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South African No 8 Duane Vermeulen will make his test debut in Saturday's Rugby Championship clash with Australia in Perth after being named in the Springbok side today.  Under-fire coach Heyneke Meyer has brought in three new players and

Natalie du Toit cruised to a gold medal in the women's 400m freestyle S9 final at the London paralympics last night. Competing for the last time at Paralympic level, she was a full 10 seconds faster than her nearest rival, Stephanie Millward of

US Ryder Cup captain Davis Love has named Steve Stricker, Jim Furyk, Dustin Johnson and Brandt Snedeker as his captain's wildcard picks for the American Ryder Cup team. Snedeker will be making his Ryder Cup debut. The Americans will face holders

Rain played havoc with the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York yesterday. Andy Roddick, in his retirement event, will resume his fourth round match against Juan Martin Del Porto later today with a one-point lead in the first set tiebreaker

The 31st edition of the Hansa Fish Canoe Marathon in Cradock on Friday, 5 and Saturday, 6 October will extend the race’s run as the most popular event to host the national river marathon championships title decider. The event this year will

Olympic champion Andy Murray advanced to the last eight at the US Open  last night - defeating Canadian 15th seed Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. He'll next play Croatian 12th seed Marin Cilic. Top seed Roger Federer advanced by walkover when

World number one Rory McIlroy fired his second consecutive four-under 67 to capture the PGA Tour's Deutsche Bank Championship by one shot from South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen. McIlroy finished at 20-under-par 264 for his third victory of the

Charles Bouwer won his third swimming medal and Union Sekailwe bagged a bronze on the track for South Africa at the London Paralympics yesterday. Bouwer added a second silver medal to his collection, which boasts one gold, in the men's 100m

Oscar Pistorius has cried foul over Alan Oliveira's prosthetics, both before and after the Brazilian snatched the 200m title at the Paralympics. African double amputee Oscar Pistorius and the communications and media director for the