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BBC Sport has secured the rights to broadcast Wimbledon until 2014.

The new five-year extension will incorporate TV, radio, broadband and, for the first time, BBC iPlayer.

"We are deeply proud of historic ties with Wimbledon, but this is focused on state-of-the-art digital services," said BBC director of sport Roger Mosey.

Digital viewers will again be able to enjoy extensive extra coverage of the Championships via the red button, which will also be available on broadband.

Wimbledon was first staged in 1877 and moved to its present site in 1922, with the BBC screening the event for the first time 15 years later.