you all about sport in 2022. new rules in f1, novak djokovic chasing a record 2ist grand slam title in australia, and maybe, maybe not, hopefully, just hopefully, an end to all of these covid problems. we have a big map to help us out. where to start? how about in africa? cameroon and the africa cup of nations. it starts a week on sunday, the hosts taking on burkina faso, algeria, the defending champions and favourites. now to asia, beijing, which will become the first city to host both the summer and winter olympics and paralympic games. the alpine events will be about an hour or so away, just like they were in sochi. there are already political boycotts and strict covid measures in place. will they be the talking points? we will head south and move to the women s cricket world cup in new zealand. delayed by a year due
stop tearing down our statues, changing our school books to make the united states look like a terrible group of people. this is horrible. i think biden needs to get online with most americans who are proud of our country and rightly so. we could add one more new year s resolution who said stop convicting people before they get due process. liz peek, always great to see you. thank you. thank you so much. happy new year. you as well. the spread of the virus is hitting travelers hard. thousands of flights delayed in recent days. many americans are trying to figure out when and how they will get home. the president said states should take care of their own covid problems. apparently there is a federal plan. they have to understand the role of federal government. provide complete and clear recommendations not to have mandates or coerce people in
a targeted spot testing on players in certain position groups. in addition to that, they are bringing back masks for all players and staff regardless of vaccination status when they are indoors. and it is not just the nfl dealing with these covid problems. it s also the nba and the nhl. basketball having to postpone several games. the same goes for hockey. several teams are on pause, none of them come at last check. the blue jackets and canadiens the latest to be shut down, at least through the holiday break. the cross-border games between u.s. and canadian teams have been on pause for now, and because of all of these changes to the nhl schedule, things are not looking good for employers who are expected to compete in the olympics, because now the season might be extended. so the whole mess of problems across pro sports. sandra: things were getting so much better until they weren t! all right, grady trimble, in chicago for us.
easy to doubt, to be emotional, it is easy to let disappointment take over. we continue to put the effort in, we will get the output, there is no alternative than to give everything in, there is no guarantee for results. we will keep on pushing for results. we will keep on pushing for the maximum effort and for the maximum input. the later game will be tottenham s first since december 5th, as they were one of the first clubs to shut down their training ground because of covid cases this month. but they ve returned to training, albeit with a depleted squad, they could be missing up to six players today. they take on liverpool today, who also have their own covid problems, with virgil van dijk one of those missing for them. dealing with all the disruption has been difficult for the spurs boss. to find the right energy when you are prepared to play a game and then the game is postponed, then to come
states and china, the two most populous countries in the world. china with the zero covid problems that the president can t even leave the country. united states with our incredible divisions in being able to respond to the pandemic, in a midterm that looks like they re in serious trouble. that makes it much harder to have international leadership isn t responding to global crises. despite that, we re seeing a lot of places where the world is trying to respond. and climate, believe it or not, was the one area where i was the most optimistic because there s so many companies, countries, banks and young people that are moving the needle even though the chinese aren t to be trusted. ian bremmer, thanks so much. always make us smarter. coming up, nbc news has obtained important information. the biden administration drafted report on possible changes to