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Australian Open director calls for inclusion of trans players
Australian Open’s Craig Tiley, CEO and director of the organisation, has spoken out about pushing to retain inclusive policies for trans tennis players. Craig Tiley’s comments come amid a global push to rollback the inclusion of trans athletes in elite sports. “When it comes to professional tennis, we’ve got to be responsive to the international …
Martina Navratilova diagnosed with throat and breast cancer
Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with stage one throat and breast cancer. The retired Czech-American tennis great previously underwent treatment for breast cancer in 2010. Martina Navratilova wrote in a statement to the Women’s Tennis Association that she will begin treatment this month. “This double whammy is serious but still fixable. “I’m hoping for a …
After Martina Navratilova outed, AVON stops calling
On July 30, 1981, New York’s Daily News outed tennis star, Martina Navratilova. Days earlier, she asked the paper not to go public about her lesbian relationship because she feared Avon would stop sponsoring women’s tennis. A few months later, the cosmetics company did exactly that. 18-year-old Czechoslovakian-born Martina Navratilova applied for asylum in the …
Martina Navratilova goes rogue to protest Margaret Court
Tennis stars Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe have ticked off Tennis Australia with a protest against Margaret Court at the Australian Open. On Monday, Margaret Court’s record of 24 Grand Slams was controversially honoured, with Rod Laver presenting her with a special trophy at the Open. But Navratilova, who is openly lesbian, wrote an open …
Navratilova: Court is hiding behind her Bible
Martina Navratilova tweeted yesterday accusing Margaret Court of “hiding behind her Bible” and calling her “pathetic in every way.” The tweets come after Court attacked LGBTIQ people in her Sunday sermon in Perth, specifically taking aim at the trans community. Court last year argued for Tennis Australia to mark the 50th anniversary of her grand …
Martina Navratilova Says Allowing Transgender Athletes To Compete Is ‘Cheating’
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has claimed that allowing transgender female athletes to compete in women’s sport is “insane” and akin to “cheating”. The out tennis champion wrote an article in UK’s The Times newspaper addressing a controversy over a tweet last December complaining about rules allowing trans women to take part in women’s sport. “I …
Martina Navratilova Renews Her Call To Rename Margaret Court Arena
Out tennis champion Martina Navratilova has blasted tennis legend Margaret Court as a “homophobe” and called for her name to be removed from the arena named after her. But transgender Australian of the Year winner Cate McGregor has said such a move would be a mistake. Following her recent Qantas boycott, Margaret Court gave an …
NAVRATILOVA RETURNS SERVE OVER STAKHOVSKY’S HOMOPHOBIC RANT
Martina Navratilova has returned serve over a homophobic rant by Ukrainian tennis player Sergiy Stakhovsky. In an interview with website xsport.ua, Stakhovsky claimed that “every other player on the women’s tour is a lesbian”. For good measure, he said he’d never let his daughter play the game for that reason. Stakhovsky, 29, said there were …
