we ll start in manchester, where thousands lined the streets to bid a final farewell to one of england s greatest ever footballers, sir bobby charlton. the funeral of the 1966 world cup winner and manchester united legend took place at manchester cathedral. the bbc s sports editor dan roan has more. applause a final farewell for, arguably, english football s greatest ever figure. here at the stadium where he is immortalised, thousands paying tribute to sir bobby charlton earlier as his funeral cortege passed old trafford, home of the club where he made more than 750 appearances. members of united s youth teams forming a guard of honour as the hearse drove past, the ground adorned with images depicting a glittering career. he s a gentleman and a legend. do you know what i mean? he had time for everybody. now, we ve been to different countries, and they said, manchester bobby charlton. everybody knew him. at manchester cathedral, meanwhile, a thousand guests, including the
welcome along to sportsday. we ll start in manchester, where thousands lined the streets to bid a final farewell to one of england s greatest ever footballers, sir bobby charlton. the funeral of the 1966 world cup winner and manchester united legend took place at manchester cathedral. the bbc s sports editor dan roan has more. applause a final farewell for, arguably, english football s greatest ever figure. here at the stadium where he is immortalised, thousands paying tribute to sir bobby charlton earlier as his funeral cortege passed old trafford, home of the club where he made more than 750 appearances. members of united s youth teams forming a guard of honour as the hearse drove past, the ground adorned with images depicting a glittering career. he s a gentleman and a legend. do you know what i mean? he had time for everybody. now, we ve been to different countries, and they said, manchester bobby charlton. everybody knew him. at manchester cathedral, meanwhile, a tho
big community of novak djokovic fans all around the world from kazakhstan, france, england, united states, even in australia, there is many people who adore djokovic. there are some australians who came to me and said that djokovic is their favourite player. he is playing tennis for 15 years now, even with grand slams, so there are so many people who grew up when he was rising, winning grand slams, winning masters and yes, the atmosphere is great on every occasion, and every match. as always, there are a few people who make mistakes and try to provoke him or anything, but the australian open did a greatjob there, and got them out of the stadium in
the last two or three matches. yes, the atmosphere is great. miodrag dimitrijevic, sports journalist, thank you very much for your time on bbc news. we shall wait for the results of that exciting match i had. thank you. manchester united booked their place in the fa cup fifth round as they beat reading 3 1 last night. and fulham were held by sunderland. adam wild reports. such remains the lure of one of those special fa cup days. 6,000 sunderland fans travelled from wearside to west london in search of one. premier league fulham s welcome was as prompt as it was generous, just minutes in, gifting a goal to jack clarke. the championship side could, probably should, have had more, which made tom cairney s quite brilliant equaliser all the tougher to take. still, there would be sunderland celebrations.
Nine-time champion Novak Djokovic marched into the final of the Australian Open 2023, overpowering America Tommy Paul in the semi-final clash at the Rod Laver