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Jose Mourinho guided Real Madrid into the Champions League quarterfinals for the second straight season after Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in a 4-1 victory over CSKA Moscow in Madrid. The teams had drawn one-all in the first leg in Moscow

Orlando Pirates coach Augusto Palacios made a disastrous start to his latest caretaker spell last night as lowly Santos triumphed 3-0 at Athlone Stadium in the Absa Premiership. Former Peru World Cup midfielder Palacios took charge on Monday

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic and No. 3 Roger Federer each needed three sets to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP/WTA Masters event at Indian Wells in California Wednesday night. Second-ranked Rafael Nadal beat Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 6-3, 6

Acting Cricket South Africa president AK Khan and CSA audit and risk committee chairman John Blair resigned from their posts last night. Khan said he had resigned at the CSA management committee meeting in Johannesburg. He said he felt it was

Buffalo City metro traffic officers have arrested a taxi driver for loading 37 school children into his Toyota Quantum minibus. The mini-bus is certified to carry 13 passengers. Buffalo city traffic commander Bernie Martins says the taxi

 Wool prices were higher at this week's sale despite a stronger rand. Cape Wools says its Merino indicator gained 2.3% to close at R104.17/kg for clean wool. Spokesperson Ona Viljoen says this was slightly lower than the seasonal high but

Trade unions on Wednesday welcomed the suspension of pay increases for CEOs and board members of parastatals, saying it was long overdue. "We share his [Public Works Minister Malusi Gigaba's] great concern that the remuneration generally of

The ANC task team investigating alleged election irregularities within the party will begin its work in the Eastern Cape on Thursday. The task team was established by the ruling party to look into widespread allegations that the ANC's election

A R250 000 swimming project for previously disadvantaged schools was officially launched in Mdantsane on Wednesday. The Nojubalaza Swimming Project, which has been running since September last year, is aimed at providing much needed swimming