Obama names gay tennis legend on Olympic delegation

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 19:32

President Barack Obama Tuesday named openly gay tennis legend Billie Jean King on the US delegation to the Winter Olympics in Sochi amid a storm over a Russian law targeting homosexuals.

Billie Jean King movie balances feminism, athleticism in legend`s life

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 17:52

American media has claimed that tennis legend Billie Jean King`s latest inspiring documentary `American Masters: Billie Jean King,` shows a net gain her personal and professional victories, and her feminism and athleticism were never mutually exclusive.

For Billie Jean King, 40 years after feats, women have `so far to go`

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 17:59

The two women who battled in Sunday`s final of the US Open tennis tournament earned prize money equal to their male counterparts and perhaps no person was more instrumental in bringing about that parity than Billie Jean King.

Billie Jean King`s win in `Battle of the Sexes` rigged by mafia?

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 13:57

Tennis great Billie Jean King`s win in the ` Battle of the Sexes` 40 years ago, may have been manipulated by the mafia, according to new reports.

Billie Jean King lauds Radwanska-Lisicki semifinal

Last Updated: Friday, July 5, 2013, 00:06

Tennis legend Billie Jean King lauded the women’s singles semifinal clash between Sabine Lisicki and Agnieszka Radwanska, which the former won, at Wimbledon here Thursday.

Serena Williams accepts Murray`s `Battle of the Sexes` challenge, but on clay

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 10:24

American tennis star Serena Williams has reportedly accepted the challenge of British ace Andy Murray, saying that she would play against the Scot in a modern-day Battle of the Sexes.