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Paul-Henri Mathieu fought back from a set down yesterday to upset fourth-seeded Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the opening round of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. Sixth-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine also went out

Paceman Steven Finn took a career-best 4-34 and Alastair Cook hit his highest score to help England beat Pakistan in a 130-run win in the first day-night international in Abu Dhabi. Finn, reduced to serving the drinks during England's 3-0 defeat

The NMMU Madibaz from Port Elizabeth enjoyed a famous victory in Bloemfontein last night when they beat the Shimlas in the FNB varsity Cup. In easily the biggest upset in the five-year history of this student rugby tournament, the Madibaz edged

It was a bittersweet victory in Libreville, Gabon. Last week after arriving for the finals, Zambia's current players laid flowers on a stretch of sand in Libreville not far from where a Zambian military plane crashed into the ocean soon after

  The Stormers showed deadly finishing touches, defeating the Southern Kings 38-13 in a pre-season friendly at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. After a tightly contested first half, with the Stormers

Springbok Sevens veteran Renfred Dazel... has been named as replacement for the injured Paul Delport in the Blitzbokke's only change for the USA Sevens in Las Vegas. The USA Sevens gets underway early tomorrow morning SA time. Delport returned

New Zealand crushed Zimbabwe by 202 runs in the third and final one-day international at McLean Park in Napier earlier today to secure a 3-0 series whitewash. New Zealand made 373-8 in their 50 overs and Zimbabwe were all out for 171 in reply

The exciting T20 Challenge will start next week Wednesday 15 February at 6pm when the Chevrolet Warriors take on current champions the Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras at Axxess St George's. Gates will open at 16:30 and tickets are on sale at the Axxess

Top-seeded Maria Sharapova has beaten  Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa 6-3, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals of the Open GDF Suez in Paris. Sharapova broke for a 4-3 lead in the first set and twice more in the second, clinching the victory