BBC to show Queen’s Club tennis after striking new TV deal May 7, 2025 The BBC has agreed a three-year deal with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) to show the iconic HSBC Championships at Queen’s Club. BBC Sport will continue to broadcast from the Fulham venue, which will include a women’s tournament for the first time in over 50 years, as well as the Eastbourne and Nottingham grass court [...]
Sky Sports, TNT and Premier Sports snub England Rugby vs USA Test May 7, 2025 Ahead of the Game: England Rugby rights snub, Nottingham Forest ownership, TNT Sports backs Premiership, Relevent Sports in London and WTA commercial agreement England are facing a TV blackout for their summer rugby union Test match against the USA, with no domestic broadcasters bidding for the rights. Sky Sports will show the first two Tests [...]
Spain power outage: British tennis ace Fearnley’s Madrid match abandoned April 28, 2025 British tennis player Jacob Fearnley was forced off court at a crucial stage of his match at the Madrid Open due to the huge power outage that hit Spain on Monday. Fearnley was trailing Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 5-4, having just saved match point and broken the former world No3 to stay in the third-round contest, [...]
Castore boss: How I convinced Andy Murray to back my sportswear brand April 25, 2025 The co-founder of sports apparel brand Castore has opened up about how he and his brother managed to convince Sir Andy Murray to invest in their company. Tom and Phil Beahon set up their business in 2016 and quickly set about attempting to get a high-profile backer to help get the brand off the ground. [...]
Vodafone axe Emma Raducanu from £3m-per-year deal, reports April 14, 2025 British tennis player Emma Raducanu has reportedly been axed from her £3m-per-year partnership with telecoms giant Vodafone. She had signed the deal in 2021 after becoming the first British woman since Virginia Wade in 1977 to win one of the four major tennis grand slams. Having claimed victory over Leylah Fernandez at Flushing Meadows at [...]
Wimbledon tennis debentures rocket 60 per cent to £73,000 April 9, 2025 The cost of a debenture to watch the world’s best tennis players at the Wimbledon Championships has rocketed by nearly 60 per cent. The All England Lawn Tennis Ground plc, which owns the courts and grounds which host Wimbledon every year, this week launched applications for No1 Court debentures for the second show court for [...]
Next Wimbledon development to begin in 2026 April 3, 2025 The next development at Wimbledon will begin next year, the All England Club confirmed on Thursday. The SW19 site will soon look to expand its footprint into the adjacent golf course in a development that will include a third show court to accompany Centre Court and No1. Court. But the next series of works to [...]
Tennis: Djokovic, Kyrgios and others sue ATP and WTA Tours March 18, 2025 Novak Djokovic, Nick Kyrgios and other tennis stars are suing the ATP and WTA Tours, as well as the International Tennis Federation, in multiple jurisdictions. The striking move comes as part of a wider claim from the Professional Tennis Players Association, the organisation set up by 24-time Grand Slam winner Djokovic in conjunction with former [...]
Six Nations investors CVC bids $1bn for major tennis competitions March 3, 2025 Private equity giant CVC Capital Partners are set to bid for a portfolio of high-profile tennis events worth £790m that includes the Madrid and Miami Opens. It could see the Six Nations investor add to its existing tennis interests, which include a commercial joint venture with the WTA launched in 2023. The portfolio – currently [...]
Tennis sceptics have got it wrong – we need more mixed-sex sport events February 20, 2025 Some players aren’t happy with the US Open’s drastic rethink of mixed doubles, but tennis should be applauded for a move that is good for women’s sport, says Ed Warner. Even the most ardent tennis fan probably couldn’t tell you who won the mixed doubles at last year’s US Open, or any of the other [...]