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Organisers have banned "Oh Jeremy Corbyn" chants ahead of the tournament, which gets underway today. After hearing the chant take over the Glastonbury Festival and even filter into England cricket games the conservative All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club have put in place preventative measures to ensure Corbynistas don't upset the regulars. The chant of the Labour leader’s name to The White Stripe’s Steven Nation Army has been banned at the event after a warning was published stating “No political slogans!”....

A couple having loud sex in Florida disrupted a tennis game at the Sarasota Open. Although moans are commonplace in tennis this was quite different, with grunts of a different sort overheard on the clay courts at the United Tennis Club. Francis Tiafoe and Mitchell Krueger were locked in battle, with Krueger up 15 love at the time. The Texan was trailing Tiafoe 3-6, 2-3 when the noisy love making was heard. Tiafoe was the first to recognise one particularly loud "oh yeah" and...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @rgdewinter  @davidjdewinter Sports Editor David de Winter and TLE Sports columnist Richard de Winter talk British success at the Australian Open, discuss England's ongoing one-day series in India, preview the semi-finals at The Masters snooker and take a peek at the upcoming RBS 6 Nations.

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @rgdewinter  @davidjdewinter TLE Sports Editor David de Winter and TLE columnist Richard de Winter discuss England's thrilling series draw in Bangladesh and their upcoming tour of India, the home nations' chances in the upcoming Autumn internationals, Andy Murray's potential rise to the top of the ATP rankings and Liverpool & Chelsea's recent excellent performances in the Premier League.

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @rgdewinter  @davidjdewinter TLE Sports Editor David de Winter & Richard de Winter discuss the England football team's qualifiers against Slovenia & Malta, England's 2-1 series victory over Bangladesh, Jessica Ennis-Hill's retirement, Johanna Konta's rise to the WTA top-10 rankings and the managerial sack-race.

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @rgdewinter  @davidjdewinter The TLE Sports Podcast returns after a summer break.  In this episode Richard & David de Winter discuss the start of the football season, Sam Allardyce's first match as England manager, the conclusion of the US Open, England's upcoming tour of Bangladesh and the Vuelta a Espana and the Tour of Britain.

Uruguaran Pablo Cuevas threatened to urinate on court during a doubles match with Britain's Jonny Marray and Adil Shamasdin. Umpire Aurelie Tourte refused Cuevas a toilet break which resulted in him threatening to wee into a ball can. He and his doubles partner Marcel Granollers then held a sit-down protest after receiving warnings for said violation and hitting a ball out of court. "You have to take bad calls on the chin at some point," said Britain's Marray. "I went to the bathroom twice during the...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @davidjdewinter When I was growing up in the 1990s and early 2000s, watching British tennis players was a lesson in how to be a gallant loser.  Don’t get me wrong, I used to love Tiger Tim Henman (Greg Rusedski less so) and his annual run to the Wimbledon semi-finals.  It’s just that after so many persistent near-misses I sort of gave up hope of ever seeing a British Wimbledon...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @davidjdewinter It’s the business end of Wimbledon and the men’s semi-finals has thrown together some intriguing match-ups.  Andy Murray will take on all-time great Roger Federer whilst sinewy Serb Novak Djokovic will be up against enigmatic Frenchman Richard Gasquet.  Two completely contrasting styles of play will be on display tomorrow – classic grass-court tennis against the modern baseline counter-puncher and it will be fascinating to see who prevails. Federer...