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McLaren driver Jenson Button set the fastest time in the first practice session for Formula One's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday. Button was a quarter of a second faster than team mate Lewis Hamilton with Mercedes

Only three South African sides are in action in Vodacom Super Rugby this weekend – the first of 2012 that doesn’t include any local derbies. That doesn’t mean the rugby will be less intense though, with the DHL Stormers taking

The South African Rugby Union has written to its SANZAR partners, Australia and New Zealand, requesting a re-scheduling of a planned presentation on an expansion of Vodacom Super Rugby to 16 teams in 2013. It all stems from SARU's guarantee to

South Africa reached a hesitant 27 for two at stumps after a spectacular rain-shortened first day of the second test against  New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton. Alviro Peterson resumes tomorrow on 8 alongside Hashim Amla on 2. Graeme

 The Chevrolet Warriors wreched Mi-Way T-20 Challenge campaign plumbed new depths last night when they slumped to an embarrassing 115 run defeat to the Highveld Lions at the Wanderers. The Warriors won this title two seasons ago and were

Jose Mourinho guided Real Madrid into the Champions League quarterfinals for the second straight season after Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in a 4-1 victory over CSKA Moscow in Madrid. The teams had drawn one-all in the first leg in Moscow

Orlando Pirates coach Augusto Palacios made a disastrous start to his latest caretaker spell last night as lowly Santos triumphed 3-0 at Athlone Stadium in the Absa Premiership. Former Peru World Cup midfielder Palacios took charge on Monday

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic and No. 3 Roger Federer each needed three sets to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP/WTA Masters event at Indian Wells in California Wednesday night. Second-ranked Rafael Nadal beat Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 6-3, 6

Acting Cricket South Africa president AK Khan and CSA audit and risk committee chairman John Blair resigned from their posts last night. Khan said he had resigned at the CSA management committee meeting in Johannesburg. He said he felt it was