Watch the moment Iga Swiatek becomes the 2025 Wimbledon champion after beating Amanda Anisimova in under an hour 6-0, 6-0 as she secures her first Championship win at the All England Club.
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Geri Halliwell-Horner is facing more than the fall-out from her other-half’s Formula 1 sacking – the Spice Girl’s book company is in debt to the tune of £1million. The star, 51, found herself at the centre of a storm this week when husband Christian Horner was suddenly fired by Red Bull Racing, where he was team principal.
Sources close to Geri said she “wasn’t happy about the attention”. And it has emerged she is facing her own work troubles, as new accounts for her business reveal it is in the red. Recently filed documents show the firm, Falcon Queen Productions, had sunk a further £750,000 in the year ending August 2024, compared to a £276,000 deficit the previous year.
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It had assets of £72,000, but with creditors of more than £1.1m, is now running at a loss of just over £1m. Geri set up the firm in 2021 and, two years later, launched her debut novel, Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen. In April this year she released a second title, Rose Frost: Ice On Fire.
She has no immediate financial worries as her main company, Won-derful Productions, earned £2.16m in the 12 months to August last year. And she and Christian are worth a combined £70m.
The former F1 boss, also 51, was dismissed 17 months after he was accused of sexual harassment and coercive, controlling behaviour by a female employee at Red Bull. He was later cleared of the allegations which he always denied.
Geri has previously said she’s taking inspiration for tech mogul Steve Jobs as she reinvents herself after her Spice Girls heyday. Ginger Spice says is looking to bigwigs like the Apple founder and Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg when it comes to her outfits.
Vowing to only wear white now, it’s a marked difference from her colourful pop persona. “I went through a period when I was in my 20s wearing black all the time,” Geri mused.
“But I’ve gone through different theories. I looked at a lot of guys, and they always wear the same thing. Whether it’s Steve Jobs, Facebook guy, you know, they all wear the same thing, like a uniform. I thought, well, actually, how much time do you use getting ready? That was one thing, and everything matches. It keeps things simple.”
The singer had undergone a transformation since her pop days, now positioning herself in high society as the wife of former Red Bull CEO Christian. She’s no longer party girl, more lady of the manor. Recalling her rise to stardom, it wasn’t all champagne and caviar, says Geri, as she reminds us of her working class roots.
“Stopping off at service stations and having sausage rolls,” she remembered about her early girlband days in the 90s on the Table Manner podcast.
“I really remember having chips and scraps, which are from up north, the little, you know, the bottom ends, which I really do love chips. I have to say, that is my other favourite food.”
Evian Championship – third round leaderboard
-11 C Gainer (Eng) Gabriela Ruffels (Aus); -10 A Thitikul (Tha), S Lee (Kor), G Kim (Aus), M Lee (Aus); -9 C Alexander (SA), Y Yoshida (Jpn)
Selected others: -7 L Maguire (Ire); -6 L Woad (Eng); +4 B Law (Eng), G Dryburgh (Sco)
Cara Gainer shot a third-round 64 to grab a share of the lead at the Evian Championship.
The 29-year-old Englishwoman is tied at the top of the leaderboard at 11-under with Australia’s Gabriela Ruffels, who shot 66.
Gainer put herself into contention to win her first major with six birdies and an eagle on the seventh hole at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France.
“I made a great par save on the first which really settled my nerves,” she said.
“My eagle putt was definitely a highlight of the day. I hit a great drive, a great hybrid into the green about 10ft and holed the putt.
“I have good feelings and good vibes in this amazing beautiful place.”
World number two Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand, three-time major winner Minjee Lee and fellow Australian Grace Kim are among those a stroke behind Gainer and Ruffels at 10 under.
English amateur Lottie Woad (70) finished with a 60ft birdie putt and is tied for 19th at six under.
Iga Swiatek demolished Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the most one-sided women’s Wimbledon final for 114 years to win her sixth Grand Slam title.
The Polish eighth seed, who has now won all six major finals in which she has competed, was in charge from the first point and wrapped up victory in just 57 minutes.
It is the first time a woman has won a final at Wimbledon without dropping a game since 1911.
