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Martina Navratilova has been pictured for the first time since announcing she has been diagnosed with breast and throat cancer.
The former tennis world number one's diagnosis comes after she was given the all-clear from a non-invasive form of breast cancer in 2010 following radiation treatment.
Stepping out in Miami on Friday, the 66-year-old looked solemn as she ran errands while wearing a dark red zip-up hoodie and grey trousers.
Continuing her casual ensemble, she donned a pair of blue trainers and a black baseball cap, on which she rested a pair of mirrored wraparound sunglasses.
Martina Navratilova was seen running errands in Miami, Florida, on Friday in her first sighting since she revealed her double cancer diagnosis
The former tennis champion revealed earlier this month she has breast and throat cancer, 12 years after she beat a non-invasive form of the disease
The make-up free sportsperson spoke into her phone and carried an unidentifiable object inside a grey bag, after emerging from her car.
Czech-born American Martina, who is married to former Russian beauty queen Julia Lemigova, 50, said in her announcement: 'I'm hoping for a favourable outcome. It's going to stink for a while but I'll fight with all I have got.'
Having won 59 grand slam singles and doubles titles in her 40-year career, she will not travel to this month's Australian Open, where she was intending to work as a TV pundit.
But a statement from her representative described the prognosis as 'good'.
'Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with stage one throat cancer,' read the statement. 'The prognosis is good and Martina will start her treatment this month.'
Martina, who became a U.S. citizen in 1981, discovered an enlarged lymph node while attending the season-ending WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, and a biopsy showed early-stage throat cancer.
While Martina was undergoing tests on her throat, the unrelated breast cancer was discovered.
Her representative added in a statement: 'The cancer type is HPV and this particular type responds really well to treatment.
'Martina noticed an enlarged lymph node in her neck during the WTA finals in Fort Worth. When it didn't go down, a biopsy was performed, the results came back as stage one throat cancer.
'At the same time as Martina was undergoing the tests for the throat, a suspicious form was found in her breast, which was subsequently diagnosed as cancer, completely unrelated to the throat cancer.
'Both these cancers are in their early stages with great outcomes. Martina won't be covering the Australian Open for Tennis Channel from their studio but hopes to be able to join in from time to time by Zoom.'
A message on Twitter from the Tennis Channel said: 'Thinking of you, @Martina'
Martina, who was born in Revnice, Czech Republic, and was one of the first openly gay sports figures, won a record nine Wimbledon singles titles between 1978 and 1990 in a career which saw her dominate tennis with 18 total Grand Slam titles.
She originally retired in 1994, after a record 167 singles titles and 331 weeks at No. 1 in the WTA rankings. She returned to the tour to play doubles in 2000 and occasionally competed in singles, too.
Ms Navratilova, who was pictured speaking on the phone while running her errands, has vowed to fight the disease 'with all I've got'
Martina was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000.
As she approached her 50th birthday in 2006, Martina decided to retire from professional tennis for good after her final Grand Slam - a mixed-doubles championship with Bob Bryan at the U.S. Open. She became the oldest player to ever win a Grand Slam title during that match.
Since her retirement, the former left-hander has become a prominent commentator in the sport, and has been a part of the BBC's coverage at Wimbledon.
Martina married her wife Julia in 2015 after nine years together. The couple met more than 20 years ago in a Parisian gay bar.
They live together in Miami with their two daughters, five Belgian Malinois dogs, turtles and a cat, reports The New York Times.
In 2012, Martina said motherhood had changed her life and she had cut down on her travelling to spend more time with her family. The two children are from Julia's previous relationship.
Raising the sensitive issue of motherhood at the time, presenter Kirsty Young said that many high-profile gay couples have had children, before asking: 'Would you have wanted to have children, or did that coincide with your grand slam years?'
The former tennis champion, pictured here lifting the trophy after winning the Ladies Singles at Wimbledon in 1990, has said her prognosis is 'good'
Martina replied: 'Pretty much, well those years are gone, I am well into the menopause now, so that ship has sailed!'
However, she added: 'I never really got the opportunity to have a child, but I am in a relationship now with my partner and she has two girls, so I am a parent now.'
On motherhood, Martina said: 'It's difficult, two girls, but it's fun, it's amazing.'
The star, who has had difficult relationships with ex-girlfriends including Toni Layton which ended in a legal battle, as well as another beauty queen, former Miss Texas Judy Nelson, admitted: 'I am looking to change my life a little bit where I don't have to travel so much. It's instantaneous family. It's strange because you get into a relationship and there are two kids.
'Yeah, it changes your life, there's no doubt about that, but in a good way.'
Julia, the daughter of a Soviet army colonel, was first seen with Martina just weeks after she had described her girlfriend as 'drop-dead beautiful' in the mid 2000s.
However, Julia, who was the last Miss USSR before the collapse of the Soviet Union and who now runs a cosmetics business, does have a troubled past.
In 2010, French police re-opened a criminal inquiry which centres on Julia's tragic history.
At the heart of their investigation was the love child that Miss Lemigova gave birth to 12 years ago.
Her son, Maximilien, died in suspicious circumstances when he was five-and-a-half months old. Julia was adamant that he was murdered and that his death was connected to that of the baby's father, French banker Edouard Stern, a close friend of Nicolas Sarkozy.
Multi-millionaire Edouard was shot dead by another lover during a sadomasochistic sex session in 2005.
Edouard was estranged from his
