martina navratilova says martina navratilova sastohn mcenroe was paid at least ten times more than she shocked when the bbc revealed how much stars earn. john mcenroe and between 150000 and £200,000. martina navratilova says she was paid £15,000. i got about £15,000 for wimbledon. and john mcenroe is doing a whole bunch of stuff outside of wimbledon and is getting at least ten times as much money. ten times? yes, when you come here. at the moment, that's what i know. so you are telling me that you earn 10% of whatjohn mcenroe earns? are telling me that you earn 10% of what john mcenroe earns? that's what it looks like, to the best of my knowledge. that's how it shakes out. how do you feel about that? not happy. it's shocking. if it happens to me, then, for me, it's a part—time job, to me, then, for me, it's a part—timejob, two weeks to me, then, for me, it's a part—time job, two weeks of my life, but for the woman who work full—time, maybe the discrepancy is not that large, but it adds up over a lifetime. it's an amazing amount of money. it's extremely unfair and it makes me angry for

martina navratilova. left my country, which was a totally terror regime, i left my country, which was a totalitarian regime, czech republic, communist country — i left that country john mcenroe is getting £150,000-200,000 for his wimbledon fortnight. good evening to you, i'm looking forward to discussing and dissecting this match. we're going to... his earnings were news to his fellow wimbledon commentator, martina navratilova. it's hard to really compare exactly, because some people work a little longer days, maybe fewer or more programmes, whatever. but overall, it was a shock becausejohn mcenroe makes at least £150,000. i get about £15,000 for wimbledon, and unlessjohn mcenroe's doing a whole bunch of stuff outside of wimbledon, he's getting at least ten times as much money. ten times? for very comparable work, so, yeah... at the moment, that's what i know. how do you feel about that? not happy, needless to say. i mean, it's shocking. it's extremely unfair and it makes me angry for the other women that

martina navratilova has won wimbledon more times than john mcenroe.estimates he made around three times as many appearances during the tournament as she did. you cannot be serious! did you ever say to the bbc, i am i earning a comparable amount? absolutely, and we were told i was getting a comparable amount so we we re getting a comparable amount so we were not told the truth. because it's 50 years since the equal pay act in britain. 50 years since equal pgy- act in britain. 50 years since equal pay. so it's the law! and g as i act in britain. 50 years since equal pay. so it's the law! and g as a - corporation. comparable. john mcenroe is contracted to be on call throughout the tournament. his role is of a different scale, scope and time commitment to martina navratilova. the fight for equal pay in britain is as old as this ford cortina. made in dagenham the same year that women's selling workers went on strike to established they were as skilled as the men and should be paid the same. how far are you prepared to go to strike to insist on being skille

says she was martina navratilova says that john mcenroe was paid £199,999 bracket — martina navratilovawhatever, but overall it was a shock becausejohn mcenroe makes at least £150,000. i get about £15,000 for wimbledon. and, unlessjohn mcenroe's doing a whole bunch of stuff outside of wimbledon, he's getting at least ten times as much money... ten times?! ..than i am for very comparable work. so, yeah, at the moment that's what i know. so you're seriously telling me that you earn about 10% of whatjohn mcenroe earns? that's pretty much what it looks like right now, to the best of my knowledge, yeah, that's how it shakes out. how do you feel about that? not happy, let's just say. it's shocking. if this happens to me, then... you know, for me, it's a part—time job, its two weeks of my life, but for the women that are there full—time, maybe the discrepancy is not that large but it adds up over a lifetime to an amazing amount of money, so it's extremely unfair, and it makes me angry for the other women that i think go through this. the bbc might say, well, john mcenroe does more hours or he'

monaco the jury is made of of past sporting giants including tennis stars boris becker and martina navratilova and this year my absolute favorite tennis player was the big winner of the night. the laureus academy has chosen roger federer. everybody else was tennis star roger federer has been named sportsman of the year twenty seventeen and after he returned from a long break with an injury and then shot right back to the top of the a.t.p. rankings he was honored for comeback of the year two thousand and seventeen as well . so it was easy because this i'm totally thrilled it's an incredible moment of my career here on the world's biggest stage in front of the academy with the world sports awards it's really a dream. the awards are presented by members of the laureus world sports academy all of them sporting legends. boris becker for one who in one nine hundred eighty five became the youngest tennis player ever to win wimbledon. encountering of it who took home two olympic gold medals as a figure skater in the one nine hundred eighty s. for east germany and took her place in the ice skating pant

