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South Africa Under-20 started the defence of their IRB Junior World Championship title with a comprehensive 97-0 victory over the United States on Wednesday at La Roche sur Yon. Wing Seabelo Senatla scored four times to equal the JWC record for

Five uncapped players, two of them in the starting line-up, have been selected in the Springbok team to face Italy in the opening round of the Castle Lager Incoming Series at Growthpoint Kings Park in Durban on Saturday afternoon. Willie le Roux

MTN Golden Lions lock Franco van der Merwe, currently on loan to The Sharks, has been called up to the Springbok squad in the place of the injured Pieter-Steph du Toit. Van der Merwe will join the squad in Durban as soon as possible. Du Toit

Former Bangladesh cricket captain and national hero Mohammad Ashraful has admitted to match-fixing, further shaking confidence in the game and deepening a betting scandal that has engulfed Asian cricket.   Ashraful was earlier suspended from

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga sent Roger Federer crashing out of the French Open quarter-finals yesterday to take a step closer to ending France's 30-year wait for a men's champion at Roland Garros. Sixth-seed Tsonga swept to a 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 triumph to

Defending champion Maria Sharapova joined third seed Victoria Azarenka in the French Open quarter-finals yesterday as both posted routine fourth-round wins. Sharapova saw off American 17th seed Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-3 to set up a meeting with

PAKISTAN outplayed the Castle Lager Proteas in all three disciplines to win the final warm-up match for the two countries at The Oval in London on Monday by seven wickets ahead of the start of the ICC Champions League. The tournament starts on

Toyota Free State Cheetahs centre Robert Ebersohn has been called up to the Springbok squad currently preparing for the Castle Lager Incoming Series in Durban. Ebersohn’s inclusion follows uncertainty over the availability of midfielders

 Claude Moshiywa stormed clear in the last third of the Comrades Marathon in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday, breaking the foreign stranglehold as he became the first South African to win the "up" run in 21 years. Moshiywa, who was third