The Indian Premier League Twenty20 day/night match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings at the Chinnaswamy Stadium was washed out by heavy rain. The teams were awarded a point each, which moved Super Kings from fifth to third, and Royal Challengers from seventh to fourth.

By Herman R Gibbs Cape Town's Robin Peterson (16 no off 7 balls) and Ambati Rayudu (34 no off 17 balls) steered the Mumbai Indians to an unlikely 4-wicket win over the Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 day/night match More...

Substitute Fernando Torres netted for 10-man Chelsea in stoppage time to wrap up a 2-all draw against holders Barcelona in a drama-filled Champions League semifinal second leg at Nou Camp in Barcelona. But Chelsea advanced to the Munich final next month with a 3-2 on aggregate More...

After a drama-filled first half, the home side Barcelona lead 2-1 against Chelsea at halftime in their Champions League semifinal second leg at Nou Camp. The Chelsea captain John Terry was red-carded in the 37th minute. More...

There are serious doubts that the Springboks flanker Schalk Burger will be fit to play for the Springboks in the three-Test series against England. The flanker tore a medial ligament in his knee in the first round of 2012 Super Rugby competition. With the first Test against England on June 9, Burger, who is a candidate More...

The Kolkata Knight Riders versus Deccan Chargers Indian Premier League clash was abandoned without a ball bowled at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. As a result the teams will share the points (one point each) in this Twenty20 match day/night match. The outcome also ensures that Deccan Chargers have recorded their first point in the IPL-5 season.

The first event of the 2012 Olympic Games will take place at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on July 25 at 4.00pm when Hope Powell's Great Britain women's team play New Zealand, two days before the official opening ceremony. Great Britain then face Cameroon on July 28 in Cardiff before More...

The Stormers suffered another injury blow with the news that loosie Nick Koster will not be available for the clash against the Force, in Perth, on Saturday due to a knee injury. It's an old knee injury that has again surfaced and the former More...

Sharks lock Pieter Steph du Toit, a member of the wider South African Under-20 squad, has been called up to the Springbok Planning Camp in Pretoria. Du Toit played for the SA U20s in their first international against the touring Argentina team last Saturday after which he was called up by the Sharks for Super Rugby duty, where he made More...

By Herman R Gibbs The captaincy jinx has struck the Stormers hard as three captains have been laid low by injury in the spate of six weeks. Last season it was flyhalves who ended up on the injury list and at one time the Stormers had six  No 10s among the walking wounded. First flank Schalk Burger was ruled out with a knee injury and his More...