Laura Scott
Correspondent at BBC Sport
BBC Sports News Correspondent, 2019 SJA Sports News Reporter + Society of Editors Sports Journalist of the Year IG: @laurascottbbc [email protected]
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1 week ago |
bbc.co.uk | Alex Brotherton |Jonathan Jurejko |Laura Scott
Speaking after her round-of-32 defeat to Francesca Jones at the Nottingham Open on Tuesday, British number four Harriet Dart called for the introduction of identification measures when creating social media accounts. "The amount of abuse that we all get is pretty mind-blowing," Dart said.
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1 week ago |
bbc.co.uk | Laura Scott
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Emma Raducanu spotted the man in the crowd in Dubai before he was removed from the courtThe man who was given a restraining order for stalking British tennis player Emma Raducanu earlier this year has been caught trying to apply for tickets for this month's Wimbledon Championships. BBC Sport can reveal the All England Club's security system highlighted the man's name had been red-flagged, and blocked his attempt to enter the public ballot.
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1 week ago |
bbc.co.uk | Laura Scott
Boulter believes a lot of the abuse she is sent is from people who have placed bets on her matches, given it comes after victories as well as defeats. She says she has become better at moving on from it, or simply not looking at her direct messages, but the impact is clear. "As far as death threats, it's just not something you want to be reading straight after an emotional loss," she says.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Laura Scott
Katie Boulter had just lost a tie-break at the French Open when the death threats started. It did not matter that the Briton would go on to win the match. "Hope you get cancer," said one message. Another - laced with expletives - referenced damaging her "grandmother's grave if she's not dead by tomorrow" and "candles and a coffin for your entire family".
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.co.uk | Laura Scott
The Queen's champion who reigned for half a centurypublished at 12:48 British Summer Time 8 June12:48 BST 8 JuneWritten by Sophie Brown & Laura ScottBBC Sport Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, 1973 Queen's Club Championships, London, Saturday 23rd June 1973. Olga Morozova, Women's FinalWhen Olga Morozova lifted the biggest trophy of her career, she might not have thought she would be the reigning champion for more than 50 years.
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RT @katiecboulter: Really wanna bring some attention to this. Maybe it’s time we stop letting it become the norm and start expecting better…
Breaking: I can reveal that Emma Raducanu’s stalker from Dubai was blocked from applying for Wimbledon tickets - BBC Sport https://t.co/EIsVC7fbac
Exclusive report on the scale of social media abuse, with Katie Boulter sharing screenshots of the death threats she received at last month’s French Open. She also said explicit pictures is a problem, as are ‘angry gamblers’ https://t.co/44RKEVVLt0