racism in tennis

A company that sponsors Naomi Osaka admitted that it whitewashed the half-Japanese, half-Haitian tennis star in a new ad that has since been discontinued.

A Black former umpire says he faced discrimination.

Tennis icon Martina Navratilova, who is openly gay, wrote an open letter to the Margaret Court Arena on Thursday morning saying that sporting venues named for athletes or persons of note should take into consideration “who they are as human beings.”