Vicente del Bosque brought the curtain down on one of the most successful managerial careers in soccer on Thursday by confirming he has resigned from the Spain job and does not expect to coach again.
Slovak qualifier Jana Cepelova drew on her memories of beating Simona Halep last year on the same court as she ended Garbine Muguruza's hopes of adding the Wimbledon title to her trophy cabinet.
"I've had a strange love affair with grass. It wasn't love at first sight. It's the kind of growing love, like when you have an old school friend you meet after 10 years and suddenly you realize oh, that's the one, I actually kind of like him. So that's the type of love that I have with grass because it wasn't love at first sight. I was horrible at the beginning."
Venus Williams accused Wimbledon officials of discriminating against its women champions and said she wants "equality" when it comes to scheduling matches on its two biggest showcourts.
Serbia's Viktor Troicki launched a vintage rant at Wimbledon on Thursday, blasting an umpire as an "idiot" and lambasting him for being "the worst in the world".
Popular single-lens reflex camera is the answer to rivaling smartphones, says Canon's president
South Korea's Samsung Group is increasing its investment in advanced manufacturing in China, as a new electronics material factory in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, is expected to open in the second half of this year.
Passengers heading from Beijing to Calgary in western Canada can now fly directly to the city, after Hainan Airlines launched a nonstop service on Thursday.
The chief executive officers of Chinese companies highlight innovation as a top strategic priority and the key to driving growth - more so than their global counterparts, according to a KPMG report.
Emmanuel Daniel, chairman of The Asian Banker, a financial services industry intelligence provider in emerging markets, warned Chinese banks they could kill the innovation of fintech startups by investing in them, as the banks themselves were huge IT companies that would suck in and absorb promising startups.
China Vanke Co Ltd's second-largest shareholder China Resources Group said on Thursday that it opposed plans by Baoneng Group to oust the property developer's board and had not reached any agreement with the largest shareholder on voting.
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