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De Kock continues rich form as South Africa thumps Sri Lanka
Opener Quinton de Kock passed the half-century mark for the eighth time in nine innings across all formats to lift South Africa to a comfortable six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the fourth One-Day International at St George's Park Wednesday. The (...)

13 - 03 - 2019
Sri Lanka bolstered by T20 success
Buoyed by its first success in any series in South Africa, Sri Lanka will go into the first One-Day International at St George's Park Saturday with renewed confidence. On its fifth tour of South Africa, Sri Lanka won its first trophy when it (...)

27 - 01 - 2017
South Africa crushes Sri Lanka
South Africa's bowlers needed a little more than an hour of the final day's play to dismiss Sri Lanka for 281 in its second innings and claim a 206-run victory in the first Test Friday. Kyle Abbott struck twice and Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada (...)

31 - 12 - 2016
South Africa needs five wickets to win first Test
South Africa needs five wickets Friday to secure victory in the first Test after Sri Lanka provided dogged resistance and was 240 for five at stumps on the fourth day at St George's Park Thursday. Kusal Mendis and captain Angelo Mathews both scored (...)

30 - 12 - 2016
Cook hits century as South Africa dominates
Stephen Cook hit a century as South Africa took control on the third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at St George's Park Wednesday. South Africa was 351 for five at the close, an overall lead of 432 on a ground where no team has successfully (...)

29 - 12 - 2016
De Silva defies SA pace attack
Dhananjaya de Silva kept Sri Lanka's hopes alive with a defiant innings on the second day of the first Test against South Africa at St George's Park Tuesday. De Silva made 43 not out as Sri Lanka struggled to 181 for seven - still 105 runs behind (...)

28 - 12 - 2016
Lakmal strikes give Sri Lanka the edge
Suranga Lakmal took four wickets and gave Sri Lanka a slight edge on the first day of the first Test against South Africa at St George's Park Monday. Opening bowler Lakmal took four for 62 in 23 overs as South Africa reached 267 for six at the end (...)

27 - 12 - 2016
Du Plessis looks to negate Lankan spin
South African captain Faf du Plessis said he hoped a grassy St George's Park pitch would negate Sri Lanka's spin threat in the first Test starting Monday. "There's a little more grass on the wicket than might be normal," Du Plessis said in his (...)

26 - 12 - 2016
South Africa dominates Australia again
South Africa secured a fourth successive One-Day International victory over Australia as captain Faf du Plessis top scored with 69 runs in a six-wicket win Sunday. 
South Africa had already clinched the five-match series with one encounter left to (...)

10 - 10 - 2016
Springboks hang on to win
Flyhalf Elton Jantjies kicked South Africa to a 19-13 win over Ireland in the third and final Test but it took some desperate defending to clinch the series Saturday at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
The Springboks, who only saw some 30 percent of (...)

26 - 06 - 2016
South Africa's Zuma to launch ANC manifesto in Mandela Bay
South African President Jacob Zuma launches his African National Congress's election manifesto on Saturday in Port Elizabeth, where the party risks losing an important local poll in August, Reuters reported. Losing power in Nelson Mandela Bay (...)

16 - 04 - 2016
England seals five-wicket win
England opener Alex Hales fell one short of a second One-Day International century as his team completed a comfortable five- wicket victory over South Africa Saturday. 
The host won the toss in the second game of the series and posted 262 for seven (...)

07 - 02 - 2016
Mali beats Ghana 3-1 to finish 3rd in African Cup
Mali defeated Ghana 3-1 to finish third in the African Cup of Nations on Saturday, overcoming the Black Stars for the second consecutive year in the consolation match, AP reported. Striker Mahamadou Samassa opened the scoring with a header in the (...)

10 - 02 - 2013
Mali beats Ghana 3-1 to finish 3rd in African Cup
Mali defeated Ghana 3-1 to finish third in the African Cup of Nations on Saturday, overcoming the Black Stars for the second consecutive year in the consolation match, AP reported. Striker Mahamadou Samassa opened the scoring with a header in the (...)

09 - 02 - 2013
Pistorius finishes seventh
Oscar Pistorius' bid to be the first amputee competing on the track at the Olympic Games suffered a setback when he came seventh in the 400 meters final at the South African championship Saturday. Pistorius, who uses carbon fibre prosthetic running (...)

15 - 04 - 2012
S. Africa levels Aussie series
South Africa shook off its early season rust with an 80-run win over Australia at St. George's Park Sunday to level the one-day series 1-1 and send it to a deciding game. Four South African batsmen made half-centuries in an imposing 303-6 and (...)

24 - 10 - 2011
Steyn stands as Boks rout All Blacks
Morne Steyn kicked all of South Africa's points in a pressure-releasing 18-5 win over New Zealand in Tri-Nations rugby Saturday. Steyn landed five penalties and a drop goal on his return to flyhalf for the world champion Springboks, giving them a (...)

21 - 08 - 2011
Teamwork triumphs at World Cup
In a tournament where the expected headline-grabbers turned out to be mere footnotes it was good old-fashioned teamwork that proved the key factor for the countries advancing to the latter stages. David Villa, Diego Forlan, Miroslav Klose, Arjen (...)

11 - 07 - 2010
Germany, Uruguay play for pride
Germany and Uruguay will hope to salvage some pride in their third-place playoff match Saturday after devastating semifinal defeats earlier this week. The two teams were largely written-off in the run-up to the Finals but can hold their heads high (...)

10 - 07 - 2010
The sorry tale of goalkeeping
The standard of goalkeeping at the World Cup can be summed up by the fact that the most memorable save of the tournament was made by a center forward. Conversely, two of the best displays by a man wearing gloves came from Ghana's Richard Kingson, (...)

10 - 07 - 2010
Hilton's companion ordered to leave SA
The former Playboy playmate convicted of possessing marijuana while accompanying Paris Hilton to a World Cup game is persona non grata in South Africa. Ronnie Mamoepa, a spokesman for the immigration department, said Saturday that Jennifer Rovero (...)

05 - 07 - 2010
Pitch caves in late during QF match
The pitch at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium went from bad to worse during Friday's World Cup quarterfinal match when the already delicate turf appeared to give way to form a sinkhole late in the match. In the second minute of injury time, Netherlands (...)

04 - 07 - 2010
Sparkling Brazil undaunted by flying Dutchmen
The impressive Dutch march through the World Cup Finals might hit a brick wall Friday when they meet a Brazil side in startling form and looking everything like becoming champion for a sixth time. Netherlands has its sights set on lifting the (...)

02 - 07 - 2010
man Brazil beaten by Netherlands
The Netherlands came from behind to beat 10-man Brazil 2-1 at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth today and reach the World Cup semi-finals, dpa reported. Striker Robinho scored after 10 minutes and Brazil dominated the first (...)

02 - 07 - 2010
Suarez double powersUruguay into last 8
Luis Suarez netted two superb goals to earn Uruguay a 2-1 win over a battling South Korea Saturday and fire his team into the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time in four decades. The match looked to be headed for extra time when Suarez (...)

27 - 06 - 2010
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