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South Africa's Blitzbokke rallied with three tries in the second half, to defeat New Zealand 24-19 and win the Tokyo Sevens rugby title on Sunday. New Zealand held a 12-0 lead at the break, but the South Africans erased the deficit early in the

Andries Strauss is back at inside centre and captain for the Southern Kings Super Rugby clash against the Hurricanes in Wellington on Saturday. Hadleigh Parkes drops to the bench. The team has just been named with Steven Sykes also returning

The Southern Kings are set to welcome back centre Andries Strauss and lock Steven Sykes from injury for Saturday's Super Rugby clash with the Hurricanes in Wellington. Head coach Alan Solomons says hooker Hannes Franklin is also pushing for a

Cecil Afrika on his way to Tokyo Springbok Sevens playmaker Cecil Afrika is on his way to Tokyo for this weekend HSBC Sevens World Series tournament in Japan. The former IRB Sevens Player of the Year will replace Paul Delport, who suffered a knee

Tiger Woods reclaimed the world number one spot on Monday by winning the weather-delayed Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida.   With his eighth Bay Hill course triumph, 37-year-old Woods replaced Northern Ireland's Rory

Reigning US Open champion and second seed Andy Murray blasted nine aces en route to a 7-6  6-3 victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the third round of the Miami Masters. Murray will face Italian Andrea Seppi in the fourth round, the

Maties and Tukkies will meet in the Varsity Cup Final for the second consecutive year after securing contrasting semifinal victories yesterday. The three-time champion Maties  were pushed to the absolute limit in their home semifinal by a

Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund says his side's crucial 2-0 victory over Central African Republic (CAR) in their World Cup qualifier will set the tone as they look to book their place in the  2014 showpiece in Brazil. In his first

Under-fire Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel found an ally in fellow German Boris Becker yesterday with the tennis legend defending his compatriot's controversial Malaysian Grand Prix win. Vettel defied team orders by over-taking Red