Tag: Wimbledon Tennis Championships

Human Rights Activist Cleared Over Chinese Embassy ‘Bomb Threat’

February 20, 2023
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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…

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Tennis Star Boris Becker Jailed By UK Court Over Bankruptcy

April 29, 2022
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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…

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

July 2, 2021
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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…

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