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Obituary | Lea Pericoli (1935-2024) | Tennis Threads Magazine
Lea Pericoli. Born in Milan on 22 March, 1935, Pericoli spent her formative years in Africa, after her businessman father, Filippo, moved the family to Ethiopia when Lea was a toddler, and where she was brought up in Addis Ababa. Given her first racket at the age of 10, her love for the game only grew after she was sent to boarding school in ...
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Obituary: Bobby Wilson - Tennis Threads Magazine
Bobby Wilson, one of Britain’s leading tennis players of the 1950s and 60s, has died at the age of 84. His exploits at Wimbledon and in the Davis Cup, often against bigger and more powerful opponents, epitomised the “British Bulldog” spirit and made him a firm favourite with the Centre Court crowd and a TV audience of millions.
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London | LTA partners with Tennis Channel to cover grass court events
The partnership gives Tennis Channel the rights to every court at the events, providing complete coverage of both singles and doubles competitions of the tour level events. The Tennis Channel is already the fastest growing pay-tv network in the US over the past 10 years, and is looking to expand further in this country.
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London | Sky Sports introduces dedicated tennis channel
Sky Sports Tennis will be available to Sky Sports customers with Complete, Action and Arena packages from 11 February, and viewers will be able to access multiple live court streams at the same time via the mobile app, the Sky TV app or red button and on NOW Bonus Streams, giving access to more live matches.
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24/7 Tennis Channel arrives in UK | Tennis Threads Magazine
Tennis Channel launches in the UK. The Tennis Channel, a popular cable channel in the United States dedicated 24 hours a day to the sport, has arrived in the UK after having launched in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in April 2020. We had been asked for years why there hasn’t been a Tennis Channel in other countries as it’s an ...
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London - Tennis Threads Magazine
From 2024, Sky Sports will create a dedicated tennis channel to provide 24-hour coverage, delivering the live action from the six continents direct to fans. Presenter Gigi Salmon will front Sky Sports’ coverage along with Tim Henman (L) and Laura Robson (R) and Jonathan Overend on match commentary
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Koblenz | Live Exhibition tennis resumes in Germany
The Tennis Point series, part of the Exo Tennis Series, featuring Dustin Brown in the eight-strong field, will be played without fans, line judges or ballboys or handshakes, but with live TV coverage, at the Base Tennis centre near Koblenz.
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London | Sky Sports Tennis presents a new TV era for live pro tennis
In order to access the new tennis channel, Sky viewers will need to have Sky Sports Complete, Action or Arena as part of your TV package, but NOW TV viewers have the alternative option to watch Sky Sports Tennis content via a NOW Sports Day and Month Membership. NOW TV Sports Memberships start from £11.99 for one day, or £34.99 for one month.
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Wimbledon | Barker – a living legend - Tennis Threads Magazine
Tim Davie, the BBC director general said: “Sue Barker has been the face and voice of Wimbledon for three decades. Many of our viewers will not know of a summer in SW19 without her. She is a consummate professional, an outstanding presenter and a wonderful colleague, loved by current and former players, all of us at the BBC and audiences ...
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London | Nadal – more than a tennis icon | Tennis Threads Magazine
Rafael Nadal waves goodbye to his fans. We can speculate on what the future holds for Rafa Nadal once he has played his final shot as a professional tennis player in the Davis Cup finals in Malaga, a town in southern Spain 500 miles south west from his Majorca home. From the child who watched you on television and dreamed of becoming a tennis ...
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