charity.Murray, 30, older brother of Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, 29, has during the past 12 months won the US and Australian Open mens doubles titles and helped Great Britain clinch th

Jamie Murray has been awarded an OBE for services to his sport and charity.Murray, 30, older brother of Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, 29, has during the past 12 months won the US and Australian Open mens doubles titles and helped Great Britain clinch the Davis Cup.After receiving the OBE from the Queen during a Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony, he said: I never expected this, and its not something you think about.Its amazing to be honoured like this for some of the achievements Ive been able to do in my tennis career.A four-year-old Murray, born in the Scottish town of Dunblane, began playing tennis alongside his younger sibling and turned professional at 18.The brothers were set on the road to tennis stardom by their mother Judy Murray, a tennis coach and former captain of Great Britains Fed Cup team, who joined him at the palace along with his Colombia-born wife Alejandra Gutierrez and father William Murray.Jamie Murray came to wider attention when at the age of 21 he won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2007 with Serbian Jelena Jankovic, becoming the first Briton to win a senior title at SW19 for 20 years.A highlight of his career was being part of the team which won the Davis Cup last year, an historic victory as Great Britain lifted the famous trophy for the first time since 1936.Murray arrived in London on Monday ahead of the investiture ceremony and was flying to Vienna later on Tuesday for a tennis tournament, but stressed he wanted to appreciate what was happening.He said: Its important to enjoy the moments, because what Ive learned from tennis is that because you dont stop, its so constant through the year, you might win an event and do really well in a tournament, and then youre off to play the next one on a Monday and you kind of miss the moment to really savour it.The doubles player said topping the rankings earlier this year was a highlight of the past 12 months.To get to No. 1 in the world -- that was a huge achievement, he said.I think every sportsman wants to be the best that they can be I guess, so few people get to achieve that and I think it showed the consistency I had to get to that point.And obviously to win the Davis Cup as well was an amazing achievement for the whole team. 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CLEMSON, S.C. -- The Atlantic Coast Conference has followed the NCAAs lead and is removing all its athletic championships from North Carolina over a state law limiting protections for LGBT people.The ACC Council of Presidents voted Wednesday to relocate the leagues championships until North Carolina repeals the law. The decision includes 10 neutral-site championships this academic year, which means relocating the ACC football title game that was scheduled to be played in Charlotte in December.No announcement was made on where the championship events will be held.The decision to move the neutral site championships out of North Carolina while HB2 remains the law was not an easy one, said Clemson President James P. Clements, chairman of the leagues council. But it is consistent with the shared values of inclusion and non-discrimination at all our institutions.On Monday, the NCAA said it was relocating seven of its championships scheduled to be played in the state, including the mens basketball first- and second-round matchups scheduled for next March in Greensboro, North Carolina.ACC Commissioner John Swofford said after the NCAAs decision that his league would review its next steps.The law requires transgender people to use restrooms at schools and government buildings corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates. It also excludes gender identity and sexual orientation from local and statewide antidiscrimination protections. HB2 was signed into law earlier this year by Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, who has defended it as a commonsense safety and security measure.McCrory said in a statement that the legal system will ultimately decide the issue, adding that I strongly encourage all public and private institutions to both respect and allow our nations judicial system to proceed without economic threats or political retaliation toward states. His statement largely mirrored the one he issued Tuesday in the aftermath of the NCAAs decision.Clements said the leaders had an open, honest dialogue that took in all sides of the issue.There are a lot of parts to the discussion, how the community is affected, the Clemson president said. Im really happy with how everybody came together.Swofford said the presidents choice was made on principle.I think it was the right decision. A difficult one in ways, but an easy one in ways considering the principles involved, he said. Thats where our presidents laid their bed so to speak, and I think we landed in the right place.Swofford said identifying replacement venues is in the early stages, but hopes to get locations lined up as quickly ass possible.ddddddddddddFinding a football stadium as ACC-friendly as Charlotte might be difficult. The championship games been played at Bank of America Stadium for the past six seasons with an average attendance of 69,641. In the previous two seasons (2008-09) the game was held at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida and averaged 49,412 spectators.Well do what we need to do, Swofford said. Its a challenge, our next challenge.Footballs not the only sport affected. The ACC planned to hold 14 of its 21 championship events in North Carolina this academic year, with the majority of those at neutral, off-campus, sites, and the others either on the campuses or the home venues of Wake Forest (field hockey), Duke (fencing), North Carolina (softball) and N.C. State (wrestling, cross country).The ACC decision came the same day the NCAA reopened the bidding process for those championships it pulled from the state. The NCAA said bids for those events are due Sept. 27 and hopes to decide the new sites by Oct. 7.Swofford said the ACC would consider the issue again in the spring if nothing changed in North Carolinas law. Such prohibitions can last for quite some time: The NCAAs ban on South Carolina hosting neutral-site championships for flying the Confederate flag on Statehouse grounds lasted from 2001 until it came down last summer.This action by the ACC is the latest in a steady stream of public and business backlash against the law.The NBA moved its 2017 All-Star Game to New Orleans instead of hosting it in Charlotte as originally scheduled because of the law. Dukes mens basketball schedule had to be reconfigured when Albany backed out due to that states travel ban, and the Vermont womens basketball team has canceled a December trip to play North Carolina in Chapel Hill.Entertainers like Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and Ringo Starr have canceled plans to play in North Carolina. And PayPal reversed plans to open a 400-employee operation center in Charlotte.The ACC and NCAA decisions have been a blow to North Carolinas tourism and business communities, which rely on servicing fans attending major sporting events.Scott Dupree, executive director of the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance, said the recent announcements by the NCAA and ACC were unprecedented and historically bad for the states sports event industry.It was probably the worst ever in terms of lost business and damage to our brand, he said.---AP college football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org Jerseys NFL China Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys From China Cheap MLB Jerseys Wholesale China Jerseys NFL Jerseys China Discount Soccer Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys China China NCAA Jerseys Cheap Cheap Nike Dolphins Jerseys Cheap Nike Patriots Jerseys Cheap Nike Jets Jerseys Cheap Nike Bengals Jerseys Cheap Nike Browns Jerseys Cheap Nike Steelers Jerseys Cheap Nike Texans Jerseys Cheap Nike Colts Jerseys Cheap Nike Jaguars Jerseys Cheap Nike Titans Jerseys Cheap Nike Broncos Jerseys ' ' '