billiejean around the margaret court arena. billie jean king called around the margaret court arena. billiejean king called for the courts to be renamed because of controversial comments from margaret court about gender and sexuality. those who have to play there did not wa nt to those who have to play there did not want to get involved in this debate. i will play whenever they put me on the court. i didn't even think about it, so i am not even... if i play on margaret court this is the last thing i'm going to think about.” have been asked these questions, it's not up to me whether i say yes or no it's still not going to be up to me, so kind of have to deal with the hand you are dealt.” to me, so kind of have to deal with the hand you are dealt. i love this tournament and i will play an any court they scheduled me on, i'm just happy to have this opportunity. novak djokovic says his injuries have not healed 100% but it has got better to the point where he can hand out cakes to the media, as this is tradition, and he's fit en

her, margaret court is an australian sporting icon but her opposition to same—sex marriage and views on the lg bt same—sex marriage and views on the lgbt community put the name of the arena in question. ifi lgbt community put the name of the arena in question. if i was playing, i would not play on it. ijust think she has gotten really derogatory and when she calls about day she talks about children of transgender is being from the devil that puts me over the edge because we are all god ‘s children. over the edge because we are all god 's children. and while the tournament director says her views do not echo the organisational sport, he said there are no immediate plans to change the name. there is more than one stakeholder that there is ongoing conversation but is there a formal process? no. king is attending the tournament of the first time in eight years, marking the 50th anniversary of her title in melbourne that while the americans said she wouldn't promote a boycott of the stadium, she encouraged players to look inside their heart before making a decision. they have to decid

the margaret court arena here in melbourne park takes her name and tennis australia at the time said they would not change the name even though they distance themselves from views. today dolly jean king speaking in melbourne said it should have its name changed and that if she was playing today she would not play any matches on that court. she went on to say that i think if you were talking about indigenous people orjewish people 01’ indigenous people orjewish people orany indigenous people orjewish people or any other people i cannot imagine the public would want somebody to have their name on something. we are all god ‘s children she said. ijust feel like she has got really derogatory. a lot of talk about inclusivity, was there a response from the tournament organisers? to be fairto from the tournament organisers? to be fair to the australian open there was a press conference called to mark the fact billie jean was a press conference called to mark the fact billiejean king who is here to celebrate 50 years since first winning the title and is the australian open‘s woman of th

with a court at melbourne park named after her, margaret court is an australian sporting icon but her opposition to same—sex marriage and views on the lgbt community have bought the name of the arena into question. if i were playing today, i would not play on it. she's gotten really do rocketry. —— derogatory. when she talked about children of transgenders being devil puppet put me over the edge. we are all god's children. while the tournament director says court's views don't echo those of the organisation or the sport, he added that there are no immediate plans to change the name. there's more than one stakeholder. but there's ongoing conversation, i can say. as you asked, a formal process? no. king is attending the tournament for the first time in eight years marking the 50th anniversary of her title in melbourne. but while the american said she wouldn't promote a boycott of the stadium, she encouraged players to look inside their hearts before making a decision. they have to decide, each one of them. you can have discussion around a bit. everyone is entitled to her opinion,

with a court at melbourne park named after her, margaret court is an australian sporting icon but her opposition to same—sex marriage and views on the lgbt community have bought the name of the arena into question. i would not play on it. she's gotten really do rocketry. when she talked about children of transgenders being when she talked about children of tra nsgenders being devil when she talked about children of transgenders being devil puppet put me over the edge. we are all god's children. while the tournament director says courts views don't echo those of the organisation or the sport, he added that there are no immediate plans to change the name. there's more than one stakeholder. but there ongoing conversation, i can say. as you asked, formal process, no. king is attending the tournament for the first time in eight years marking the 50th anniversary of her title in melbourne. but while the american said she wouldn't promote a boycott of the stadium, she encouraged players to look inside their hearts before making a decision. they have to decide, each one of them. you can hav

named after former aussie tennis great margaret court to be renamed. court, who won the tournament ii times, has spoken out controversially around sexuality and king says, while she isn't calling for players to boycott the arena, she herself would struggle to play there. i would not play on it. it is up to the people of australia but if i read here i would definitely not be the most rotten thing is to be authentic to yourself. the have to decide. you can discuss it, everyone is entitled to that opinion, margarets definitely is. i'm have been very welcoming to modern. she believes in conversion, she thinks i can go back to straight. our tennis correspondent russell fuller was at that press conference and says those in charge of the tournament say there are no plans at the moment to change the name but it isn't being ruled out in the future. it isa it is a press conference was called and billyjean king was able to express her views. he said forte said several months ago that they would not condone what margaret court said, they do not agree with that but

