vaccination obligation for incoming athletes
(Updated at 11.51 am) All sports athletes, professional or amateur, who arrive in France for a competition – as will be the case shortly for the Six Nations rugby tournament – will need to be vaccinated to enter a sports facility. The AFP agency learned this from government sources. After the case of world tennis […]
Morgan Menahem (tournament organizer in Asia) on Novak Djokovic: “If you want to be a leader, you have to be exemplary”
« What inspires you about this case?I cannot conceive that Novak Djokovic is considered a martyr because he was prevented from playing tennis, whereas in this story there are many doubts that make me say about these past and future actions: ‘Is he’s telling the truth?’ Doubt didn’t benefit Novak today… I can’t help but […]
Laslo Djere (Serbian player and compatriot of Djokovic): “Novak will come back stronger than ever”
“I have avoided reading the media too much in recent days, said Lajovic after his victory, around questions that essentially revolved only around his illustrious compatriot. What I know from talking about it with the guys in the dressing room is that there was a lot of support for Novak. Maybe not as much as […]
How American Jimmy Connors was banned from Roland-Garros in 1974
It’s called World Team Tennis and, in 1974, it’s all new and beautiful, so it attracts some big names. This kind of American-style Intervilles has planned to tour the United States by offering mixed competition-exhibitions, supposed to produce a lot of spectacle and a lot of dollars, at a time when prize money on the […]
Boris Becker says Novak Djokovic ‘must stop being stubborn’
Invited to the Eurosport Germany set in anticipation of the Australian Open which begins on Monday, Boris Becker was notably questioned about the Novak Djokovic affair. Serbian coach between 2013 and 2016, the German was uncompromising against the native of Belgrade. « Djoko must be vaccinated, explained BB. He also needs to stop being stubborn […]
According to Stefanos Tsitsipas, “Djokovic sets his own rules”
Asked about the Djokovic affair as part of an event organized by his sponsors, Stefanos Tsitsipas did not hide the bottom of his thoughts. “Djokovic sets his own rules, that’s for sure. He has done something few have dared to do since ATP and Tennis Australia announced certain conditions to enter Australia. Among the players, […]
Tennys Sandgren denounces a political affair: “What danger does Djokovic represent? “
Tennys Sandgren is currently at home in Tennessee. His choice not to make the trip to the Southern Hemisphere has serious consequences for the 30-year-old American, who had his best results there (2 quarter-finals at the Australian Open in 2018 and 2020 and his only title, won in Auckland in 2019). But he stands firm […]