agency raptly filmed the aftermath of what appears to have been a combination of strikes and shelling mark gasnier takes a closer look. syria again is accusing the united states of war crimes february twenty ninth in the u.s. led coalition committed a new crime against innocent syrian civilians is were playing targeted a civilian camp in th

business updates by qatar airways going places together. business updates by qatar airways going places together. so thank you very much they most successful. of all time says she will compete. despite crashing in the last of a championship lindsey vonn had a bad fall during the super g. at the world championships in sweden she says she'll still be able to compete in the downhill. the beginning of the end it wasn't meant to be like this. but seconds into final will championships lindsey vonn super g. race followed the script of the rest of her farewell season the american crushing out with barely a glimpse of the talent and power that has made the most dominant skia of the modern age yeah i've got a bit of a shiner. and i'm feel like i've been hit by an eighteen wheeler but other than that i'm great and now aged thirty four valma has brought forward her retirement to make these world championships in sweden have final flourish a training run on monday so high finish eleventh but the missing college in honey and choose days rice merely under

partners was speech to a contract to make sure qatar's dream of welcoming the world's best footballers collapsed how by spreading negative stories about qatar in the mainstream media associating dollar with terrorism running fake grassroots campaigns and social media and lobbying friendly politicians journalists and academics we have a chance to talk to professor david miller from the spin washed. group so initially this is the other techniques of the p.r. world isn't this deception as many puting social media trying to propose the problem with the qatari government has had to support terrorism and extremists in the muslim world now of course this is a set of techniques which they've used before to try and suggest that the country should isolate which are based on nothing very much the c.t.f. partners company both a major success in political campaigning it led the u.k.'s conservative party to an unexpected general election victory in twenty fifteen it's found they he is sir lynton crosby was awarded night hood from the van prime minister david cameron so there is little surprise that

football johnny and since you know has repeated his believe that the twenty twenty two world cup in qatar could be expanded to include other host nations qatar successfully bid to host the thirty two team competition but the fee for president is keen to increase that number to forty eight and has suggested some games could be played in neighboring countries since two thousand and seventeen the four our states of egypt saudi arabia bahrain and the united arab emirates have imposed a blockade on qatar. we need the world to discover the gulf region which is beautiful which is full of. people who want to open themselves to the world and i think we should grab this chance in qatar and maybe in neighboring countries as well and this will be i think very very positive for football. based t.v. now to be in sports has teamed up with six major north american sports leagues in its ongoing. broadcasting piracy they're asking the u.s. government to take action against the saudi arabia about our operation b. out cue the n.b.a. is just one of the leagues being shown on be out q legal channels for avoidi

how did they take the title so the qatar was a no one's radar pretty turn i meant and. you never expected them to be in the final yet alone the need one of the tournaments favorites japan by a score line off three to one but this is football this says this is the stuff that dreams are made off the top get their fairy tale ending the asian cup champions for the first time ever they be powerhouses south korea and japan and qatar only conceded one goal all tournaments and you know the saying it's the fence that wins the championship which does hold true for qatar but at the same time it was the attacking flair that we really caught the imagination of a lot of heads and let's also mention both fact a bit because at the last asian cup qatar lost all three of the games so they really they've set the stage. for qatar twenty twenty two when they'll be hosting the world cup i mean you mentioned the office we have to talk about. this was the first goal really stunning he was really the star he stole the limelight he's twenty two years old and his goal in the twelfth minute set th

had political connotations to the tournament hosts have been involved in a blockade of qatar. and the result sparked fury inside the stadium guitar players were pelted with shoes and plastic bottles after they scored and the end of the game. i think we manage quite well the. the emotions get in the game and on the players the. hormones and in the game that was the most important u.e.a. have since lodged an official complaint alleging two of kids are players are ineligible for the national team that include star striker imo as alley he's the top scorer at the tournament with eight goals already but he and his team mates face their toughest challenge yet in the final. japan have won the trophy four times more than any other country and while their form has been unspectacular they have been efficient enough to deal with every opponent they face so far. we're going to have to play an excellent and excellent game who want to compete against them but we are right at this point the players are confident and we're going to try to arrive well they've overcome hostile crowds and beaten

