hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening. plenty to come on the programme. but we start with the big news concerning manchester united, who this morning sacked their manager 0le gunnar solskjaer. the move follows yesterday s 4 1 defeat at watford. solskjaer had been in charge for almost three years, but the club has suffered a string of poor results, and are currently seventh in the premier league. jane dougall reports. this has been a dark and dismal day for him and manchester united football club. even he seemed to know this would be his last game in charge. a club legend like 0le gunnar solskjaer could have been forgiven for losing 4 1 to watford but after so many other disappointing results, the patience of the fans had been pushed to their limits. the boys are in a terrible place in their heads right now. of course they are disappointed. they ve let themselves down, we have let ourselves down. and the fans down. it s hard to stand there and explain that but that s football. an
this is bbc news, the headlines at eight. belgian police fire water cannon and tear gas at around 35,000 protesters in brussels marching against coronavirus restrictions. the queen has celebrated the double christening of her two great grandsons and a private ceremony in windsor. the taxi driver from the liverpool terror attack says it s a miracle he is alive, and thanks the public for their amazing generosity . missing chinese tennis star peng shuai holds a video call with the president of the international olympic committee telling him she s safe and well. 0le gunnar solskjaer has been sacked as manchester united s manager after three years, following a bad run of results.
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tourist attractions. nina nanji, bbc news. now for all the days headlines from the bbc sport centre. let s start with football and norwich city have sacked manager daniel farke despite victory today for the first time in this season s english premier league. norwich beat brentford 2 1. they scored twice in the opening half an hour, with goals from mathias normann and a penalty from teemu pukki. rico henry pulled one back for brentford. but daniel farke s side held on. they are still bottom of the table though and farke was dismissed less than two hours after the final whistle. another manager under pressure is manchester united s 0le gunnar solskjaer after manchester city had a comfortable victory in the derby at old trafford. the win may not have been as emphatic as liverpool s 5 0 victory in united s last home league game but this will do solskjaer no favours. united got off to the worst possible start when eric bailly
welcome. rashford gives a reprieve, scoring manchester united s third, taking the pressure of his managerfor manchester united s third, taking the pressure of his manager for now. a thrashing for wales at the principality as the all blacks run riot in the autumn internationals. and england s critic is our cruising to a compensable victory against australia at the t20 world cup. cricketers are cruising to a comprehensive victory. some breathing space for manchester united manager 0le gunnar solskjaer