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How Serena and Venus Williams changed women’s tennis for ever

Power, athleticism and an attacking mindset: the Williams sisters raised the bar on court and brought diverse appeal off it

The Guardian - UK

Serena Williams: does tennis’s queen of comebacks have one more left?

Even though Serena Williams may be ready to say her goodbyes at this year’s US Open, anyone who’s been watching her this long would be a fool to count her out altogether

The Guardian - US

The numbers behind two decades of Serena Williams’ dominance

Williams is expected to retire after the US Open, scene of her first major triumph in 1999.

The Independent UK

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Terrawatch: how balloons could one day detect quakes in hard-to-reach places

Successful sensing of earthquake in Indonesia raises hopes for wider use across planet – and even Venus

The Guardian - UK

Flooding closes major road connecting South Gippsland towns as heavy rain persists

Inverloch-Venus Bay Road, which connects Tarwin Lower and Venus Bay to Inverloch, has been closed since Tuesday. Another cold front is expected to bring further heavy falls in the region early next week

ABC News

DSPCA runs out of water as supply cut due to 'pump interruption'

Staff at the animal shelter on the Mount Venus Road in Rathfarnham reported the incident early this morning and requested the presence of a water truck to help

Dublin Live

Your Horos Are Here: It’s Time For Aries Peeps To Do Some Self-Reflection See What’s Hiding

Ya gotta do it.

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Horoscopes for week beginning Monday, August 15

Is it time to travel or pursue that dream job? Let your horoscope help guide you

Liverpool Echo

Australia’s language challenges limit national potential

Australians who primarily speak a language other than English are being locked out and left behind in the communication of important information.

360info

The mind of Serena Williams

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.

France 24

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.

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The Guardian - US

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

Mic

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

Tennis just got a lot more boring.

The Guardian - UK

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

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The Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

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

Liverpool Echo

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

Salon

In defense of Black fatherhood

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

Inverse

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.

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

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