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a deal s been signed to stage the tour s marquee event in riyadh in a long expected move, but one that is not without controversy. amid accusations that saudi arabia violates human rights and restricts women s lives and freedom of speech. tennis legends martina navratilova and chris evert said taking the finals there would be a step backward for women s tennis. the wta chief executive steve simon insists the sport is supporting significant change in the kingdom, although perhaps another clue to the move is found in the prize money, up 5 million pounds on last year, and also more than the men s atp finals in 2023. laura scott is our sports news correspondent, laura it marks another saudi foray into sport. opposition to the move but the wta was set up partly to improve the financial viability of the women s game, and this certainly does this. tennis is nowjoining a growing list of sports turning to saudi arabia for investment and for hosting major events. this is not the fi
SameTopRivalsLiverpoolThreeEnglandSeriesSomeRidersPremier-leagueCrashTour-of-the-basque-country and something that the wta can point to as they try and bring about this goal of equal prize money. but the wta chief executive knows that there will be criticism in some quarters, although the players have either been supportive or not spoken out against it for the most part. he knows he will have to justify his decision and his argument is that by going to riyadh, tennis is supporting growth and improvement and change across the region. staying with tennis news. third seeded dan evans is out of the atp tour event in marrakech. the british player and world number 42 was beaten in straight sets by the defending champion roberto carballes baena. the spaniard moves into the quarterfinals. rafael nadal has withdrawn from the upcoming monte carlo masters where the 22 time grand slam winner was expected to make his atp tour comeback. writing on the social media platform x, nadal said, unfortu nately i have to tell you that i am not going to be playing in monte carlo. my body si
TulsenHiMatchesPremier-leagueTwoSheffield-unitedTableGoalLiverpoolPointsManchester-unitedTop games to play. it was clear that sheffield will not change their approach and i will open upjust because they have gone down. they played what they wanted to play for the full 90 minutes. so, you know, it sjust difficult, but you can do better than we did. and from a specific point, we did better. and that s why we won the game. we give it a good go. don t like losing. i think there s always ways ways to lose. and unfortunately, our achilles heel the last 15 minutes were we run out of power, we run out of physical strength. and i think that s been our achilles heel right the way through the season, the amount of goals that we ve conceded late on. and unfortunately, we just couldn t hang on in there. joyous scenes at stamford bridge as chelsea somewhat miraculously came from a goal down to score twice in stoppage time and win 4 3 against manchester united. having led 2 0 after less than 20 minutes the blues found themselves 3 2 down in stoppage time, before cole palmer conver
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