Sunday, July 3, 2011

Pippa Middleton Recycles Her Dress & Her Date.


Pippa Middleton has started recycling outfits, showing off her tanned and toned legs at Wimbledon in a black knit Tania dress, the same dress she wore in white knit to the AEGON tennis tournament on June 10.The other accessory Pippa is recycling is her date. On Friday Pippa watched the tennis match with her friend George Percy, the same guy she went to the AEGON tennis match with as well.

US qualifies for quarterfinals.


The U.S. advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup with a 3-0 rout of Colombia on Saturday.The two-time World Cup champions advanced to the last eight with Sweden, which beat North Korea 1-0 in the early Group C match.The Americans and Sweden both have six points, but the U.S. leads the group on goal differential and can claim the top spot with a victory or a tie.Colombia is a team on the rise, finishing fourth at the Under-20 World Cup last year. But the youngsters were no match for the more experienced Americans. The U.S. harassed goalkeeper Sandra Sepulveda relentlessly, and she didn't get much help from her defenders, who were shredded by the speedy O'Reilly time and again - and set up O'Reilly's goal in the 12th minute.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Monaco's sovereign ruler Prince Albert wed South African Charlene Wittstock .


Monaco's sovereign ruler Prince Albert wed South African Charlene Wittstock on Saturday in an opulent ceremony attended by European royalty.The 53-year-old married Wittstock, 33, in the courtyard of his palace at the foot of a marble double staircase lined with white flowers.The long-awaited nuptials are the first of a ruling prince in Monaco since the prince's father, Prince Rainier III, married the Hollywood star Grace Kelly in 1956, and comes two months after Britain's wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton.Albert winked at his bride, who smiled shyly, as they sat on red velvet chairs holding hands, while the voice of a South African singer filled the courtyard.The long white train of Wittstock's Giorgio Armani duchess satin gown encrusted with thousands of tiny crystals flowed over the red carpet. The groom wore the white dress uniform of Monaco's Carabinieri royal guard.

Kvitova wins Wimbledon title.


Petra Kvitova won her first Grand Slam title Saturday by beating Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 at Wimbledon.Kvitova was playing in her first major final, but three-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova who showed her nerves.  Unfortunately in tennis there's only one winner at the end of the day and that's what makes this tournament so special,'' Sharapova said before turning her attention to Kvitova. ''So big congratulations on a wonderful victory, you played a wonderful tournament.'The 21-year-old Kvitova is the first left-handed woman to win Wimbledon since Martina Navratilova in 1990.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Maria Sharapova reach final.


The fifth-seeded Sharapova overcame 13 double-faults to beat Sabine Lisicki 6-4, 6-3. Sharapova had two double-faults in her opening service game, the second to get broken. She had two more while trailing 3-0, but saved a break point and then won 12 of the final 16 games.The turning point in the match may have come on that first saved break point at 3-0.With Lisicki playing near flawless tennis through the first three games, she turned to the drop shot, which was so effective against Marion Bartoli in the quarterfinals. But this one went into the net, putting the score at deuce and giving the momentum to Sharapova.