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Raducanu 'stands by decision' which ended Murray's Wimbledon career

Emma Raducanu defended her controversial decision which ended Andy Murray's Wimbledon career by withdrawing from their mixed doubles match on the eve of her fourth round singles defeat against Lulu Sun. Raducanu was scheduled to play with former Wimbledon champion Murray on Saturday, bu
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08 Jul 2024

Bavuma returns, Breetzke called-up as Proteas name Test squad for West Indies

Proteas red-ball coach Shukri Conrad announced on Monday his 16-man squad for the two-match Test series against the West Indies, which starts on 7 August. Temba Bavuma is back and will wear the captaincy armband with wicket-keeper batter Ryan Rickelton also returning to the red-ball set
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08 Jul 2024

Komphela rejoins Sundowns as senior coach in the wake of Mokwena's dramatic exit

Mamelodi Sundowns announced on Saturday that Steve Komphela is the new senior coach, where he will assist Manqoba Mngqithi and the technical team. Komphela, who previously worked with Sundowns, expressed his excitement about returning. 'I am very excited to be back at Mamelodi
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06 Jul 2024

Bellingham handed suspended one-game Euros ban for crotch grab celebration

Jude Bellingham is available for England's Euro 2024 quarter-final with Switzerland after he was given on Friday a suspended one-game ban for his controversial celebration after scoring against Slovakia in the previous round. In a statement, European football's governing body UEFA said
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05 Jul 2024

Blitzboks, golfers added to Team SA Olympic squad

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) on Friday provided an updated list of athletes that have been selected to represent Team South Africa at this month's Paris Olympics. The Paris Olympics will take place from 26 July to 11 August. This was Sas
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05 Jul 2024

Rose qualifies for British Open as Garcia misses out

England's Justin Rose qualified Tuesday for this month's British Open at Troon as former Ryder Cup team-mate Sergio Garcia again failed to book a place in golf's oldest major championship for the second-straight year. The 43-year-old Rose, the 2013 US Open champion, took one of the four places on of
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03 Jul 2024

Copa America: Brazil stutter to quarter-finals, will face Uruguay without star Vinicius

Colombia came from behind to grab a 1-1 draw with Brazil on Tuesday, ensuring their qualification to the Copa America quarter-finals as group winners. An equalizer from Daniel Munoz in first half stoppage time was enough to earn Colombia a share of the spoils after Raphinha had fired
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03 Jul 2024

Champions Cup, Challenge Cup draw: Kolisi's Racing 92 set to face Stormers

European rugby bosses on Tuesday completed the draws for the 2024/25 European Champions and Challenge Cups. United Rugby Championship (URC) runner-ups, the Bulls, have been drawn in Pool 3 with Northampton Saints, Munster, Stade Francais Paris, Saracens and Castres Olympique. I
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02 Jul 2024

WATCH | Unbelievable! SA's Harris stuns with epic match point to Wimbledon win

South Africa's Lloyd Harris closed out his opening round win at Wimbledon in emphatic style with a stunning match-point against American Alex Michelsen on Monday. After dropping the opening two sets, Harris fought back to square the match at two sets apiece and force a decider.
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02 Jul 2024