unveiled roy hodgson as their new manager last month and quangos offering to clear liverpool's debts and give hodgson funds to buy more players before the transfer deadline at the end of the month also wants to build a new stadium for liverpool and values the club at around five hundred twenty million dollars americans tom hicks and george gillett put the club up for sale around four months ago. for match the city boss mark hughes has been unveiled as the new for the manager following that departure avoid hodgson to liverpool the forty six year old's first game in charge will be at home on the seventh of august in a friendly against photogram and while their domestic season kicks off a week later at bolton which is a huge priority for the next campaign. obviously your last year's running in europe was magnificent it's a standout season in the history of form obviously would be difficult to replicate that in terms of domestic competition but that's something not willing to do obviously i think last year given the focus on europe obviously good premier league form wasn't. as good as it

ed thomas, bbc news, liverpool. >> interesting debate. my thing, if they preserve paul mccartney's house and john lennon's house, for the sake of uniformity you'd think they'd give a nod to the other beatle. apparently not. >> maybe they should just let it be. >> oh! she's here all week, folks. try the veal. that was good. >> that is the news for this half hour. you can always tell us what you think of our show by logging on to our facebook fan page. >> just logon to wnnfans.c.c.c.h >>> military milestone. u.s. combat troops leave iraq. the relieved soldiers and the pentagon's strategy. >>> then, battlegrounds near new york's ground zero. why the debate over a planned islamic center is now intensifying. >>> and, pet project. >> maybe she could get a mouse. >> the lessons from dogs. it's thursday, august 19th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> and good morning, i'm rob nelson. >> i'm vinita nair. >>> thousands of u.s. soldiers have crossed the border from iraq to kuwait this morning. it is the last american combat brigade to l

eindhoven and locke of motif place which side loses in other draws five time european champions liverpool the turkish side tops on school eventis will start the time in austria two time european champions porto travel to belgium for the first leg against gang past available start that rapid vienna hundred thirteen month chaney's manchester city have to remain inside to me so are these men. these will be played on the nineteenth and twenty sixth of august. moving on to domestic football where the russian premier league season has reached its halfway point and unbeaten is in it so far the concourse to claim their second title constantine but top off reveals a few of the secrets behind this winning streak. zuniga are almost unstoppable they're top of the league and have won mind games in a row moreover the st petersburg club have been splashing the cash sending bruno alvis from puerto forward twenty million euros the portugal star becomes the second defender to arrive at zeni this summer following the footsteps of twenty seven year old alexandre leakage the serbian joined from italian side w

and we have a quick update from liverpool where the match between local liverpool and arsenal has ended in a draw one one the final score in the team's first match of the season. and to find the rain caught short the red bull x. fighters events in london but that didn't stop the world's top riders putting on a show to remember for the thirty thousand crowd at the battersea power station new zealand teenager levi sherwood was awarded victory after collecting the most points in the afternoons quite a fine session the eighteen year old lived up to his nickname the rubber kid pulling off a series of breath taking maneuvers that required as much flexibility as courage last year's london winner nate adams was runner up while spain's danny taurus came third. amazing you know as i mentioned i think in a season. i'm really happy i missed it and i want to win one so you know they're in the newsroom right consisting of making fun. and that's all for now i'll be back with more in a couple of hours if you can't wait that long our web site crews working twenty four seventh's to bring you the latest f

it is understood liverpool are considering as many as six different offers to buy the club the latest chinese businessman kenny when he wants a deal to be done within the next two weeks at liverpool and veiled roy hodgson as their new manager last month and wang is offering to clear liverpool with debts and give hodgson funds to buy more plays before the transfer deadline and at the end of the month he also wants to build a new stadium for liverpool. values the club at around three hundred twenty five million pounds americans tom hicks and george gillette put the club up for sale around four months ago. a bit of history has been made today sachin tendulkar has become the world's most capped test cricketer the indian batsmen taking to the field against sri lanka in colombo this morning in what is his hundred sixty ninth match for his country and the office of passing the breck or previously held by former australian captain stately all he made his international debut for india when he was just sixteen back in one thousand nine thousand nine hundred forty days match was helping to promo

eindhoven latif thinks which side lose that another draw a five time european champions liverpool and turkish side. eventis will start their time at stone grass in austria two time european champions porto travel to belgium for the first leg against game to aston villa will start their tight right at the end of the world to one chinese hunch to sixty two men inside the sort of signs where you might be sorry as much as we played in the one thousand and twenty six all. so while liverpool have learned their opponents in the europa league playoffs roy hodgson now has the task of lifting the reds back to glory messi side club finished a disappointing seventh in the english premier league last season and are looking for their first league title since nine hundred ninety but the former full on boss or trying to do this and it's to continue the speculation of the club's future and his call for any potential new owner to build a proper relationship with the fans has already made three new signings and has confirmed his interest in the ventus midfielder christian also as well as being linked wi

