July 21, 1924: The day Titanic survivor Dick Williams won Olympic gold in Paris
Titanic survivor Dick Williams won mixed doubles gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics on July 21, 12 years after being told his legs would need to be amputated.
Latest story published: 2026-07-21 07:45 UTC
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Titanic survivor Dick Williams won mixed doubles gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics on July 21, 12 years after being told his legs would need to be amputated.
Mayar Sherif won Monday’s final in Iasi to claim her second career title. The victory extended her winning streak to 10 matches.
Barbora Krejcikova defeated Maria Sakkari 7-6(5), 6-3 in the Athens Open final, denying the Greek No. 1 a home title. Krejcikova claimed her ninth career title and her first in more than two years.
Paula Badosa reached the Iasi final in Romania, extending her resurgence with a second consecutive WTA final and her first final in nearly two years. Maria Sakkari finished runner-up at the Athens Open, matching the result of her mother, Angeliki Kanellopoulou, at the Greek capital’s previous WTA tournament 40 years earlier.
Maria Sakkari reached the Athens final on home soil, 40 years after her mother also made the final there.
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Agnieszka Radwanska expressed concern about Iga Swiatek's Wimbledon Championships defeat to Alex Eala. The loss ended Swiatek's run at the tournament.
Simona Halep defeated Serena Williams to win Wimbledon on July 13, 2019. It was Williams’ heaviest loss in a Grand Slam final.
Guo and Mladenovic won their first Wimbledon ladies’ doubles title, describing the achievement as a dream.
American qualifier Jordan Lee, 16, rallied past Cruz Hewitt 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 to win the Wimbledon boys’ title. Lee became only the second qualifier to capture the championship.
Oda retained the Wimbledon singles crown, while Vink claimed his fourth Wimbledon quad title.
Linda Noskova defeated fellow Czech Karolina Muchova in the Wimbledon women’s final to become champion. The 21-year-old controlled most of the match despite Muchova’s late improvement in the second set.
Linda Noskova won a roller-coaster Wimbledon women’s final. Attention now turns to the upcoming men’s final.
Linda Noskova beat fellow Czech Karolina Muchova in the Wimbledon women’s final after surviving a fightback. Noskova recovered from missing five championship points to claim the title.
Linda Noskova defeated Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 to win her first Wimbledon title at age 21. She recovered after missing five championship points in the second set.
Linda Noskova defeated Karolina Muchova in an all-Czech Wimbledon final to win the title. The championship match underscored the depth of Czech women’s tennis.
Linda Noskova completed an extraordinary Centre Court comeback to win Wimbledon. She dedicated the title to her late mother, Ivana, whose memory inspired her.
Linda Noskova said seeing the trophies beside Centre Court helped her reset before completing a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 Wimbledon final victory over Karolina Muchova. She had led 6-2, 5-2 before missing five championship points, but recovered to win her first major title.
Linda Noskova recovered after letting five championship points slip away in the second set to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title. She joined Czech champions Jana Novotna, Petra Kvitova, Marketa Vondrousova and Barbora Krejcikova in the tournament’s history.
Linda Noskova survived Karolina Muchova’s extraordinary fightback to win the Wimbledon women’s final. Noskova recovered after failing to convert five championship points.
Linda Noskova beat Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in an all-Czech Wimbledon final to win her first Grand Slam title. The ninth seed recovered after missing five championship points, leaving Muchova a major runner-up for the second time.
Linda Noskova outlasted Karolina Muchova in an all-Czech Wimbledon final to win her first Grand Slam title. The 21-year-old overcame five missed championship points and became Wimbledon’s youngest champion since Petra Kvitova.
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid beat Gustavo Fernandez and Tokito Oda to win the Wimbledon men’s wheelchair doubles title. It was the British partnership’s record seventh championship at the tournament.
Linda Noskova beat Karolina Muchova in an all-Czech Wimbledon final to win her first Grand Slam title. She recovered after letting five championship points slip in the second set and finished the match 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. The result gives Czech tennis another major Wimbledon champion and marks a breakthrough at 21 years old.
Karolina Muchova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at Roland-Garros and earned attention for a win that lifted her profile in Paris. The result reinforced Muchova as a player capable of going deep at a Slam, even if she does not always get the same spotlight as her peers. Her performance at Roland-Garros is the practical takeaway, since it underlines her threat in the biggest events.
The world’s No. 1 and No. 2 men advanced through the Wimbledon semifinals on Day 12, setting up a singles final between the top two players in the rankings.
Wimbledon Day 12 featured completed matches in the doubles and legends events, with Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani pursuing a place in the women’s doubles final.
Karolina Muchova and Coco Gauff's rollercoaster semi-final was settled by an extraordinary tie-break. The decisive sequence lasted 18 minutes and contained 22 points.
Noskova advanced to the Wimbledon Championships final. Her victory secured an all-Czech championship match.