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June 27 : World number one and defending champion Jannik Sinner said he is feeling better ahead of Wimbledon, following his shock early exit at the French Open, and has a plan in place to better cope with extreme heat.
BENGALURU, June 26 : Defending champion Jannik Sinner returns to Wimbledon with his aura of invincibility dented after a dominant stretch, leaving the world number one to prove he can impose his game on grass and keep the challengers led by Novak Djokovic at bay.
LONDON: Serena Williams will find out who she’s facing in the first round at Wimbledon — for her first singles match in nearly four years, and at age 44 — when the draw is held Friday.The seven-time Wimbledon singles champion accepted a wild-card entry to the grass-court Grand Slam, where she’ll also compete in doubles with her older sister Venus, who turned 46 last week.It’s all part of a tennis comeback that started with two doubles warmup matches but kicked into high gear Sunday when All England Club announced Serena would play singles.Because she has no ranking, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion could potentially face a highly ranked player such as defending champion Iga Swiatek or No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.Williams hasn’t played a singles match since a third-round loss to Ajla Tomljanovic at the 2022 US Open.
Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova was suspended for four years Monday for refusing an anti-doping test — even though the Czech player cited «mental stress» and fear when the testing agent «rang my door late at night without properly identifying themselves.»
Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova was suspended for four years on Monday for refusing an anti-doping test, even though the Czech player cited "mental stress" and fear when the testing agent "rang my door late at night without properly identifying themselves."
LONDON: Wimbledon’s prize money pot has been increased by 20 percent to a tournament-record figure of £64.2 million ($85.7 million).All England Club chiefs revealed the substantial cash boost for players during a pre-tournament press conference on Thursday.The Wimbledon singles’ champions will now pocket £3.6 million each.Italy’s Jannik Sinner is the reigning men’s champion, while Poland’s Iga Swiatek won the women’s event last year.Even first round losers will be richly compensated at Wimbledon this year, with £80,000 allocated to players beaten at that stage.The Wimbledon raise comes after several of the world’s top players staged a protest prior to the recent the French Open by limiting media activities to 15 minutes.The players were frustrated that prize money at Roland Garros only increased by 9.5 percent from 2025 and stayed at around 15 percent of the revenue generated from the clay-court tournament.It is believed the players want the prize fund to be closer to 22 percent of the tournament’s revenue.Wimbledon’s increase is from £53.5 million last year to £64.2 million for this year’s event, which starts in south-west London on June 29.“I recognize there is one topic you are most interested in hearing about this morning and that’s prize money,” Wimbledon chair Debbie Jevans told reporters on Thursday.“For 2026 the prize money fund will be £64.2 million, that is a 20 percent increase on last year and £10.7 million uplift which allows players to continue to share in our success.“Our support for players is distributed throughout the draw.
LONDON — Amid players' calls for a bigger share of revenues, Wimbledon on Thursday announced 20% increases in total prize money and for the singles champions, who will earn 3.6 million pounds ($4.8 million) at the grass-court Grand Slam next month.
DUBAI: Emirati racing driver Amna Al-Qubaisi has been named among Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in Sports for 2026, earning a place alongside some of the biggest names in global sport.