The former prime minister Sir Tony Blair was keen on an idea to relocate the Premier League football side Wimbledon FC to Belfast in the late 1990s. Previously confidential state papers include a note from 1997 described as “following up earlier informal discussions about the possibility of an English Premier […]
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The commercial activities of Emma Raducanu attract much comment, but there could be few criticisms about her turning up earlier this month to support a charity which helped her when she was a little-known junior. Without fanfare, Raducanu joined Jack Draper at Wimbledon to add sparkle at a black tie […]
Ana Ivanovic enjoyed a successful tennis career, becoming world No. 1 after winning the French Open in 2008 but her exciting exploits ended up causing problems for her future footballer husband. The talented Serbian made her breakthrough in 2006 when she defeated Martina Hingis and announced herself to the masses […]
Jamie Murray has landed a new role in British tennis as the tournament director of the cinch Championships. The former world No 1 in doubles, who is also brother to Andy Murray, will take charge of the ATP 500 event at London’s Queen’s Club which is staged in the lead-up […]
“I love watching the darts this time of year and then getting on the darts board every now and again. It’s like Wimbledon tennis, everyone’s playing tennis around Wimbledon.” Ahead of UTS, Draper also admitted that this wasn’t the first time he was stealing Taylor’s nickname as he has also […]
She added: “How do you recover your natural game after it has been changed? It’s very difficult to find what you had before. I think she’s really enjoyed winning and I don’t think she wants to lose now. It’s a waste and we could do with a champion here.” Jones’ […]
The All England Club’s plans to build a new 8,000-seater stadium in Wimbledon Park suffered a major blow on Tuesday night when the project was rejected by Wandsworth Council. And Wimbledon organisers will now need the intervention of London Mayor Sadiq Khan or Secretary of State Michael Gove to save […]
Controversial plans to expand the All England Club’s grounds, which host the Wimbledon championships, have been approved by local council leaders. Merton council’s development and planning application committee voted on Thursday night to approve the application to expand the tennis complex. A spokesperson for the south-west London borough said in […]