Rafal Majka won his second stage of the 2014 Tour de France on Wednesday and also extended his lead in the King of the Mountains standings. And the 24-year-old Pole revealed that it was his team manager Bjarne Riis's tactical nous that helped him both ...
Proteas star AB de Villiers says that he may be forced to stop keeping wicket due to long-term issues with his back. De Villiers did not keep wicket in the first Test against Sri Lanka after struggling with a tight hamstring in the lead-up to the Test. The Proteas ...
Rory McIlroy joined the elite list of golfers to have won three of the four major titles at Hoylake on Sunday, but he had to battle all the way against Sergio Garcia and Rickie Fowler before bagging his first British Open title. At 25, McIlroy joined legends Tiger ...
England captain Alastair Cook's dreadful run of form continued as he was dismissed for just 22 on the fourth day of the second Test against India at Lord's on Sunday. The left-handed opener fell in all-too familiar fashion when, having batted for more than two ...
Ukrainian servicemen stand guard in the center of the Ukrainian city of Slavyansk on July 6, 2014. AFP PHOTO. Ukraine's Western-backed leaders on Tuesday invited pro-Kremlin insurgents to a videoconference aimed at halting spiralling violence and what ...
Political parties and organisations have conveyed their condolences to the family of Nadine Gordimer following her passing. Gordimer passed away at her home at the age of 90, her representatives confirmed. The ANC's Zizi Kodwa said the party "learnt with ...
The German Stock Market Index DAX is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany. AFP PHOTO. European stock markets fell back on Thursday on the back of weak industrial output data and a growing crisis at Portugal's largest lender, Banco Espirito ...
Winner of the 2013 Tour de France, Chris Froome of Great Britain and SKY Procycling. Getty Images. Chris Froome is determined to buck the recent trend and defend his Tour de France title when the Grand Boucle begins in Leeds on Saturday. The official ...
The US embassy in Uganda warned Thursday of a "specific threat" by an unknown group to attack Entebbe international airport, which serves the capital Kampala. The alert came as travellers flying to the United States from Europe and the Middle East faced ...
The US embassy in Uganda warned Thursday of a "specific threat" by an unknown group to attack Entebbe international airport, which serves the capital Kampala. The alert came as travellers flying to the United States from Europe and the Middle East faced ...
The US embassy in Uganda warned Thursday of a "specific threat" by an unknown group to attack Entebbe international airport, which serves the capital Kampala. The alert came as travellers flying to the United States from Europe and the Middle East faced ...
Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza on Thursday and militants hit back with 15 rockets, further hiking tensions after a day of violence triggered by the suspected revenge killing of a Palestinian teenager. But there was no immediate sign of a return to the clashes ...
Oscar Pistorius's ability to move around on his stumps and maintain his balance has been called into question at his murder trial underway in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. Pistorius's murder trial resumed this morning in the North Gauteng High ...
Germany striker Thomas Mueller joined Neymar and Lionel Messi on top of the World Cup goalscoring charts on Thursday as Algeria stunned Russia to reach the second round for the first time. Mueller's long-range strike settled a 1-0 victory over the United ...
The Israeli air force carried out 12 raids on the Gaza Strip overnight after militants fired more rockets at southern Israel, Palestinian security sources said on Wednesday. The attacks struck training grounds used by Palestinian militants, leaving two people ...
A wage agreement to end South Africa's longest mining strike was signed by the world's biggest platinum producers and a radical union on Tuesday, the companies announced. The three firms said in a statement that they "are pleased to advise (of) the ...
Afghans defied Taliban threats by voting Saturday in a second-round presidential election, as US-led combat troops wind down a 13-year war that has failed to defeat the insurgents. The Taliban claimed responsibility for two rockets that exploded near Kabul ...
Star winger Franck Ribery was ruled out of the World Cup on Friday dealing a huge blow to France's hopes of lifting the trophy in Brazil. The 31-year-old Bayern Munich forward's failure to recover from a nagging back injury was confirmed by coach Didier ...
Two 12-year-old American girls, charged as adults and facing up to 65 years jail time for trying to stab a friend to death, were inspired by a fictional character, local media reported on Tuesday. The two pre-teens, fans of a horror story website, had planned the ...
Ukraine's president-elect Petro Poroshenko vowed to punish pro-Russian rebels who downed an army helicopter in the east of the country, killing 12 troops in one of the deadliest attacks of the insurgency. The militants shot the Mi-8 helicopter gunship out of ...
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