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The group stage of Euro 2020 came to an end, and with the last 16 starting at the weekend, AFP Sport looks at five stars of the tournament:

Justin Geduld and Dylan Sage have been included in the 17-man preliminary Rugby Sevens squad for the Olympics, the only survivors from Rio 2016.

Bulls mentor Jake White says Jacques Nienaber, the national coach, is "right" in believing last week's Rainbow Cup final result isn't a sign that the Boks will struggle against the Lions.

Sascoc has announced the majority of the Team South Africa squad that will be participating in next month's Tokyo Olympics in Japan.

The group stage of Euro 2020 came to an end on Wednesday, and with the last 16 starting at the weekend, we looks at some of the best quotes from the tournament so far ahead of the knockout rounds:

Jordan Henderson has urged England to have no regrets when they face Germany in a "special" Euro 2020 last-16 clash.

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Scotland prop, Zander Fagerson, has been ruled of the British & Irish Lions lineup to face Japan on Saturday because of a back spasm and will be replaced by Ireland's Tadhg Furlong, the team said on Thursday. The post Fagerson out of Lions side with back issue, replaced by Furlong appeared first on SABC News […]

India captain Virat Kohli says the World Test Championship (WTC) is a great way to inject excitement into cricket's longest format but the final should be a best-of-three affair. The post Kohli gives WTC thumbs-up but would prefer best-of-three final appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of […]

The quadriplegic recently took part in part the 2021 Para-cycling World Championships in Cascais Portugal, which was South Africa's last opportunity to increase the number of athletes qualifying for the Games.

Introduced in 1965, the rule was used to determine the winner of a two-legged knockout tie in cases where the two teams had scored the same number of goals on aggregate over the two matches.

Following talks between the government and Silverstone chiefs, the race will be watched by the biggest sporting crowd in Britain since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year.

Andy Murray will also play in the men's doubles in Tokyo, but with Joe Salisbury and not his doubles specialist brother Jamie.

As the chequered flag fell at the German Grand Prix last Sunday, it seemed inevitable that six-time world champion Marc Marquez had taken it. He might have missed a year after an awful arm injury, but he had won the last 10 times he had raced at the Sachsenring.

The peloton sweeps out from France's windswept western tip in Brittany on 26 June, crossing the peaks and plains of the country's prettiest corners, taking in the Alps and the Pyrenees before culminating with a stage 21 dash up the Champs Elysees in Paris on 18 July.

The cyclist is one of two from SA who will start the Tour de France in Brittany on Saturday

Team manager says they’ve changed their ‘race philosophy’ this season to being more open and aggressive ahead of the race’s start on Saturday

Main contenders in the European Championship have  been slow to catch fire

Young players are lining up for a crack at the undisputed champion who is aiming for the first calendar-year Grand Slam since Rod Laver in 1969

Even taking a 1-0 lead into the semifinal second leg at home does not assure Amakhosi of a place in the Caf Champions League final

SA skipper says: ‘I have taken the captaincy to my heart’