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Jannik Sinner on Monday lifted his third ATP Masters trophy as the world number one beat Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 to win the Cincinnati Open. The Italian top seed warmed up for next week's US Open in style, biding his time in a hard-fought first set before breaking the match open i

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and lock Eben Etzebeth celebrated wildly after their compatriot Dricus du Plessis' UFC win in Perth on Sunday. Du Plessis defended his UFC middleweight title after a fourth-round submission win over bitter rival Israel Adesanya in a blockbuster bout at Pert

Three people have been arrested in the stabbing of the father of Spanish football sensation Lamine Yamal. Yamals father, who was stabbed several times in a car park in the Catalan town of Mataro on Wednesday night, was in a serious but stable condition. <

Star England cricketer Ben Stokes has been unveiled as a major new signing for SA20 outfit MI Cape Town. Stokes, the England Test captain, along with New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult and Afghanistan all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai, were three new overseas additions to the MI Cape Town

Dolphins all-rounder Jason Smith and Lions fast bowler Kwena Maphaka have received their maiden call-ups to the Proteas. SA white-ball coach Rob Walter on Tuesday included the duo in a 15-man squad for the three-game T20I series against the West Indies later this month. Smith i

South African UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis says he will be escorted by Springbok rugby stars Siya Kolisi and Eben Etzebeth ahead of his title fight against New Zealand's Israel Adesanya in Perth on Sunday. Du Plessis will defend his middleweight crown at the RAC Arena

Iqraam Rayners has left the plush background of the Cape Winelands, where he plied his trade for Stellenbosch FC for a combined five years, and will suit up in the colours of Mamelodi Sundowns. The 28-year-old put pen to paper on a lucrative deal with the reigning Premiership champio

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has made wholesale changes to his team for Saturday's Rugby Championship encounter against the Wallabies in Perth. There are 10 changes to the starting team that thumped Australia 33-7 in Brisbane last weekend. Lock Salmaan Moerat takes the captai

Alexei Popyrin profited from the mental fragility of Andrey Rublev on Monday as the Australian won the biggest title of his career at the ATP Montreal Masters. READ | Tennis star Rafael Nadal out of US Open World number 62 Popyrin beat sixth-ranked Rublev 6-2, 6-4 in 90