Team Orica-GreenEdge defended Simon Gerrans’s yellow jersey while former champion Cadel Evans saw key teammates crash during the Tour de France.
Music boomed and confetti rained down as Miami’s NBA team celebrated its second-consecutive championship with a parade through the downtown.
Manchester City has signed Brazil midfielder Fernandinho from Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk.
Venus Williams gave her comeback hopes a boost with a win at the Hopman Cup in Perth on Sunday.
Goals rained down on Saturday, with Arsenal beating Newcastle 7-3 and Manchester City edging Norwich City 4-3 to keep pace with Manchester United.
Toyota has agreed to pay about $1.1-billion to settle a class action lawsuit launched by US vehicle owners affected by a series of mass recalls.
Oscar Pistorius, the first disabled runner to compete in the Olympics, has beaten Arab horse Maserati in the "run like the wind" race.
The South African National Defence Force has denied claims that a military plane that crashed in the Drakensberg was carrying Madiba’s medical team.
Sebastian Vettel has joined the league of legends in Formula One’s hall of fame after becoming the sport’s youngest triple world champion.
Rafael Benitez’s tenure as Chelsea’s interim coach has begun beneath a hail of boos as the club’s fans voiced their displeasure at his arrival.
Australia struck two blows with the wickets of Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla to have SA in deep trouble in their chase to win the second Test.
David Warner has hit a quickfire century and Michael Clarke also reached three figures as Australia smashed the Proteas’ bowlers in their second Test.
Police investigating an alleged racist gesture by a Chelsea supporter towards a black Manchester United player have arrested someone for the incident.
Despite being suspended and fined for racial abuse, John Terry will stay on as Chelsea captain and not face a further ban from the club as speculated.
Sebastian Vettel has leapfrogged Fernando Alonso at the top of the world championship as he led from the first corner to win the Korean Grand Prix.
Coach Heyneke Meyer says South Africa must become more clinical if they hope to beat New Zealand in Soweto next weekend.
Umar Gul turned an unlikely hero as Pakistan survived a middle-order collapse to beat SA by two wickets in the Super Eights of the World Twenty20.
World Twenty20 organisers have changed the bottled water supplier and called in food inspectors to check the spread of suspected gastro virus.
Liverpool were left searching for their first Premier League win under new manager Brendan Rodgers at an emotional Anfield on Sunday.
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez and Man United defender Patrice Evra shook hands ahead of an especially charged match at Anfield on Sunday.
