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Djokovic court hearing hit by tech glitches as music and porn played

An Australian court suffered technical difficulties while hearing the world tennis number one's virtual appeal against his visa being cancelled.

Australia

Djokovic title bid in balance amid questions over visa application

With a government decision expected on the tennis star's fate, court documents raise questions over information he provided in his visa application.

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Australia police use pepper spray to disperse Djokovic supporters

Police use pepper spray to disperse supporters of Serbia's Novak Djokovic outside the offices of his legal team as a car leaves the building, after the tennis champion earlier in the day won a court battle to overturn the cancellation of his visa on Covid health grounds.

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Djokovic fans celebrate outside lawyer's office

Tennis star Novak Djokovic won a court battle to stay in Australia to contest the Australian Open despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19, but the government threatened to cancel his visa a second time.

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My Europe Series

Novak Djokovic: The tennis superstar, the anti-vaxxer, the nationalist

After the tennis world No. 1 was refused entry into Australia to compete at 2022's first Grand Slam, his conspiracy theorist and nationalist beliefs came to the fore once again.

Travel News

Australia travel rules explained as Djokovic denied entry

The Serbian tennis champion is set to be flown out of the country later on Thursday after a mix-up with his visa.

Sport

Djokovic given brief reprieve after Australian visa cancelled

Earlier, the Serbian tennis star said he had been cleared to play after receiving a medical exemption to travel to Melbourne.

Sport

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai denies making sexual assault claim

The comments did not ease worries at the WTA, which said Monday that it still had "significant concerns about her well-being and ability to communicate without censorship or coercion".

China

Peng Shuai: China tries to play down disappearance of tennis star

A Chinese state TV employee has posted photos of Shuai online.

Sport

Tennis stars express concern for whereabouts of Chinese player

Concerns have grown about the whereabouts of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, not seen since she accused a former China Vice-Premier of sexual assault.

Culture news

US Open meets Met Gala as tennis set show net worth next to A-Listers

US Open champ Emma Radacanu put herself on the fashion map after beating the world with a racket.

Sport

Russia's Medvedev beats Djokovic to win US Open

It was Medvedev's first Grand Slam title.

United Kingdom

Britain savours a new sporting star in tennis champion Raducanu

18-year-old Emma Raducanu was being hailed on Sunday as the new queen of British sport after winning the US Open as a qualifier.

Sport

Britain's Emma Raducanu in first all-teen US Open final for 22 years

Britain's rising star Emma Raducanu, 18, will play Leylah Annie Fernandez, 19 from Canada at New York’s Flushing Meadows.

United Kingdom

Novak Djokovic beats Matteo Berrettini to win 6th Wimbledon

This new victory — his sixth Wimbledon trophy — is his 20th Grand Slam title, putting him tied for first on the all-time list with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

United Kingdom

Ash Barty beats Karolina Pliskova in 3 sets to win Wimbledon

The 25-year-old Australian, currently ranked world No 1, beat her Czech rival 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3.

France

Djokovic wins French Open after sensational comeback

Djokovic came all the way back to beat the fifth-seeded Tsitsipas 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 for his 19th Grand Slam title overall

France

Krejcikova pays tribute to late coach Novotna upon French Open triumph

'She's looking after me': The unseeded Grand Slam winner at Roland Garros immediately turned her thoughts to the 1998 Wimbledon champion who died of cancer in 2017.

France

'Just amazing': Djokovic ousts Nadal in French Open semi-final epic

The Serbian world number one inflicted only the third-ever defeat at Roland Garros on the 13-times champion from Spain in a late-night thriller.

France

French Open: Serena Williams loses match, Roger Federer withdraws

Serena Williams lost to Elena Rybakina at the French Open on Sunday. Meanwhile, Roger Federer withdrew from the competition as he recovers from knee surgeries.

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