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Updated July 8, 2024 at 11:20 a.m. On this day in 2000, Venus Williams won her first Grand Slam singles title, at the Wimbledon Championships. She was 20 years old at the time. Who did Venus Williams defeat in the final to win the tournament? In the final of the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, Venus Williams […]
Like the jousting events of the Middle Ages, modern-day tennis tournaments combine skill and courage with unparalleled excitement and drama.
Monday, September 8, 2014 RUSSIA THREATENS RETALIATION Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned in an interview that further Western sanctions against Russia will see Moscow “respond asymmetrically.” According to news agency Ria Novosti, Medvedev suggested that Russia could decide to close its air space to Western companies, a move that he believes would lead some […]
Thursday, May 29, 2014 UKRAINE HELICOPTER SHOT DOWN Pro-Russian militants near the eastern Ukrainian town of Sloviansk shot down a military helicopter, killing 14 soldiers, acting President Olexandr Turchynov said. This came after local media reported intense shooting around Sloviansk and Kramatorsk and the shelling of the two cities. Media described the situation as a […]