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Sachin Tendulkar stepped down as Mumbai Indians skipper today on the eve of the Indian Premier League, saying he needed a "break from the responsibility of captaincy". The batting superstar, who led Mumbai in all of the previous four

 CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (CSA) announced on Friday that it has decided to release Johan Botha from his national contract after the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September. “Johan has been an excellent servant of South African cricket

Sunday's third and final day of the Nomads Boys' U18 Hockey Festival at Selborne College in East London produced 13 goals in the five matches and thrills aplenty for supporters. Despite playing four matches on the two days prior to Sunday, each

 Jomo Cosmos beat Platinum Stars 4-3 after a penalty shoot-out in Daveyton yesterday to book a berth in the Nedbank Cup quarterfinals. Stars striker Patrick Malokase opened matters in additional time with an inch-perfect 97th minute free

South African Burry Stander and Swiss partner Christoph Sauser have won the seventh and final stage to clinch their second successive victory in the Absa Cape Epic mountainbike race. Stander and Sauser dominated the last stage, a 64km leg which

Papiss Demba Cisse scored both goals as Newcastle United inflicted fresh Premier League misery on 10-man Liverpool with a 2-0 victory at St James' Park on Sunday. The result condemned Liverpool to a sixth defeat in seven league matches and left

Hunter Mahan fired a final-round 71 to win the US PGA Tour's $6 million Houston Open by one stroke over Sweden's Carl Pettersson. The victory boost the 29-year-old to fourth in the world rankings, sending him into the Masters which starts at

 World number one Novak Djokovic has beaten Andy Murray 6-1, 7-6 to win his second straight ATP Miami Masters title and third overall. 24 hours earlier: Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska beat world No 2 Maria Sharapova 7-5 6-4 for the ladies

Four wickets by Faf du Plessis and a double-strike up front by Albie Morkel led the Nashua Titans to a comfortable 45-run victory over the bizhub Highveld Lions in the MiWay T20 Challenge final at the Wanderers on Sunday. The two all-rounders