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 Frenchman Romain Grosjean was given a one-race ban and fined 50,000 euros for causing the first corner crash that turned into a multi-car pile-up on the opening lap of Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix. After a thrilling race marred by the wild

South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen fired an eight-under par 63 to seize a three-shot lead after three rounds of the US PGA Tour's Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston. Oosthuizen birdied seven holes in a row from the fourth for a 54-hole total of 19

Maria Sharapova reached the US Open quarter-finals for the first time since her 2006 championship run with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Russian compatriot Nadia Petrova on Sunday night. Sharapova will next face French 11th seed Marion Bartoli

 Alastair Cook was in an upbeat mood after England beat South Africa by 6 wickets in the fourth one-day international at Lords on Sunday. A week that saw England fall 1-0 behind in this five-match series ended with them 2-1 in front after a

Team South Africa bagged their first gold medal of the London Paralympic Games when Natalie du Toit won the women's 100m butterfly S9 final. Having breezed through the heats in the morning, she went on to win the final for the third Games in

Port Elizabeth paralympic swimmer Kevin Paul won his 200 metre Individual Medley heat at the London Aquatic centre this morning in 2'14'97 to qualify for tonight's final. The final will be swum at 20h52 SA time.  The 21-year-old NMMU

Goalkeeper Moeneeb Josephs has been recalled to the Bafana Bafana squad, withdrawing his retirement from international football. New Bafana coach Gordon Igesund named his first full squad today - a group of 25 players -- for friendly matches

Australian captain Michael Clarke has been named skipper of an International Cricket Council Test team of the year dominated by South Africans. South African fast bowler Dale Steyn figures in the team for the fifth year in a row, with team-mates

Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has named uncapped Cheetahs flyhalf Johan Goosen and Western Province number eight Duane Vermeulen in his Rugby Championship squad for away Tests against Australia and New Zealand next month. Vermeulen has been kept