Fact of the day

During the first several modern Olympics, the marathon was always an approximate distance. In 1908, the British Royal Family requested that the marathon start at the Windsor Castle so that the Royal children could witness its start. The distance from the Windsor Castle to the Olympic Stadium in White City was 42,195 meters (or 26 miles and 385 yards). In 1924, this distance became the standardised length of a marathon. 

Tennis News

Safina tips Sharapova for London 2012 tennis honours and urges media to "support" Murray

By Mike Rowbottom at Grosvenor House Mansions in London

London 2012_tennis_1April 24 - Dinara Safina, Russia's former world number one tennis player and silver medallist from Beijing 2008, has tipped her compatriot Maria Sharapova to maintain the country's domination of the event at London 2012, where the tennis will be played on the grass courts of Wimbledon.
   

Sport England chair Richard Lewis appointed chief executive at Wimbledon

By Tom Degun

Richard Lewis_12-04-12April 13 - Richard Lewis (pictured), the chairman of the Rugby Football League (RFL) and Sport England, has been appointed as the new chief executive at Wimbledon.
   

Djokovic and Nadal lined up for charity battle in Spain's Bernebéu

By David Gold

Tennis -_BernebeuApril 12 - The world's top two tennis players, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, are to resume their rivalry on the turf at Real Madrid's Bernabéu stadium on July 14 in a special charity match, the Spanish football giant has announced.
   

"Tennis at the Olympics has become a big deal," insists British star Murray

By Andrew Warshaw

Andy Murray_in_Team_GB_London_2012_kitApril 11 - Andy Murray, the world's fourth-ranked tennis player, has said that winning the Olympic gold medal at London 2012 will be just as great an achievement as clinching Britain's first men's Grand Slam title for 76 years.
   

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