With the Indian Premier League IV auction set for November, the upcoming Champions League Twenty20 comes as a big platform for players to impress upon the IPL teams and earn a fat contract with one of

South African cricket coach Corrie van Zyl has been caught unawares by Graeme Smith's decision to resign as captain of the Twenty20 side.

Naomi Campbell’s friend says he has given the diamonds she allegedly received from war crimes-indicted Charles Taylor to South African authorities.

Ishaq Ismail has balls — plenty of them. The South African of Indian origin has put together an enviable collection of more than 200 footballs at his Sandton home in Johannesburg.

It’s safe to say that Maurice Meyer would do just about anything to get a ticket to the World Cup final, and it’s also safe to say that what he did isn’t at all safe.
Meyer, a 32-year-old South African businessman from Nelspruit, swam 60 meters across the Crocodile River as part of contest to win a ticket to Sunday’s World Cup final at Soccer City.

The World Cup’s two most impressive strikers — David Villa and Miroslav Klose — will go head-to-head when European champions Spain meets three-time winners Germany in the semifinals on Wednesday.

Some may consider him mad, but wild-haired Uruguay striker Sebastian Abreu believes he is touched by magic.
The 33-year-old nomad, a veteran of 17 clubs in seven different countries, scored the decisive penalty in Uruguay’s World Cup quarterfinal victory against Ghana and now may be heading for a starting role in Tuesday’s semifinal against Holland.

Over 350 years after ships of the Dutch East India Company first dropped anchor at the Cape of Good Hope, Holland will look to sail into the Fifa World Cup final when they lock horns with two-time champions Uruguay at Cape Town on Tuesday.

Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas credited his backup Pepe Reina for the penalty save that enabled the European champions to beat Paraguay 1-0 and qualify for their first World Cup semifinal.

Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque was in jubilant mood after his team made history by reaching the World Cup semifinals for the first time.