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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

 Pat Lambie might not be available for the Sharks in their Super Rugby semi-final against the Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday. The Springbok fullback missed last week’s 30-17 playoff victory over the Reds in Brisbane due to a

South African mountainbike ace Burry Stander says he and Olympic teammate Philip Buys are in fine form ahead of the London Games. Stander defended his national cross country title at Mankele MTB Park outside Nelspruit at the weekend, crossing the

Cricket South Africa has congratulated the Proteas' Test squad on their superb innings and 12 runs victory over England in the first Test match at the Oval. CSA CEO Jacques Faul was probably spot-on, when he warned however that there was still a

Fernando Alonso extended his lead in this year's Formula One drivers' world championship when he drove to a flawless victory for Ferrari in the German Grand Prix. The 30-year-old Spaniard started from pole position and dominated the 67-lap race

Bradley Wiggins has been crowned Britain's first Tour de France champion, becoming an instant sporting hero at home just ahead of the London Olympics -- in which he hopes to star again. Wiggins finished the three-week cycling epic with a 3min

Ernie Els won the British Open and ended a 10-year major victory drought in shocking fashion at Royal Lytham and St Annes on Sunday as Adam Scott  squandered a four-stroke lead with four holes to play.    Els captured his fourth