Saturday, June 04, 2016

Sports: Garbine Muguruzu Beats Serena Williams In The Finals Of The Women French Open Title


Today is Garbine Muguruza’s day.Why? Because she beat defending champion Serena Williams to win the 2016 women French open title. Serena Williams was not at her best today due to injury, however Garbine also had some injury, yet she pushed on to win the title.

Garbine is the first Spanish woman to win the title France since Arantxa Sánchez Vicario beat Monica Seles in the 1998 finals.

After wining in her excitement she said" “I’m so excited. To play a final of a grand slam against one of the best players, I’m so happy. Serena’s a very powerful player so I had to be ready and concentrate on all the points. I just tried to fight as much as I can. All the matches I played against her helped me. In Spain, this is the tournament. Rafa has helped that cause.”


Tributes Pour For Late Mohammed Ali. Floyd Mayweather, Tyson, Trump.

 
It's a sad news that the American boxing legend Mohammed Ali has passed on. He died in Phoenix, Arizona yesterday 3rd of June, 2016. He is considered the greatest heavyweight boxer in the history of boxing. He was born on the 17th of January 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

He was married to Yolonda Williams. He had 9 children Laila Ali, Rasheda Ali, Hana Ali, Asaad Amin, Maryum Ali, Jamillah Ali, Khaliah Ali, Muhammad Ali Jr., Miya Ali. He had a sibling Rahman Ali. Boxing Star Floyd Mayweather, the world's richest boxer has sent in his tribute saying that there wasn't any day he went to the Gym that he didn't think of Ali, and that Ali inspired him throughout his boxing career.

Mike Tyson also twitted, so long great one! See more tributes and photos of Mohammed Ali below...