Former grand slam winner Ilie Nastase has been banned from any official roles in tennis until 2021 and fined $10,000 for his foul-mouthed outbursts during a Fed Cup tie between Great Britain and ...

Serena Williams ripped Romanian tennis legend Ilie Nastase Monday for what she described as "racist comments toward myself and my unborn child." Nastase, 70, was provisionally suspended Sunday by ...

Former grand slam winner Ilie Nastase has been banned from any official roles in tennis until 2021 and fined $10,000 for his foul-mouthed outbursts during a Fed Cup tie between Great Britain and ...

“It disappoints me to know we live in a society where people like Ilie Nastase can make such racist comments toward myself and unborn child, and sexist comments against my peers,” Williams ...

— -- The past week in tennis was dominated by an onslaught of news. Some good, some bad -- and some downright ugly, no thanks to the controversy orchestrated by former world No. 1 Ilie ...

Serena Williams speaks out against Ilie Nastase Apr 24, 2017. Wimbledon. Jannik Sinner assures "nothing big happened" in split from Marco Panichi and Ulises Badio By TENNIS.com Jun 28, 2025.

LONDON (AP) Ilie Nastase had two tennis bans reduced following his appeal against sanctions handed out for foul-mouthed comments and bad behavior as Romania's Fed Cup captain last year.

Serena Williams called Ilie Nastase’s comments about her pregnancy “racist” and offered her “full support” to the International Tennis Federation’s inquiry.

Ilie Nastase made headlines over the weekend by first making racially insensitive comments about Serena Williams’s pregnancy and then disrupting a Fed Cup match. He’s now taken to Facebook to ...

BUCHAREST, Romania Former tennis star Ilie Nastase is running for mayor of Bucharest. The 49-year-old told the daily Evenimentul Zilei yesterday that as mayor, he would use his financial clout, bus… ...

Ilie Nastase, who has been under fire since making a racist comment about Serena Williams' unborn child, apologized Friday to the 23-time Grand Slam winner. Upon learning of Williams' pregnancy ...