And Swiatek, 24, is just the second player in the Open era to win a major title without losing a game in the final after Steffi Graf beat Natalia Zvereva at the 1988 French Open.
“It seems super surreal,” said Swiatek, who is the first Wimbledon singles champion from Poland in the Open era.
“I didn’t even dream, for me it was way too far. I feel like I am already an experienced player after winning the Slams before but I never expected this one.
“This year I really, really enjoyed it and feel I improved my form here.
“I am always going to remember the opening of champagne bottles between serves. It is a sound that will keep me awake at night.”
Swiatek, who reached the final of the grass-court tournament at Bad Homburg two weeks ago, has looked increasingly strong while the top seeds tumbled at the All England Club.
She lost just one set in her run to the final.
US 13th seed Anisimova was expected to prove a stern test after ousting world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals, but Swiatek performed a brutal demolition job.
Anisimova made a nervous start in hot conditions on Centre Court, with Catherine, Princess of Wales, watching from the Royal Box.
She was broken in the first game, soon slipping 2-0 behind and the signs looked ominous.
The American appeared to have found her feet in her next service game but the merciless Swiatek refused to give ground and recovered to move 3-0 ahead when Anisimova double-faulted.
At 4-0 down Anisimova was facing a first-set wipe-out but she was powerless to halt the rampant Swiatek, who sealed the first set 6-0 in just 25 minutes.
The American won just six points on her serve in the first set and committed 14 unforced errors.
An increasingly desperate Anisimova could not stem the tide in the second set, double-faulting again in the third game to give her opponent game point and then netting a backhand.
The crowd got behind her but to no avail as Swiatek kept up her level, serving out to win and celebrating before consoling her devastated opponent.
Swiatek is Wimbledon’s eighth consecutive first-time women’s champion since Serena Williams won her seventh and final title at the All England Club in 2016.
The distraught Anisimova left court briefly before returning for the trophy presentation.
She broke down in tears again during her speech on court.
“You’re such an incredible player and it obviously showed today,” she said, addressing Swiatek.
No Half Measures caused a shock at Newmarket as the 66-1 outsider won the July Cup under jockey Neil Callan.
Trained by former jockey Richard Hughes, No Half Measures edged past Big Mojo on the line to win the 145th edition of the Group One sprint.
Run To Freedom finished third, a further length and three-quarters back, with Believing in fourth and favourite Notable Speech fifth.
“Over the last couple of years I felt I was a bit buried,” Callan told ITV Racing.
“Last year was a bit of a struggle and this year’s been a bit of a struggle, but you just wait for that one horse.
“I was open-minded as an outsider but he [Hughes] always believed she could run the race because she has good stats and performances over six.
Iga Swiatek demolished Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win her first Wimbledon title and sixth Grand Slam on Saturday, proving emphatically that she has what it takes on grass.
The Polish eighth seed, who has now won all six major finals in which she has competed, was in charge from the first point and wrapped up victory in just 57 minutes.
The 24-year-old is Wimbledon’s eighth consecutive first-time women’s champion since Serena Williams won her seventh and final title at the All England Club in 2016.
Swiatek, who reached the final of the grass-court tournament at Bad Homburg two weeks ago, has looked increasingly strong while the top seeds tumbled at the All England Club.
She lost just one set in her run to the final.
But US 13th seed Anisimova was expected to prove a stern test after ousting world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals.
Anisimova made a nervous start in hot conditions on Centre Court.
She was broken in the first game, soon slipping 2-0 behind, and the signs looked ominous.
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She appeared to have found her feet in her next service game, but the tenacious Swiatek refused to give ground and recovered to move 3-0 ahead when Anisimova double-faulted.
At 4-0 down, Anisimova was facing a first-set wipe-out, but she was powerless to halt the rampant Swiatek, who sealed the first set 6-0 in just 25 minutes.
The American won just six points on her serve in the first set and committed 14 unforced errors.
An increasingly desperate Anisimova could not stem the tide in the second set, double-faulting again in the third game to give her opponent game point and then netting a backhand.
The crowd got behind her, but to no avail as Swiatek kept up her level, serving out to win and celebrating before consoling her devastated opponent.