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Blue plaque to Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams. Photo courtesy of English Heritage

New Blue Plaque For “Chariots Of Fire” Coach, Sam Mussabini

London’s newest blue plaque is dedicated to a suitably sporty subject.

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In Pictures: A Spectator’s View Of Wimbledon 2012

Pimms, Wombles and Murray Mound.

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Wimbledon 2012: How To Queue (Standing & Surfing)

Everything you need to know to secure your place at the tennis.

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Olympledon Sports Day @ David Lloyd Finchley

See what they did there?

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Olympic Sport Lowdown: Tennis

Anyone for a lot of tennis?

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Boris Johnson Booed By Tennis Fans, Boosted By GQ

Win some, lose some…

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Music Choice: 4-10 July

This week’s best gigs.

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Wimbledon 2011: How To Queue (Standing & Surfing)

Everything you need to know to secure your place at the tennis.

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LTM Launch Wimbledon Designs

Wimbledon frenzy will be at its height today as Andy Murray takes on Rafael Nadal, but if the tennis fortnight is too short for you then we’re loving the new range of products launched by the London Transport Museum Shop. The All England Lawn Club …

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Epic Tennis Match Covered By Epic Liveblog

Xan Brooks of The Guardian can’t have put too much thought into being given the job of liveblogging the record book-shredding Isner-Mahut match yesterday. Yet as the game stretched out into the evening, Brooks, obliged to report on every single bit of action, was forced …

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Queen In Rare Wimbledon Visit

33 years ago, in her Silver Jubilee year, the Queen visited Wimbledon to watch Virginia Wade become the last British tennis player to win the tournament. Her Maj can’t have been impressed, because she hasn’t been back since, until today: she’s in SW19 to take …