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South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh broke the world record to win the gold medal in the men's 100 metres breaststroke final at the London Olympics on Sunday. Van der Burgh charged through the first lap at breakneck speed then held off his

Team South Africa left in great spirits, but the road to London has been paved with controversy, writes Jason Humphries. The London Olympics officially begins today with its opening ceremony and South African athletes will be bearing the weight

 Japan produced the first upset of the Olympic Games when they beat potential gold medallists Spain 1-0 while favourites Brazil survived a scare before beating Egypt 3-2 on the opening day of the men's soccer competition at the London Olympics

American Scott Piercy recorded two eagles en route to a course record 8-under 62 and a one-shot lead after the opening round of the Canadian Open at the Hamilton Golf course. William McGirt, of the United States and England's Greg Owen, were a

Nelson Mandela Bay's Nkululeko Apleni has returned home with the silver medal and the second best karateka ranking in the world. The former World Champion from Zwide was representing South Africa at the Japanese Shotokan Karate World Championships

South Africa's Olympic governing body says it has been forced to include horse rider Alex Peternell in the Olympic team, two days after the country's lone equestrian entry was withdrawn. SASCOC chief executive Tubby Reddy says in a statement

Xavier Malisse snapped a racquet over his knee in a fit of anger but eventually got his game under control to end a four-match, first-round losing streak at the Los Angeles Open. The fifth-seeded Belgian went on to beat recent UCLA graduate

Geoffrey Boycott has criticised England's batsmen after their first-test defeat to South Africa, saying they forgot about defence in the pursuit of their ambition to score runs. Boycott, who scored 22 centuries in 193 test-match innings

 Sri Lanka demolished India by nine wickets in the second ODI at Hambantota on Tuesday. Pacemen Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews each bagged three wickets as Sri Lanka dismissed India for 138. Perera finished with 3 for 19 and Mathews