Muchova beats Gauff in tie-break thriller to reach first Wimbledon final
A single-minded focus despite prior injuries allowed Czechia’s Karolina Muchova to end Coco Gauff’s incredible run in their Wimbledon semifinal with a thrilling three-set tie-break win over the American tennis player.
Gauff, who is yet to progress past the last four at Wimbledon, lived dangerously at the year’s third Grand Slam, but 10th-seeded Muchova came out on top after saving a match point in the third-set tie-breaker to topple the seventh seed in a nerve-shredding 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (12-10) result.
Melanie C says Spice Girls' 30th anniversary was 'emotional'
Mel C was talking at the Silver Clef Awards, where she won the global impact award
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Music correspondent
Spice Girls star Melanie C has said the 30th anniversary of the band's debut single Wannabe - which fell on Wednesday - was a "very emotional day".
The singer formerly known as Sporty Spice recalled that seeing the song in shops had been "so exciting, because it was everything we dreamed of".
Katelyn Ohashi Gives Training Update Ahead Of 2026 U.S. Classic
FORT WORTH, TX - APRIL 20: Katelyn Ohashi #711 of the UCLA Bruins performs a floor routine during the Division I Women's Gymnastics Championship held at the Fort Worth Convention Center Arena on April 20, 2019 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Timothy Nwachukwu/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) NCAA Photos via Getty Images
Katelyn Ohashi’s gymnastics comeback continues next week in Hartford, Conn. The 29-year-old returned to elite gymnastics competition for the first time in 13 years in June, shocking and impressing the sports world.
Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Spangram, Answers: Friday, July 10 (I Think)
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A truly bizarre Strands puzzle today where I didn’t figure out the category until it was over and the clue is totally useless.
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The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It’s in beta for now, which means it’ll only stick around if enough people play it every day.
Scientists just debunked a dangerous baby rattlesnake myth
A common belief that baby rattlesnakes are more dangerous than adults has been overturned by a new study from Loma Linda University. After reviewing the history and spread of the myth, researchers concluded that bites from adult rattlesnakes are generally more dangerous because adults carry and inject much larger amounts of venom.
The study also disproves the widely repeated claim that baby rattlesnakes cannot control how much venom they release and therefore inject all of it when they bite. According to the researchers, this misconception has had serious real-world consequences.
Man killed by ICE agents not intended target of immigration arrest, DHS says
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a man killed by federal immigration agents during a traffic stop in Houston this week, was not the intended target of the “enforcement operation”, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were reportedly seeking two people from Guatemala when they attempted to stop Salgado Araujo, a Mexican immigrant who had lived in the United States for 35 years, the New York Times reported.
Loyal and royal: How the future King became a football superfan
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ByDaniela Relph
Royal correspondent
In the early hours of Monday morning, like millions of other football fans, the Prince of Wales stayed up in Windsor to watch England's memorable victory over Mexico.
At Forest Lodge, his family home on the Windsor estate, he endured the delayed start, the intense atmosphere of the Azteca Stadium and the nerve-jangling end to the second half when a 10-man England agonisingly clung on to their lead.
The youth clubs fighting to stay relevant in the social media age
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UK correspondent
It's 17:00 on Thursday in Bradford and as I approach a three-storey former country pub, drill music booms from the basement.
The snappy, rhythmic beats are not what you expect inside this old, listed building.
This is where teenagers from Gypsy, traveller and Roma communities get together every week. Older generations would call this a youth club but when I meet 16-year-old Sterling, he's quick to correct me: "Youth clubs are out of style."
‘Moana’ Faces Box Office Test, Less Than Two Years After Franchise’s Last Big Theatrical Splash
Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Laga’aia lead Disney‘s live-action Moana, which aims to make waves in its box office debut this weekend but could face a challenge, coming less than two years after the latest entry in the island-centric film franchise.
Director Thomas Kail‘s movie is eyeing a domestic weekend start between $60 million and $65 million with a launch spanning 3,900 theaters in North America. This is dialed back from last month, when tracking for the film — which marks the studio’s latest live-action reimagining after striking it big with 2025’s Lilo & Stitch — suggested Moana’s domestic weekend debut could reach as high as $75 million or above.
Gaza mourns aid worker killed by Israel who helped them see the World Cup
Israeli strike killed Mohammed al-Wahidi and three others on the eve of the Egypt vs Argentina match on Tuesday.
Palestinians in Gaza turned out in large numbers to pay their respects to a senior member of Egypt’s main aid organisation, who had set up World Cup screenings in the shattered enclave and was killed by an Israeli air strike on a taxi he was in this week.