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 Wimbledon was today poised for day four of the championships to be dominated by a battle of the Brits.For the first time ever, the British No1 and No2 in both the men's and women's draws were facing off against each other in back-to-back matches.However, the encounters between Jack Draper and Cameron Norrie, and Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart are not even the headline acts.Instead, Andy Murray is the star attraction in the men's doubles alongside brother Jamie in what could be the penultimate match of his Wimbledon career if the result against John Peers and Rinky Hijikata does not...

Wimbledon 2024: Battle of the Brits looms large on day four

 Less than four weeks after undergoing surgery on his right knee, Novak Djokovic got his Wimbledon ambitions off to the most comfortable of starts on Centre Court on Tuesday.Quite how his knee will fair over the fortnight of his favourite Grand Slam remains to be seen and there will be sterner tests on it than that of Vit Kopriva.The Czech player toiled as he tried to push the 24-time Grand Slam champion, who, despite a large knee support, did not appear to be in discomfort and even unleashed his trademark splits from the back of the court.The pair are...

Wimbledon 2024: Novak Djokovic allays knee injury fears with easy first-round win

 Cameron Norrie reached the third round of Wimbledon by beating Jack Draper in straight sets.Draper replaced Norrie as the British men’s No1 last month, but it was the latter who came out on top on No.1 Court on Thursday evening, sealing a passage into the third round with a 7-6, 6-4, 7-6 win.Norrie will next face either Marcos Giron of the United States or fourth seed Alexander Zverev, having become the last Brit standing in the men’s singles draw following wildcard Jacob Fearnley’s loss in four sets to seven-time winner Novak Djokovic earlier on Thursday on Centre Court.Norrie was...

Cameron Norrie beats No1 Jack Draper in Wimbledon Battle of the Brits to reach third round

ESPN

Jessica Pegula became the highest-seeded women's player to lose at Wimbledon, as the No. 5-seeded American was defeated by Wang Xinyu 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-1 in the second round.

Jessica Pegula ousted in 2nd round at Wimbledon by Wang Xinyu

 Finally, the Andy Murray farewell tour begins after two weeks of conjecture over whether he would take to Wimbledon's Centre Court one more time.His recovery from surgery to remove a spinal cyst was not rapid enough for him to take up his place in the singles draw, but sufficient for him to use the option of a wildcard for the doubles with brother Jamie.Watching them in action this week on the practice courts, it is abundantly clear the back is not quite right, the primary impact being he still does not have full sensation in his right leg.The injury...

Andy Murray farewell tour begins as Wimbledon great hopes for special send-off

 Andy Murray is in action at Wimbledon later today, playing a doubles match alongside his brother, Jamie.Murray pulled out of singles competition after failing to recover from surgery to have a spinal cyst removed.The 37-year-old had already confirmed it would have been his last appearance at SW19 but the story is not yet over.He and Jamie Murray will team up for the second time in their careers, having previously done so in a Battle of the Brits in 2022 when the Scots took on English duo Dan Evans and Neal Skupski.The duo will meet Rinky Hijikata and John Peers...

When is Andy Murray playing at Wimbledon? Start time and TV channel for doubles match today

The Independent

Harriet Dart was the first British winner on day two of this year’s Wimbledon after she produced an accomplished display to beat Chinese qualifier Bai Zhuoxuan in straight-sets.First up on Court 18, Dart had to be patient against the world number 95 and survived an hour’s rain delay before she claimed a 6-4 6-0 win.It sets up a second-round tie with compatriot and familiar foe Katie Boulter, who beat Tatjana Maria later on Tuesday.This was Dart’s ninth match of a productive grass-court season after a fine run to the quarter-finals in Eastbourne, but an early double-fault hinted at nerves.A 99mph...

Harriet darts through to the second round at Wimbledon

 Jack Draper has set his sights on becoming Britain's next Andy Murray after his five-set win on Centre Court on Tuesday.The new British No1 did his best Murray impression as he edged a rollercoaster match with the roof closed and the lights on to beat Elias Ymer 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.And it seemed an apt passing of the torch from one British player to the next, Murray due to play the late match on Centre Court against Tomas Machac before pulling out after failing to recover from his back surgery in time.Draper was promptly moved to that slot...

Jack Draper: No reason I can't be a Wimbledon great like Andy Murray

One year after becoming the first unseeded woman to win the Wimbledon title, Marketa Vondrousova became the first defending champion in 30 years to lose in the first round. No.83 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro earned her first Wimbledon win by powering past Vondrousova to win 6-4, 6-2 in just 67 minutes.

Defending champ Vondrousova can't 'shake off' nerves in Wimbledon exit

An average of 11 cyclists a day are fined for running red lights in London and hit with £50 fines, figures released today reveal. Metropolitan Police official statistics show 4,067 cyclists were fined by officers for failing to obey traffic light signals in 2023.The figures, obtained under a Freedom of Information request, also reveal 196 cyclists were issued with £30 fixed penalty notices for riding on pavements.Police across the capital have been cracking down on cyclists flouting traffic laws.City of London Police dished out 944 fixed penalty notices to cyclists for riding through red lights in the nine months to April.The penalties were issued by the force’s Cycle Response Unit,...

Eleven cyclists a day fined for running red lights in London as police get tough on law-breaking riders

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Virginia fans of The Young and the Restless have asked where Elena Dawson (Brytni Sarpy) has been. She has not been seen or mentioned in Genoa City for quite a while. There is nothing online about Sarpy's status, and Y&R spoilers for next week do not mention the character, so fans wonder if she has been let go.

