now it s time for sportsday. hello there, and welcome along to another busy saturday sportsday. sunderland give fulham a scare in the fa cup. but this progress to the fifth round. it sabalenka s arena and her time to shine, she comes back to win the australian open and her first ever grand slam. herfirst ever grand slam. it s third time lucky for alfie hewett who wins the men s wheelchair singles title in melbourne for the first time. also coming up in the programme, knockout king anthony benna video is in anthony yarde s back yard tonight. is a benna video is in anthony yarde s back yard tonight. back yard tonight. is a difference between thinking back yard tonight. is a difference between thinking something - back yard tonight. is a difference between thinking something and| between thinking something and knowing. i m going to be the unified heavyweight champion of the world. hello and welcome along to sportsday on another busy weekend of fa cup action. there was potenti
has been a fantastic progression in the timescale he s had because he hasn t had the amateur experience. i still think it s going to be a really hard fight but it s going to be a hard fight for both of them. to the normal person, members of the public, he is not a household name, beterbiev, but to us boxing people he is one of the biggest names in the sport. this would go down as one of the best and biggest world title victories for a light heavyweight in this country ever. it s going to be a cracking fight, that. let s get back to the football, not so much in the way of a fourth round giant killing so far in the fa cup but that might change tomorrow in the last round. in the last round, stevenage, from league two, showed how to do it, winning at premier league aston villa. ahead of their trip to stoke city this weekend, our breakfast presenter mike bushell went to stevenage, the town where he grew up, to see the impact the cup magic is having. come on!
it around but she played really well today, she was stronger mentally, physically, so yeah, overall, as i said it was a good two weeks for me here. alfie hewett says there was a lot of baggage behind his tears as he won his first australian open men s wheelchair singles title. hewett lost the melbourne final in 2021 and last year, but beat japan s tokita oda in straight sets to claim his seventh grand slam singles title. it goes alongside his fourth aussie open doubles title, won yesterday alongside gordon reid. it s been a long time coming, a lot of hard work, to lose this tournament in the final for the last couple of years was heartbreaking and mentally challenging so to get the opportunity to be back here and playing another singles final is something i was extremely motivated for, really delighted to be able to get over the line this time. it s a massive weight off my shoulders.
managerjim goodwin. today s thrashing by hibs followed on from monday s shock scottish cup defeat to sixth tier darvel. which in turn followed a 5 0 hammering by hearts at tynecastle. the club made a brief statement on social media, referring to an unacceptable run of results since the world cup break . now let s turn to our attention to tennis and what a women s final we were treated to earlier. aryna sabalenka won herfirst grand slam singles title afterfighting back to beat elena rybakina in three sets in the australian open final. fifth seed sabalenka won under a neutralflag because her country belarus has supported russia s war in ukraine. ben croucher reports. the singles champion for 2023, aryna sabalenka. b, the singles champion for 2023, aryna sabalenka. ., ., , sabalenka. a ma or winner, her first rand title sabalenka. a ma or winner, her first grand title was sabalenka. a major winner, her first grand title was done sabalenka. a major winner, her first grand title