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Video garnered millions of views on XTennis legend Martina Navratilova appeared to be disgusted with a video that appeared to show a girl telling a rabbi to "kill yourself" if they had a problem with "free Palestine." The altercation took place in Times Square in New York City. The girl in the video says she’s 11 years old and lives in Canada. The girl or the supposed family members that she was with didn’t appear to have any remorse over what she told Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who took the video and posted it on X. The clip received more than...

US women’s team refuse to sing national anthem before World Cup draw with Holland. Six players take part in silent protest labelled ‘disrespectful’ but Martina Navratilova tells critics to 'get a grip'. The US women’s football team have sparked a divisive row at the World Cup after six players elected not to sing the national anthem in a silent ‘protest’ that was labelled “embarrassing” and “disrespectful”. The defending world champions risked the ire of the American public for the second time in five days yesterday when more than half of the team stayed silent before their group game against Holland,...

"A natal male who cheated in sports going to speak to a natal male to talk about other natal males competing in natal female sports. Got it. I am sure Lance will fix it," she wrote in a tweet. snip Jenner fired back on Twitter Wednesday in a series of tweets, explaining the context of the interview while also calling out Navratilova for her politics which Jenner said goes against Republican lawmakers attempting to pass legislation "protecting women’s sports." "Hey [Navratilova] we are on the same side of this issue," Jenner wrote in a tweet.

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova took a swing once again at NCAA swimmer Lia Thomas — this time for calling out people who claim to be feminists but only “half-support” her as a transgender swimmer. The Tennis star snapped back at Thomas over Twitter Wednesday, after the swimmer went on a podcast earlier in the week and described those who don’t fully support her right to swim competitively in events designated for women as “transphobic.” “NEWSFLASH Lia- it’s not fair. We shouldn’t have to explain it to you over and over. Also- stop explaining feminism to feminists….” Navratilova wrote.

The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, who previously had breast cancer in 2010, will start treatment in New York later this month. Navratilova, 66, said both cancers had been caught at an early stage. "The double whammy is serious, but fixable, and I'm hoping for a favourable outcome," she said. "It's going to stink for a while, but I'll fight with all I have got." Navratilova noticed an enlarged lymph node in her neck during November's WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas. A subsequent biopsy revealed stage one throat cancer. During the tests, a lump was also discovered in her...

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova said Monday she has been diagnosed with both Stage 1 throat cancer and breast cancer. Tennis legend Martina Navratilova said Monday she has been diagnosed with both throat cancer and breast cancer. “This double whammy is serious but still fixable,” said the 66-year-old in a statement. “I’m hoping for a favorable outcome. It’s going to stink for a while, but I’ll fight with all have I got.” Navratilova’s fighting spirit is well-documented; she won a total of 59 Grand Slam titles -- in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. And she’s already beaten cancer once before. After...

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova, the winner of 18 Grand Slam singles titles, has noted that, when it comes to competitive athletics, “sex segregation is the only way to achieve equality for girls and women.” That is because, on average, males are stronger, faster, and more powerful than females. And, yet, with the stroke of a pen, the United States Supreme Court last week called into question the legality of all sex-specific athletic teams. ... Many civil rights activists cheered the holding as a victory for the LGBTQ+ community. And, indeed, it is. ... Suppose, for example, a male student fails...

Martina Navratilova, who won multiple Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles and is considered among the best female tennis players in history, denounced the idea that transgender females -- men who claim they are women -- can compete fairly in women's sports, stating "it's insane and it's cheating." "[I]t is surely unfair on women who have to compete against people who, biologically, are still men," she wrote in The Sunday Times on Feb. 17. "[F]airness should always be valued and strived for" and "unfairness introduced through human action and chemical means should be condemned and outlawed." Navratilova, who came out as...

An LGBT sporting group has cut its ties with tennis legend Martina Navratilova in a dispute over transgender sportswomen. The nine-time Wimbledon champion and LGBT campaigner was accused of being transphobic after saying that it was "cheating" to allow transgender women to compete in women's sport, and claimed they had a physical advantage. In an article for The Sunday Times, Navratilova wrote: "A man can decide to be female, take hormones if required by whatever sporting organisation is concerned, win everything in sight and perhaps earn a small fortune, and then reverse his decision and go back to making babies...

Female tennis great, feminist, and gay rights activist Martina Navratilova may have just compromised her status as an LGBTQ icon with a Tuesday evening tweet. Navratilova criticized current transgender policies in sports, stating “you can’t just proclaim yourself a female and be able to compete against women.” Well Martina, somebody should have told you that you can’t just proclaim such common sense on social media. Navratilova, long considered to be the greatest female tennis player of all time, and one of the “first openly gay sports figures”, engaged in a Twitter debate prompted by BBC Sport writer Alistair Magowan’s article...

