MIRRA ANDREEVA WINS FRENCH OPEN AT 19, BECOMES YOUNGEST WOMEN’S CHAMPION SINCE MONICA SELES . (PHOTO).

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 Mirra Andreeva wins French Open at 19, becomes youngest women’s champion since Monica Seles   Russian tennis star Mirra Andreeva completed a breakout run at the French Open on Saturday, defeating Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 to capture her first Grand Slam title at age 19. Andreeva, who was already regarded as a prodigy after emerging on the WTA Tour as a teenager, became the youngest women’s singles champion since Monica Seles, who was 18 when she won her third straight French Open in 1992. Ranked eighth in the world, she controlled the final in Paris, taking command after dropping just a few early games. The match shifted decisively when Andreeva won nine consecutive games to seize control, eventually closing out the victory with a backhand winner on match point before falling to her knees in celebration on the clay. She finished with 25 winners compared to Chwalinska’s 10 and committed fewer unforced errors in a match played under windy conditions at Cour...

MOHAMMED ABACHA,TO BE ON TRAIL FOR THEFT.

                        Former military head of state late General Sani Abacha's son,Mohamed Abacha,today was unanimously agreed by the supreme court that he will to be tried for theft.He will return to Abuja High court and face his trail on a 123 court criminal charge brought against him by the Federal Government of Nigeria where in he was alleged to be in possession of stolen properties belonging to the Federal Government.The theft was allegedly committed during his late fathers tenure as a military President of Nigeria.Mohammed Abacha argued that the immunity enjoyed by his father while in office extended to him and that having forfeited some of the family's properties confisticated by the government,he should be exempted from prosecution in line with the provisions of Decree 53 of 1999 constitution.The apex court held that immunity does not extend beyond the tenure of office and that even if the late head of state were alive,he can be prosecuted for a criminal offence not to talk of his son who was never an occupant of the office of the head of state.The court affirmed the decision of the court of appeal which held that the late head of state's immunity does not extend to his son and ordered mohammed to go and face his trail at the Abuja court.

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