Serena Williams has won the Australian Open, beating Maria Sharapova in the final 6-3 7-6 (7-5).

Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpischev has been forced to publicly apologise for his slur against the Williams sisters, Serena and Venus.

Martina Navratilova has backed Serena Williams to go on and match Steffi Graf’s Open era record of 22 grand slam singles titles.

Serena Williams said that she never imagined she would one day rank alongside tennis icons Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert.

Despite their gladiator-like rivalry Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova were close friends off the court. James Kaplan met the tennis legends to discuss the state of the game then and now.

This time it won’t quite feel like walking on eggshells with Roy around.

This is new for football, what it has with Messi and Ronaldo.

Twitter provided the Wimbledon Fact of the Week.

Martina Navratilova expects Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic to be the dominant forces in men’s tennis in the coming years, insisting it is “difficult to see” Roger Federer reclaiming the number one spot.

Former tennis champion Martina Navratilova, who fell ill during a charity climb of Africa’s highest mountain, was discharged from hospital today.

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova says she is planning to hit tennis balls off the top of Africa’s highest peak.

SERENA WILLIAMS is determined not to enjoy her incredible tennis success too much – so she can have more of it.

Martina Navratilova described the day she was diagnosed with breast cancer as her "personal 9/11" but expects to make a full recovery after undergoing a lumpectomy three weeks ago.

MARTINA Navratilova, one of the finest female tennis players of all time, has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Tennis star Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with breast cancer, it has been announced.

Former 'EastEnders' actor Joe Swash was crowned King of the 'Jungle in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!'.

PAGE three girl Nicola McLean continued to make waves in the I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! camp despite her eviction from the jungle.

ESTHER RANTZEN won immunity from the I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! public vote in the final Bush Battle — by telling fairytales to creepy crawlies while lying in an underground coffin.

ROBERT KILROY-SILK earned respect among his fellow I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! competitors after enduring a work-out session involving bugs, rats and snakes.

Justine Henin-Hardenne has joined a select band of women who have played in all four grand slam finals in the same season.

Athlete Sonia O’Sullivan wants to run in the London Olympics in 2012 - when she’s 43.

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova lost at the semi-final stage of the mixed doubles in Paris today.

It was left to 48-year-old Martina Navratilova to inject a much needed hint of controversy on an otherwise predictable fifth day of the Australian Open.

Top seed and defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium became the highest-seeded player at this year’s US Open to lose as she was knocked out by Russia’s Nadia Petrova.

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova missed the chance to break the Wimbledon record of 20 titles after failing to reach the women’s doubles final.

TWO-time champion Venus Williams was upset in the second round of Wimbledon, losing in straight sets to Croatia's Karolina Sprem in a match marred by an umpire's scoring error in the final tiebreaker.

ROGER FEDERER drew gasps of admiration yesterday as he opened the defence of his Wimbledon crown with a 6-3 6-3 6-0 thrashing of Britain’s Alex Bogdanovic.

The opening day of Wimbledon 2004 may have been blighted by rain, but two former champions used the breaks in cloud to shine at SW19.

Nine-times champion Martina Navratilova enjoyed a fine start to her first singles campaign at Wimbledon for a decade, destroying Colombian Catalina Castano 6-0, 6-1.

Martina Navratilova has confirmed her acceptance of a wild card at Wimbledon and will play in the singles for the first time since 1994.

French Open tennis results:

TOP men’s seed Roger Federer strode imperiously into the second round of the French Open in a performance which underlined his title credentials.

Martina Navratilova’s return to singles action after 10 years ended in defeat at the French Open this afternoon when she was swept aside 6-1 6-3 by Gisela Duklo, an Argentinian 28 years her junior.

Martina Navratilova has not ruled out the possibility of returning to play in the singles at Wimbledon this year.

Martina Navratilova has not ruled out the possibility of returning to play in the singles at Wimbledon this year.

Martina Navratilova insists she does not know yet whether she will try to break Billie-Jean King’s record of 20 Wimbledon titles next year.

Veteran Martina Navratilova won the 57th Grand Slam title of her career at the Australian Open, partnering Leander Paes to victory in the mixed doubles.

Serena Williams teamed up with Martina Navratilova in the first round of the Toyota Princess Cup, in Tokyo.

Tennis champion Martina Navratilova said today she would be a ‘‘good, fun mother’’ but would have to adopt because she is too old to have her own children.

Venus Williams has got her second Wimbledon title in the bag after two wonderful weeks of power and precision, but there remain doubts over her ability or desire to join the legends of the women’s game.