Meet The Future Mrs Navratilova, The Beauty Queen With a VERY Ugly Past: Her millionaire boyfriend was shot dead by a prostitute and her baby's tragic death is still unexplained By TOM LEONARD 12 September 2014 Not since she sank to the ground on Centre Court and savoured her historic ninth Wimbledon singles victory title did Martina Navratilova look so happy. This time the sporting legend was on her knees again — or one at least — as she proposed to her long-time girlfriend Julia Lemigova last weekend, a moment that was flashed over the big screen at the U.S....

Navratilova Proposes On Big Screen At US Open September 6 2014 NEW YORK Tennis great Martina Navratilova proposed to her girlfriend on the big screen of Arthur Ashe Stadium between the U.S. Open men's semifinals. Navratilova popped the question to Julia Lemigova in the Tennis Channel suite Saturday, drawing a loud cheer from the crowd. "I was very nervous," Navratilova said later. "It came off. She said yes. It was kind of an out-of-body experience. You've seen people propose at sporting events before, in movies, in real life. Here it was happening to me. It was like I was watching...

A Twitter message posted Saturday by U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has revived accusations of anti-Semitism against the freshman congresswoman and member of the far-left “Squad.” The remark, posted ahead of Omar’s scheduled appearance at a CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations) event in Washington, also drew a response from tennis legend Martina Navratilova, who accused Omar of “assigning labels.” Omar’s defenders, however, claimed that charges of anti-Semitism against her were overblown, and that Omar’s critics were “obsessed with every word Ilhan says or tweets.”

When CNBC announced that the successful Jewish hedge fund manager would be supporting fellow Jewish billionaire Mike Bloomberg in his run for President as a Democrat, Democrat Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN), who has a history of making anti-Semitic remarks on Twitter, responded to their tweet, saying, “I wonder why?” Women’s tennis icon and gay rights activist Martina Navratilova immediately admonished Omar for making yet another anti-Semitic statement on Twitter. Navratilova tweeted, “This is a wrong thing to say Congresswoman…” Omar’s liberal friends attacked Navratilova, who is a liberal to the core. Navratilova’s profile picture on Twitter is an image of...

“It is surely unfair on women who have to compete against people who, biologically, are still men,” tennis legend Martina Navratilova recently proclaimed. “You can’t just proclaim yourself a female and be able to compete against women. There must be some standards, and having a penis and competing as a woman would not fit that standard.” Activists blasted Navratilova as “transphobic” and years after she identified as a lesbian the tennis star was booted from the board of a LBGT nonprofit.  Long before any of that happened, women who were biologically still men were competing against other women.  The Union...

Continuing with our recent trend of covering the “men dominating women in female sports” theme, another prominent female sports figure has now learned what happens when you speak out against the transgender narrative crowd. It doesn’t end well for you. This time we’re talking about women’s tennis, among other sports, and the person who foolishly went so far as to express “concerns” about the inherent inequality on display was tennis legend Martina Navratilova. She even included all of the usual bowing and scraping about how we should “respect the bravery” of people swapping genders and gaining a competitive edge,...

Earlier this week, tennis legend and a far-left lesbian Martina Navratilova said men who compete as women are cheaters. Because transwomen are actually men, and if they compete as women, they’re cheating. It’s all very biologically accurate when one looks at science, like the effects testosterone has on the human body. Never the less, if one dares question the transgender agenda, one should be prepared to have their entire life destroyed. Starting with the banishment from certain clubs. For after Martina spoke the truth, Athlete Ally, an LGBTQ athletic group, has given Martina the swift boot. Their statement with my...

Tennis star Martina Navratilova has claimed transgender women in sport are 'cheating' unless they have irreversible surgery to change their anatomy. The nine-times Wimbledon champion, 62, says she is happy to address transgender athletes by whichever pronoun they desire, but would not be happy to compete against them unless they have fully transitioned. This is the second time Navratilova has spoken out on the subject, following a furious Twitter row with transgender female cycling champion Rachel McKinnon at the end of last year. Writing in the Sunday Times today, she said: 'To put my argument at its most basic: a...

Serena Williams has part of it right. There is a huge double standard for women when it comes to how bad behavior is punished — and not just in tennis. But in her protests against an umpire during the United States Open final on Saturday, she also got part of it wrong. I don’t believe it’s a good idea to apply a standard of “If men can get away with it, women should be able to, too.” Rather, I think the question we have to ask ourselves is this: What is the right way to behave to honor our sport...

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova is being sued for millions of pounds by a former lover who claims she was dumped without warning after nearly eight years. Toni Layton, 56, who married the nine-times Wimbledon champion in an official wedding ceremony, is demanding a share of four multi-million dollar homes bought during their time together. Her lawsuit extends to the 'emotional, mental and physical trauma' she suffered after being 'removed' from 52-year-old Navratilova's life a year ago. Layton said: 'Martina has got a fight on her hands. Without any warning, my life came crashing down around me. I was kicked out...