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Lionel Messi’s move this week to Paris St Germain was a victory for Big Oil over Big Loyalty.

Screen Grab: Where were Messi’s friends when the chips were down?

From Leo to Rassie to Mourinho, the art of the endorsement commercial is in laughably bad shape

The three cricketeers:

Cricket SA’s myopic new hierarchy

The English Tests have offered some promising performances but there’s little reason to be excited about the future of the Proteas

Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar scored five centuries in the five Test series he played on South African soil.

Slow-starting India can’t be written off

The visitors’ bowlers can clearly cause serious damage but it’s up to their batsmen to rebound

Proteas coach Russell Domingo seems to have finally assembled his dream team.

Proteas results prove that critics couldn’t rustle Domingo

The national cricket team’s coach has grown into the role he inherited prematurely and is becoming less intransigent and more flexible.

​Kallis’s lesson on continually improving was lost on Cricket South Africa

The outstanding player had mastered a shot that was tucked away — until it was needed by his team.

King Kallis quits quietly

Following his worst and last series, Jacques Kallis has retired before what would have been his sixth World Cup.

Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga celebrates the dismissal of Jacques Kallis.

‘Kallis fever’ has infected the Proteas

It is the turn of bowling coach Allan Donald to enforce some free-thinking and adaptability on his troops.

Vernon Philander celebrates after dismissing unseen Sri Lankan cricketer Kusal Perera during the first one day international match between South Africa and Sri Lanka.

Amla guides SA to 304-5 against Sri Lanka

Opener Hashim Amla has smashed 109 off 130 balls to steer South Africa to a formidable 304-5 in the first one-day international against Sri Lanka.

Dale Steyn is one of the SA’s bowlers

Proteas vs Australia: Super bowlers go to war

The three-Test series between Australia and the Proteas – by a distance, the two best teams in the world – will be decided by their pace attacks.

Australia batsman tells of team’s plans to unravel Proteas

In an upcoming tour of SA, batsman David Warner says Australia aim to use the same intimidatory approach on the Proteas that unravelled England.

Jacques Kallis

Proteas need a new hero in a hurry

Jacques Kallis’s absence will be keenly felt when the South African cricket team sets out to beat a swaggering Australia.

Proteas’ win a tribute to Kallis, says Smith

SA captain Graeme Smith says his team’s victory over India was part of "a fitting tribute" to Jacques Kallis, who has announced his retirement.

Kallis: I lost that little bit of an edge

Jacques Kallis says he knew it was time to call it a day, ending his 166-Test career in Kingsmead, Durban.

Proteas bid King Kallis farewell with series victory

Jacques Kallis has bowed out of his final Test match for SA, playing a crucial part in the 10 wicket win over India.

Jacques Kallis will end his career during the Test series at Durban’s Kingsmead stadium.

Kallis scores 45th test century

Jacques Kallis has become the third all-time leading run-scorer in Test cricket with his innings of 115 in his final Test in Durban.

Proteas all-rounder Jacques Kallis.

SA cricket greats Pollock, Wessels sing Kallis’s praises

Former Proteas captains Shaun Pollock and Kepler Wessels have hailed Jacques Kallis as one of South Africa’s all-time great cricketers.

Proteas all-rounder Jacques Kallis.

Kallis quits Test cricket

Proteas all-rounder Jacques Kallis has announced his retirement from Test and first-class cricket after Thursday’s Test against India in Durban.

Proteas all-rounder Jacques Kallis.

Proteas secure historic draw

Short of a front-line bowler and staring defeat in the face, SA has salvaged a thrilling draw on the fifth day in the first Test against India.

Kallis starts bid to earn place at Cricket World Cup

Jacques Kallis, who hasn’t played in a one-day international since 2012, has begun a bid to earn a place in the 2015 Cricket World Cup squad.

Jacques Kallis will end his career during the Test series at Durban’s Kingsmead stadium.

Proteas: Kallis can’t be picky about when he plays, says Gibbs

Jacques Kallis is unfairly being allowed to pick and choose when he plays for the national team, according to former Proteas batsman Herschelle Gibbs.