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Sue Barker to step down as Wimbledon presenter after 2022 tournament
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Thursday, 09 June 2022 08:57
Sue Barker will step down from her role as the presenter of the BBC's Wimbledon coverage after the 2022 tournament.Barker, 66, first joined the coverage in 1993 and since 2000 has anchored the network's broadcast.The decision brings to an end Barker's 30-year career at the BBC in which she has also presented the Olympic Games and Sports Personality of the…
ATP announces plans to expand tournaments in Madrid, Rome and Shanghai from 2023
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Thursday, 09 June 2022 07:21
Top tournaments on the ATP Tour are to be expanded, with Masters events in Madrid, Rome and Shanghai set to increase to 12-day events from 2023.Events in Canada and Cincinnati will also take place over 12 days, from 2025, as part of plans laid out by the governing body of the men's tour.Prize money at the five expanded tournaments will…
Wimbledon men's and women's champions will win £2m as record prize money announced
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Thursday, 09 June 2022 07:10
Total prize money for this year's Wimbledon will be a record £40.3m, tournament organisers have announced.The winners of the men's and women's singles will each win £2m, a decrease from £2.35m the last time full capacity crowds attended in 2019.The pot is an increase of 5.4% compared with 2019, when prize money totalled £38m, and an 11% increase on 2021.In…
Andy Murray beats Alexander Bublik to reach Stuttgart quarter-finals
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Thursday, 09 June 2022 09:43
Andy Murray came through a tough test against Alexander Bublik to reach the Boss Open quarter-finals in Stuttgart.Briton Murray let a set and a break lead slip and had to save three set points before fighting past the seventh seed from Kazakhstan 6-3 7-6 (7-4).Murray will face top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on Friday for a place in the semi-finals.The three-time…
Great Britain's Tara Moore provisionally suspended under anti-doping rules
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Wednesday, 08 June 2022 09:43
Britain's number one-ranked doubles player Tara Moore has been provisionally suspended under anti-doping rules.She provided a sample containing substances on the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) banned list while competing in Colombia in April."I have never knowingly taken a banned substance in my career," Moore said in response to the suspension."I am investigating how the positive result could have occurred."She added:…
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