hope they find an agreement because we are inventing a still pushing for forty eight team will cup in qatar three years from now will for that to happen it might involve sharing the tournament with some of its neighbors well that's a promo because qatar is currently under a blockade imposed by saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind in egypt but sees a brazilian is holding out hope it will all work out for you i mean to you that are joining political relationships in the region are actually complex right now but donald trump and kim jong un just met today so if the president of the united states can meet with the leader of north korea then everything is possible as president afifa i am in the beautiful position of working in football and not in politics so maybe with a bit of naivety i can talk about it openly with everybody qatar is open to discuss the situation let's see what the neighboring countries will do or has been eventful day or formula one testing barcelona sebastian vettel crossed into the tire barrier but did not sustain any injuries his car was damaged though he lost control of the fer

despite a recent memorandum of understanding with doha that would have meant a massive investment by qatar to develop the historic port of swac and now that deal looks unlikely. and now has said that the most serious part of this agreement is that it gave the philippines company an exclusive right and prevented sudan from having partnership with other countries especially qatar which are located four billion dollars to develop the port who work in port sudan refused to comment on the agreement and denied access to the port the port workers themselves are worried of the total control by dubai which had entered similarly unpopular poor takeovers in somalia and djibouti before being expelled from those countries having already blocked access to the container terminal last week the port workers say they will continue to demand their rights be protected. and dizzier khartoum. allies of egypt's president and defer to his sisi are calling for constitutional changes that what are loud him to stay in power once his second term ends in twenty twenty two current laws limit presidents to two four year

and on the qatar and that's the you know on the basis that there would be the holes and of course in all the events being promoted as being the fifa world cup not only for qatar but for the whole region but when it comes to you know the to the the delivery they already know invested a lot in terms of meeting all the requirements of the farm that have been many visits of before on the basis that all the events will take place here in qatar but of course you know the we don't know what will happen in next four years i hope that we hope we all hope that you know this and all kind of conflicts will be resolved very soon and maybe this may be some good signs and i have been for when the social media they could see many saudis and emeritus were celebrating the success of qatar you know and because you know of the end of the day this is a team and arab team from the goal from the region that won this trophy by when it comes to showing in all the some of the much as or in terms of co-hosting i mean that's i think it's too soon to say anything about it right now i mean the qatari in the organ

you know for in and also in terms of elite sport development and though we have now in qatar a system in place where you have you know the all the in all the. kind of the stakeholders working together in or so you have aspire academy that are in or providing all the the coaching and the techniques and you know helping in developing the kind of the skills and also you have a spirit or a more providing the health and in all science provisions and you have other stakeholders in a working together and developing this a system. where amar we see the in all the products of the system with this national team but not only in football but also in other sports as well and. james you were sort of alluding to the fact that this is more about more than just football which i accept but are you suggesting that katter's participation in the asian cup and its eventual success is actually changed anything in the in terms of the geopolitical situation. well i think what you're going to see years that got us victory is going to escalate the opposition by primarily united arab emirates and saudi arabia to

and iraq while on holidays last month and says he didn't know showing support for qatar in the u.a.e. is a punishable offense. oh it's good sport isn't thank you very much a has him on saturday premier league champions manchester city will find themselves an unfamiliar territory city are taken on a fourth to newport county in the english f.a. cup is the world's oldest and national football competition then is open to hundreds of. teams as well as the country's elite clubs an event which kicked off with a seven hundred thirty six teams is now down to the last sixteen newport county are the lowest ranked side to have made it to the fifth round the wailings who reports on their own likely story. for one hundred forty six years the f.a. cup has brought the champions of english football to grounds that rather avoid this is the parade in south wales the modest home of newport county it's about to host the last sixteen much against one of world football's richest clubs manchester city and it's the pitch here that provides a fascinating ingredient in this match between the big guys and small

they beat japan in the final and a limo talkie is here from sports to talk more about that alema look qatar they'd never even been in a final before so how surprised were you to see them take on the title like you said no one no one expected this let alone win by a scoreline of three to one against pre-tournament favorite japan so that you know what i have to remind people this is football and football sometimes this is the stuff that you know dreams are made of and could talk get their fairy tale ending huge celebrations in doha right now they expect they expect it to last the entire weekend and you know what it wasn't an easy journey for qatar they'd be powerhouses south korea then japan and they conceded just one goal tournaments and you know the st defense wins championships but i have to point out it was could toss in attack that caught the imagination of all of these football fans now apparently the first goal from. it was a pretty stunning so he was kind of the star of the show a jaw dropper i'm telling you it was and there's a reason why he stole the limelight in the twelfth minute

