By James CrookJuly 6 - Marion Bartoli of France has won her first ever Grand Slam title at the age of 28 after she dominated against Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-4 in the ladies singles final on Centre Court at Wimbledon.

due to place tomorrow, where world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia takes on the home favourite Andy

Murray, who will be appearing at his second consecutive final.Contact the writer of this story at james.crook

from the jetty.Other memories crowd in: the glorious progress of New Zealand's peerless pair, Eric Murray

Glover is in the lightweight double with Polly Swann as Stanning takes a year out of competition, while Andy

announcement of the host city for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, the world's second ranked tennis player Andy

Murray has joined a host of British sporting icons in becoming the latest bid champion for his city

Murray had the most successful period of his career to date last year, winning his first Grand Slam at

Argentinian capital Buenos Aires to host the Summer Youth Olympics in five years time.Olympic champion Andy

Murray has become the latest champion for Glasgow's bid to host the 2018 Youth Olympic Games"The Youth

Cameron.Glasgow 2018 Young Champion, Mahad Ahmed, said: "It is hard to believe that it was only a year ago that Andy

Glasgow 2018 Bid Director Paul Bush said: "We are delighted that Andy Murray has joined our bid to bring

By Tom DegunMay 5 - The world's top tennis superstars Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and

being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in January this year.The "Big Four" of Djokovic, Federer, Murray

London 2012 Olympic champion Murray expressed his shock at the death."

I think it was a shock for everyone," said Murray."

Andy Parkinson, head of UK Anti-Doping, described it as "massively disappointing", adding: "Everything

Britain's Andy Murray, winner of the Olympic tennis title last summer, tweeted: "Operation Puerto 

Andy Murray has questioned whether the decision to destroy frozen blood samples raided during Operation

Andy Murray said the whole thing was a joke.

By James CrookApril 23 - The All England Club have today confirmed their intention to build a retractable roof over Court One at Wimbledon in time for the 2019 Championships.

money; an increase of £450,000 ($690,000/€530,000) from the amount won by Roger Federer - who defeated Andy

Murray in the first Wimbledon final to be played under the Centre Court roof - and Serena Williams last

By James CrookMarch 26 - Tickets for the showpiece finals of the 2013 Barclays ATP Tour have been released on sale as the world's top tennis players are set to face off at The O2 Arena in London once more, battling it out for a share of the increased $6 million (£4 million/€4.7 million) prize pot.

feature the top eight players from the Emirates ATP Rankings, which currently includes US Open champion Andy

Murray, returning eleven-time grand slam winner Rafael Nadal, the timeless Roger Federer and reigning

By James CrookMarch 13-  Roger Draper will step down as chief executive of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) in September after seven years in the role.

commitment and hard work,"Britain finally won its first men's singles Grand Slam since 1936 last year when Andy

Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in the final of the US Open, and young British stars Laura Robson and

the first two British women to be ranked in the top 50 female players in the world for 25 years.Andy Murray

By Tom Degun at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de JaneiroMarch 11 - Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt and British heptathlete Jessica Ennis claimed the top male and female prizes respectively at the 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards at a glittering ceremony here tonight.

distance star Kelly Holmes took the award in 2005.There was further British success as tennis star Andy

Murray won the Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year after Olympic gold in the men's singles and silver

passport method following months of lobbying for more stringent measures from players as exalted as Andy

Murray, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.The ITF, along with the Association for Tennis Professionals

By James CrookMarch 7- After months of lobbying from the top players in the world sparked by concerns over the anti-doping measures in the sport, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has finally introduced the biological passport method following a meeting with the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme earlier this week.

biological passport to be introducedThe world's top three players, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy

Murray, all called for improvements to be made to the anti-doping regime in the sport after it emerged

expensive one to implement, and it seems unclear as to how it will be funded.Last month, British number one Andy

Murray said that he would be happy to take a pay-cut in order to fund the programme."

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By Tom DegunMarch 6 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe has hailed the five British stars nominated for prizes that the prestigious 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards, which are due to take place in Rio de Janeiro next week.

Year with heptathlete Jessica Ennis nominated for Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year, tennis player Andy

Murray for Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year and wheelchair racer David Weir for Laureus World

All five that have been shortlisted reached personal milestones at the Olympics and of course Andy Murray

sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and American alpine skier Lindsey Vonn.In the breakthrough category, Murray

By James CrookFebruary 14 - Czech tennis player Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova has been given a six-month ban after testing positive for the stimulant sibutramine in October last year at the the BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open.

doping measures in the sport following calls from top players, such as Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy

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passport anti-doping method, following similar calls from fellow top-three players Novak Djokovic and Andy

Murray.

as it is in their best interest to keep the sport clean and credible," said Federer.US Open Champion Andy

Murray suggested last week that he would be happy to forego earnings in order to increase the level

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