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Southern Kings Hooker, Hannes Franklin, and lock Darron Nell both suffered knee injuries during training this week. Director of Rugby, Alan Solomons says it looks as if Franklin will be out for 6 to 12 weeks after tearing the medial collateral

Qatar's Nasser al-Attiyah slashed 10-time champion Stephane Peterhansel's Dakar Rally lead by over eight minutes yesterday as the 2011 winner stormed to victory on the sixth stage. Al-Attiyah started the day at 9min 54sec behind defending

American world number 13 John Isner has withdrawn from next week's Australian Open with a knee injury. The big-serving Isner, who was seeded 12 at the first Grand Slam of the season, injured his right knee during the Hopman Cup in Perth last week

It was another good day for Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz (Imperial Toyota Hilux) in the Dakar Rally in South America yesterday. The 2009 champions finishing the day in fourth place and maintained their third position in the overall

Swansea produced the second surprise English League Cup semi-final first leg result in as many days after defeating Chelsea 2-0 Stamford Bridge last night. If not as great an upset as fourth-tier Bradford City's 3-1 win over Aston Villa on

Giniel de Villiers showed why he is one of the world’s top endurance off road drivers in Tuesday’s special stage four of the Dakar Rally between Nazca and Arequipa in Peru.  After the disappointment of losing half an hour on

Fourth-tier Bradford City continued their extraordinary League Cup journey by upsetting Premier League Aston Villa 3-1 in the first leg of their semifinal last night. Bradford have already accounted for Wigan Athletic and Arsenal in this season

America's Dustin Johnson captured the PGA Tour's season-opener yesterday, firing a five-under 68 to win the weather-shortened Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Hawaii. The big-hitting 28-year-old swept the 54-hole event by four

Proteas left-arm spinner Robin Peterson is looking forward to being back home for the second test against New Zealand in Port Elizabeth from Friday. The attacking all-rounder now lives in Cape Town, but grew up in Gelvandale and is a