Wimbledon's head referee, Andrew Jarrett, said that Hanescu would be fined half of the prize money he was due for having reached the third round of the tournament. Police have also been looking into the incident after four men were arrested at the courtside under the Public Order Act. Scotland Yard said there were no reports of racist language being used. It was not thought that the men were the target of Hanescu's outburst. The Romanian, who is not due to play in any other part of the tournament, has 10 days to appeal against the fine.
Polls have closed in the presidential election of the self-proclaimed state of Somaliland in the horn of Africa. Three candidates, including the incumbent president, are vying to be the next leader. Somaliland closed its borders after an Islamist group al-Shabaab warned people against voting, describing democracy as "the devil's principles". The Somaliland government called on voters to ignore the threat, and international monitors say the turnout appears to have been high. Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991.
The first president of Lithuania after it gained independence from Soviet Union, Algirdas Brazauskas, has died following a battle with cancer. Mr Brazauskas started his political career in the Communist Party but became a vocal critic of Moscow in the late 1980s. The former president also served one term as Lithuania's prime minister before retiring from politics four years ago.
And Ghana has reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup after beating the United States two-one in extra time. They are the only African team still in the tournament. They will next play Uruguay who earlier beat South Korea by the same scoreline. Asamoah Gyan scored Ghana's crucial second goal.