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Lionel Messi scored and missed a penalty in Argentina's 3-1 win in an international friendly in Germany on Wednesday night. Belgium stunned the Netherlands 4-2. With 2014 World Cup qualifying games approaching fast in September, France drew 0

Rafael Nadal's Grand Slam count will stay stuck at 11 for now, sidetracked by another knee problem. The third-ranked Spaniard withdrew from the U.S. Open on Wednesday. Tendinitis has kept him out of action since his stunning loss at Wimbledon

South Africa opened their campaign with a 55-26 victory over Botswana at the inaugural Netball Diamond Challenge in Pretoria on Wednesday night. It was a successful first match in charge for Port Elizabeth's Zanele Mdondana as the Proteas took a

Springbok centre Frans Steyn will on Saturday play in his 50th Test for South Africa when they take on Argentina in the opening round of The Castle Rugby Championship at DHL Newlands in Cape Town. The 25-year-old Steyn, who made his Test debut

Springbok hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle on Wednesday withdrew from the Springbok squad because of a knee injury. DHL Stormers hooker Tiaan Liebenberg has replaced Ralepelle in the squad and trained with the team on Wednesday morning in Cape Town

More than two million Paralympic tickets have already been sold and more will be made available before the Games begin on the 29th of August. On the London 2012 website the only tickets currently available are for the opening and closing

EP Kings captain Luke Watson returns from several weeks out with a rib injury for Friday night's Absa Currie Cup first division clash with the Boland Cavaliers in Port Elizabeth. Watson's return at 8th man sees Darren Nell handed a well-deserved

The SA Schools rugby team won their second match of the Under-18 International Series by 24-16 against a lively Welsh team at Outeniqua Park in George on Tuesday evening after leading 15-0 at halftime. The winning margin should have been much

South Africa's Olympic medallists left OR Tambo airport in Johannesburg on Tuesday for a whirl of engagements, but not before receiving cheques for their achievements. Besides the value attached to her silver medal, runner Caster Semenya received