Jason Gillespie resigned from his role as coach of the Pakistan Test team on Thursday after refusing to join the squad on their tour of South Africa over disagreements with the country’s cricket board.

Stingers captain Louis Oosthuizen is confident fellow countryman Branden Grace will do enough to qualify for the LIV 2025 roster.

Toulon’s Yannick Youyoutte has been suspended for five weeks for a dangerous tackle on South African Manie Libbok during last weekend’s Champions Cup opener, tournament organisers EPCR said Thursday.

Cycling’s governing body on Thursday moved to ban the controversial but legal carbon monoxide breathing method used by some top riders.

There are multiple reasons why SA justify their status as increasingly likely World Test Championship final berth-holders, writes Rob Houwing.

Indian teen prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju became the world’s youngest undisputed world chess champion Thursday after beating China’s Ding Liren in the final match of their series in Singapore.

Pep Guardiola admitted that he is questioning himself as his Manchester City team slumped to yet another defeat at Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday.

South African rugby fans can look forward to a Super Saturday of action with all five local franchises in action in the Champions and Challenge Cups.

An investigation into alleged rape and sexual assault in Stockholm which Swedish media said targeted Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has been closed due to insufficient evidence, the Swedish prosecutor said Thursday.

Former Springbok centre Andre Snyman is facing a major health battle after being diagnosed with a tumour that affects his brain.

Manchester City’s crisis continued with a 2-0 defeat away to Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Pep Guardiola’s old club Barcelona beat Borussia Dortmund to clinch a spot in the knockout stage of Europe’s elite club competition.

LIVE scoring and commentary from the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club in Malelane.

Stellenbosch’s debut on Africa’s grand football stage has been a baptism of fire, with Steve Barker’s charges learning fast that continental competition is a different beast – gruelling travel, unfamiliar conditions and fiercely experienced rivals.

The Proteas have dealt very well with the World Test Championship cards that have come their way. They just need a grandstand finish against Pakistan that doesn’t need to be complicated.

LIV duo Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel are back home to compete in the co-sanctioned Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club.

The saga of next year’s cricket Champions Trophy drags on, with sources saying Thursday that no agreement has been reached on a proposed “hybrid” format allowing India to play their matches outside host nation Pakistan.

South Africa are at the top of the World Test Championship table and if they beat Pakistan later this month, they’ll be in the final, regardless of what happens elsewhere. However, nothing is confirmed yet in a thrilling race to Lord’s.

Having written off their chances of going deep in the Champions Cup because they lost their opener at home, the Stormers hope to produce the same game they did at Leicester last year against Harlequins.

Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler was voted PGA Tour Player of the Year for the third consecutive year, the tour announced Tuesday, after a campaign where he captured nine titles worldwide.

An Argentine court on Tuesday dismissed rape charges against two French international rugby players accused of assaulting a woman after playing a match in the country in July.

Police said on Tuesday they had recovered the car of rugby player Tom Voyce from a river in northeast England after Storm Darragh and feared that the former international was dead.