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 Roger Federer reached the third round as he sweated out a tough win on Thursday in his first match on the blue clay of the Madrid Masters, holding off Canada's Milos Raonic 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 Federer next plays 14th seed Richard Gasquet of

A double by Colombian striker Radamel Falcao inspired Atletico Madrid to a 3-0 win over fellow Spaniards Athletic Bilbao in Bucharest Wednesday night and their second Europa League trophy in three seasons. Falcao scored a brilliant first-half

There's a three way tie at the top of the leaderboard going into today's second day of the R600,000 Vodacom Origins of Golf event at Simola Golf Club at Knysna. David Ryan, Bryce Easton and Albert Pistorius all took advantage of fine weather

 East London police say a group of men forraging for scrap metal have caused more than a million rand's damage to the city's water pipes. Police captain Mluleki Mbi says five men who were arrested on Tuesday are due to appear in court on

Afriforum says the decision to "shift" crime intelligence unit head Richard Mdluli to another position did not resolve problems within the SA Police Service. AfriForum's Nantes Kelder says moving Mdluli is not the answer - the problem

 Wool prices softened at this week's sale as orders from China and Europe tapered off. Cape Wools' says its Merino indicator shed one percent compared with the previous sale a fortnight ago to close at R98.11 p/kg for clean wool

The Eastern Cape Health Department says a businessman from Berlin near King Williams Town has been arrested for allegedly selling scheduled drugs over the counter. Bhisho health department spokesperson, Sizwe Kupelo, says the businessman faces

 The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape says some 600 temporary teachers who have not been paid since January, will receive their money on the 15th of May. DA MPL, Edmund van Vuuren, said this followed interaction between the DA and the

The Igazi Foundation has officially launched the Eastern Cape’s first comprehensive haematology unit, catapulting the province into the stem cell age. The R20m unit was established by Dr Neil Littleton in response to the high incidence of