Wimbledon 2025 – Novak Djokovic reaches round four in style in pursuit of 25th major
At his 20th Championships appearance and 20 years after his debut, Djokovic has reached the magic century of victories and now holds a 100-12 record at SW19.
He is just the third singles player in tennis history to achieve the feat, joining 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer and 18-time major winner Martina Navratilova.
“I did enjoy myself, except maybe the last couple of games,” Djokovic said on court post-match. “Tennis has made me who I am, I try not to take anything for granted, particularly at this age, still going strong…I feel blessed.”
It was plain sailing for the world number six, who registered his first bagel (a 6-0 scoreline) of the Grand Slam season and sealed the win in an hour and 47 minutes.
But if Djokovic had to be summed up in one point, refer to the moment when he was at deuce at 4-3 up in the first set. A diving backhand winner after angled dropshots and a tweener from Kecmanović brought Centre Court to its feet in pure awe.
My Life With the Walter Boys Season 2 will premiere on Netflix Thursday, August 28.
Starring trio Nikki Rodriguez, Noah LaLonde and Ashby Gentry took the stage at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Canada — where the series is filmed — to make the announcement.
Netflix also released three new images for the show’s next season. View them below.
Season 2 of the YA series, which is based on the book by Ali Novak, will pick up after Jackie (Rodriguez) left Silver Falls, caught between Alex (Gentry) telling her he loves her while drunk at Will (Johnny Link) and Haley’s (Zoë Soul) wedding and Cole (LaLonde) kissing her. After spending a summer in New York City, Katherine (Sarah Rafferty) confinces her to come back to Colorado, where Jackie wants to make amends with Alex and take some space from Cole.
Alex, who has changed quite a bit over the summer, isn’t exactly keen to make up with Jackie, and he focuses all his energy on training for a rodeo event while enjoying the new attention people are paying him. Cole, meanwhile, takes on a new role at school, but he finds it doesn’t quite make up for playing football. Then his old habits start to make things messy. While Jackie finds she might fit back into Silver Falls after all, she has to keep the balance or things could topple everything she’s worked hard to rebuild.
While Novak recently released My Return With the Walter Boys, a sequel to her first book, Season 2 takes a different direction. The show has also already been renewed for a third season.
Melanie Halsall serves as showrunner and executive producer on the series. Ed Glauser and Becky Hartman Edwards also serve as executive producers. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television and International Production and iGeneration Studios.
Cast also includes Marc Blucas (George) Connor Stanhope (Danny), Corey Fogelmanis (Nathan), Jaylan Evans (Skylar), Isaac Arellanes (Isaac), Myles Perez (Lee), Alex Quijano (Richard), Ashley Tavares (Tara), Dean Petriw (Jordan), Alix West Lefler (Parker), Lennix James (Benny), Alisha Newton (Erin), Ellie O’Brien (Grace), Kolton Stewart (Dylan), Mya Lowe (Kiley), Gabrielle Jacinto (Olivia), Jesse Lipscombe (Coach Allen), Nathaniel Arcand (Mato), Natalie Sharp (B. Hartford), Carson MacCormac (Zach), Janet Kidder (Joanne), Riele Downs (Maria) and Jake Manley (Wylder).
L-R: Ashby Gentry as Alex and Nikki Rodriguez as Jackie in ‘My Life with the Walter Boys’
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Ashby Gentry as Alex in ‘My Life with the Walter Boys’
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L-R: Noah LaLonde as Cole and Sarah Rafferty as Katherine in ‘My Life with the Walter Boys’
Harry Sweeny joined our team in 2024 and quickly became a key rider for us in the classics and grand tours. This is the Australian’s fifth season as a pro.
Harry is still discovering his limits as a racer. As a U23, he won Il Piccolo Lombardia and has since ridden the Tour de France, where, as a rookie, he finished third on a stage and rode onto the Champs-Élysées in the break, as jets trailed bleu, blanc, et rouge streaks into the sky overhead. He has raced Paris-Roubaix in the wet and Liège-Bastogne-Liège alongside his friend, the former winner and cycling legend, Philippe Gilbert. Last year, he finished seventh on GC at the Tour of Luxembourg after riding hard for his teammates all season. Harry believes that his best is yet to come.
He came to cycling late. As a kid growing up in Brisbane, where his family moved when he was a child, he played soccer and rugby and did gymnastics and swam. He took up triathlon as a schoolboy, but focused on cycling when he was a junior and was recovering from a running injury. He started out racing local crits. His athleticism soon shone and he was picked to race the world championships in Richmond, Virginia for the Australian national team.
He moved to Europe to race, first for a small junior team in Belgium, and then for two years with the Australian Institute of Sport squad, which was then based in Italy, before moving back to Belgium for his final year as an U23. Those years opened up new worlds for Harry.
EF Education-EasyPost’s open-minded international character is a big draw for him. On the teams he has raced for in the past, he has often been one of the few foreigners. Our team is made up of riders and staff from dozens of nationalities. Most of them know what it is like to build a life far from home and can help with all of the little difficulties that come with that. Our multicultural make up helps us to expand our outlook and think beyond traditional ways of doing things too.
Harry is a lot more than a bike racer. He is a keen cook and he loves to go camping and hiking with his girlfriend, an environmental scientist, near their adopted home in Andorra. In the winter, he loves to ski. And he is a YouTuber.
This summer, Harry will return to the Tour de France in EF Education-EasyPost pink. We know that we can always count on him to be where we need him to be when it counts – and to bring a laugh to the bus.
Xbox was well on its way to delivering a sci-fi stylized game with plenty of exciting movement mechanics before an abrupt change of heart. The upcoming third-person shooter RPG codenamed Blackbird from ZeniMax Online Studios, which developed The Elder Scrolls Online, has been “shelved indefinitely,” according to an exclusive report from Bloomberg. The report added that Xbox execs were “blown away” by the game and had “nothing but complimentary words,” according to Bloomberg‘s sources.
