Floyd predicts an early night
Du Toit strikes gold in the pool
Ethiopians dominate on the track at Africa Games
All Africa Games
Viljoen takes second, Semenya fades to fifth
Fresh off medal-winning performances at the World Athletics Championships last week, Sunette Viljoen was on top form again, while fellow South African Caster Semenya struggled at the Diamond League meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday night.
SA cyclists add to the medal haul
The South African cycling team made an instant impact on South Africa’s medal tally at the All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique on Thursday, winning four gongs in the individual time-trials.SA lead Games medal table
After five days of intense competition, South Africa is leading the All Africa Games medal tally with 46 medals.Athletics
World 100 champion Blakes runs personal best
World 100 metres champion Yohan Blake ran a personal best of 9,82 seconds at the Zurich Diamond League meeting on Thursday in his first race since winning gold in Daegu.Pistorius says he deserved to run in relay final
Double amputee Oscar Pistorius expressed surprise on Wednesday that he had been left out of the South African 4x400 metres relay team who won silver at the world championships in Daegu last week after he had run in the first round.Bolt is 'Muhammad Ali' of athletics, says Coe
Calling Usain Bolt “the Muhammad Ali of athletics,” Sebastian Coe predicts the Jamaican sprinter will steal the show again at next year’s London Olympics.Cycling
French legend faces ban over missed tests
The unblemished career of French cycling heroine Jeannie Longo was facing scrutiny on Friday after reports claimed she could be handed a ban for failing to inform anti-doping officials of her whereabouts ahead of random tests.Late attack lands stage spoils for Italian Gavazzi
A late attack landed a first Grand Tour stage win for Italian Francesco Gavazzi who took the Tour of Spain 18th stage on Thursday.
Bruyneel set to take reins of Radioshack-Nissan
Lance Armstrong’s former mentor Johan Bruyneel is expected to take the reins at the new Radioshack-Nissan-Trek cycling team as Brian Nygaard is leaving his position as Leopard-Trek manager ahead of the merger with Radioshack.Boxing
Vitali Klitschko to retire after two or three more fights
World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, who faces Polish challenger Tomasz Adamek on Saturday, will fight two or three more bouts before retiring, his coach Fritz Sdunek said on Thursday.Mayweather vows legal fights won't distract him
Floyd Mayweather Jnr says his many legal headaches, including a defamation lawsuit filed by Filipino star Manny Pacquiao, will not distract him from next week’s title fight with Victor Ortiz.No more Mr Nice Guy as Pacman girds for battle
Manny Pacquiao says he is through making friends with opponents in the build up to his championship bouts and vows to take a hard-line approach in his next fight against Juan Manuel Marquez.Swimming
SA swimmers bag 11 medals
The South African swimming team added 11 medals on Monday to the four won by the triathletes at the All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique.Aussie Olympic swimmers to train at high altitude - at sea level
Australian swimmers hope to get an edge on their competition at next year’s London Olympics by training at altitude, all without leaving sea level in Sydney.SA to take on Australia and China in annual swimming competition
Perth will host a new international swimming meet that will see Australia take on the might of China and South Africa annually from 2013.Olympics
London 2012 meets R8-billion sponsorship goal
London Olympic organisers say they have reached their domestic sponsorship target of 700 million pounds (R7.98-billion) after signing up Westfield as the official shopping center of the 2012 Games.Pollution in Rio's bay poses Olympic challenge
Oceanographer Vinicius Palermo reaches into Guanabara Bay with a hand-held net, scooping another soggy load of candy wrappers, soda bottles and shredded plastic bags.Jamaican Olympic team to jive to Marley look
When Jamaican athletics great Usain Bolt takes part in next year’s Olympic opening ceremony in London he along with his team-mates will be dressed by the daughter of another Jamaican legend the late reggae singer Bob Marley.More Sport
South African finds luck of Irish in Devon
I had a rather profitable encounter with the famous Irish jockey AP McCoy last week.
Dozens dead in Russian ice hockey team plane crash
A passenger plane carrying a Russian ice hockey team to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on Wednesday, killing 43 people and plunging the Russian and international sports world into grief.
