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Spinner Ajantha Mendis took a record six wickets for just eight runs as hosts Sri Lanka humbled Zimbabwe in the opening match of the World Twenty20 in Hambantota on Tuesday. Mendis marked his international return after an eight-month injury lay

Hosts Rustenburg Impala will face Blue Bulls champions Pretoria Police in a heavyweight northern-union semifinal at the Saru National Club Championships tomorrow after both sides recorded impressive wins in their quarterfinals. Pretoria Police

Hosts Sri Lanka open cricket's World Twenty20 against Zimbabwe on Tuesday, kicking off the country's biggest ever sports event. Mahela Jayawardene's men will take the field in Hambantota, with hopes high they can end a 16-year wait for their

Central Gauteng got their A-section title defence off to a solid start, while Southern Cape emerged as the B-Section pacesetter in Monday's first round of the 52nd South African Interprovincial at Port Elizabeth Golf club. After turning at 2-all

Senegal striker Demba Ba rescued a 2-2 draw for Newcastle as his late equaliser left Everton to pay the price for a crucial blunder by the officials at Goodison Park on Monday night. Ba came off the bench at half-time with Newcastle trailing to

Tottenham manager Andre Villas Boas breathed a sigh of relief after his side recorded their first win under his leadership with a 3-1 defeat of Reading on Sunday. His former club, Chelsea, stayed top after a nil-all draw with QPR on Saturday

 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano won the Italian Open on Sunday, beating overnight leader Garth Mulroy of South Africa by two shots for his second win in the tournament. The 31-year-old Spaniard shot a superb eight-under-par 64 in the final round

South Africa will play in the Euro-Africa Group I division of the Davis Cup again next season after they lost 4-1 to Canada in their World Group playoff in Montreal at the weekend. The underdog South Africans, who had put up a valiant fight to

Springbok prop Dean Greyling has been suspended for two weeks for his reckless use of the forearm in cleaning Ritchie McCaw out of a ruck in Saturday's Rugby Championship clash in Dunedin. Greyling was cited for the incident for which he also