1990 — Brian Mitchell has a tough time against American Frankie Mitchell in Aosta, Italy, but comes on strong in the latter rounds to grind out a points win to record the 11th successful defence of his WBA junior-lightweight title. On the same bill Welcome Ncita made the second defence of his IBF junior-featherweight title, knocking out Geraldo Lopez of Panama in the eighth round.
1996 — Daryll Cullinan scores 124 and Jonty Rhodes 121 as the Proteas beat Pakistan by 62 runs in a four-nations ODI in Nairobi. SA made 321/8 in their 50 overs.
2001 — Spinner Claude Henderson takes a career-best 4/17 as the Proteas beat Zimbabwe by 148 runs in the second ODI in Harare for an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. South Africa had scored 272/7, with Herschelle Gibbs making 69 and Jonty Rhodes 56.
2007 — Teko Modise scores from a free kick as Bafana Bafana beat Botswana 1-0 in a Cosafa Cup semifinal at Atteridgeville, Pretoria.
2012 — Winger Bryan Habana scores a hat-trick as the Springboks thump Australia 31-8 in a Rugby Championship match at Loftus Versfeld.
2017 — Kirsty McCann becomes the first South African woman to win a rowing world championship gold as she wins the lightweight single sculls in Sarasota-Bradenton, US. Having spent her early career starting quickly and trying to hold her lead, McCann changed strategy to force a strong finish. It worked as she went from third at halfway, to second with 500m remaining before winning by more than two seconds.
2017 — Opening batsman Dean Elgar scores 199 and No 3 Hashim Amla 137 to push the Proteas to a first-innings total of 496/3 on the second day of the opening Test against Bangladesh in Potchefstroom. SA went on to win the match by 333 runs.
2018 — Flyhalf Handré Pollard kicks three penalties and converts both SA’s tries as the Springboks beat Australia 23-12 in a Rugby Championship match at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. SA’s tries came from wing Aphiwe Dyantyi, who scored from an intercept pass in the opening minute, and scrumhalf Faf de Klerk, with the Wallabies also dotting down twice.
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