18-time Grand Slam singles champion Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with stage-one throat and breast cancer.
The 66-year-old, who won Wimbledon an incredible nine times, said she had been diagnosed with the two forms of cancers after finding a swollen lymph node in her neck in November.
She announced the news via The Times, and issued an emotional statement vowing to fight the cancer. "This double whammy is serious but still fixable," she said. "I'm hoping for a favourable outcome. It's going to stink for a while but I'll fight with all I have got."
