TENNIS

At the age of 14 years, Solange Skeene yesterday became the youngest player in the history of the Shell Tranquillity Open Tennis Tournament to have won the Women's Singles title. She achieved the feat during the finals at Victoria Avenue in Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

There’s nothing worse than receiving a backhanded compliment. It’s the epitome of being “politely disrespectful.”

Serena Williams is closing out 2016 by offering an inspirational message to female athletes, a message she delivered with all the power that marks her game.

Four-time Olympic athletics champion Mo Farah and 14-time Grand Slam winning tennis player Rafael Nadal are among another 26 athletes whose leaked data has been revealed by hacking group Fancy Bears after a cyber-attack on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

No matter what the intricacies of the tennis star’s case are, the number of failed tests since the drug was banned demonstrates widespread misuse

• World No2 says it is wrong to take a drug just for performance
• Murray also criticises his sponsor, Head, for extending Sharapova’s contract