29 June 2007: Wimbledon Judges See Red

Some of the judges in the Wimbledon tennis championship started reaching for their rule books when French player Tatiana Golovin announced she would be wearing red clothing to play.

The Wimbledon tournament has a dress code that specifies players' apparel should be "predominantly white".

However, after some discussion the guardians of the world's most genteel tennis tournament gave the French player the go-ahead, on the grounds that the item in question was not covered by the rules.

The rules apply to tops, shorts and skirts. It was deemed they did not apply to Ms Golovin's red knickers.

"They say red is the colour that proves that you're strong and you're confident so I'm happy with my red knickers," she told reporters.