Islamic extremists kill 42 people, mainly students, in an attack on the Government Secondary School boarding school in the Nigerian town of Mamudo in Yobe state. (AP)
War in North-West Pakistan:
A bomb in a market street kills 4 people and wounds 47 other in eastern Pakistan. (ABC)
Disasters and accidents
At least fourteen people are killed as Pakistan Railways Karakoram Express runs over a rickshaw near the city of Sheikhupura. (The NewsPakistan)
A Boeing 777 flown by Asiana Airlines crash-lands at San Francisco International Airport with 2 dead and 181 injured. (CNN) (KTVU) (BBC News)
Politics and elections
Mali lifts a state of emergency ahead of a presidential election. (Reuters)
Mohamed ElBaradei is named as the Prime Minister of Egypt. (AAP via News Limited)
Sport
At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships in tennis:
Marion Bartoli of France defeats Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6–1, 6–4 in the Ladies’ Singles final, claiming her first Grand Slam singles title.(AP via ESPN)
Bob and Mike Bryan of the USA defeat Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Marcelo Melo of Brazil 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 in the Gentlemen’s Doublesfinal, becoming the first men’s doubles team in the Open era to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time. (BBC Sport)
In rugby union, the British and Irish Lions rout Australia 41–16 in Sydney to win their three-Test series 2–1. It is the Lions’ first series win since1997, when they defeated South Africa. (BBC Sport)
