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BBC and TNT Sports Exclude Boris Becker From 2025 Wimbledon Coverage Despite Eligibility to Return

Broadcasters have cited his 2022 conviction as justification for excluding him from their Wimbledon teams despite his eligibility to return to the UK.

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Overview

  • Boris Becker has been able to apply for re-entry to the UK since October 2024 under the terms of his 2022 deportation order.
  • The BBC confirmed that Becker will not join its punditry lineup for this summer’s Wimbledon Championships.
  • TNT Sports, which featured Becker at the French Open earlier this year, also declined to include him in its Wimbledon broadcasts.
  • Becker was jailed in April 2022 for hiding £2.5 million in assets and loans during his bankruptcy and served eight months of a 30-month sentence before deportation.
  • The 57-year-old is set to publish a memoir about his prison experience in September 2025 and has publicly expressed his wish to return to SW19.