Blast from the past: Rabada becomes youngest Protea to notch up 200 wickets

Today in SA sport history: January 28

28 January 2025 - 04:30

1932 — Don McCorkindale fights to a 15-round draw against Larry Gains for the British Empire heavyweight crown at the Royal Albert Hall in London. McCorkindale fought Gains, a black Canadian, twice more, both at the same venue. Gains won the first rematch, also for the title, some two months later, but the South African won the third, a non-title bout, the following year. McCorkindale was South Africa’s only world-ranked heavyweight until the 1970s...

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