qatar is well known as a sponsor of some of europe's biggest races but british trainer julian smart says the country still has work to do if it's to one day staging a truly global event internationally with more and more horses a coming the prize money is becoming more and more attractive and one day qatar will will say we're going to do it we're going to do a big one to rival everybody in the world why not we race here solid for six months on one track so it is very very very difficult for this track to be maintained to maintain the standard that the horses you know and the owners and trainers and jockeys require so we are in need of more races here and more racetracks because the horse population is ever increasing that out of clones with each other to have a big out of the schools with our side understand that we are focusing enough because this. has a lot of history and tradition in here for more than seven zero this morning top of the race by a security zone driven by the competition in the road so instead of just going old streisand can retrieve them feeling comfortable home and te

have imposed a land air and sea blockade on qatar accusing of sponsoring terrorist groups a charge qatar has denied. since then travel to those countries has also been restricted. the spike the politics surrounding this asian cup games qatari fans are simply proud like. it's a great feeling thank goodness we got here after a lot of hard work and perseverance. i can't describe my feeling today i feel as happy as any arab especially when my country achieved something like this it was a great game too and to beat such a great team like japan makes it an even bigger achievement it's a win for the amir the amir father and everyone who lives in qatar and every era every one without discriminating between them. it was a great game a very exciting game and thank god that the qatari team won i want to thank our boys what they've achieved from the start of the tournaments to the end. once the trophies were handed out in abu dhabi the real celebrations began in doha. the new champions are expected to return home on saturday where they will receive a royal welcome. as these asian games come to an en

halep hallock -- simona is one match away from winning the qatar open. halep was 4-1 down in the final set before eventually taking the match. she will play belgian elise mertens in the final. six time skiing world champion has missed out on a seventh gold medal. kristofsen of norway has claimed the title in sweden. it is his first-ever metal in a world championship. the rivalry will resume on sunday. championworld rally marcus: has made in less than glorious return to the sport. the 51-year-old was forced to retire from rally season. inlast won the world title 2002. that is sports. more later on. darren: thank you very much. of course, you can find much more news on our website. aljazeera.com. back in a moment with more news. ♪ [alarm sounding] man on film: the chain reaction process in the reactor creates tremendous heat which scientists have learned how to control. man: it was really a patriotic thing to harness the atom. i was excited about nuclear engineeriring because i thoughtt would d solve the world's enerey crisis. it's exciting science to re

hope they find an agreement because we are inventing a still pushing for forty eight team will cup in qatar three years from now will for that to happen it might involve sharing the tournament with some of its neighbors well that's a promo because qatar is currently under a blockade imposed by saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind in egypt but to seize a president is holding out hope it will all work out for you i mean to you that are joining political relationships in the region are actually complex right now but donald trump and kim jong un just met today so if the president of the united states can meet with the leader of north korea then everything is possible as president afifa i am in the beautiful position of working in football and not in politics so maybe with a bit of naivety i can talk about it openly with everybody qatar is open to discuss the situation let's see what the neighboring countries will do or has been eventful day or formula one testing barcelona's the best so vettel crossed into the tire beriah but did not sustain any injuries his car was damaged though he lost control of

qatar will host the next world cup in 2022. so qatar lift their maiden title. and our reporter mani djazmi has followed their progress throughout the tournament in the united arab emirates. catarrh have been the only consistent team in this competition. they have won all their games, scored 19 goals and conceded just one and have the goal in boot and the highest assist provider and of course more importantly, they have the trophy. there were they deserve to win this match and the tournament and they have been a revelation. the bright technical ability has shown through what has been a pretty drab competition to be —itis. now come at their years out, almost four years out from the next world cup, they are going home for the first time in their 49 year history as the champions of asia. and the only conceded the one goal. deontay wilder says a heavyweight rematch with tyson fury is ‘100 percent on'. the pair fought out a controversial draw last december and the american says an agreement is in place for the rematch to take place in april or may this year in ei

to the world and i think we should grab this chance in qatar and maybe in neighboring countries as well and this will be i think very very positive for football. based t.v. now to be in sports has a teamed up with six major north american sports leagues in its ongoing. broadcasting piracy they're asking the u.s. government to take action against the saudi arabia about our operation be out q the n.b.a. is just one of the leagues being shown on be out q legal channels for avoiding providing access to live sport in a statement being said saudi arabia has permitted the operation of the most sophisticated broadcast piracy that the world has ever seen. simona halep is one step away from winning the cut open and moving up to second in the world's rankings but the world number three was made to work hard in her semifinal against ireland as. was four one down in the final set before eventually taken them out six three three six six play belgium's immerses in the final. and six times skiing world champion muscle her she has missed out on the seventh gold medal instead henrik christophe's and norw

