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Former Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova eased her into the quarter-finals of the Dubai Tennis Open yesterday with a 7-5, 7-6 win over Ana Ivanovic. It sets her up with a last eight match against Agnieszka Radwanska, the defending champion

Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates remain locked in a fierce battle for ascendancy at the top of the Absa Premiership. Round 19 action in midweek last night saw Chiefs retain their place at the head of the table thanks to a 3-1 away

19-year-old Bianca Buitendag of George cruised into the last eight in the ASP 6-Star rated women's Surf classic in Newcastle, Australia earlier today. She posted a comfortable victory in her Round of 24 heat before finishing second in the round

CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (CSA) on Wednesday re-appointed Faf du Plessis as captain of the Proteas Blue Label Telecoms squad for the KFC T20 International Series against Pakistan next month. AB de Villiers has requested to stand down from this role

The Southern Kings have named an unchanged starting XV from the team that narrowly lost their final warm-up game to Griquas for Saturday’s historic Super Rugby opener against the Western Force in Port Elizabeth. Kick off at the Nelson

Manchester United beat Reading 2-1 at Old Trafford last night to book their place in the FA Cup quarter-finals. Portuguese winger Nani came off the bench in the first-half to replace the injured Phil Jones and scored after the break before

The table-topping Maties continued their unbeaten start to the 2013 Varsity Cup with a tense 13-8 victory over a determined NMMU Madibaz side in Stellenbosch last night. The team from Port Elizabeth showed great fighting spirit and pushed the

Fancourt's Branden Grace has been drawn to play the American Robert Garrigus in the first round of the Accenture World Matchplay Championships at Dove Mountain, Arizona, from tomorrow. The top 64 ranked players available are in the desert for this

South Africa has been guaranteed the number-one position on the Reliance ICC Test Championship table at the 1 April cut-off date after victory in the Cape Town Test against Pakistan. It means the Proteas cannot be overtaken by its closest rivals