2 h. ago ‘I tried to escape with drugs, pills and alcohol’: Björn Borg on his misery and mayhem after quitting tennis

The sporting superstar walked away from success and adulation at 26 – much to everyone’s bemusement. He opens up about his secret life and the depression, cocaine, overdoses and aggressive cancer that almost killed him‘I’m a person who doesn’t say very much,” Björn Borg says with a wry smile. Which may be the understatement of the century. Borg, the greatest tennis player of his day, has spent 42 years saying nothing since he announced his retirement at the age of 26.When he broke that news in 1983, it was one of the biggest shocks in the history of sport. Not simply because he was at his peak, but also because he was the rock star tennis player – beautiful, mysterious and followed by a flock of teenybopper fans. When Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz triumphed in the US Open earlier this month, aged 22, he became the second youngest player to have won six major tournaments. Borg beat him by four months. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Bjorn Borg living 'day by day' as emotional tennis icon shares 'I might not be okay' fear

Tennis icon Bjorn Borg has opened up on his battle with prostate cancer after life-saving surgery and shared the advice he was given by doctors

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5 h. ago Tennis legend Bjorn Borg speaks for first time about 'aggressive' cancer fight

The 69-year-old gives details of his cancer diagnosis in his autobiography 'Heartbeats', published today. He vowed to "fight every day like it's a Wimbledon final"

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6 h. ago Bjorn Bjorg's lost decade: Tennis star reveals how he turned to drugs after his sport career, almost died of cardiac arrest and now has cancer

Tennis icon Bjorn Borg has opened up on his cancer diagnosis, startling drug use and near-death collapse. He is releasing a bombshell memoir - 'Heartbeats'.

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6 h. ago Bjorn Borg taking life ‘day by day, year by year’ after ‘extremely aggressive’ prostate cancer diagnosis

Tennis legend Bjorn Borg said he is taking life “day by day, year by year’” after his “extremely aggressive” prostate cancer diagnosis.

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7 h. ago Björn Borg vows to fight ‘extremely aggressive’ prostate cancer ‘like a Wimbledon final’

Borg, 69, is in remission but admitted that living with the diagnosis has been ‘difficult psychologically’

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8 h. ago BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty shares heartbreaking update following star's cancer diagnosis

Sporting legend Bjorn Borg has opened up about his cancer diagnosis on BBC Breakfast as Naga Munchetty issued an update

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9 h. ago BBC Breakfast host delivers emotional news as star 'takes life day by day' after cancer diagnosis

Tennis star Bjorn Borg said he takes life "day by day, year by year" as he fights the disease

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9 h. ago Björn Borg takes life ‘day by day’ after ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer diagnosis

Tennis legend told diagnosis was ‘really, really bad’Borg also recalls drug use after early retirementBjörn Borg, the five-time Wimbledon tennis champion, has said he is taking life “day by day, year by year” after his “extremely aggressive” prostate cancer diagnosis.The former world no1, who won 11 grand slam titles before retiring aged 25, revealed the diagnosis in the final chapter of his autobiography, which will be published this week in the UK and next week in the US. The Swede is in remission, having had an operation in 2024, but described the diagnosis as “difficult psychologically”.Read Bjorn Borg’s interview with Simon Hattenstone on theguardian.com from 4pm UK time on Thursday Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Björn Borg talks cocaine, overdoses, cancer and why he quit tennis in bombshell memoir

The tennis star writes about panic attacks and his drug use, which he says started in 1982

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10 h. ago Björn Borg talks cocaine, overdoses, cancer and why he quit tennis in tell

The tennis star writes about panic attacks and his drug use, which he says started in 1982

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18 h. ago Björn Borg discusses cocaine, overdoses and quitting tennis in his 20s in a memoir and AP interview

Björn Borg starts his new memoir, “Heartbeats,” with a story about being rushed to a Dutch hospital in the 1990s after overdosing on alcohol and drugs, and the Swedish tennis great closes it by revealing that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer

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8 d. ago AKA Charlie Sheen review – he shows no genuine remorse for all the terrifying things he’s done

This flimsy tell-all about the actor’s decades-long addiction to pills, alcohol and crack-cocaine is far too light on contrition or self-reflection. You pity everyone around himIf it comes as a shock to anyone that at some point in the grip of a decades-long addiction to pills, booze and crack cocaine the essentially heterosexual Charlie Sheen occasionally “turned over the menu” and had sex with men, then I am delighted. I did not know such pockets of naivety could still exist in this benighted world. You sweet things. Enjoy your time!That this is the fact that has made headlines (the few there have been) around the release of the two-part documentary AKA Charlie Sheen is testimony to how little new information there is in it. How, really, could it be otherwise? Every one of the three acts – which in the film he labels “Partying”, “Partying with problems” and “Just problems” – of his adult life has been comprehensively documented by the media in real time. Sometimes that was via sto...

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1 week ago Carlos Alcaraz powers past Jannik Sinner in four sets to win US Open

Spaniard wins final 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4Alcaraz new world No 1 after victoryWhen Carlos Alcaraz is fully focused and his impossibly complete game is in full flow, nothing in the world can stop him. As he has spent the early years of his career collecting major titles at a breathless pace, this has been clear for a long time. On the biggest stage in tennis, he reinforced the sentiment with a stupendous performance against his greatest rival, completely outplaying Jannik Sinner, the No 1 and defending champion, to lift his second US Open title with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 win.At the end of the most spectacular summer of his career, Alcaraz will replace Sinner as world No 1, returning to the top ranking for the first time in two years. The 22-year-old also continues to mark himself as one of the greatest ever young players: he is the second-youngest man in the Open era to earn six grand slam titles, trailing only Björn Borg. He is also already the fourth man to win multiple grand slam title...

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1 week ago Tennis legend Bjorn Borg reveals he has been living with prostate cancer

The 11-time grand slam champion said he ‘fights every day’ like a Wimbledon final in an upcoming biography

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1 week ago Emmerdale's Danny Miller says there's 'no escape' amid John Sugden 'drug' move

The Aaron Dingle star believes John's time is almost well and truly up

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2 w. ago Tennis legend Bjorn Borg, 69, opens up on secret cancer battle in autobiography

Bjorn Borg, who won 11 Grand Slam titles during his career, has opened up on his secret battle with prostate cancer in his upcoming autobiography, 'Heartbeat'

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2 w. ago Tennis legend Bjorn Borg, 69, has secret cancer battle after choosing not to tell the world

Bjorn Borg, who won 11 Grand Slam titles during his career, has opened up on his secret battle with prostate cancer in his upcoming autobiography, 'Heartbeat'

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2 w. ago Tennis icon Bjorn Borg, 69, 'reveals secret cancer diagnosis' in autobiography

The book, titled Heartbeat, will be officially released on September 18 but has been made available early for Amazon users in Italy.

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2 w. ago I was so addicted to wine I drank during two pregnancies. Then I discovered a £3.57 pill called the Ozempic of alcohol. It works so well I'm now completely cured of my longing for Chardonnay...

Five months pregnant with my first child, I was also merrily sipping champagne in the Maldives as the waitress stood on the sidelines barely concealing her horror.

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