Djokovic bears Anderson to win Win his fourth Wimbledon title

Novak Djokovic, seeded 12th earned his first Grand Slam victory in over two years by beating Kevin Anderson to win the Wimbledon men’s final 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) to claim a 13th slam his first major since 2016 French Open. The 31-year-old Serb quickly took control to win the opening set in 29 minutes, breaking…

Belgium beat England for 3rd place

Sat 14 Jul 2018 World Cup – 3rd/4th Play-offs Belgium 2                           England 0 Meunier (4′), Eden Hazard (82′) Thomas Meunier puts away cross for early lead for Belgium, as Romelu Lukaku puts in Nacer Cahdli low cross . England are desperately looking…

Kevin Anderson in the finals

Kevin Anderson (32), the South African beat John Isner 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (9-11), 6-4, 26-24 after six hours and 35 minutes with the final set lasting over three hours. A fifth and deciding set must be won by two clear games in three of the four majors, with the US open the exception.…

Novak Djokovic roars into the Wimbledon final

Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal to qualify for Wimbledon final Djokovic won 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (11-9), 3-6 , 10-8 in five hours and 16 minutes and face Kevin Anderson on Sunday’s final. The Serb led by two sets to one when play stopped at 23:00 BST on Friday. Spain’s Rafael Nadal broke twice in the…

Classic Aston Martin sold for £10m

A classic Aston Martin  1961 DB4GT Zagato bought by a European bidder at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Sussex for £10, 081,500 making it the most valuable British car ever bought at a European auction. The car one of the three MP209 versions made, was previously driven by British two-time F1 champion Jim Clark…

Britain’s inevitable decline

  David Edgerton, a historian, examines our modern history from the outside, “ as we might study that of Germany or the Soviet Union.” Egerton’s new survey of the last century feels like a summation of a lifetime’s reading and reflection, According to him much of what we think we know about our recent past…

Tea with Queen

The Queen welcomed Donald Trump  and Melania Trump to Windsor Castle for tea. It was Trump’s first time meeting the monarch.

Mukesh Ambani overtakes Alibaba’s Jack Ma as Asia’s richest person

Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries Chairman and India’s richest person on Friday dethroned Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba’s co-founder on Jack Ma to become Asia’s richest person as RIL shares hit an all-time high. Ambani’s net worth now stands at $44.3bn as compared to Jack Ma’s $44bn wealth, according to Bloomberg. Ambani has added just this year $4bn…

Johnson & Johnson to pay $4.7bn in talcum powder cancer case

A Jury in Missouri, USA has ordered  Johnson & Johnson to pay $4.7bn to 22 women claiming that the company’s talcum powder caused them to develop ovarian cancer. Of the 22 women represented in this case, six have died from ovarian cancer already. Their lawyers alleged that the company knew its talc was contaminated with…