Boris Becker and Martina Navratilova have spoken out at the Laureus World Sports Awards.
Tennis greats Boris Becker and Martina Navratilova have called for Olympic medallists across all sports to receive prize money.
Martina Navratilova says the days of amateurism in the Olympic Games and athletes not being paid are over “Everybody was making money but the athletes. So I’m glad that’s changing because for some countries that’s a massive amount of money. He said: “When I listened to Sebastian Coe about prize money I said: ‘Finally someone is coming with the times’.
The 2024 season-ending finals will take place in Riyadh in November, featuring the top eight singles players and doubles teams, and the event will also be played in Saudi in 2025 and 2026. “I heard a players say they ‘don’t want to be political’. Going to Saudi is about as political you can get.
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