ido i do not agree with what margaret court said but she is entitled to her own opinion. in terms of playing, if i am scheduled to play there i will go out and compete and it isa there i will go out and compete and it is a tournament decision where they put for these three there is no time to take on the beautiful scenery. time to take on the beautiful scenery. it has been 20 years since britain has been in the paralympics. now a a7, terry here is hoping to give it another go. i have not realised how much i missed it. it in the paralympics. now a a7, terry here is hoping to give it another go. i have not realised how much i missed it. it, it gets hold of you. i really glad to be back here again. for be their para this would be have had experience at the invictus games debut. they have had experience at the invictus games. to get ready for a big event like the invictus games has helped massively. it has definitely been a big stepping stone to move on to and hopefully get the paralympic games in march. these quys paralympic games in march. these guys have had very different

only three other players before federer — margaret court, serena williams and steffi graf — have won 20 or more major singles titles. the tennis pundit and former british number one annabel croft telling us what she's made of roger federer‘s landmark win today. he is an extremely special, special individual, perhaps one of the greatest sportsmen sportsmen that may ever live, actually, because what he is achieving on the courts at the moment, no—one has won 20 grand slam titles, but it is the manner in which he is doing it, at the age of 36, his game seems to be continuing to evolve and improve. you know, when he's in that mood today, there seems to be no stopping him, so absolutely extraordinary what he is achieving. but we must say that several women have managed to win that many singles titles, haven't they? they're ahead of the men in that respect. they certainly are — serena williams has 23, margaret court had 23, so you are absolutely right, and it has been done by a female before, but in men's tennis, you know, he is really pushing the boundaries, and when you think that

serena williams, steffi graf, margaret court. three of them. serena williams has the most. i like tennis too much. serena williams is showing the same longevity with the ability to win it. how are we doing for time? iam to win it. how are we doing for time? i am engrossed to win it. how are we doing for time? iam engrossed in to win it. how are we doing for time? i am engrossed in what we are talking about and not listening to what is being said in my ear. i can also hear myself which is slightly discombobulated. you were being haunted by headlines which were hovering. i can see things which you cannot see. let's go back to the daily telegraph. i feel slightly embarrassed doing this story. put your towel on a sun lounge before your towel on a sun lounge before you even go on holiday. how can you do that? you can do it because you can now book it. when you book your holiday you can book your sun lounge and make sure they are not all taken when you get there. the joke comes in paragraph three where it says the service has been available to germans for three years. so when you

twelve time grand slam when a billy jean king believes the australian opens margaret court arena should be renamed courts is a vocal opponents of gay marriage the seventy five year old australian won a record breaking twenty four grand slam tournament during her career and the venue at melbourne park was named after her in two thousand and three king says that while she refused to play in the rain if she was appearing at this year's tournament she won't be encouraging other players it's a boy cos it's i just like she's gotten really derogatory and but you talk about children of transgenders being from the double that put me over the edge i must say because we are all god's children and we're all be the best we can be and i think it's really important to be authentic self it took me a long time with my own sexuality it took me until i was fifty one to feel comfortable in my own skin and shame based things are very difficult and so that's the last thing we need. this year's australian open starts on monday with angelica kirby hitting form at just the right time the twenty sixteen champion

was trying make some sort of sense of what is just a cheat is now chasing down margaret court all time record of twenty four grand slams arkell's other of being fifty nine major final since federer's first to wimbledon in two thousand and three amazingly he's played in thirty of them that's more than hoff but thirty six years in one. one hundred seventy three days is not the oldest slam winner yet that record belongs to australia's ken rosewall who is thirty seven years and sixty three days old when he won the one nine hundred seventy two australian open title as federer is tears when he lifted the trophy that of really got social media talking by more than one hundred twenty five thousand tweets have mentioned his name since is when. i my team a lot it does. remind of the reason being behind the starts to stick through it all from straight forward times during a much better with clashed with officials try to deceive last for seven fights that is the major finals this from our point to chris a bit on twitter nobody makes me cry a lot roger federer no one there is no one like him that g

