THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES

It was a match made in heaven: Billie Jean King was the darling of American tennis, an outspoken activist against sexism in sport and society; Bobby Riggs was the charismatic, fast talking, hustling chauvinist showman. Yet their unlikely ‘courtship’, in the midst of a social revolution, captured the imaginations of people around the world, empowered a generation, and changed sport forever.