he s been described as one of footballs greatest ever players, franz beckenbauer had a nearly two decade long career, during which he won the world cup as captain of west germany in 1974, then went on to lift the trophy again, this time as manager in 1990. tributes have been pouring in for the legend who was nicknamed der kaiser. joe lynskey has been looking back on his life. a world cup winning captain, a world cup winning coach. franz beckenbauer was the defender and the leader in football s most exclusive club. his first time at the tournament was in 1966, when, at 2a, west germany, he played in every match. at 20 for west germany, he played in every match. they lost the final to england, but beckenbauer was emerging as the man at the back who could glide up the field. his country called him the kaiser, the emperor, and as captain, he made them serial winners. first, in 1972 as european champions, then two years later, in a world cup on home soil. it was just the first pie
hello and welcome to the programme. he s been described as one of footballs greatest ever players, franz beckenbauer had a nearly two decade long career, during which he won the world cup as captain of west germany in 1974, then went on to lift the trophy again, this time as manager in 1990. tributes have been pouring in for the legend who was nicknamed der kaiser. joe lynskey has been looking back on his life. a world cup winning captain, a world cup winning coach. franz beckenbauer was the defender and the leader in football s most exclusive club. his first time at the tournament was in 1966, when at 20 for west germany he played in every match. they lost the final to england, but he was emerging as the man at the back who could glide up the field. his country called him the kaiser the emperor and as captain he made them serial winners first in 1972 as european champions, then two years later in a world cup on home soil. with his club bayern munich he was also the cap
some more rain to come overnight. these weather fronts will push their way in from the atlantic, moving their way towards the east, followed by some showers as well. very unsettled over the coronation weekend. some rain for some places tomorrow and then it is a bit drier but still some showers on sunday. we have got some heavy showers on monday following that rain from overnight. ok, thank you. that s it. i ll be back at ten, but you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website, as the news continues here on bbc one. let s join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. bye for now. hello and welcome to sportsday. the rapid rise of queens park, can they make it a hatrick of promotions to reach the scottish premiership? liverpool say they know that some their fans will have strong feelings about playing the national anthem tomorrow to mark the kings coronation. and can british fighterjohn ryder upset the odds in mexico against
huge fight in mexico asjohn ryder hopes for a massive upset in canelo s back yard. and great britain reach the final of the the european wheelchair rugby championships with victory over germany in cardiff. hello there and welcome along to programme on a day where football has been marking the coronation of king charles iii. premier league clubs have been playing the national anthem, god save the king, ahead of matches this weekend. plenty of messages inside the grounds with players singing the national anthem at all of the kick offs. the club confirmed they would play god save the king to respect the coronation despite admitting men supporters of held strong views on the issue. the crowd were heard booing and trying out the anthem there. on the field most allah struck the only goal of the match in the first talked about liverpool than a fourth although manchester united and newcastle above them have two games in hand. gundogan got both of the goals in the first half as sam