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Billie Jean King

November 2023

  • 'It feels amazing': Canada win first Billie Jean King Cup – video

    Canada beat Italy 2-0 to become the 13th nation to win the Billie Jean King Cup

June 2023

  • Billie Jean King, one of the former players interviewed for the BBC’s Gods of Tennis

    TV review
    Gods of Tennis review – a hefty tale of the epic battles that rocked tennis

    Billie Jean King battles for female equality and Arthur Ashe fights against systemic racism in this documentary series. It’s a hefty tale, joined by on-court sagas between sporting giants

December 2022

  • Brittney Griner had been detained in Russia since the start of 2022

    ‘Today feels like a holiday’: WNBA, NFL and tennis stars react to Brittney Griner’s release

    Brittney Griner’s release from a Russian jail was welcomed by her fellow athletes on Thursday morning

July 2022

  • Former Wimbledon champions line up during a celebration of 100 years of Centre Court.

    Former Wimbledon champions line up on Centre Court to celebrate centenary

    Billie Jean King, Roger Federer, Björn Borg and Venus Williams among 26 tennis legends to mark occasion

June 2022

  • 'Advancing equity': Billie Jean King marks 50th anniversary of Title IX – video

    King pointed to girls of colour, girls with disabilities, trans athletes, and all LGBTQ+ youth when she spoke of re-energising 'focus on strengthening and advancing equity and opportunity for all girls and women'.

September 2021

  • Billie Jean King in 1972.

    All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King review – a true gamechanger

  • Nifty Network<br>Wimbledon champion Billie Jean King tactfully holds down the net, so that 55-year-old Bobby Riggs can easily clear it during meeting at an east side tennis club here July 11th. Returning in triumph from London, Mrs. King will meet Riggs in a $100,000 winner-take-all tennis match, it was announced July 11th.

    Book of the day
    All In by Billie Jean King review – game, set and match

September 2020

  • Billie Jean King.

    Billie Jean King: 'I want girls to go after money. It gives empowerment'

  • Bianca Andreescu: ‘Your leadership has created a powerful platform foundation for us all to speak up for ourselves’

    US Open champion Andreescu pays tribute to King and fellow trailblazers

July 2020

  • Unravelling Athena - Serena Williams 2 Wimbledon

    Unraveling Athena review – a frank serving of women's lives in tennis

  • Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams, Steffi Graf and Monica Seles

    The greatest
    The greatest female tennis player of the last 50 years: the fans' verdict

May 2020

  • Billie Jean King

    Guardian Print Shop
    Buy a classic sport photograph: Billie Jean King – living the dream

    The latest in a Guardian Print Shop series is a portrait of an American tennis icon – yours to own for just £55 including free delivery

December 2019

  • William Hill World Championship - Day Nine - Alexandra Palace<br>Fallon Sherrock celebrates after winning to go into the 3rd round during day nine of the William Hill World Championships at Alexandra Palace, London. PA Photo. Picture date: Saturday December 21, 2019. See PA story DARTS World. Photo credit should read: Steven Paston/PA Wire.

    First woman to beat a man at PDC world darts overwhelmed by response

    Billie Jean King leads wave of tributes to Fallon Sherrock after ‘gamechanging’ victories

November 2019

  • ‘I had to argue to get shoes in that colour as they had always been made in white.’

    The look I love
    Billie Jean King: ‘There was a lot riding on that match – 90m people were watching’

    The tennis legend on the dress she wore during the epic ‘battle of the sexes’ match in 1973

September 2019

  • Sport. All England Lawn Tennis Championships. Wimbledon, London, England. 5th July 1969. Ladies Singles Final. USA’s Billie Jean King is pictured in action on Centre court as she is beaten by Ann Jones of Great Britain 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

    The quiz
    What links Billie Jean King, Clive Lloyd and Eddie Edwards? The Weekend quiz

    From the Canyon of Heroes to the New Hebrides, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz

July 2018

  • Caster Semenya

    Billie Jean King and other top athletes call for end to 'discriminatory' testosterone policy

    Athletes sign letter demanding ‘no woman be required to change her body to participate in women’s sport’

June 2018

  • Billie Jean King Australian Open

    Billie Jean King still bearing arms in tennis battle of the sexes

    Ever since Billie Jean King won the first Wimbledon singles title of the open era 50 years ago she has fought for equality and, despite some major advances, we are not there yet

January 2018

  • Tennis Australian Open 2018 - press conference<br>epa06432416 US tennis player Billie Jean King speaks at a media conference ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, 12 January 2018. The Australian Open starts on 15 January. EPA/JULIAN SMITH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

    Billie Jean King leaves Australian Open organisers reeling over new controversy

    Billie Jean King’s call for Margaret Court Arena to be renamed over her ‘derogatory’ LBGT remarks left Australian Open organisers red-faced for the second day in a row

September 2015

  • Brie Larson and Billie Jean King.

    Brie Larson set to play Billie Jean King in Battle of the Sexes

    Star of Toronto-winning Room in talks to play tennis ace in new movie about 1973 tennis match in which No 2 female player was challenged by retired former Wimbledon champion Bobby Riggs

June 2015

  • A rainbow-colored crosswalk for Pride Week in Seattle.

    Top sports stars Billie Jean King, Robbie Rogers support gay marriage ruling

    A number of top athletes voiced their support for the ruling on Twitter after the supreme court declared the right to marriage equality was a constitutional right
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