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Victoria Azarenka had to draw on all her reserves by saving two match points in a heroic three-hour tussle with Angelique Kerber in the WTA Championships in Istanbul. The top-seeded Belarussian beat the German  6-7  7-6 6-4 and now

European football's big reputations counted for nothing last night as Real Madrid, AC Milan, Manchester City and Arsenal all lost in the Champions League. Real Madrid lost 2-1 at Borussia Dortmund; AC Milan lost 1-0 at Malaga and Man City blew a

Hosts South Africa will face Cape Verde in the opening match of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations at Soccer City in Soweto on the 19th of January next year. Bafana is one of four seeded teams and was included with Cape Verde, Angola and Morocco in

The Kouga Municipality says it has declared the region a Local Disaster Area. The declaration was made at a Special Mayoral Committee meeting this afternoon. Executive Mayor Booi Koerat said heavy torrential rains over the past week had

DA parliamentary leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko, says parliament has thrown out her questions to president Jacob Zuma on how much he will be personally contributing to the revamp of his Nkandla. She says she has since re-submitted the question after it

The search for two men who went missing in flooded rivers Kwanobuhle and Kirkwood continued this week. Police spokesperson, lieutenant-colonel Priscilla Naidu, says members of the Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage K-9 units have been searching since

 The Democratic Alliance in Buffalo City says it will be asking the auditor general to review the awarding of a housing contract which it says did not go through a competitive bidding process. Buffalo City reportedly terminated the original

 A Grahamstown man has posted his toenails to the Chinese embassy in Pretoria because he is upset with the escalating number of rhinos killed by poachers. Mark Wilby clipped off his toenails, put them in an envelope and posted them. In a

 Padraig Harrington leads on 5-under 66 after the first round of the 36-hole PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda - an annual exhibition event for the season's four major winners. Harrington was called in as an alternate three days ago for