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Pretoria Capitals beat Joburg Super Kings by 21 runs at the Wanderers on Saturday

Arsenal missed a slew of chances in a 0-0 draw at Nottingham Forest on Saturday but went seven points clear at the top of the Premier League table after Manchester City’s 2-0 loss to Manchester United.

It took the rugby gods 70 minutes to throw a tantrum, scream enough and deliver a shower of note to the Stormers for what had been a mixture of torrid, turgid and terrific.

Nigeria secured third place at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), edging Egypt 4-2 on penalties after a goalless draw in Saturday’s bronze medal match.

A Florian Wirtz strike was cancelled out by Marcus Edwards as Liverpool were left ruing a missed penalty by Dominik Szoboszlai in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with lowly Burnley, the hosts’ fourth Premier League stalemate in a row.

Motsepe rejects assertions of undue influence from Zurich and says CAF will go ahead with the Africa Cup of Nations every four years after 2028

The win snapped Real’s two-match losing run and offered brief respite after a bruising week.

Rejuvenated Manchester United stun Manchester City in a dominant derby, denting City’s title hopes

Pape Bouna Thiaw criticised a lack of security for his players when they arrived in Rabat

The previous record was set by Oldfield when they successfully defended a target of 41 against the Marylebone Cricket Club to secure a win by six runs

Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah won the Dakar Rally for the sixth time in the car category on Saturday as Argentina’s Luciano Benavides won by two seconds on two wheels, the narrowest margin ever.

Former Australia batter Damien Martyn is up and walking again after being put into an induced coma last month to fight a serious case of meningitis with only a 50% chance of survival.

Argentina’s Luciano Benavides won the Dakar Rally motorcycle category by two seconds, the narrowest margin ever, after American Ricky Brabec lost his way late in Saturday’s final stage in Saudi Arabia.

A defiant Novak Djokovic is adamant he can still beat any player on his day, but at 38, the Serb is no longer focusing on the Grand Slam record, saying he does not need the pressure it brings.

Egypt might be disappointed with the failure to reach the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) final, but coach Hossam Hassan said on Friday it had been a good experience before the World Cup later this year.