at the french open she unseated martina navratilova to become the world number one. she's sixteen really quick and fast. and knew how to play the game really no weakness i mean her back and she was always there for her it was a huge weapon but she neutralized everything with her bike and as well because she was to great mover. in one thousand nine hundred eighty steffi graf made history when she won the golden slam off. four grand slams and olympic gold in the space of one tennis season a feat boris becker couldn't catch running who could talk to me that i just wasn't good enough if she did better than me an eighty eight i was glad to win even one grand slam a year and she got loads of a good music off the. profit is still the only tennis player to have completed the golden slam in one calendar year this and i think there are so many outstanding athletes especially in recent years i'm sure somebody will manage it again. this summer. or i'm not going to make it ok i think she will hold on to that record for a very long time because. the nine hundred eighty nine german

says hey perhaps john mcenroe is ten times more entertaining outspoken and interesting than martina navratilova no it must be about gender everything is in two thousand and eighteen well you may not have heard of them but football club in london has been going for one hundred twenty five years they should be enjoying a successful season on the pitch but instead they're fighting to stop their identity from being removed lee wellings has the story. tucked away in south london a football club the served its community for one hundred twenty five years it was built by american property investors named but when the local council didn't agree to the plans the company suddenly kicked the club out of its heart and even stated their attention to remove permission for dollar charlot to use their own nine this should be much time for a dollar football club with hundreds of people in the community poor thing into the ground so watch that same plan instead the ground is locked a new fencing has been erected to keep them out was the was being used as leverage like this has been a shock to fans of what is a fr

in monaco all the jury is made up of past sporting giants like for instance boris becker and martina navratilova and this year it was another tennis player who was the big winner of the night. the laureus academy has chosen roger federer i have a wonderful swiss tennis star roger federer has been named sportsman of the year and after he returned from a long break with an injury and then shot right back to the top of the a.t.p. rankings he was honored for a comeback of the year as well i find this easy because i'm totally thrilled it's an incredible moment in my career here on the world's biggest stage in front of the academy with the world sports awards me the war it's really a dream. the words are presented by members of the laureus world sports academy all of them sporting legends. for secor for one who in one nine hundred eighty five became the youngest tennis player ever to win wimbledon. and culturing of it who took home two olympic gold medals as a figure skater in the one nine hundred eighty s. for east germany and took her place in the ice skating pantheon. why don't they back then there

eight point six million dollars for only twelve grand slams like its grand slam titles and martina navratilova discover that the pay and quality in tennis isn't relegated to the court in an interview with the b.b.c. programme had around the never told of her shock when the b.b.c. published the salaries of their top personalities and it turned out the never to load was being paid ten times less than her fellow wimbledon commentator john mcenroe who is earning over two hundred thousand dollars for two weeks' work compared to the twenty thousand the b.b.c. contends that john and martina perform different roles in the team and john's role is of a different scale scope and time commitment they're simply not comparable he is a defining voice within the b.b.c.'s coverage he is widely considered to be the best expert commentator in the sport highly valued by audiences his pay reflects all of this gender is a factor of course if this really was just about skill and expertise then it is never too low though with eighteen grand slam titles who edges out mcenroe who only hold seven grand slam titles by th

eight point six million dollars for only twelve grand slams like its grand slam titles and martina navratilova discover that the pay and quality in tennis isn't relegated to the court in an interview with the b.b.c. programme had around the never told of her shock when the b.b.c. published the salaries of their top personalities and it turned out that never to loathe was being paid ten times less than her fellow wimbledon commentator john mcenroe who is earning over two hundred thousand dollars for two weeks' work compared to the average twenty thousand the b.b.c. contends that john and martino perform different roles in the team and john's role is of a different scale scope and time commitment they're simply not comparable he is the defining voice within the b.b.c.'s coverage he is widely considered to be the best expert commentator in the sport highly valued by audiences his pay reflects all of this gender is a factor of course if this really was just about skill and expertise then it is never too low though with eighteen grand slam titles who edges out mcenroe who only holds seven grand sla

