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Despite the outrage, the paper reprinted the cartoon alongside unflattering caricatures of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, attempting to portray the controversy as an effort to curtail free speech. (Photo: AP)

Australian newspaper defies criticism, reprints controversial Serena...

The cartoon fuelled a global debate over Williams' controversial defeat by Japan's Naomi Osaka in the U.S. Open women's...

12 Sep 2018 4:13 AM GMT

The Indian team pose for a selfie in Belgrade.

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India have outside chance to overcome sturdy Serbia

Zeeshan was â€œsurprisedâ€ with the decision of the hosts to choose play indoors as the weather is pleasant in Kraljevo...

11 Sep 2018 7:10 PM GMT

Serena, who was thwarted in her bid for a record-tying 24th Slam singles crown in losing to Japans Naomi Osaka, said she was punished for saying something where men have said far worse without incurring such a penalty. (Photo: AFP)

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Wrong even if guys do it: Martina Navratilova on Serena Williams' US...

Navratilova said a higher standard needed to be observed when Serena called chair umpire Carlos Ramos a -"thief-".

11 Sep 2018 7:29 AM GMT

Williams isnt the first player to take issue with Ramoss strict interpretation of the rules. (Photo: AFP)

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Serena Williams' US Open sexism row latest to put tennis umpires in...

Williams made no bones about her belief that sexism played a role in the code violations handed to her by umpire Ramos...

11 Sep 2018 3:30 AM GMT

$Serena Williams claimed that chair umpire Carlos Ramos meted out penalties for infractions that male players could have gotten away with, specifically a violation for verbal abuse after she called him a \thief\ and a \liar\ for warning her for coaching from her players box, then docking her a point when a racquet abuse violation followed. (Photo: AFP / AP)$ Sports