Fans of The Young and the Restless are concerned about Brtyni Sarpy and Conner Floyd's status

The Spun

Emma Navarro made her Centre Court debut at Wimbledon a memorable one on Wednesday. The 23-year-old American made quick work of Naomi Osaka, dispatching the former No. 1 player 6-4, 6-1 in just under an hour.  "Definitely a special experience playing out on Centre Court," Navarro said after ...

American Emma Navarro Destroyed Naomi Osaka At Wimbledon Today

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LONDON (AP) — Coco Gauff likes No. 1 Court at Wimbledon. It’s where she beat Venus Williams back in 2019 when Gauff made her Wimbledon debut at age 15. On Wednesday, Gauff beat qualifier Anca Todoni 6-2, 6-1 to advance to the third round at the All England Club.

Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz advance at Wimbledon. Naomi Osaka loses

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Coco Gauff continued her strong performance at Wimbledon by advancing to the third round with a decisive 6-2, 6-1 victory over qualifier Anca Todoni on Wednesday. This victory on No. 1 Court, a venue that holds special significance for Gauff, moves her another step away from last year's disappointing first-round exit.

Coco Gauff’s latest Wimbledon win leads to revelation about stunning 2023 loss

Two men have appeared in court after a woman was seriously injured in a stabbing in south-east London.Officers were scrambled to Lewisham Way on May 24 after reports of victim with knife wounds.Paramedics treated the victim in her 30s for stab injuries.Her condition is not considered life-threatening.Jorge Enrique Borges, 64, from Southwark, and Mateo Valencia Cano, from South Norwood, appeared in custody at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with conspiracy to murder.Cano was also charged with attempted murder, robbery, and possession of an offensive weapon.Both were remanded to appear at Crown Court on July 29 at a venue yet to be fixed. Borges and Cano were arrested on June 28 and charged the following day.      Read More               Sydney university stabbing triggers lockdown as boy, 14, arrestedWoman ‘wanted to stop asylum seekers suffering more trauma on Bibby Stockholm’Two in court after protest stops coach taking asylum seekers to Bibby StockholmSupacell: where was the hit Netflix superhero show filmed?      

Two charged after woman seriously injured in Lewisham stabbing

Reigning Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova joined Steffi Graf in the history books after she suffered a shock first-round exit, but Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina cruised into the last 64.Vondrousova was a surprise winner at the All England Club last year and returned to Centre Court on Tuesday to begin the defence of her crown, but she struggled physically in a 6-4 6-2 defeat to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in 67 minutesIt made Vondrousova only the second defending women’s Wimbledon champion to crash out in the first round after Graf did in 1994 to Lori McNeil.The rarest of first round victories...

Marketa Vondrousova follows in Steffi Graf’s footsteps with early Wimbledon exit

German police are investigating a video that appears to show a fan being punched and kicked while detained by security personnel at a Euro 2024 game in Frankfurt.Footage published on Tuesday allegedly shows one person detained face-down on the floor, with another against a wall being punched three times in the head by a group of people in vests marked “steward”. The same individual is later on the ground as other security personnel appear to kick and punch them.The video reportedly shows the pair being detained in a concrete tunnel leading toward the field at Monday’s game between Portugal and...

Video of Euros fan 'punched and kicked by security' probed by German police

A man who murdered two of his former partners, who had both complained to police about his violence, has been jailed for at least 35 years.Carl Cooper, 66, was in a relationship with Naomi Hunte, 41, who was stabbed in the chest, and Fiona Holm, 48, whose body has never been found, around a year apart.Jailing Cooper for life with a 35-year minimum term at Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday, Mr Justice Johnson said: “I am sure that you, over many years, have been a great danger to women.”Ms Hunte, of Woolwich, south-east London, was found dead on her blood-soaked...

Man who murdered girlfriend while on bail for killing another partner jailed for life

A footballer who arranged large-scale deals of cocaine, ketamine and cannabis in south London has been jailed for eleven years.Jason Pusey, 35, a former youth player for Atlético Madrid, helped to supply 107 kilos of cocaine, 235 kilos of ketamine, and 447 kilos of cannabis to south London drug gangs under the username ‘IrregularFog’.Kingston-upon-Hull Crown Court heard how Pusey, who played as a defender for professional teams in his native Gibraltar, helped supply drugs with an estimated value of £3m.Jurors heard how Pusey arranged the wholesale deals on the EncroChat encrypted network between March 2020 and June 2020.He was caught...

Professional footballer who helped supply cocaine and ketamine in south London jailed for 11 years

A woman has pleaded guilty to the murder of her parents after “confessing to poisoning her father with prescription medication and stabbing her mother”.Virginia McCullough, 36, appeared by prison video-link before Chelmsford Crown Court on Thursday and pleaded guilty to the murders of John and Lois McCullough, who were both aged in their 70s.The defendant, of Pump Hill, Chelmsford, Essex, admitted killing the pair between June 17 2019 and June 20 2019.McCullough told Essex Police she killed her parents at their home in Pump Hill at some stage in the summer of 2019, then concealed their bodies within the property...

Woman admits killing her parents after 'poisoning father and stabbing mother'

 Harriet Dart produced a dramatic comeback to beat Katie Boulter in a gruelling Battle of Britain at Wimbledon.The 27-year-old, who had lost six of the seven previous meetings between the two, trailed 6-2 in a final set tie-break and was in tears at the back of the court, sensing her opportunity had gone.But she reeled off four points in a row to level it up and then held her nerve, regaining her composure to seal a 4-6 6-1 7-6 win in just under three hours, taking full advantage of a wildly inconsistent display from Boulter.The 32nd seed, who beat...

Wimbledon 2024: Harriet Dart defies tears to beat Katie Boulter in gruelling British showdown

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