unveiled roy hodgson as their new manager last month and quangos off and play liverpool's debts and give hearts and funds to buy more players before the transfer deadline at the end of the month also wants to build a new stadium for liverpool and values the club that's around five hundred twenty million dollars. americans tom hicks and george gillette put the club up to sell around four months ago. in the meantime world cup winners spain and their opponents the netherlands have been fined by fee for that ill discipline final in south africa last month the match set a record for the most calls received in a world cup final there were eight bookings for the dutch and five despite making a total of thirteen seven more than the previous five six yellows shown with argentina be question every three two in the one thousand nine hundred six final the most memorable of the bad challengers from twenty ten was nigel dion's kung fu kick chest english referee howard webb shoot only one red card in the game standing on that joint watching it and spain's one victory. for me no one now michael sch

and some other football news it is understood liverpool are considering as many as six different offers to buy the club the latest chinese businessman kenny he wants a deal to be done within two weeks time liverpool and veiled roy hodgson is their manager last month and wang is offering to clear liverpool's debts and give hodgson funds to buy. more plays before the transfer deadline and the end of the month he also wants to build a new stadium for the verbal value to the club at around three hundred twenty five million pounds americans tom hicks and george j. will put the club up or put the club up for sale rather around four months ago in formula one michael schumacher says he's sorry after his dangerous move during the hungarian grand prix the german brought rubens barrichello pushing the brazilians car to within centimeters of a concrete wall in budapest the mercedes driver will be paying lies ten places that the next grand prix in belgium for what he did and on his website she said the maneuver he did against barack hello was too hard and was sorry if his former teammate had felt he

the home side on one which was watched by billionaire shake munster on its first visit to eastlands liverpool simply overrun by a team fresh from a one hundred eighteen million dollars summer spending spree but it was the relative veterans of darren bari and have is that made the final difference argentina up a brace with a penalty sixty seven minutes in city finally starting to look like a genuine title contenders while as for liverpool just two games in the future's already looking bleak. barring a disastrous school be into the group stages of the europa cup later tonight the army men hold a big first leg advantage. on north and qualifying with game two up for consideration in larnaca from their. reports. this the four goal lead that. says are not taking their second leg against lightly the. has nothing to lose at this stage and their honor is probably the only thing left to fight for the cypriot side has been known to upset major european football powerhouses in the past and the muscovites are fully aware of that. i mean. it's a. game we need to. focus. on we. need to be careful of course.

from liverpool and i could be a bit of movement in the russian primarily the normal moscow league in the chest pointed me to feel that we should perform as any skipper hasn't been getting too much playing time from coach louis van. waspada moscow still waiting for celtic aiden mcgeady to make it is mind about a speech to the russian capital the winger has been looking at leat apartments in moscow and is being tempted by a wage of over three million dollars a year after tax. very nice to me the n.b.a.'s oldest star shaquille o'neal has left the cleveland cavaliers and signed a two year deal with the boston celtics his wages are reportedly worth three million u.s. dollars here to the thirty eight year old four time and be a champion hopes to add another title next season as he would play with paul pierce kevin garnett and ray allen and change the big three into a terry big four. let's turn to go off because the heat is on tiger woods this week his number one ranking am placed on the u.s. ryder cup saying are under threat as he heads into the world golf championships in ohio gets underw

city have sent out a signal of intent in the premier league one of the world's richest clubs beating liverpool three nil monday that is their biggest win over the rates in seventy three years of trying a clinical display from the home side and one which was watched by billionaire owner chipmunks or on his first visit to eastlands liverpool simply overrun by a team fresh from a one hundred eighty million dollars summer spending spree but it was the relative veterans of guard carlist have is in need the vital difference is not going up a brace with a penalty sixty seven minutes in city finally starting to look like a genuine title contenders then while as for liverpool just two games into the season on the futures already looking some more bleak. barring a disaster moscow will be into the group stages of the europa cup later tonight the army men hold a hefty first leg qualifying advantage against cypriot minnows the north with game two up for consideration in larnaca from their cost riverport. this the four goal lead that that's established in moscow says are not taking their second leg against

the big players will be quite interesting get the players' names linked with liverpool football club because it might help them get a job elsewhere so i take most of that with a pinch of salt the targets we have in the work we try to do we do try to do it seriously and to do it. saying as little as possible and then we just have to accept that every day. if i were to do a press conference every day i would be talking about a different player who million may not be one of them. and for my livable manager rafael benitez saw his into milan side wrap up their american tour in fiscal zero texas with a two two draw against f.c. dallas interurban off to twenty three minutes a great cross from icons are flexing their regular military head to tell you the texan side however cold level of the four hof time corner short hair and a lot of fun george john white had a italian champions regained the late in the sixty second minute and it was a beauty from samuel essay he was substituted minute after scoring and ten minutes later the referee pointed to the spot after this what seemed a questionable

