Ernst and Young to conduct special audit on SLC

WTA keeps rankings points for Nottingham, Birmingham and Eastbourne

The WTA has followed the ATP’s lead in deciding ranking points will be awarded for next month’s UK grass-court events. But Wimbledon could still be stripped of points in response to the All England Club and the LTA’s ban on Russian and Belarusian players following the invasion of Ukraine. The decision is said to be finely balanced – with a verdict expected from both tours over the next few days. Meanwhile, in his first interview since the ban was announced, LTA chief executive Scott Lloyd sai

19 May, 2022

Former junior Wimbledon champion Laura Robson retires

Laura Robson – the British player who won junior Wimbledon at 14 and an Olympic silver medal at 18 – has confirmed her retirement from tennis. The 28-year-old rose to 27 in the world rankings, and reached the fourth round at Wimbledon and the US Open. But then injury intervened – she had wrist surgery in 2014, and in recent years has had three hip operations. “I went through every possibility of rehab and of surgery,” Robson told BBC Sport. “I had another hip surgery and probably did the bes

17 May, 2022

Fraser-Pryce runs fastest 100m of 2022 in Nairobi

Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has run the fastest women’s 100m so far this year with victory in 10.67 seconds in Nairobi. Only four other women have ever run faster at the distance. Eight-time Olympic medallist Fraser-Pryce won comfortably on Saturday after Namibia’s Christine Mboma, the 200m Olympic silver medallist, pulled up. “I have been doing this for 13 years. Even time I run I set new records, it’s incredible,” the 35-year-old said. Fraser-Pryce’s time at the Kip Keino Classic in

08 May, 2022