two tennis greats making headlines for a huge pay disparity on the left there, martina navratilova saying paid john mcenroe ten times more than she got broadcasting for wimbledon. mcenroe earned $210,000. navratilova, $21,000. a big star, like mcenroe and if you're familiar with tennis, she holds the most single titles in the open era. they were both ranked number one. but nafvratilova won every gran slam in her career. that's a feat mcenroe never achieved. it's making headlines. not only in the sports world but everywhere this morning. back to you. natasha? >>> all right. sorry about that. jessica. now to the -- reuters, the names toys "r" us and jeffrey the giraffe will survive for a generation. the name will be among the most valuable ever to become available through a bankruptcy li liquidation. they often sell their names and logos to generate cash to repay creditors. >>> tinder's parent company could not buy bumble. so now they're suing. match group claims that bumble is infringing on two patents held by tinder. the lawsuit claims that bumble is a ripoff of tinder in every way except

with the players it involves to form a grand slam champions who are now in the commentary box martina navratilova who's won forty nine may just singles and doubles titles has found out that she gets paid ten times less for her work on the b.b.c.'s coverage of wimbledon than john mcenroe who himself has sixteen grand slam titles to his name and she's pretty upset. it's shocking if really then this happens to me then you know for me it's a part time job it's two weeks of my life. but for the women that work there full time it's extremely unfair and you know it makes me angry for the other women that i think go through this the b.b.c. might say well john mcenroe does more hours or he's on hair longer sometimes as much i don't think so and i don't know the details of what's going on. and i don't think it's appropriate i certainly feel like it's going to be appropriate real soon to come out. because it's somehow making him like poor johnny mac's the bad guy in this and so. we'll see what happens here's some of what the b.b.c. said in response john martina perform different roles in the team and john's

eighteen time grand slam tennis champion martina navratilova said she was shocked to learn that she's paid ten times less than john mcenroe walking as a commentator for the b.b.c. journal wimbledon it was revealed that seven time major winner mcenroe received two hundred ten thousand dollars from the broadcaster for the tournament while the russian lova guess just twenty one thousand dollars for me it's a part time job it's two weeks of my life. but for the women that work there full time. maybe the discrepancy is not that large but it still and it adds up over a lifetime is up to making amount of money so it's extremely unfair and you know it makes me angry for the other women that i think go through this. now i don't know the details of what's going on. and i don't think it's appropriate i certainly feel like it's going to be appropriate real soon to comment because it's somehow making him like poor johnny mac's the bad guy in this and so. we'll see what happens what has some of what the b.b.c. thought in response jong un martina perform different roles in the team and john's role i

monaco the jury is made of of past sporting giants including tennis stars boris becker and martina navratilova and this year my absolute favorite tennis player was the big winner of the night. the laureus academy has chosen roger federer. everybody else was tennis star roger federer has been named sportsman of the year twenty seventeen and after he returned from a long break with an injury and then shot right back to the top of the a.t.p. rankings he was honored for comeback of the year two thousand and seventeen as well . but this is easy because this i'm totally thrilled it's an incredible moment in my career here on the world's biggest stage in front of the academy with the world sports awards it's really a dream. the awards are presented by members of the laureus world sports academy all of them sporting legends. boris becker for one who in one nine hundred eighty five became the youngest tennis player ever to win wimbledon. and country novich who took home two olympic gold medals as a figure skater in the one nine hundred eighty s. for east germany and took her place in the ice skating pa

monaco the jury is made of of past sporting giants including tennis stars boris becker and martina navratilova and this year my absolute favorite tennis player was the big winner of the night. the laureus academy has chosen roger federer. everybody else was tennis star roger federer has been named sportsman of the year twenty seventeen and after he returned from a long break with an injury and then shot right back to the top of the a.t.p. rankings he was honored for comeback of the year two thousand and seventeen as well . but this is easy because this i'm totally thrilled it's an incredible moment of my career here on the world's biggest stage in front of the academy with the world sports awards me the war it's really a dream. the awards are presented by members of the laureus world sports academy all of them sporting legends. boris becker for one who in one nine hundred eighty five became the youngest tennis player ever to win wimbledon. and country novich who took home two olympic gold medals as a figure skater in the one nine hundred eighty s. for east germany and took her place in the ice