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Floyd Mayweather lands a right hand on the way to a majority decision. Photo: Sky Sports Canelo Alvarez proved nothing more than easy money for Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. Mayweather turned one of the richest fights ever into just another $41.5 million payday Saturday night, dominating Alvarez from the opening bell and winning a majority decision in a masterful performance … [Read more...] about Mayweather puts on dominating display in win over Alvarez

The tackle that ended Dan Carter’s game and saw Bismarck du Plessis pick up a yellow card. Photo: Getty Images Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer refrained from criticising referee Romain Poite after their controversial 29-15 loss to the All Blacks today. Poite sin-binned Bismarck du Plessis after his 15th minute tackle on Dan Carter, a hit which has seen the fly-half ruled out for … [Read more...] about Meyer refrains from criticising referee Poite

Siyabonga (Scarra) Ntubeni of WP runs into Grant Hattingh of the Blue Bulls. Photo: Rugby Week Western Province beat the Blue Bulls 18-29 in the Currie Cup at Loftus Versfeld this afternoon. The result is an extraordinary one as in the 34th minute Western Province were reduced to 14 men as Michael Rhodes was shown a red card. Western Province led the Blue Bulls 20-6 at the … [Read more...] about Western Province beat Bulls in Currie Cup

Brodie Retallick is congratulated on his try by All Blacks teammate Liam Messam. Photo: Phil Walter The All Blacks jumped to the top of the Rugby Championship with a 29-15 win over South Africa in a physical and incident-packed Test in Auckland. The defending champions scored four tries to two against the competition’s previous leaders, who lost hooker Bismarck du Plessis two … [Read more...] about All Blacks down Springboks at Eden Park

Rik de Voest. Photo: Getty Images South Africa’s Davis Cup team suffered an early blow in their crucial Euro-Africa Group One tie against Slovenia with Rik de Voest going down to Blaz Rola at the Park Tivoli in Ljubljana on Friday. Slovenia’s second-ranked player, Rola beat South Africa’s No 1, at the tournament, in straight sets 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. The loss would put added pressure … [Read more...] about De Voest loses in Davis Cup opener