elsewhere liverpool will be seeking to put their recent domestic troubles behind them as they travel to tennessee to face troubles on spore the five time european champions haul of a slender one will advantage possibly be without for now the taurus and screamed on terror. and yet another team aiming to rediscover old glory is on the continent are you bound this storm girlz tonight having won the for a slag two one in austria. to anyone where james milner was finally presented to the media as a manchester city player two days out the setting up a go on his debut against liverpool the former aston villa man had been a long term target for city with the transfer finally going through a week ago when stephen mcdonell the stephen ireland agreed to move to vili a park part exchange roberto mancini's sow's milner was the first of its targets adding that he's unlikely to bring anybody else before the transfer window closes at the end of the month. the most near to be a good opportunity to bill is a very good club are close to winning something. you know manchester city is also a very good cl

staying in england and while liverpool have learned their opponents in the europa league playoffs babbage are really hard has the toss meanwhile of lifting the reds back to domestic glory the most a side club finished a disappointing seventh in english premier league last season and the look of their first league title since one nine hundred ninety but the former fallen boss will try to do this and it's continuing speculation over the club's future and has called for any potential new owner to build a proper relationship with the fans hodgson has already made three new signings and has found his interest in the event as midfielder christian paul said as well as being linked with several other players. where there's lots of players who are going to get mentioned and i think that's part of being. a manager of a big club you know any player. will be linked with the course agents the big players will be quite interesting get the players' names linked with liverpool football club because it might help them get a job elsewhere so i take most of that with a pinch of salt the targets we have and

. >> what hasn't changed is john lennon's and paul mccartney's liverpool homes. but it's said that the birthplace of ringo star is not the same. some don't know how long he lived here, what they need is regeneration. >> it's falling to pieces and we can't keep buildings alive because of some expectation. >> one beatle fan compares this place to shakespeare. >> for 400 years of time, people will still come to liverpool because of the connection to the beatles. >> some believe that ringo should stay home. >> next march there will be one less stop on the beatles' tour. >> i have an update for you, seven years after u.s. invasion of iraq. a spokesperson is said to say, that the last combat brigade is leaving the country. in pakistan there is new flood warnings. that's our world news, thanks for being with us again. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by: the freeman foundation of new yo

other european champions liverpool with me. and austria. european champions travel to belgium for the first leg against gang aston villa will start their rapid vienna and roberto mancini's city. these matches will be played on the nineteenth and the twenty sixth. well liverpool have learned their opponents in the europa league playoffs by new manager roy hodgson has suffered sask of lifting the reds back to domestic glory. disappointing seventh in the english premier league last season and they're looking for their first league title since one thousand nine hundred ninety by the former foreign boss will try to do this. over the club's future and he has called for any potential new owner to build a proper relationship with the fans hodgson has already made three new signings and has confirmed his interest in. christian as well as being linked with several other players. are going to get mentioned in the i think that's part of being. a manager of a big club. who. linked with you in the course. of big. shoes to get the players' names. because

meanwhile former liverpool boss rafael benitez will take charge of his first competitive match into milan a saturday night as they take on italian cup run as a robot of the suns here in the super cup which additional curtain raiser for the italian league in so one of the unique trouble of the syria title italian cup in the champions league last season that shows a rino then left to manage well madrid benito's wants to continue that success starting with small silverware from this match. do you. think that. the. tennis now in the run of the cincinnati masters has come to an end after he was knocked out in the quarter finals by roger federer while number two eased past the russian in straight sets after taking the first six for he was pushed a little more in the second starter danko broke back early on. still seven five the swiss when i play lacoste by thatis in the semifinals it's tuxedo rafael nadal. sic which is right twenty eighth in the world and have never beaten a dollar in the previous six contests but baghdatis took the first set six four no doubt did then claim the next set by the

when i move from liverpool. as the could be some movement in the russian premier league to deny moscow leading the chase for buy in munich midfielder. former senate skatepark hasn't played much on the coach louis van hall spots at moscow still waiting for celtic's aiden mcgeady to make up his mind to switch to the russian capital the way never has been with us elise apartments in moscow and is being tempted by a wage of over three million dollars a year from us all to tax. meanwhile the captain of defending champions robin because answered against america has moved to russian premier league leaders in it's in petersburg so it's have been looking to strengthen the position of defensive midfielder during the summer and the two main targets were set match along with the aforementioned entirely to mature thirty four year old survived his place of taste. and that's moscow as well as rubin he's played nose and four hundred not just in the russian premier league sport in ninety seven goals to match is also captain of r

