Martina Navratilova

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Ban Cheats for Life - Navratilova
Claims that eight games at championships fallen victim to organized match-fixing

'It's All Getting Too Serious'
Martina Navratilova tells Ed Pilkington how the passion has drained out of modern tennis

Game, Set and Match As Martina Puts the Forehand Smash Into Art
Laura Barton: Where does one go after professional tennis? Martina Navratilova is carving out a new career in 'tennising', which is just like painting but with a tennis ball and racket in lieu of a brush

'Ashamed' Navratilova Regains Czech Nationality
Martina Navratilova, the nine-time Wimbledon champion, has regained her Czech nationality after saying she was "ashamed" of George Bush

Navratilova Czechs in With Homeland
Martina Navratilova, the nine-times Wimbledon champion, has regained her Czech nationality after saying she was "ashamed" of George Bush.

Navratilova Czechs in to Homeland
Martina Navratilova, the nine-times Wimbledon champion, has regained her Czech nationality after saying she was "ashamed" of George Bush

Tennis: Navratilova Says British System is Doubly at Fault With Young Talent
Martina Navratilova has criticised the LTA for its spending and failure to produce a supply line of talent in the women's game in the UK.

Martina Navratilova on How She Won Over Her Critics
Tennis: For decades, Martina Navratilova was the most vilified woman in tennis. No one could deny her talent - she simply wasn't pretty enough, slim enough, or heterosexual enough. She tells Aida Edemariam how she won over her critics.

Wimbledon: Navratilova Rolls Back the Years in Quick Time
June 22: Martina Navratilova's 6-0, 6-1 victory over Catalina Castano made her the oldest player to win a Wimbledon singles match in the open era.

Navratilova Rolls Back the Years
Latest news... Great Britain's Anne Keothavong surged into the second round, defeating Australian Nicole Pratt 6-3, 6-1. France's Emilie Loit has become the first seeded player to be eliminated from this year's Wimbledon. The 28th seed was comprehensively...

Navratilova Gets Wimbledon Wild Card
Martina Navratilova will play singles at Wimbledon for the first time since she lost the final against Conchita Martinez in 1994.

Navratilova in Singles Revival
May 14: Martina Navratilova, 47, will play singles at the French Open, the first time at a grand slam event for 10 years.

Interview: Martina Navratilova
November 17: The 47-year-old tennis legend will become the oldest player in Federation Cup history this week.

Navratilova Returns to Play Fed Cup
October 14: Martina Navratilova will become the oldest player in 40 years of Fed Cup history when she represents the United States against Belgium in next month's semi-final.

General: Sterno's Talkin' Smack -- Episode #13
Sterno's Talkin' Smack... All trash, all the time... Today's topics include Martina Navratilova, Shawn Green and the Yankees-RedSox rivalry.

Hingis talent wasted, says Navratilova
Tennis: Martina Navratilova's concerns that tennis is mistreating young females resurfaced yesterday in the wake of the retirement of Martina Hingis.

Navratilova adds to grand slam tally at 46
Martina Navratilova never tires of making history. Yesterday, at the age of 46, she became the oldest ever winner of a grand slam title by taking the mixed doubles crown at the Australian Open with her Indian partner Leander Paes.

Nifty Navratilova nets mixed doubles final
Twenty-eight years after Martina Navratilova made her first Australian Open final, the 46-year-old has reached another, partnering India's Leander Paes.

Navratilova loses after 22 years
Tennis: Martina Navratilova has lost her first doubles match in Australia in 22 years. Martina Navratilova lost her first doubles match in Australia in 22 years when she and Alexandra Stevenson were beaten 6-3, 6-2 by Evie Dominikovic and Miriam Oremans in the Sydney International yesterday.

Wimbledon diary
Sometimes silence is not only golden, but safer too. Journalists working late on Thursday were surprised to see Martina Navratilova watching the one-day cricket international on a television in the press centre, occasionally talking to another woman.

Navratilova says US can be as oppressive as Czechoslovakia
The tennis legend Martina Navratilova has hit out at her adoptive homeland, the United States, saying that in some ways it is as manipulative and oppressive as the Czechoslovak communist regime from which she fled 27 years ago.

Martina, let it go!
Last week, Martina Navratilova played singles for the first time since 1994. Will we see her more often in the weeks to come? With Martina's ego and crave for attention, anything is possible.

Hantuchova rocks Eastbourne
Daniela Hantuchova yesterday showed real class in beating Amy Frazier 7-6, 6-1 at Eastbourne, and counts Martina Navratilova among her fans.

Crunch day for fortysomething Navratilova
"Tennis stunts your emotional growth," Martina Navratilova is reported to have said this week, which, coming from the most successful player in the history of the game, suggests she may have a lot of growing still to do.