1974 — Kaizer Motaung scores three goals as Kaizer Chiefs wallop Durban All Blacks 10-0 in a National Professional Soccer League match at the Alexandra Stadium.
2001 — Captain Shaun Bartlett and Benni McCarthy score in the first half as Bafana Bafana beat Zimbabwe 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier at FNB Stadium. The visitors’ captain, Peter Ndlovu, converted a spot kick after being tripped in the second half.
2001 — The Proteas smash the West Indies by 132 runs at St George’s to win the third ODI and take a 2-1 lead in the seven-match series. Jacques Kallis scored 107 from 108 balls as SA posted 287/4. Shaun Pollock took three wickets and Makhaya Ntini and Justin Ontong two each as they skittled the home side for 155.
2010 — The Proteas beat Afghanistan by 59 runs in a World T20 match in Bridgetown. Jacques Kallis’s 34 was SA’s top score in their innings of 139/7. Morne Morkel took 4/20, Charl Langeveldt 3/12 and Dale Steyn 2/6 as the Proteas dismissed their opponents for 80.
2017 — Akani Simbine becomes the first South African sprinter to win the 100m at a Diamond League event. He clocked 9.99 sec for victory in Doha ahead of an impressive field crossing the line ahead of an impressive field including Jamaica’s former world record-holder Asafa Powell, Olympic silver medallist Justin Gatlin and Olympic bronze medallist Andre De Grasse.
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