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'I just want to be judged': Halep still waits on doping hearing

Paris (AFP) - Simona Halep has insisted she did not "knowingly" take performance-enhancing drugs, as she waits for a doping hearing seven months since being provisionally suspended.

AFP

Emma Raducanu one of the chosen few as WTA tournament places dry up

The Stuttgart event has a limited field which means even many top female tennis players must look elsewhere to survive

The Guardian - UK

Blackbelt TaeKwon-Do teens are ready to take on the world

Charles West and Charlotte ‘Lotte’ Wright will compete in the TaeKwon-Do World Championships in Finland

Daily Record

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Tennis resumes in China without Peng Shuai resolution

The WTA suspended all tournaments in China after Peng Shuai’s disappearance from public view

The Independent UK

ITF resumes tennis in China with no word on Peng Shuai

The International Tennis Federation will play tournaments this year in China

The Independent UK

Perthshire tennis player Marcus McLaren setting sights high in the world of doubles

Marcus hopes to take his talents international after impressing on home soil

Daily Record

At Port of Tacoma, unions step in to help foreign seafarers get paid

When grain-carrying ship ASL Uranus docked in the Port of Tacoma this month, 15 Burmese seafarers spoke up: They hadn’t been paid in full for seven months, unlike their Chinese and Vietnamese co-workers. Unions stepped in to help and ensure the workers’ safety.

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Belfast Harbour death: Union rep says he tried to inspect ship but was turned away

Marine Accident Investigation Branch say they have "deployed inspectors to Belfast to commence a preliminary assessment into a man overboard"

Belfast Live

Davis Cup takes first step into uncertain future

Paris (AFP) - The Davis Cup holds its qualifiers this week for the first edition of the competition since the International Tennis Federation ended the controversial partnership with investors Kosmos.

AFP

Sailors on abandoned ship Yangtze Fortune in limbo while anchored on Victorian coast

With a cracked hull and thousands of dollars in unpaid wages owed to its Filipino crew, the Yangtze Fortune's Chinese owners have abandoned the ship amid mounting debt.

ABC News

Djokovic’s dad speaks after pro-Russian protest

Novak Djokovic's father says he will skip his son's Australian Open semi-final, amid a growing storm over his joining pro-Russian fans.

The New Daily

Kai Ryan wants to win gold at the Paralympics. But the current rules won't let him

Kai Ryan and his supporters are lobbying for the tennis world to become much more inclusive.

ABC News

Davis Cup players were ‘getting paid too much for not a lot’, claims Dan Evans

Dan Evans has suggested tennis players were ‘getting paid a little too much’ under the ITF’s deal with Kosmos, which has now collapsed

The Guardian - UK

Dan Evans floats Davis Cup format change after Kosmos deal ends early

The ITF has pulled the plug on the controversial 25-year partnership after less than five years

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ITF partnership with Gerard Pique’s Kosmos group for Davis Cup ends prematurely

The end of the big-money partnership means the future of the historic competition is unclear.

AFP

ITF and Kosmos to end Davis Cup tennis partnership

Paris (AFP) - The International Tennis Federation said Thursday that it is ending its widely-criticised partnership with the Kosmos group over the organisation of the Davis Cup, just five years after a deal worth $3 billion was signed.

AAP

Gadecki, Kubler awarded AO wildcards

Rising star Olivia Gadecki and the resurgent Jason Kubler are among six locals to receive wildcards into next month's Australian Open in Melbourne.

Daily Record

Tributes paid to 'phenomenal' Scots martial arts champion after death aged 20

Ian Ford, from Armadale, became the first Scottish Junior Male to win the ITF World Championships in 2017.

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The Guardian - UK

From court to courtroom? Padel and tennis at war over ‘hostile’ takeover

As the International Tennis Federation prepares to discuss ‘including padel in its scope’ at Monday’s AGM, but the sport’s governing body warns of ‘robust action’

The Guardian - UK

The unlikely debutant duo sparking Britain’s surge at Billie Jean King Cup

Olivia Nicholls and Alicia Barnett spent almost their entire professional careers in the lower levels of the ITF circuit and their rise has been a revelation

Newcastle Herald

Coal ship detained by federal authorities over alleged breaches including $108k in unpaid wages | UPDATED

Newcastle coal ship detained over crew conditions | UPDATED

AFP

'Sad' Swiatek says no to BJK Cup finals

Paris (AFP) - Women's tennis world number one Iga Swiatek criticised governing bodies for not organising the calendar better as she announced Monday she will not play for Poland in the Billie Jean King Cup finals in Glasgow in November.

The Independent UK

Iga Swiatek hits out at tennis schedule as she pulls out of Billie Jean King Cup Finals

The world number one has hit out at the lack of time between the WTA Finals and the Billie Jean King Cup Finals

AAP

Tomic wins second ITF title in Cancun

Bernard Tomic has won 10 consecutive matches on his way to securing back-to-back tennis titles in the Mexican city of Cancun.

Newcastle Herald

Report finds wage theft rampant on foreign ships entering Newcastle

Seafarers working on the 2500 foreign-registered freight ships that enter the Port of Newcastle each year are being robbed an estimated $25million a year, new research has found.

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