officials in qatar last month members of the taliban and the afghan opposition and reaching for talks in russia at the moment to any berkley in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad tony this is a big claim if it proves to be true what else do we know. well the taliban are saying that this was put on the table in doha arguing the toss of the americans it's strange that this is the first time it has been mentioned as first time we've heard this date of april but this is not totally new because this came in a leaked document from the pentagon in december that's before the talks happened when the americans were talking about withdrawing seven thousand of its personnel which represents half of its force now that sounds quite significant and it could be a a brokering tactic by the taliban it could be a carrot that's being offered by the americans to get these talks further along but it's causing a little bit of concern here here and there but it doesn't do anything to the overall capability of the americans if the seven thousand personnel left because that capability is coming from the air

team here know that the presenting qatar contender for the boys from qatar and from that i didn't have blessed experience if you experience boys who are in the national team before this team would be the quarter of the national team in the division to qatar in the left cup the twenty twenty two and it's motivating the others here in the supply and now yesterday we we had a gathering with our students who were the old boys and we we send a message they want to send a message to the team mate in the national team and i could we could see that money motivated because they know they're gonna be in there and have a position one day so we're very happy to see that in their faces thursday marked the final chance for english premier league clubs just strengthen their squads this season with the january transfer window closing one of the biggest deals of the day however sees the manchester united antony marcial stay put the french international who joined united in two thousand and fifteen for forty seven million dollars has extended his contract until two thousand and twenty four and more near

certainly a historic day for fans in qatar and for the qatar national football team as they went on to win the championship but the asian cup held in the u.a.e. of course many of the founders i spoke to here said they wished they could have supported their national team in the u.a.e. but given the current political situation they felt it was best for them not to attend and of course tickets were also very hard to come by for qatari france now one of the highlights of the final game was a penalty shot one of the qatari team member sports in the eighty second minute in the second half the fans in the sona were still quiet nobody made a sound as the penalty shot was taken but also one of the other most important things that the players mean to man is that she was player number nineteen twenty two year old qatari who broke all kinds o. records during this entire championship as well as they gave he managed to score nine goals in the tournaments eating record releasing held by iranian football legends. with eight goals he had. received the most valuable player on the asian cup this year so

was this is as big as football gets in asia qatar were going for their first major trophy but standing in their way with a four time champions japan forty three places above them in the world rankings they may have been underdogs but qatar struck the first blow and a spectacular one to us was i was. had eight goals in the tournament already but number nine was his best yet the twenty two year old with an overhead kick breaking the competition's goal scoring record set back in one thousand nine hundred ninety six when a simple tony kushner's a fantastic start for qatar and soon it got even better i another stunning goal this time from abdel-aziz had term they were two no up at half time who would you see. things started to go against them after the break though first they lost to eleven hookey to a nasty looking head injury and then for the first time in the competition they finally conceded a goal to meet mina mino giving japan hope and it promised to be a nervous finish because. that was until an intervention from the referee and v.a.r. japan were judged to have one pulled in the area

high level negotiations aimed at ending afghanistan seventeen year war and the second day in qatar senior taliban leaders are in doha holding talks with the u.s. special envoy for peace the two sides are looking to hammer out a timeline for a potential troop withdrawal as well as guarantees the taliban will not allow militant groups to flourish president transformer lawyer michael cohen has arrived on capitol hill for a closed door meeting with the u.s. senate intelligence committee is public testimony is due to start on wednesday cohen is expected to say that what he knows about trumps contact with russia in the lead up to the presidential election. there's that unsettled more news in just under half an hour's time coming next rewind returns to kosovo ten years after independence thanks very much indeed for watching us from iowa. hello welcome again to rewind i'm fully back to bill since al jazeera english launched more than a decade ago with built up an incredible library of award winning films here on rewind where revisiting some of the best of them and finding out what's happened sinc

did the same number two qatar preparing to welcome its asian cup winning team a parade planned here in doha and number three our top story on the news great today and that's a venezuelan general recognizing opposition leader one guy do any fuel on there and you've missed it watch our interview a lot american editor lucien human sat down with wide open as well as opposition leader and self declared leader to ask him about his next moves it's all there on our website at al-jazeera dot com. and the taliban says president donald trump appears to be serious about pulling u.s. troops out of afghanistan a spokesman for the group says such a withdrawal is the first goal towards ending the seventeen year conflict he added that they'd like to establish an islamic system made up of all afghans earlier this week the u.s. envoy said they had been agreements in principle towards a framework peace deal by it was drawn up without input from the afghan government which the tiny band regards as illegitimate and let's remind you of the tunnel band's history and i've got on the stand it emerged after the

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