1912 — South Africa’s England-born tennis players Charles Winslow and Harry Kitson claim the doubles gold at the Stockholm Olympics — and they win their respective singles semifinal contests to ensure an all-South African men’s singles final the following day.
1981 — Frew McMillan and Betty Stove of Holland win their second Wimbledon mixed doubles crown, beating top seeds John and Tracy Austin of the US 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-3.
1982 — Kevin Curren and his American partner Ann Smith win the Wimbledon mixed doubles title, winning four matches on the last day to make up for rain interruptions earlier in the tournament. In the final they beat John Lloyd of Britain and Australian Wendy Turnbull 4-6 6-3 7-5.
1995 — Mbulelo Botile makes the first defence of his IBF bantamweight title, outpointing Liberian Sam Stewart over 12 rounds at the Carousel casino, north of Pretoria.
1998 — Stefan Terblanche and Joost van der Westhuizen score tries as the Springboks beat England 18-0 in a one-off Test at Newlands. Fullback Percy Montgomery converted one and added two penalties.
1998 — Zolani Petelo retains his IBF strawweight title by stopping Carmelo Caceres of the Philippines at the Carousel casino.
2009 — The Springboks, having already won the series against the British and Irish Lions, are outplayed in the third and final Test in Johannesburg, going down 9-28. The visitors scored three tries, two of them in the first half.
2013 — Daryl Impey becomes the first South African and African to don the yellow jersey at the Tour de France after in the 176.5km sixth stage from Aix-en-Provence to Montpellier. The Orica-GreenEDGE rider held the jersey for one more day before it was taken by Kenya-born Briton Chris Froome, who owned it for the rest of the tour.
2015 — Wayde van Niekerk dips under 44 seconds for the first time, winning the Diamond League meet in Paris in 43.96 sec.
2017 — Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter is red-carded late during his team’s 2-0 win over Botswana in their Cosafa plate semifinal at Moruleng Stadium, near Rustenburg. Riyaad Norodien scored for the hosts in the first half and Judas Moseamedi at the close of regulation time. Baxter was objecting to the heavy tackles executed on his players.
2022 — Jay Seoposenwe and Hildah Magaia score to give Banyana Banyana a 2-1 win over defending champions Nigeria in their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations opener in Rabat.
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