Picasso’s Blue Period work sells for £35m
Pablo Picasso’s Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto, a work from the painter’s Blue Period, has sold for nearly £35 million at a London auction.
Longest tennis match ends in 11 hrs
The world’s longest tennis match finally ended at Wimbledon Thursday when John Isner claimed the incredible fifth set of a three-day epic against Nicolas Mahut 70-68 after 11 hours and five minutes on
Isner wins epic battle
The longest tennis match in history finally finished at Wimbledon on Thursday after an epic 11 hours and five minutes, with John Isner beating Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the final set.
Queen goes to Wimbledon for first time in 33 years
Queen Elizabeth returned to Wimbledon on Thursday for the first time in 33 years with bookmakers offering odds of 12-1 that she would be confronted by a streaker on Centre Court.
Lady Gaga to perform with corpses
Pop artiste Lady Gaga plans to perform along with corpses in her upcoming concerts.
Taylor Swift becomes a comic star
Country singer Taylor Swift has been immortalised in print — she will feature in a 25-page comic book titled Fame: Taylor Swift.
Manet’s portrait gets record £22m
French impressionist Édouard Manet’s self-portrait was sold for a record price of more than £22 million at an auction in London on Tuesday.
Roddick struggles, Belgian duo cruise
Andy Roddick, runner-up last year, recovered from losing his opening set on Wednesday to reach the third round at Wimbledon, while former top-ranked players Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin of Belgium advanced.
Childhood cancer, close mobile towers have no link
British researchers have found no link between incidences of cancer among children and living near cellphone base station during pregnancy.
Hike in VAT, levy on banks in UK Budget
Britain’s coalition government presented its austerity Budget in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon by increasing value-added tax and slashing welfare and benefits to cut public spending by £17 billion.