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How Billie Jean King and the 'Original Nine' changed women's tennis forever

It is 53 years since a group of brave women decided it was time to take a stand in the male-dominated world of tennis, a move that would shape the future of the sport.

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Billie Jean King calls on Wimbledon to end Russian player ban as “life is too short”

Russian and Belarusian tennis players were banned from participating at Wimbledon last year following the controversial ban imposed by the All England Tennis Club

Daily Mirror

Billie Jean King calls on Wimbledon to reverse ban on Russian and Belarusian players

Wimbledon organisers are weighing up how to react to the issue for this year’s Championships after banning players from the attending the 2022 tournament

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Aryna Sabalenka advances in Melbourne as Billie Jean King wants Wimbledon change

Wimbledon organisers are weighing up how to react to the issue for this year’s Championships

The Independent UK

Tributes pour in from across the sports world for Damar Hamlin

Support for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin poured in from across the sports world and for a charity crowdfunding effort for children that Hamlin started after he collapsed in a game Monday night.

WEKU

Tennis great Navratilova vows to fight double cancer diagnosis

The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion says she is hoping for positive outcome after throat, breast cancer diagnosis.

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‘Today feels like a holiday’: WNBA, NFL and tennis stars react to Brittney Griner’s release

Brittney Griner’s release from a Russian jail was welcomed by her fellow athletes on Thursday morning

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Luis Enrique reveals Spain squad's only rule and familiar motto during World Cup 2022

Spain have four points from their opening two games and opened the World Cup 2022 with a seven goal thrashing of Costa Rica - but they'll need to be wary of a Japan side capable of causing shocks in their final group game

Daily Mirror

Wimbledon will allow women to wear colored undershorts, in nod to period concerns

The tournament will make an exception to its strict all-white clothing rules, after female players described altering their menstrual cycles to not stress about leaking onto their tennis whites.

WEKU

SERVE: Wimbledon Will Reportedly Ditch Its Problematic White Undies Rule To Account For Periods

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Wimbledon set to relax all-white dress code due to period concerns

The Championships are set to change its all-white underwear rules for female players

The Independent UK

Billie Jean King on Glasgow, the Murrays and the future of tennis in Scotland

Billie Jean King knows all too well how hard the battle to grow the game of tennis is.

The National (Scotland)

Billie Jean King criticises Iga Swiatek decision to miss prestigious tournament

Tennis legend Billie Jean King has reacted to world number one Iga Swiatek's decision to skip the Billie Jean King Cup due to her commitments in the ongoing WTA Finals

Daily Mirror

Alexis Ohanian gets sports award, calls for reforms in NWSL

Angel City FC founding investor Alexis Ohanian says there needs to be a safe work environment in the National Women’s Soccer League

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Emma Raducanu on Billie Jean King Cup roster for Glasgow

GLASGOW will roll out the red carpet next month for one of tennis’ all-time greats as well as for one of the game’s rising stars.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Flyers president Valerie Camillo is happy to no longer be the NHL’s only woman in ‘the room’

PHILADELPHIA — After the Chicago Blackhawks named Jaime Faulkner their president of business operations on Dec. 16, 2020, a flower arrangement was delivered to her. The sender? The first woman to ever be hired to that position in the NHL — the Flyers’ Valerie Camillo.

The Independent UK

Star-studded investors and ‘FOMO moments’ – how Angel City are blazing a trail

Angel City smashed their season ticket sales target of 5,000, with 16,000 committing for the full first campaign.

The Independent UK

Roger Federer retires as tennis’s greatest champion ahead of final goodbye

Federer is at peace with his journey as he prepares for the final match of his career at the Laver Cup

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The Independent UK

Roger Federer retires as tennis’s greatest champion ahead of final goodbye

Federer is at peace with his journey as he prepares for the final match of his career at the Laver Cup

The Hindu

Tennis world reacts to Roger Federer's retirement

Rafael Nadal, Rod Laver and Billie Jean King were among those who reacted to Roger Federer’s retirement announcement

The National (Scotland)

Roger and out: Tributes for ‘a champion in every sense of the word’

Federer won eight men’s singles titles at SW19.

The Guardian - US

‘A champion’s champion’: Nadal and other tennis stars react to Roger Federer retirement

The tributes poured in quickly on Thursday when Roger Federer announced his retirement from tennis after a career than lasted more than two decades

Evening Standard

‘Where do we begin?’: Wimbledon lead tributes as Roger Federer confirms tennis retirement

Tributes have poured in for Roger Federer after the 20-time grand slam tennis great announced his retirement from the sport.

Salon

"McEnroe" probes tennis' complex bad boy

The documentary enlists Billie Jean King, Björn Borg, McEnroe himself and more to reflect on his tennis legacy

The Independent UK

Michelle Obama and Tiger Woods lead tributes to Serena Williams: ‘I’m proud of you, my friend’

‘Her greatest contributions may be yet to come,’ writes Billie Jean King

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