Blast from the past: Shoes stomps on Ghanaians to catapult Bafana to 1996 Afcon final

Today in SA sport history: January 31

31 January 2025 - 04:30

1966 — Local golfer Papwa Sewgolum beats Gary Player, the overnight leader, and Harold Henning by one shot to win his second Natal Open at the Durban Country Club. He won the title two years earlier, when he had to receive the trophy in the rain because he wasn’t allowed into the club house...

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