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arsenal Arsenal staged a stunning League Cup fightback at Reading last night. After trailing 4-0 in the first half, the Gunners advanced to the quarterfinals with a 7-5 extra-time victory after Theo Walcott scored a hat trick. On a

An injury sustained in the Currie Cup final has put paid to Bryan Habana's hopes of touring to the Northern hemisphere next month. Saru said that Habana is the latest key player to be added to a long list of injured Boks.  Scans

Ireland's Padraig Harrington won the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda yesterday,  firing a four-under par 67 to beat US Open champion Webb  Simpson by one stroke in the four-man, 36-hole event. Harrington was a late alternate for Ernie

Victoria Azarenka had to draw on all her reserves by saving two match points in a heroic three-hour tussle with Angelique Kerber in the WTA Championships in Istanbul. The top-seeded Belarussian beat the German  6-7  7-6 6-4 and now

European football's big reputations counted for nothing last night as Real Madrid, AC Milan, Manchester City and Arsenal all lost in the Champions League. Real Madrid lost 2-1 at Borussia Dortmund; AC Milan lost 1-0 at Malaga and Man City blew a

Hosts South Africa will face Cape Verde in the opening match of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations at Soccer City in Soweto on the 19th of January next year. Bafana is one of four seeded teams and was included with Cape Verde, Angola and Morocco in

 Padraig Harrington leads on 5-under 66 after the first round of the 36-hole PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda - an annual exhibition event for the season's four major winners. Harrington was called in as an alternate three days ago for

 The dead rubber in the Champions League T20 between the Titans and the Delhi Daredevils at Centurion was abandoned due to rain on Tuesday. Both teams had already qualified for the semifinals from Group A, as earlier in the day, the Perth

 The SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee needs R400m to prepare athletes for the next Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Sascoc GM Ezera Shabangu said in Parliament on Tuesday that funding was needed to establish a training centre in