hello, i'm chetan pathak, with your latest sports news. we start with continuing frustration for manchester united. after they were knocked out of the fa cup the winners of the competition last year were taken to penalties

by fulham after it finished one all after extra time. but victor lindelof and joshua zirkzee both missed their spot kicks, consigining ruben amroim to his tenth defeat in 2a games since taking over at old trafford — and sending fulham through to the quarterfinals. we were brave, and we did it our way. and i have to congratulate the players, and of course, there was a big fight, chances for both sides. and the penalty shot out, i love the composure of our players, the confidence of our players. and then after did this job. i know that we are losing games and losing trophies during this i do not know how long it is going to take, but that is our goal, if you think like that we can suffer a little bit in these defeats, a lot, sometimes. but we have a goal, so we can

continue to, no matter what, we continue forward. you heard the manchester united manager talking about his long term goal of winning the premier league, but former united striker wayne rooney has called ruben amorim naive forfocusing on that given where they are now. for more — i've been speaking to football writer andy mitten. it isa it is a really difficult time for manchester united, added to what is going on on the page is what is going on on the page is what is going on on the page is what is going on and off the page. there have been two rounds of significantjob cuts. you have got new decision—makers, they are making very unpopular decisions to get —— they are getting some right and some wrong. so you arejust getting this right and some wrong. so you are just getting this swell of continued negativity, morale is very low, staff are worried about theirjobs. and what most sets morale at any football club is results, and manchester united are losing more games than they are winning. going out the fa cups was a big blow, it was one of two opportunities

for them to win silverware this year. today is —— these are pretty grim times for manchester united. the thoughts there of andy mitten. with manchester united out, there'll be a new winner of the fa cup this season and this... ..is how the quarter finals will look. bournemouth have been drawn at home to manchester city — with this the only trophy pep guardiola can realistically win this season. preston, the only championship side left in the fa cup, are at home to unai emery�*s aston villa. fulham's reward for knocking united out is a home tie against crystal palace whilst brighton will be at home to either nottingham forest or ipswich who play their fifth—round tie later on monday. former fifa president sepp blatter and former uefa president michel platini are due to appear in court in switzerland accused of fraud two and a half years after they were cleared. both were acquitted in 2022 at a lower swiss court following a seven year investigation into a payment of two million swiss francs, that's around one and three

quarter million pounds, to platini. the swiss federal prosecutor appealed that decision, appeals chamber of the swiss criminal court. after a comfortable victory over real sociedad, who had a player sent off. robert lewandowski was among the goal—scorers in their 4—0 win which moves them a point ahead of second—placed atletico madrid — and three ahead of real in third. at benfica in the first leg of their champions league last i6 tie on wednesday. santos to a 2—0 win over red bull bragantino in the paulista quarterfinals the 33—year—old got his sied minute from a freekick.

minute from a freekin ninth minute. ended this inside the ninth minute. joao schimidt then made it 2—0 into the last four. of the icc champions trophy on tuesday after they beat new zealand in the final match of the group stage. (tx having —— having lost the toss. and been put into bat, india lost three early wickets including virat kohli to this stunning catch from glenn philipps before recovering to post 249 for nine from their 50 overs thanks to 79 from shreyas iyer. new zealand were well positioned to win at one point but were undone by varun chakaravarthy who took five wickets as they fell 44 runs short. new zealand will face south africa in wednesday's second semifinal. luka doncic scored 29 points as the los angeles lakers continued their revival with a 108—102 win over the los angeles clippers. meanwhile, lebronjames scored 17 points and provided nine assists as the lakers moved up to second in the western conference.

kawhi leonard scored a season—high 33 points before falling short in their fifth loss another night and another win for luke littler the uk open. well done to him, that is all now, from me and the team for now, thank you for watching, goodbye. welcome back to bbc news. four weeks of covid inquiry hearings begin today, looking at deals involving billions of pounds worth groups representing bereaved families have warned of a potential whitewash after it emerged company executives will not be called to give evidence.

in central london — and told me more about some of that frustration from families of the bereaved. now, what they've been saying is that the companies involved are not really the main focus of this part of the inquiry. any wrongdoing, they say, should be left up to the law enforcement authorities, to the police. instead, they say it's theirjob to ask about the politicians, about ministers, about what they did and how they reacted to some of these offers of contracts to supply ppe at the time. but as you just heard from that report there, that's very much angered some of the groups representing bereaved families.