Wimbledon final watched by 16.9m

Roger Federer's win over Andy Murray in the Wimbledon final was watched by a peak audience of 16.9 million viewers, according to overnight figures.The peak came towards the end of the match. The average audience across the four set stand-off was 11.4 million.It is the second most watched programme this year so far based on peak figures, behind England vs Italy in Euro 2012.The highest average figure...

Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray aims for Olympic gold to help pain of Roger Federer loss

going for Olympic gold to help ease pain of Wimbledon final defeat to FedererHeading home: Andy Murray had a quiet night reflecting on his Wimbledon heartbreakAndy Murray says that the thought of winning Olympic Gold is already helping him get over his heartbreaking Wimbledon final defeat to Roger Federer.The Olympic tennis tournament gets underway in SW19 in just 19 days time, handing Murray another...

London Private Equity Firm Acquires Valentino for £476 million

per the report, the current deal will separate the Valentino brand from Hugo Boss as it will be sold to one of the investors of Permira. Over three-quarters of Valentino's sales come from Hugo Boss as it owns 75 per cent of the company.In fact, although Valentino was more famous than Hugo Boss, it contributed only about 20 percent of the overall earnings of the company. Over time this figure reportedly...

Federer fights back: Six-times champion now leads Andy Murray two sets to one in epic battle for Wim

Don't cry girls, he did us proud: Tearful Kate, Kim and 15million Britons see Andy Murray's heroic Wimbledon final defeat to FedererRoger Federer defeats Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to win record seventh Wimbledon singles title20 million tuned in to watch the match on television with the All England Club full to capacityDuchess of Cambridge, her sister Pippa Middleton, Prime Minister David Cameron...