Hotel-bound players have been warned they could have a police officer outside their room or face fines if found to be "persistently breaching" strict two-week quarantine rules ahead of the Australian Open.
A total of 47 players set to feature at the Australian Open have been ordered to stay in their hotel rooms for the next two weeks after passengers on two chartered planes to Melbourne tested positive for COVID-19.
American tennis player Christian Harrison has been fined after refusing to take part in an on-court interview in protest over mask rules at the Delray Beach Open.
Three-time Grand Slam winner Sir Andy Murray's participation at the Australian Open next month has been thrown into doubt after he tested positive for COVID-19, as American Madison Keys confirmed she will be unable to compete at the Grand Slam event.
Concerns over the COVID-19 policy at the Australian Open qualifiers have been raised after American Denis Kudla was informed mid-match that he had tested positive for the virus.
American tennis player Sam Querrey said he felt he did what was right for his family after fleeing Russia despite testing positive for coronavirus.
This year’s Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Dubai Tennis Championships has been rescheduled to precede the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament in March.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Spain’s Rafael Nadal are expected to headline a stellar cast at next month’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in the Australian city of Melbourne.
A plan to quarantine Australian Open players at the Westin Melbourne is reportedly facing a legal challenge by apartment owners who live in the complex.
Garbiñe Muguruza has spoken of her determination to win an Olympic medal and team up with Spanish great Rafael Nadal in the mixed doubles at Tokyo 2020.
The 2021 edition of the Indian Wells Masters, one of the biggest events in the tennis calendar outside the Grand Slams, has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer will not compete at the 2021 Australian Open, having not fully recovered from knee surgery.
Back-to-back Olympic champion Andy Murray has been awarded a wild-card spot for the 2021 Australian Open.
Uzbekistan’s Temur Ismailov has been slapped with a seven-year ban from tennis after being found guilty of match-fixing.
Playoff ties for the Billie Jean King Cup have been moved from February to April as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tennis calendar continues.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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