Tag: Wimbledon Tennis Championships

Human Rights Activist Cleared Over Chinese Embassy ‘Bomb Threat’

British police have dropped an investigation into a human rights activist accused of emailing a bomb threat to the Chinese embassy in London. Campaigner Drew Pavlou was arrested last July as he protested outside the gates of the central-London facility. The 23-year-old Australian—a vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—was also detained on suspicion…


Tennis Star Boris Becker Jailed By UK Court Over Bankruptcy

German tennis star Boris Becker, who won six Grand Slam titles and earned £39 million ($50 million) during his career, has been jailed for two-and-a-half years by a judge in London for breaching the terms of his bankruptcy. Becker, 54, was made bankrupt in 2017 but earlier this month he was convicted of two counts of failing…


‘Somehow I Found a Way’—Djokovic Wins Again at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England—Any lapse by Novak Djokovic is brief. When the world’s No. 1 player double-faulted on his first two points in a tiebreaker Friday, he quickly regrouped to close out a victory over American qualifier Denis Kudla, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6 (7). “Somehow I found a way to win,” Djokovic said. As usual. He improved to…