She was the world No 1, whose fight for equal prize money changed women’s lives. As competitive as ever in her ninth decade, she discusses sexuality, tenacity and what it was like to finally graduate college this yearEvery day,...
Read MoreThe England defender wears a tracker, the heptathlete is experimenting with kiwi fruits – and world champion swimmer Adam Peaty swears by hours and hours of history videos … Katarina Johnson-Thompson Continue...
Read MoreGuardian sportswriter Tumaini Carayol was at Wimbledon yesterday to watch the quarter-finals, including Briton Arthur Fery’s spectacular win against Flavio Cobolli. He’ll be online at 12PM BST to answer all your questions about...
Read MoreThe fearless 23-year-old is determined to keep a level head as he prepares to face Flavio Cobolli on WednesdayA week ago, very few people knew who Arthur Fery was. But he has been propelled into the limelight as the last man...
Read MorePhones and earpieces aplenty as football supporters find World Cup thriller against DR Congo hard to ignore“Pssst!” The security staff at Wimbledon don’t do a lot of talking. The job of guarding Centre Court seems to be only a...
Read MoreLast month she had a post-defeat meltdown and insisted she was done with tennis. On the eve of Wimbledon, she talks about what really happened – and why her ‘aggressive’ face gives people the wrong impressionIt’s less than a...
Read MoreA pair of debenture tickets changed hands this week for a sum far beyond the means of ordinary tennis fansLike many of us, Marcos Ortega enters the Wimbledon public ticket ballot every year in the hope of seeing some...
Read MoreClimate crisis is on show every day when sportspeople do their thing and the rest of us suffer on the sofa or in the standsNothing sharpens the distinction between professional athletes and the rest of us like a week of truly...
Read MoreBeating Djokovic to win a career grand slam at 22 has confirmed the world No1 is on a unique path and justified his decision to jettison long-time coachThere were many topics that could have rushed into Carlos Alcaraz’s mind in...
Read MoreThe unwritten rule in professional tournaments? Do not hog the practice court. But as leading players testify – the reality is very differentOn a cool Wednesday afternoon before the US Open last year, Daniil Medvedev and...
Read MoreThis year features a football World Cup, a Winter Olympics, a Commonwealth Games and a historic Test match Jannik Sinner will be aiming to become only the second man in the Open era, after Novak Djokovic, to win three...
Read MoreFormer Wimbledon champion on how taking accountability for his crimes allowed for rehabilitation, watching Novak Djokovic from his cell and the new era of brotherhood in the sport“I heard the screaming and I didn’t know what it...
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