Even though Venus’ younger sister, Serena had defeated her the last two times in the Wimbledon final, that didn’t stop Venus from taking the win today. Things didn’t look good for Venus at first since she was down 3-1 in the first set, but she turned it around and kept the momentum in her favor. Venus defeated her 7-5, 6-4 in the finals today to claim her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship.

Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals became the fifth youngest player in MLB history to hit his 300th home run. The youngest person to ever accomplish this feat was Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees. Rodriuez was 27 years and 249 days old while Pujols is 28 years and 170 days old.

Roger Federer defeated Marat Safin in straight sets (6-3, 7-6(3), 6-4) today. Federer is now only one win away from winning his sixth straight Wimbledon title, and 13th Grand Slam championship overall. Federer has yet to lose a set in the tournament. His opponent will be the winner of Rafael Nadal and Rainer Schuettler.

Gilbert Arenas decided to resign with the Washington Wizards for six years, for $111 million dollars. Arenas had mentioned earlier to the Wizards that he would not resign unless they kept Antawn Jamsion as well, who was recently given a $50 million deal over four years.

Both Venus and Serena Williams move on in Wimbledon and will meet each other in the finals on Saturday. Neither of them have lost a set yet and that alone will make it an interesting final matchup. This will be their third meeting in the Wimbledon final. Serena has come out ahead in both of the previous meetings. Can she do it a third time?

Well today in the golfing world, we were given some sad news. Tiger Woods season is over. He will be having surgery to repair his left knee in which he suffered a torn ligament. The date of this surgery is not yet known but he is expected to be recovered from it about 6-8 months afterwards.