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Grand Slam record-breakers Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were placed on an Olympic Games second-round collision course in the draw for the Paris Games on Thursday. LIVE | Paris 2024 Nadal, a singles gold medallist at the 2008 Olympics, is playing in his final Games hav

The Proteas have lost the services of fast bowler Gerald Coetzee for next month's two-Test series against the West Indies in the Caribbean. READ | Red-hot Breetzke realises Test cricket dream with Proteas call-up: 'I'm hungry to learn' Cricket South Africa announced on T

Springbok centre Andre Esterhuizen has copped a four-match suspension after receiving a red card during last Saturday's Test against Portugal in Bloemfontein. READ | Kolisi leads 33-man Springbok squad named for Rugby Championship The Boks lost Esterhuizen early in the g

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus on Tuesday named a 33-man squad for the upcoming Rugby Championship. Flanker Siya Kolisi remains the captain in a squad that features 22 Rugby World Cup winners. Five players who made their Test debuts in 2024 - Jan-Hendrik Wessels (utility forward), Johan

England's most-capped male rugby player Ben Youngs revealed he underwent heart surgery earlier this year after collapsing during an open training session with his club Leicester Tigers. The 34-year-old was speaking on his For The Love Of Rugby podcast when he made the revelation and add

Five World Cup-winning Springboks will take the Webb Ellis Cup on its fourth stop of the RWC Trophy Blitz, at Loch Logan Mall in Bloemfontein on Thursday. Local heroes Ox Nche and Cobus Reinach, who finished their schooling in the city at HTS Louis Botha and Grey College respectively, w

DStv has reportedly decided to end its sponsorship of the DStv Premiership a year earlier than expected, which has left the Premier Soccer Leaue (PSL) in a state of uncertainty ahead of the new football season. According to SABC Sport , the PSL is actively engaged in discussions to secu

FIFA said on Wednesday it was opening an investigation into racist chants by Argentina players after they won the Copa America. 'FIFA is aware of a video circulating on social media and the incident is being looked into,' a spokesperson for world football's governing body said. They added: 'FIF

Four-time champion Rafael Nadal was among those on the main draw entry lists revealed on Tuesday for the 2024 US Open after missing the event three of the past four years. The 38-year-old Spanish left-hander has a protected ranking of ninth to put himself into the field for the Flushing Meadows fort