WIMBLEDON: Wimbledon prize money will total 38 million pounds ($49.4 million) for this year’s championships, a rise of 11.8 percent, the All England Club announced Tuesday. The men’s and women’s singles champions…
A tearful and injury-plagued Andy Murray on Friday announced he is likely to retire this year and hopes to make it until Wimbledon, but conceded the Australian Open could be his last…
NEW YORK: Shahid Khan has withdrawn his controversial offer to buy London’s Wembley Stadium, the American businessman announced on Wednesday. The Football Association, Wembley’s current owners, had come under fire from many…
NEW YORK: Wimbledon and the Australian Open are considering introducing final-set tiebreaks in 2019. The issue hit the headlines after the six-hour, 36-minute semi-final between Kevin Anderson and John Isner at Wimbledon…
LONDON: Novak Djokovic envies Kevin Anderson the extra night’s sleep he’ll have had before the pair meet in the men’s Wimbledon final on Sunday. Both finalists played record-breaking, energy-sapping five-set semi-finals to…
WIMBLEDON: Swiss Tennis star Roger Federer showed his cricket kills by playing forward defence short in a Wimbledon match. During the match between Federer and Mannarino, one of Federer’s shorts were called out…
LONDON: German fourth seed Alexander Zverev and women’s world number one Simona Halep wilted in the 33-degree heat and crashed out of Wimbledon in the third round on Saturday Zverev, playing for…
LONDON: Three-time champion Novak Djokovic silenced a raucous Center Court crowd as he came back to beat home favorite Kyle Edmund 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the third round of Wimbledon on…
LONDON: Serena Williams boosted her chances of winning an eighth Wimbledon and 24th Grand Slam by making the fourth round at the All England Club on Friday as big sister Venus fell…
LONDON: Seven-times Wimbledon champion Serena Williams has been seeded 25th at the tournament this year despite a world ranking of 183 as she continues her return from maternity leave. It means the 36-year-old…
LONDON: Having seen longtime rival Rafael Nadal tighten his iron-grip on Roland Garros, Roger Federer aims to extend his personal dominance of Wimbledon by claiming a ninth title at the All England…
LONDON: Novak Djokovic has come a long way since he reached a career low-point in Miami this year, but he still does not think he is a contender for a fourth Wimbledon…
WIMBLEDON: Novak Djokovic boosted his chances of playing at Wimbledon after he accepted a wildcard to compete at next week’s Fever-Tree Championships at Queen’s Club, tournament organizers said on Monday. The former…
The Serb, three-times a Wimbledon champion, appeared distraught after his quarter-final defeat by unseeded Marco Cecchinato in which he was treated for neck pain. Clearly still wound up after a 6-3 7-6(4)…
