Wimbledon Player 'Poisoning' Investigated

Police are investigating allegations a British tennis player was deliberately poisoned during this year's Wimbledon tournament.  

Scotland Yard is investigating whether the 18-year-old - named in reports as Gabriella Taylor - was targeted in early July.

The teenager was forced to withdraw from the girl's junior tournament midway through her quarter-final match. 

Police launched a criminal investigation amid fears that she had been deliberately poisoned in an attempt to wreck her tournament chances.

The Daily Telegraph reports that it was initially thought Taylor had contracted a virus while playing overseas.

But after spending four days in intensive care, doctors diagnosed her with a rare strain of leptospirois, a bacterial disease that can be transmitted through rat urine.