1952 — Golfer Bobby Locke wins his third British Open title when he edges Australia’s future star, Peter Thomson, by one stroke after shooting a one-under-par 287 at Royal Lytham & St Annes. But Locke nearly missed play on the final day’s 36 holes after discovering his clubs were locked away. He had left them in the boot of his car in a private garage which was now locked. Luckily a milkman, who knew the owner, happened to pass by and he gave Locke a lift to get the keys and the South African arrived at the course just in time to get to the first tee to start the third round.
1960 — The South African cricket side loses the third Test in Nottingham by eight wickets as England take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
1992 — The South African soccer team draw 2-2 with Cameroon at Soccer City to tie the three-match series that brought them back into international football 1-1. Twice the hosts were a goal down and twice they fought back to equalise, first through Phil Masinga five minutes before the break and then through Bennett Masinga in the 52nd minute.
1993 — The South African soccer team is smashed 3-0 by Zambia in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Lusaka. Coach Augusto Palacios was red-carded five minutes from halftime. The evening before the match, a stone thrown by schoolchildren at the South African team bus cracked the windscreen.
2003 — Jacques Freitag wins the high jump at the Golden League meet in Rome as he launches himself to 2.35m.
2000 — Jacques Kallis top-scores with an unbeaten 83 to lift South Africa to 167 all out as they lose to Sri Lanka by eight wickets in an ODI in Colombo. The home side wrapped up the match, part of a triangular also featuring Pakistan, in the 28th over.
2010 — Spain wins the World Cup at last after Andrés Iniesta scores against the Netherlands in extra time at Soccer City outside Soweto. Iniesta’s strike came in the 116th minute of the match, with four minutes remaining.
2022 — Chloe Tryon scores 88 as the South African women are bowled out for 218 on their way to losing the first ODI against England in Northampton by five wickets.
2023 — Tshegofatso Mabasa scores twice as Bafana Bafana beat Eswatini 2-1 in their Cosafa Cup group match at Princess Magogo Stadium.
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