The first grand slam of 2022 will lack star names and take place against a backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemicAn email from Tennis Australia, offering television networks footage of defending champion Naomi Osaka’s arrival in Melbourne, arrived midway th…
Ceaseless noise of judgment has dehumanised young sport stars | Jonathan Liew
The building blocks of our culture stop us seeing the famous as people. That is not the function we have assigned themNaomi Osaka gave a press conference on Friday night. She’s started doing them again, by the way; I mention this only because after opt…
‘I’m dealing with stuff’: Naomi Osaka questions her future in tennis
After crashing out of the US Open, the troubled star says she doesn’t know when she’ll play her next matchNaomi Osaka’s journey to the top took another unexpected turn on Friday when the Japanese tennis star announced she would be taking an indefinite …
How to win at life: what sports psychologists can teach us all
The lessons top athletes are learning about stress and mental health can help us handle pressure in our own livesIt was going to be the Pandemic Olympics; the cheerless games that would inspire ambivalence at best. And then sport did its thing. Despite…
Naomi Osaka says she was ‘ungrateful’ in attitude to tennis over the past year
World No 2 speaks after victory over Coco Gauff in CincinnatiAndy Murray loses to Hubert Hurkacz in second roundNaomi Osaka admitted that at times over the last year she felt ungrateful about her view that playing tennis on the world stage was not enou…
Naomi Osaka in tears during first press conference since French Open
Reporter accused Osaka of using media when it suits herOsaka: ‘I’m figuring it out at the same time as you are’Naomi Osaka broke down in tears in her first press conference since withdrawing from the French Open for mental health reasons. The four-time…
Love, courage and solidarity: 20 essential lessons young athletes taught us this summer
Protect your mental health, stand up for your friends and speak out against racism and homophobia. From the Euros to the Olympics, this season’s biggest stars have shown success is about much more than trophiesThe Olympics are racing towards the finish…
Naomi Osaka stunned as face of Tokyo Games knocked out of Olympic tennis
Japanese beaten 6-1, 6-4 by Markéta VondroušováWorld No 2 was highest ranked player left in women’s drawNaomi Osaka will not win an Olympic medal on home soil in Japan after she was upset in the third round of the Tokyo Games by Markéta Vondroušová of …