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South Africa batted through the last two sessions to ensure a draw today after Australia skipper Michael Clarke scored an unbeaten 259 and then declared with a 115-run lead as he pushed for a win in the first test. In reply to South Africa's

Michael Clarke produced his third double-century this year and reached 1-thousand runs for 2012 with a defiant unbeaten 218 on today's fourth day of the first test against South Africa in Brisbane. Clarke led Australia to 487-4 by stumps in

Roger Federer remains on course for a seventh ATP Tour Finals title after the defending champion defeated third seed Andy Murray 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 last night to set up a final showdown with Novak Djokovic. Federer cruised past Murray in one hour and

Dani Pedrosa won an incident-packed Valencia MotoGP race yesterday,  the closing grand prix of the season and the last race of Casey Stoner's career. Pedrosa, who started from pole on his Honda, was followed across the line by Yamaha's

There is a good chance that Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira will play on the Springbok tour of Ireland, Scotland and England maybe even as soon as this weekend’s clash with the Scots at Murrayfield. The big loosehead prop was withdrawn

Italian teenager Matteo Manassero holed a 12-foot eagle putt on the third play-off hole to claim a dramatic victory over South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen at the Barclays Singapore Open yesterday. In his first ever play-off, 19-year-old Manassero

After round 10 of the Absa Premiership, Kaizer Chiefs are the only unbeaten team in the league. They top the standings on 24 points after consigning  SuperSport United to the first loss of their campaign with a 2-1 victory. Amakhosi are

Hosts Equatorial Guinea struck three times in the second half to beat South Africa 4-0 in the final of the African Women's Championships in Malabo last night. Banyana Banyana, looking for their first continental title after reaching the final

A fire fanned by strong winds tore through the canals at St Francis Bay late yesterday destroying up to 100 homes. Kouga Municipality Spokesperson Laura-Leigh Randall says most of the firefighters were sent home to sleep at about four o'clock