margins darren bent scores a last gasp penalty a sunderland stunning match the city of torres hits liverpool's we're not in the english premier league. back on top lewis hamilton regains the lead in the formula one standings off to win the belgian grand prix head of rival mark webber. but we start with a football and the russian premier league residents and petersburg have stretched their lead at the top of the league of the table following a thumping three nowhere attend the locomotive the hosts dominated possession in the early stages but after seventeen minutes defend that mako bashes foul resulted in a free kick and it was taking very quickly own for the two could take it back to me i think is it after what seemed a debatable refereeing decision things got even worse for lock up ten minutes into the second hoff after they had midfield that dimitri tobin skee sent off for a second yellow card to send it just ten minutes to take advantage of their extra man and more controversy it's time to be caught off message as the line of locker defender stood rooted to the spot waiting for the referee

and was sent off after thirty seven minutes fernando torres scored the sixty fifth minute when out as liverpool claimed their first victory this season and won their win a time to west brom james morrison sent off with four minutes left and in the late game aston villa went fourth after beating everton one them at home thanks to luke young's night's win strike. on a saturday chelsea kept up their one hundred percent record by winning two militant to stoke although please midfielder frank lampard i'm sent off john terry suffered injuries and will miss england zero twenty twelve qualify as next week meanwhile possible and manchester united states she points behind chelsea after their respective wins. blackburn and west ham were going one one militant member on new cars hundred one one of walls. so a quick look at the table confirms chelsea still on top of knitting with three victories after his race so far australia second manchester united third and last and then are a fourth unbeaten bolton and birmingham complete the top six one of them also west ham and stoke are yet to pick up any points and

meanwhile liverpool are without champions league action for the first time in four seasons england's most decorated side in europe who finished seventh in the premier league last season are preparing for the second leg of their europa league qualifier instead the reds hold a comfortable two male lead going into thursday second leg into macedonian side watch nikky but the future remains slightly uncertain for new manager roy hodgson while the reds have recent signing joe cole in the. the ranks. might well be open to offers from other clubs and salvatore's is still not back in full training despite returning from his holidays however the spain strike out he's been strongly linked with chelsea and manchester city has publicly committed himself to the eighteen time this champions hodgson has succeeded rafael benitez in july played to spain for talks with the player last week. but they will use probably most interest with their work fifteen hours on live a plane to spend fifty minutes with him or it was an impressively. he's a footballer you know when you're talking with level and hopeful

and the first big game of the season took place on the first weekend liverpool hosted are still on sunday what was hodgson's first premier league match in charge of the reds but there was to be no victory for the former fallen coach this by seeing his side take the lead just after the break through david engelberg new liverpool signing joe cole received the street read before that for a missed time tackle but that wasn't the worst to befall the home side. goal gifting they're going to appoint a ninety minute one on the score at anfield. to get their campaign underway later on monday against new castle alex ferguson's charges will be king to. hit the ground running following champions chelsea sixth nail demolition job in west brom on saturday. or i thought brings us over to the greens where martin kaymer has edged his name into golfing history the german making the p.g.a. championship his first career major in what proved to be an eventful night in wisconsin dustin johnson well he was tied for second heading into the day but suffered from one of the numerous houser to sling straights twent

the first half arsenal were able to salvage the game in the di moments though thanks to a blunder by liverpool keeper that they're. jumping straight back to saturday now where it was the same old story of the champions chelsea getting west bromwich for six drop by the nets and that hat trick is the londoners laid waste to the new boys expanding manchester city and spurs six of the field in the early kick off nail in that one promoted blackpool stunned wigan four mil away while there were also day one wins for blackburn aston villa and that will. pull is slowed in springing back to life in other european countries as well in spain cup winner sylvia stunned the champions barcelona three one in the first leg of the traditional pre-season super cup the visitors open the score after twenty minutes of play as maxwell fans lots on the brain which get faster since it directly into the men's league lasted until sixty minutes after the break when the host equalized with similar play to stop the ana with this right there eleven minutes later substitute all of our integrated intercepts of the ball on the

in football james milner is presented as mentions the city player two days after his debut against liverpool. tennis so winners of every grand slam this season rafael a doll and knowledge of federer prepare for next week's final major of the year the u.s. open. and russia's basketball scored and to the world championships as rank outsiders with puerto rico their first challenge on saturday. but we kick off with the europa league action of course where it might see moscow just one down on penalty kicks to swiss underdogs laws on. the muscovites drew one wanting the. box in this second leg here in moscow at the turkey's a ski stadium it went to the penalty shootout where the swiss side won five three. now plenty of more playoff action there allan dear up to now the russian side c.b.d. so far level of aggregate against the giants p.s.v. lupul of one nil down against travis on spore in turkey they will go into penalties if it stays like that make of it tel aviv now have a three goal deficit to overcome a share to more english clubs aston villa and man city just started their fixtures and founder