court arena to be renamed. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. president donald trump will not be visiting britain next month. he had been due to attend the official opening of the new us embassy in south london. he tweeted that he had cancelled the trip because he's "not a big fan" of the new embassy, which he said had been commissioned by his predecessor, barack 0bama. downing street says an invitation for a state visit has been accepted but there is no firm date set and insists the "strong and deep partnership will endure." the president is also under fire from the united nations which criticised his reported crude comments about some countries as shocking and racist, although donald trump now denies using foul language. £1 billion of futuristic architecture with a moat for security. now after a lot of will he, 20, donald trump will not be opening america's new london embassy next month. as ever, the president took to twitter, claiming he had cancelled his trip here because the 0bama administ

court serena williams and steffi graf to achieve the feat and at that many would have thought unthinkable when the swiss took a six month injury layoff at the end of the sixteen. rivals responds not in twelve months i can't believe in myself all day i was thinking how would i feel if i want to tie would i feel if i lost it so close now yet so far and i think it was going through the whole match like this so i've had these moments in the past but maybe never as extreme as that tonight so a you know getting to twenty is obviously very special you know them a lot of guys. was motion's got the better of better as he lifted the australian open trophy for a sixth time he's now level with roy amis another about joker. which the most wins at the stevens opening grounds and on this form fewer predict against him adding to that tally helen gleason al-jazeera. again as a product of the headlines on al-jazeera gunmen have targeted a military academy and of ghana's founds capital kabul a presidential spokesman says the attackers did not get past the first gate of the marshall for him national defense

court — to be renamed. last year, court, the 24—time grand slam winner, who is also a devout christian, voiced her opposition to gay marriage, as well as saying the children of transgender people were "from the devil". king says that was a step too far. ifi if i were playing today, i would not play on it. it's really up to the people of australia. you know, i have to leave it to them, but if i we re have to leave it to them, but if i were here, i would have difficulty with it now, yes. the most important thing is be your authentic self, 0k? so, they have to decide, each one of them. you can have discussion around it, but everyone's entitled to their opinion. margaret's very much entitled to her opinion. i'd be very welcoming to margaret. she'll say, well, i welcome you too. but you know, she believes in conversion. like she thinks i can go back to straight. the action gets under way on monday morning in australia, sunday night here in the uk, with johanna konta leading the charge for british success down

tennis great billiejean king has once again called for the margaret court arena in melbourne to be renamed. that's after court, a 24—time grand slam winner, made derogatory comments regarding lesbian and trangender people in may of last year. king says as a gay woman, she would not play on the court if she was still playing. heather watson missed out on a first wta final in 2 years after she was beaten in the semi final of the hobart international. she lost her semi in three sets to defendsing champion elise mertens. and after 12 years at arsenal, theo walcott looks like he may well be on his way out of the club soon. everton boss sam allardyce has confirmed the teams have entered negotiations over the 28—year—old. that is all the sport for now. i will be back just that is all the sport for now. i will be backjust after 11:30am. some lines coming to us from westminster about the decision by donald trump to cancel his uk visit to open the new us embassy, amongst other things. asked if downing street is disappointed about the cancellation of an official spokesman for theresa may said,

the margaret court arena is named after the 2a time grand slam winner, who is also a devout christian. last year, court voiced her opposition to gay marriage, as well as making derogatory comments about the children of transgender people. king says it was a step too far. if i were playing today, i would not play on it. it's up to the people of australia. i have to leave it to them. if i were here, i would have difficulty with it now, yes. the most important thing is to be your authentic self, ok? the most important thing is to be yourauthentic self, ok? so the most important thing is to be your authentic self, ok? so they have to decide each one of them. you can have discussion around it. everyone's entitled to their opinion. margaret's very much entitled to her opinion. i'd be very welcoming to margaret. she'll say, i welcome you too, but she believes in conversion, like she thinks i can go back to straight. that's all the sport for now. as always, you can find out more on that story and the rest that i couldn't fit into this bulletin on the bbc sport website, bbc.co.uk/sport. more f

court arena should be renamed court is a vocal opponents of gay marriage the seventy five year old australian one a record breaking twenty four grand slams on a string her career and the venue at melbourne park was named after her in two thousand and three king says that while she refused to play in the rain if she was appearing at this year's tournament she wouldn't be encouraging other players it's a boycott it's. i dislike she's gotten really derogatory and when but you talk about children of transgenders being from the devil that put me over the edge i must say because we are all god's children and we're all be the best we can be and i think it's really important to be authentic self it took me a long time but with my own sexuality it took me until i was fifty one to feel comfortable in my own skin and shame based things are very difficult and so that's the last thing we need three time major winner joan spaces five shots off the pace after the first round of the sunny open in honolulu the open championship on a sixty on included eight birdies but was undermined by a quadruple bogey on th

