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LOS ANGELES — During coverage of the 2005 French Open, tennis commentator Mary Carillo famously shared an essay in which she pointed out the similarities between winning on clay and winning at life. The piece was called "I want my kids to be clay courters."

Los Angeles Times

Serena Williams’ unapologetic greatness is a beacon to Black girls everywhere

Serena showed Black girls like my daughters that they have to be confident and proud of themselves, because the larger society is not always going to encourage their Black Girl Magic

The Guardian - US

Tennis great Serena Williams announces imminent retirement

Saying “the countdown has begun,” 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams announced on Tuesday that she is ready to step away from tennis so she can turn her focus to having another child and her business interests, presaging the end of a career that transcended sports.

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Serena Williams' legacy involves plenty of wins, plenty else

Serena Williams is famous for her 23 Grand Slam singles titles

The Independent UK

Helene Elliott: Serena Williams makes a conscious choice to give up tennis and focus on her family

LOS ANGELES — Serena Williams never did conform to anyone's expectations. She's not about to change that now, as she inches toward the end of a career that made her one of the greatest and most influential athletes of her time — or any other.

Los Angeles Times

They couldn’t touch her: how Serena Williams became a rare legend

Prejudice and hostility followed her throughout a career of scarcely believable achievement, one that told us much about America

The Guardian - US

Serena Williams, one of the greatest tennis players to pick up a racket, is leaving the sport

Tennis just got a lot more boring.

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Serena Williams set the marker that matters – no asterisks needed

Her record of 23 grand slam singles titles in the Open era stands alone but Williams’s tennis legacy goes far beyond statistics

The Guardian - UK

Serena Williams is more than a tennis great: she showed black women we could be ourselves

We watched as she was targeted for her hair, outfits and physique. Even as she nears retirement, her resilience is an example to us all, says writer and broadcaster Natasha Henry

The Guardian - UK

Grand slams, gold medals and foot faults: Serena Williams’ most notable moments

The American is one of the greatest tennis players of all time. We take a look back at what has been a remarkable career

The Guardian - US

Serena Williams: The highs and lows of 23-time grand-slam champion’s career

From winning her maiden grand slam title as a 17-year-old, Williams has rarely been out of the spotlight

The Independent UK

New Viking Venus cruise ship with spa and 'snow grotto' returns to Liverpool

The ship also has a music venue created in the image of a 1940s Hollywood jazz lounge

Liverpool Echo

In defense of Black fatherhood

Pop culture is finally pushing back against mischaracterizations of Black fathers as absent or uninvolved

Salon

Astronomers plan to track more potential “planet killer” asteroids near Earth

The nightmarish possibilities of a collision with Earth motivate space agencies like NASA and the European Space Agency to scan the night for their telltale glints.

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The Independent UK

People are sharing short stories assigned in school that have ‘haunted’ them since: ‘Shivering 50 years later’

‘I literally think about short stories we had to read in high school REGULARLY’ tweeted one person

The Hindu

Tunisian Ons Jabeur one win shy of first Grand Slam for Arab or African women

On Ons Jabeur was a lock-screen photo of the Venus Rosewater Dish, the trophy given to the women’s champion at Wimbledon. Now, Jabeur says, she’ll consider using a shot of the U.S. Open

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rybakina Powers Past Tunisia’s Jabeur to Wimbledon Title

Elena Rybakina rallied from a set down to defeat Tunisia's Ons Jabeur 3-6 6-2 6-2 on Saturday to become the first player from Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles title. In a showpiece featuring two first-time Grand Slam finalists for the first time since 1962, the lanky Rybakina lifted…

The Times of India

Wimbledon: It's Elena Rybakina's power vs Ons Jabeur's grit in the final

LONDON: The All England Club may have banned Russian and Belarusian players from competing at Wimbledon this fortnight, but a Moscow-born 23-year-old, who represented Russia until four years ago — when she switched nationality to Kazakhstan — could be holding the Venus Rosewater Dish on Saturday.

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Space

Solar system guide: Discover the order of planets and other amazing facts

Explore the eight (or nine) planets of the solar system in order from nearest to the sun and discover the many wonders of our solar system along the way.

Inverse

Space dust from Venus could inspire a solution to clean Earth’s air

Inspired by chemistry observed on the surface of extremely hot planets such as Venus, researchers have produced a synthetic material that could improve air quality.

The Guardian - UK

King Richard to Dunkirk: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Will Smith’s turn as Richard Williams, father of tennis champions Venus and Serena, is full of heart and won him an Oscar. Plus, Christopher Nolan’s wartime movie that is nothing short of magic

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Casetify And Sailor Moon Have Collab’d On A Bunch Of Phone Cases Dibs On The Sailor Venus One

An out-of-this-world collection.

Sports Illustrated

Serena Williams Changed Sports Forever

Looking back on the tennis legend’s career as she takes the court for the first time in over a year, and likely for one of the last times as a professional.

Daily Record

Best time to see seven planets align this weekend during rare event

Five of the seven planets will be visible to the naked eye

Wales Online

How and when to see seven planets align this weekend for the first time in 18 years

It's often called a 'planetary parade'

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