Queen’s and Eastbourne tournaments to go ahead
The ATP Tour has confirmed that Queen’s and Eastbourne tournaments will go ahead next month, despite its opposition to Wimbledon banning Russian and Belarusian players.
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British LTA events to go ahead without Russians and Belarusians: ATP
Wimbledon will go ahead as scheduled with full ranking points on offer despite a ban on Russian and Belarusian players, the men's tennis governing body ATP said on Monday. The ATP Board said it had not yet made a decision on Wimbledon after the grasscourt Grand Slam became the first tennis tournament to ban individual competitors from the two countries last month. The players were banned following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a "special military operation".
FINA World Swimming Championships 2022: When and where are the biennial swimming and aquatic sports championships, what's the prize money and how to watch in the UK?
A combination of pandemic delays, cancellations and Olympic scheduling has meant that there will be a special ‘extraordinary edition’ of the biggest competition in swimming.
Laura Robson's top 5 moments as former British number one retires
Former British tennis number one Laura Robson has announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 28.
Russian members allowed to take part in IOC session
BERLIN : Russian members of the International Olympic Committee can take part in this week's IOC session despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with the Olympic body saying on Monday they are not representatives of their country.
Iga Swiatek Cements Number One Spot Ahead Of French Open
Iga Swiatek, who won her fifth tournament in a row in Rome on Sunday, will go into the French Open as top seed after consolidating her place as world number one on Monday.
Sizzling Swiatek cements number one spot ahead of French Open
Iga Swiatek, who won her fifth tournament in a row in Rome on Sunday, will go into the French Open as top seed after consolidating her place as world number one on Monday. The 20-year-old Pole, who won the title at Roland Garros in 2020, is over 2,000 points ahead of defending French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova in the new WTA rankings. Tunisia's Madrid Open champion Ons Jabeur, who lost to Swiatek in the Italian Open final, climbed to a career-high sixth.
Novak Djokovic Makes It 370 Weeks At Number One, Rafael Nadal Slips To 5th
Novak Djokovic extended his record at the top of the ATP rankings to 370 weeks on Monday while Rafael Nadal drops down a place to number five. The Spaniard was knocked out of the Italian Open in the last 16 and is leapfrogged by the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas who made it all the way to the final where he was turned over in straight sets by an inspired Djokovic.