told time grand slam champion billie jean king believes the australian opens margaret court arena should be renamed court is a vocal opponent of gay marriage the seventy five year old australian won a record breaking twenty four grand slam tournaments during her career and the venue at melbourne park was named after her in two thousand and three king says that while she refused to play in the arena as she was appearing at this year's tournament she wouldn't be encouraging other players to boycott it. i dislike she's got the rug. but you talk about children of transgenders being from the doubled up at me over the edge i must say because we're all god's children and we're all be the best we can be i think it's really important to be your authentic self it took me a long time with my own sexuality took me until i was fifty one to feel comfortable my own skin. shame based things were very difficult so that's the last thing we need this year's australian open starts on monday with angele kerber heading form at just the right time the two thousand and sixteen champion has picked up her eighth

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court serena williams and steffi graf to achieve the feat i am at that many would have thought unthinkable when the swiss took a six month injury layoff at the end of the sixteen i once responded on twelve. once i can believe in myself all day i was thinking how would i feel if i wanted to how would i feel if i lost it so close now yet so far and i think it was going through the whole match like this so i've had these moments in the past but maybe never as extreme as tonight so. you know getting to twenty is obviously very very special you know them i love you guys. thank you i was motions got the better of better as he lifted the australian open trophy pool i think the time you now level with roy emerson and novak djokovic for mesa wins at the stevens opening grand slam and on this form few would predict against him adding to that tally helen gleason al-jazeera the mixed doubles champions were also crowned on sunday with gabrielle either brusque and not having any talk of a pizza man about awesome or hump upon in a marathon match it two six six four eleven knowing to win that one it was t

the russian entered margaret court arena — the same venue where she failed a doping test for meldonium two years ago. but tilley cited sharapova's status as a former champion, with the russian lifting the trophy 10 years ago. james vince and mark stoneman have kept their places in england's test squad for the tour of new zealand, despite struggling with the bat in the ashes defeat. there's a first test call—up for 2a—year—old lancashire batsman liam livingstone, while bowler mark wood is also in the 16—man squad. a bit surprised, to be honest — i'm pleased to be back in. i think that with obviously tom curran and jake ball being part of ashes squad, and i felt they did pretty well, i was surprised obviously to get the call. but it is nice to be back involved and it is something that i have wanted to get back in and hopefully i have got a point to prove and can i do well. england's one—day side have been known australian team in a warm up match. it was against a cricket australia xi team. four days after the 4-0 australia xi team. four days after the 4—0 ashes series defea

all very different cases but they lead margaret murray to ask: the court appearance of larry nassar and the summing up of thejudge in the case had already been broadcast live for more than half an hour on the news channel, prompting this reaction from gavin elliot: i was watching the news on wednesday when coverage of the larry nassar trial came on and on and on. after ten minutes listening to the judge's tedious summing up i switched off. however, this left me wondering why this man, not exactly a household name in this country, was warranted such extended coverage in the first place. ..calculated, manipulative... surely, a post—trial and post—sentencing short report would have been quite sufficient. finally, british tennis has a new hero, kyle edmund, who this week reached the semifinals of the australian open. as he progressed through the tournament, we heard more about him, with bbc news tracking down his boyhood coach, on tuesday. it was all a little too detailed for someone describing himself as "confused boyo" on twitter: thank you for all your comments this week. if you want

and each day, michael peterson's girls, margaret and martha, sat in court, suffering as prosecutors labeled their dad a killer. >> they would accuse my father of double murders, or the wife murder, or the staircase murders? >> and we couldn't stand up and say, "wait a second. this isn't true." >> reporter: michael peterson did not testify at his trial but he did sit down with us recently to answer questions about all the evidence against him, nothing was off limits. >> i know i did not kill kathleen. so at a certain point, you think, well, this is just -- crazy. >> reporter: to understand the case, he says, you have to go back to the very beginning, to the moment police arrived at the is scene and recognized him as the same michael peterson who liked to publicly criticize them in the local paper. >> you think the cops had it in for you, that's what set this in the motion? >> oh absolutely, no question about that. >> that framed the narrative. >> they were delighted that something really bad had happened and would've been even more delighted if i had anything to do with it. >> reporter: mich

