Wimbledon

Glasgow Art Fair will offer a glimpse of how Scots blazed a trail in tennis long before Andy Murray. PROFESSIONAL tennis today is played on a glamorous international circuit, with sponsorship and live broadcasting across the globe. Yet the sport was invented in 1874.

He had a summer doing the rounds   -Duncan Miller

 

The BBC spent £54m on presenters earning £150,000 or more in the 12 months to the end of March 2009, the corporation revealed today. This group, which accounted for 1.55% of total BBC licence fee income during that year, is understood to include big-name stars including Jonathan Ross, Jeremy Paxman, Fiona Bruce and Graham Norton. However, the BBC stuck to its guns and refused to reveal what individual talent is paid, having previously argued that this is commercially sensitive information.  

The BBC spent £54m on presenters earning £150,000 or more in the 12 months to the end of March 2009, the corporation revealed today. This group, which accounted for 1.55% of total BBC licence fee income during that year, is understood to include big-name stars including Jonathan Ross, Jeremy Paxman, Fiona Bruce and Graham Norton. However, the BBC stuck to its guns and refused to reveal what individual talent is paid, having previously argued that this is commercially sensitive information.  

GO TV customers are being invited to make the most of a one-time sports offer due to be launched by the end of next week. All those interested are asked to register their interest through the GO website – www.go.com.mt – and they will be given the details of the time limited offer. Their on-line registration will give them the chance to enjoy the Barclays Premier League and Serie A among other quality sporting events live and exclusive from next season.  

Here's what we learned at the Australian Open about the top eight in the ATP (using their new post-Aussie rankings), as well as a few other notables. #1 Roger Federer (Champion - Stays at #1) -- There were some hiccups against Russians along the way, but in the end it was yet another routine, straight sets victory in a slam final for Roger Federer, winning his sweet sixteenth. He didn't look unbeatable, but he didn't get beaten. The killer instinct that was questionable in New York against del ...  

New answers may come not from the well-thumbed archive of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, but from a group of innovative 19th century artists who embraced all that was modern. The Glasgow Boys, it turns out, were tennis mad. arch, a pastel by Scots artist Arthur Melville will go on show at the Glasgow Art Fair, demonstrating how tennis provided artists with a rich seam of new subject matter. Two weeks later the exhibition Pioneering Painters: The Glasgow Boys 1880 To 1900 at Glasgow's ...

He had a summer doing the rounds   -Duncan Miller

 

Germany's second seed Sabine Lisicki needed just 32 minutes to advance to the second round of the Pattaya Open yesterday when her opponent Akgul Amanmuradova from Uzbekistan retired injured. Lisicki was leading 5-0 when the trainer was called to administer on-court treatment to her Uzbek rival who was suffering from a stomach muscle injury. But after dropping the next game Amanmuradova conceded the match.

I’m not satisfied with the way I played today. Lots of unforced errors   -Anna Chakvetadze

 

The impressive turnout of fans at the Valencia test last week led many to conclude that F1 races would draw larger audiences if ticket prices weren't so high. But F1 tickets aren't that much more expensive than those for other major sporting events – especially when you consider a Grand Prix runs over three days. Are they really too expensive?  

ONE of Australia's most successful sportsman worked up such a sweat on his first trip to Ipswich that he had to change his shirt. However, former Wimbledon tennis champion Pat Cash took it all in his stride. And he even remembered to bring his famous black and white checked headband and cross ear-ring.

It’s something I’m heavily involved with so it’s a project of pleasure   -Pat Cash