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Robin van Persie's ninth league goal of the season kept Manchester United one point clear at the top of the English Premier League on Wednesday night as Sir Alex Ferguson's side beat West Ham 1-0 at Old Trafford. Rafael Benitez is still searching

 Springbok Sevens scrumhalf Branco du Preez suffered a hamstring injury during training on Wednesday and will not play in the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens this weekend. He's been replaced by Ruwellyn Isbell who has already joined the

 Henry Davids and Roelof van der Merwe were the stars as the Titans beat the Knights by five runs in a pulsating One-day Cup match at the De Beers Diamond Oval in Kimberley on Wednesday. It was Davids’ 166, the highest innings by a

Australia's Ricky Ponting has announced that he will retire from test cricket after this week's third Test against South Africa at the Wacca. The 37-year-old former captain told a news conference in Perth a short while ago that he had decided to

South African middle order batsman Faf du Plessis was named man of the match after a heroic performance in his test debut as the 2nd test againt Australia ended in a draw in Adelaide. Set 430 to win, South Africa finished on 248 for 8 with Du

The Southern Kings  wider training squad was named at the weekend ahead of the Port Elizabeth-based team's debut in the Super Rugby competition next year. There are 25 forwards and 26 backs. The forwards include the new high-profile signings

World number one Rory Mcilroy capped a remarkeable year in style with  victory in the season ending  DP World Championship in Dubai. Having already won the money-list on both sides of the Atlantic, the northern Irishman finished with 5

The  Chevrolet Warriors crased to two defeats at the weekend to all but end their hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the Momentum One Day Cup. They are bottom of the log with just one win in seven matches. They lost to the Titans by 7

Sebastian Vettel became the youngest triple champion in Formula One history yesterday when he finished sixth behind the victorious Jenson Button in the Brazilian Grand Prix. 25-year-old Vettel,  who was involved in an opening lap collision