Martina Navratilova

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Martina Navratilova - United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won nine Wimbledon women's singles championships (born in 1956)

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The Trans Women Athlete Dispute With Martina Navratilova BBC One Last year, Martina Navratilova tweeted it was simply unfair to have a penis and compete as a woman in sporting events.

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THE TRANS WOMEN ATHLETE DISPUTE WITH MARTINA NAVRATILOVA BBC1, 9PM SPORTING legend Martina Navratilova hit the headlines recently - but it was nothing to do with tennis.

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Martina Navratilova and transgender golf coach Alison Perkins THE TRANS WOMEN ATHLETE DISPUTE WITH MARTINA NAVRATILOVA BBC1, 9pm SPORTING legend Martina Navratilova hit the headlines recently - but it was nothing to do with tennis.

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For decades, tennis champion Martina Navratilova has been a gay icon, after coming out in the Eighties.

Sport for all; After getting herself in hot water with her comments on trans competitors, Martina Navratilova bravely revisits the contentious subject

A British transgender rights group, Trans Actual, tweeted: "We're pretty devastated to discover that Martina Navratilova is transphobic."

A voice of common sense in the madness of our times

Fellow tennis star Martina Navratilova caused a storm by claiming she was paid 10 times less than him for their roles as pundits for the BBC during the Wimbledon championships.

John McEnroe says he's worth every penny of Wimbledon fee after BBC gender pay gap row; Fellow tennis star Martina Navratilova caused a storm by claiming she was paid 10 times less than McEnroe for their roles as pundits during the Wimbledon championships

[United States], May 16 (ANI): Golden Globe Award winner Reese Witherspoon is all set to produce a feature-length documentary with journalist Glenn Greenwald on decorated tennis star and activist Martina Navratilova.

Reese Witherspoon to produce doc on Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova is hoping for a positive outcome to the Maria Sharapova doping drama which has kept the popular Russian from tennis for months.

Navratilova pushing for return of Sharapova

SANIA Mirza, fresh from her women's doubles title triumph at Wimbledon, joined hands with the legendary Martina Navratilova to conduct a training session for budding youngsters at the WTA Future Stars clinic in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

World No. 1 Sania tells girls anything is possible

Tennis stars Virginia Wade, Gigi Fernandez and Pam Shriver and Martina Navratilova were his backing singers as he sang hits like Congratulations.

SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2015 DAILY You're smarter for10; 30 Who has caused a racket at Wimbledon? MARION MCMULLEN looks at some of the top tennis tournament's highs and lows

But some, like tennis legend Martina Navratilova, feel that more gay athletes should come out--not just to improve their life, but also to improve their game.

Martina for the win

I'm old enough to remember when Martina Navratilova first emerged on the tennis scene as a very different type of female player.