The exciting new IP was expected to rival the Destiny franchise with its looter-shooter gameplay in an alien noir-themed world. The Bloomberg report revealed that a sci-fi setting would be paired with movement-based abilities like “double-jumping, air-dashing, a grappling hook and wall climbing.” The project was reportedly gaining momentum recently and was set to be released in 2028, after the studio expanded its team to 300 people.
Microsoft didn’t provide comments to Bloomberg or any explicit reasoning why the Blackbird project was dropped. Not much was known about the game, but TrueAchievements uncovered a plot that revolves around players uncovering a notorious murder in a capital city called Exodus. Along with Blackbird, Microsoft canceled Everwild, a fantasy game from Rare that’s been in development since 2014, and a reboot of the Perfect Dark first-person shooter.
The interior minister says some people are bothered to see politicians-govt-establishment on same page
Rejects rumours about the enactment of the 27th constitutional amendment
ROHRI: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday dispelled the reports claiming a “change in the presidency” and enactment of the 27th constitutional amendment as mere speculations, advising the public not to pay heed to “social media speculations.”
He urged the media to refrain from political speculations for at least two days in respect for Ashura days, noting these “rumor-mongers” are spreading misleading narratives.
“Some people are bothered, as for the first time, politicians, the government, and the military establishment are on the same page,” he declared while addressing the media during his visit to Sindh’s Rohri city on Saturday.
Replying to journalists’ queries on reports suggesting President Zardari was being removed from office and that another constitutional amendment was in the offing, Naqvi denied the speculations, advising “against paying heed to the social media reports.”
His statement came after the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) obtained a simple majority in the National Assembly after the reinstatement of reserved seats by the Election Commission of Pakistan following the top court’s Constitutional Bench verdict.
It also handed the ruling alliance a two-thirds majority in the lower house, as its strength rose from 218 to 235 members.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar also said on Saturday that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) would remain a key ally of the PML-N despite the latter securing a simple majority in the National Assembly as a result of the reserved seats ruling.
“PPP is and will remain our coalition partner,” said the deputy prime minister, recalling that without the PPP’s support, it would not have been possible to form a government following the 2024 general elections.
Talking to journalists at the Data Darbar shrine in Lahore, Dar said that the Bilawal Bhutto Zardari-led party stood by the government during difficult times and the Nawaz Sharif-led party would not abandon it in times of stability.
To a question, he replied that the coalition partner has not demanded any ministerial portfolios from the PML-N.
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Local Government Saeed Ghani said that 588 buildings in Karachi are deemed unsafe, with 456 of these located in the South District alone.
Speaking during ARY News programme ‘Aitraz Hai’, the minister said that 16 dangeour buildings have been evacuated over the past few months, though some critically unsafe ones remain occupied despite ‘efforts’ to clear them.
“Forceful evictions attract criticism, but we will proceed with action against unsafe buildings regardless,” Saeed Ghani added.
He said that Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has called a high-level meeting on the dangerous buildings in Karachi.
Speaking on the recent collapse of a building in Karachi’s Lyari in which at least 21 person lost their lives, the local government minister said a team tried to evacuate the same building just days before the incident but the attempt he said faced resistance from the residents.
“The government tries to vacate unsafe buildings after issuing notices,” he added.
‘Officials involved in illegal constructions’
Saeed Ghani conceded that some officials of the concerned departments are involved in illegal constructions.
He said that the current laws do not allow the government to take strict action against so-called builders.
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“We are working on amending the law, with consultations currently underway,” he vowed to impose stricter penalties on those responsible for illegal constructions and their agents involved in buying and selling such properties.
Saeed Ghani also called for harsh measures against citizens purchasing these buildings. He said that the Sindh government is also working to launch an app to guide the public, providing information on the legal status of constructions.
Meanwhile, the death toll from the collapse of a five-storey residential building in Karachi’s Lyari Baghdadi area has climbed to 21, with rescue teams recovering two more bodies from the rubble, according to officials from Rescue 1122.
The officials confirmed that 21 bodies have been retrieved so far, with fears that more individuals may still be trapped under the rubble. The operation, now in its second day, is expected to take at least eight more hours to complete due to the complexity of the debris removal process.
The devastating incident occurred as a six-storey residential building collapsed in the Baghdadi area of Lyari, Karachi.
The collapsed building, constructed in 1974, had been declared dangerous by the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) three years ago, with multiple notices issued to residents to vacate the premises.
In July 2024, Lazenby officially retired from acting,
George Lazenby, the acclaimed actor known for portraying James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, has been diagnosed with early-stage dementia.
The actor’s wife, Pam Shiver spoke openly about her ongoing support for the 85-year-old actor as he adjusts to life with the condition.
To note, Lazenby made history as the shortest serving James Bond, stepping into the role following Sean Connery’s departure.
In a recent interview with The Telegraph, Shriver shared that Lazenby is in the early stages of dementia, but was quick to add that his distinct personality and spirit still remain very much intact.
‘He has dementia, but he is still very much himself,’ she shared. A softer version of himself, perhaps-and this is the key.’
In July 2024, Lazenby officially retired from acting, tellings fans: ‘This hasn’t been an easy decision but it’s time to announce my retirement from work,’ he shared.
‘Therefore, I won’t be pursuing any further acting roles, public appearances, interviews, or autograph signings starting today. It’s been a rewarding journey, but aging isn’t without its challenges.’
Lazenby decision to decline further Bond roles allowed him to pursue diverse acting opportunities in the 1970s, including roles in films like Universal Soldier (1971), Who Saw Her Die? (1972), and The Man From Hong Kong (1975).
