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Navratliova furious with BBC over pay gap to McEnroe
Martina Navratliova

Martina Navratilova was “angry” and felt let down by the BBC today after learning that John McEnroe gets paid at least 10 times more than her for their broadcasting roles at Wimbledon.

In a list of the BBC highest-paid workers published last year, it was revealed that McEnroe earned between £150,000-£199,999 for working at Wimbledon.

Navratilova said she gets paid £15,000.

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