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• #JamieMurray set for #British first in #Tennis doubles rankings

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 28, 2016 • ( 0 )

  #JamieMurray will become #Britain’s first world number one professional #Tennis player since computerised rankings were introduced in the 1970s after the #ATP World Tour confirmed on Sunday he will take top spot in doubles from Marcelo Melo. Read more at:… Read More ›

• #Tennis will never go back to unequal pay for men and women

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 24, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Read more at: http://www.foxsports.com/tennis/story/tennis-unequal-pay-men-women-wimbledon-novak-djokovic-serena-williams-prize-money-032316  

• #Murray believes the tide should turn towards total equality in #Tennis

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 24, 2016 • ( 2 )

  [Almost looking like a ballerina, the American former World Number One tennis player is seen here in play during the Wimbledon Women’s Singles, which she won in 1967.] “Men’s #Tennis has been lucky over the last nine or 10 years… Read More ›

• Five facts that prove #Tennis is the most interesting sport at the #Olympics

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 24, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  1904 Olympics, St. Louis – Charlotte Cooper, Tennis, Gold Medalist   Miroslav Mecir, a surprise winner of the gold medal in #Seoul in 1988, had a gift for winding up top players with his unerringly consistent style and deadpan sense… Read More ›

• #Tennis pay row: I am for equality – #NovakDjokovic

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 24, 2016 • ( 0 )

  “The #Europeans were behind the #Americans when it came to accepting equality,” #Evert said. “I doubt you’d hear that as much from the American men players and I’m sort of applauding #America for that.” Evert says the men’s game has… Read More ›

• #Obama brings #Baseball diplomacy to #Havana

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 23, 2016 • ( 1 )

  There was certainly a festive atmosphere about this #Obama family outing. But it was also part of Obama’s broader strategy for people-to-people engagement on the formerly isolated island of #Cuba. Call it #Baseball diplomacy. Read more at: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/22/obama-goes-game-does-wave-castro/82126632/

• #AndyMurray: Men’s #Tennis has lot to thank #SerenaWilliams for

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 23, 2016 • ( 2 )

  #Murray reiterated his long-held view there should be equal prize money in #Tennis and gave short shrift to #Djokovic’s notion that men’s tennis is a bigger draw than the women’s game. “At the #USOpen last year, the tickets for #Serena’s… Read More ›

• World #Twenty20 2016: #Afghanistan can join #Cricket’s elite – team manager

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 22, 2016 • ( 0 )

  #Afghanistan’s team manager says his country has the potential to join the elite of world #Cricket, if given the opportunity to play more games. Having won their qualifying group in #India, Afghanistan have lost their two games in the World… Read More ›

• #Tennis: #ATP says #Moore’s comments about women in ‘poor taste’

  By Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng on March 22, 2016 • ( 0 )

  The #ATP denounced #BNP Paribas Open chief executive #Raymond #Moore’s disparaging comments about female #Tennis players while saying tournaments should decide how much to pay women. Read more at: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-tennis-money-idUKKCN0WO00V

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