1969 — Wing Syd Nomis scores two tries as the Springboks beat Australia 30-11 in the first Test at Ellis Park. Flanks Jan Ellis and Piet Greyling and centre Mannetjies Roux also dotted down.
1997 — Phillip Holiday loses his IBF lightweight title and unbeaten record to rising star Sugar Shane Mosley at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. American Mosley, the winner on points, went on to make eight successful defences of the belt, winning all of them inside the distance before moving up to welterweight where he beat boxing’s “Golden Boy”, Oscar de la Hoya. In Italy, Patrick Quka won the marginal WBU’s vacant bantamweight title when he knocked out Gianmaria Petriccioli.
1997 — The Springboks are beaten 32-20 by Australia in a Tri-Nations match in Brisbane.
2000 — Spin bowler Nicky Boje sparks a collapse as the Proteas beat Sri Lanka by seven runs on the fourth day of the second Test in Kandy to level the three-match series at 1-1. Chasing 177 for victory, Russel Arnold (40) and Arjuna Ranatunga (88) had steered the home side from 21/4 to 130/4 when Boje struck. Sri Lanka lost their last six wickets for 39 runs and their last four for eight runs. Boje finished with 3/24 while Klusener and Nantie Hayward took two wickets apiece.
2003 — Graeme Smith, resuming on 214, makes 259 before declaring South Africa’s first innings on 682/6 in the second Test against England at Lord’s on day 3.
2003 — Flyhalf Louis Koen slots three penalties as the Springboks are dumped 9-29 by Australia in a Tri-Nations contest in Brisbane.
2007 — Cri-Zelda Brits makes 46 to lift the South African women to 239/6 on their way to beating Netherlands by 99 runs in the first ODI in Amstelveen.
2008 — Captain Graeme Smith scores an unbeaten 154 to guide the Proteas to a five-wicket victory over England in the third Test at Birmingham for an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series. Chasing 281 for victory.
2012 — Alviro Petersen scores an unbeaten 124 on the first day of the second Test against England in Leeds.
2013 — JP Duminy scores 51 and takes 3/18 as the Proteas beat Sri Lanka by 12 runs in the first T20 in Colombo.
2022 — Laura Wolvaardt scores an unbeaten 41 as the South African women are restricted to 141/4 to lose their Commonwealth Games match against England in Birmingham by 26 runs.
2023 — Elmeré van der Berg scores 22 points as the Proteas, needing a victory, stun defending champions New Zealand with a 48-48 draw in their Netball World Cup group G match in Cape Town. But it wasn’t enough, eliminating South Africa from a spot in the semifinals.
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