right in the middle of the 1960s with all that was going on, wanted to pay their money and go and see at the cinema. and at the vanity fair in the night of the oscars, he still loved following what was going on with cinema and he was once asked in an interview what his name had been in life. i think this is a great quote. he said i always wanted to be someone better the next day than i was the day before. i m joined now by playwright and author bonnie greer. good of you to join us. good of you tojoin us. your thoughts, first of all. to good of you to join us. your thoughts, first of all. to make a tiny correction. thoughts, first of all. to make a tiny correction. sidney - thoughts, first of all. to make a tiny correction. sidney poitier. thoughts, first of all. to make a i tiny correction. sidney poitier was born in miami which is how he was a us citizen. and his parents were farmers from the island and they came to sell their wares in sydney
19405, theatre in the 1950s, the late 1940s, we forget that i have this incredible black man in their midst was really ground breaking because he was able to move along the same kind of trajectory that they were allowed to move upon that. the generation before was a lot the trajectory, so sydney was able to be in the trajectory that they were in. that tony curtis was in. so, when he did when his oscar, it kind of made sense to us in a way because he was a part of that arc and of course, when so many of us were in the streets as kids, marching against the war, marching against racism, she came along in the heat of the night and when he made that immortal line, call me mr tibbs, that was the
haseeb hameed, beaten by michell starc for six. sydney was in pink to support the jane mcgrath cancer foundation. late wife of the great glenn who used to regularly do this to englishmen. the tormentor of zak crawley was scott boland, playing in his second test, having waited his whole career for these moments. joe root, england s captain, his ninth test wicket already. england s sad procession trudged on, surrounded, surrendering. three wickets for no runs, 36 4 by lunch. afterwards, it got surreal. ben stokes was given out leg before wicket. it turned out there was no leg and plenty of wicket. bails still on, stokes still in. but he was facing the pace with pain. a side injury kept him from bowling but not batting, battling. jonny bairstow went with him, both swatted 50s. here was the fight england had spoken about. and here was the counterpunch. stokes, trapped by nathan lyon.
and can help the club battle against relegation from the premier league. that s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. more reaction there from the fourth test in the ashes series in sydney and sarah has more in sports day. we will talk more about novak djokovic. we are due some sort of court decision on monday. shaimaa khalil reports from melbourne. this is the immigration detention hotel where novak djokovic is being kept. adnan has been here forfive months now after being moved from another facility. i live in level two, and djokovic lives in level one. that is the food we ve been served
so and border force will facilitate that. dementia cases are expected to almost triple across the world by 2050. experts say it s down to ageing and growing populations. what s happening in australia in the world of sport. good morning. well, at long last, england cricket fans finally have something to cheer about in australia. for the first time on this ashes tour, an english batter has made a century. jonny bairstow reached his ton during the final over of the day, to give some respectability to england s first innings. but, it still might not be enough to save the lith test in sydney, with australia still 158 runs ahead at the close of play. as patrick gearey reports. at a drizzly sydney, the weather soaked up more time in the test. for england, not nearly enough. australians have spent weeks mopping up, after all.