in sixteen fifty six the spanish court painted diego velazquez created a masterpiece entitled last many. the painting harbors many secrets. at its center the five year old in fun tell margaret to reason at the time of its painting the only child of king philip and his second wife. the portrait and the lines have maturity and suitability as a possible route to. the many notes her attendance of the children of eristic rats who serve the infanta as a sign of margaret's power she is surrounded by a launch entourage. one of her maids is handing her small pitcher of perfumed water to sweeten the air around her. a large dog normally an attribute assigned to underscores the infant has position of power. a young attendant provokes the master but it remains undisturbed a sign associating moderates with stability. has added further evidence of the infant has lineage in the mirror image in the background he's included her parents in the scene king philip the fourth and his queen. the painter his of the seventeenth century had a wide array of symbols that their disposal to illustrate the vulnerabili

in sixteen fifty six the spanish court painter diego velazquez created a masterpiece entitled last many us. the painting harbors many secrets. at its center the five year old in fun tell margaret to reason at the time of its painting the only child of king philip and his second wife. the portrait and the lines have maturity and suitability as a possible route to. the many her attendance of the children of eristic rats who serve the infanta as a sign of margaret's power she is surrounded by a launch entourage. one of her maids is handing her a small pitcher of perfumed water to sweeten the air around her. a large dog normally an attribute assigned to underscores the infant his position of power. a young attendant provokes the master but it remains undisturbed a sign associating moderates with stability. has added further evidence of the infant has lineage in the mirror image in the background he's included her parents in the scene king philip the fourth and his queen. the painter his of the seventeenth century had a wide array of symbols that their disposal to illustrate the vulnerabilit

this man, superior court judge aaronpersky. organizers of an effort to recall judge persky, who have gathered 100,000 signatures of support, say that persky does not take sexual assault against women seriously and must go. on a website called voices against the recall, margaret russell is speaking out on behalf of judge persky. margaret russell "....i know his record very well from the students who have graduated from our law school and the many people who have practiced law in our county and the overwhelming response im getting is that judge persky is fair..."the recall was sparked when persky sentenced former stanfordswimmer brock turner, convicted of sexual assault, to six months in the county jail. persky supporters say he followed the recommendation of the probation department and reject accusations that judge persky has shown a pattern of leniency toward defendants in sexual assault cases.margaret russell"....voices against the recall is saying that judge persky is an extremely well qualified judge, he is well respected b

." >> glor: jill schlesinger here in our studio, and margaret brennan in davos. thank you both very much. the 15-year-old kentucky boy charged with murdering two schoolmates yesterday and injuring 18 others will appear in court tomorrow. his name has not been released but sources tell us he say sophomore at marshall county high school and a member of the band. he is accused shooting and killing 15-year-old preston ryan cope, a baseball player known for his positive outlook, and bailey nicole holt, also 15. bailey's aunt says her niece would have befriended the gunman, given the chance. the united states is nincreasingly at odds with a close ally. in a phone call today, president trump urged turkey's president to limit an assault on a kurdish enclave in northern syria or risk conflict with american forces. the u.s. supports the kurds. holly williams reports tonight from the syria-turkey border. >> reporter: these kurdish fighters, america's closest partners in the battle against isis in syria, are now facing off with turkey, america's nato ally. a deadly new front

." >> glor: jill schlesinger here in our studio, and margaret brennan in davos. thank you both very much. the 15-year-old kentucky boy charged with murdering two schoolmates yesterday and injuring 18 others will appear in court tomorrow. his name has not been released but sources tell us he is a sophomore at marshall county high school and a member of the band. d is accused of shooting and killing 15-year-old preston ryan cope, a baseball player known for his positive outlook, and bailey nicole holt, also 15. bailey's aunt says her niece would have befriended the gunman, given the chance. the united states is increasingly at odds with a close ally. p a phone call today, president trump urged turkey's president to limit an assault on a kurdish enclave in northern syria or risk conflict with american forces. the u.s. supports the kurds. willy williams reports tonight from the syria-turkey border. >> reporter: these kurdish fighters, america's closest partners in the battle against isis in syria, are now facing off with turkey, america's nato ally. a deadly new fron

by margaret court. heather watson last her latest match roster after 12 years at arsenal, it looks like theo walcott might be on his way out of the club, everton manager sam alla rdyce says way out of the club, everton manager sam allardyce says the team have entered into negotiations about signing the england international. more on those stories at half—past. a huge fire engulfed a section of nottingham railway station this morning. around 60 firefighters tackled the blaze, which began at about 630. no—one was injured, but trains are still not running through the station and travellers are being warned to avoid the area. phil mackie reports. the severe fire rapidly spread through the recently renovated station at the start of this morning's rush—hour. 60 firefighters were called to deal with the blaze while passengers and staff were safely evacuated. our crews were in attendance very quickly and managed to put in place measures to, a, protect lives, and, b, do everything they can to protect the b