It's the North / South Currie Cup Derby at Newlands tomorrow afternoon. Former Vodacom Western Province skipper Corne Krige says he's got to back Province to get a 22-15 win over the Blue Bulls. He says he doesn't remember to many defeats against the Pretoria side when he was captain and says Province are much stronger now than they were over the past few years.
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Vodacom Western Province will be running the ball, with Springbok centre Gcobani Bobo saying he'll try to get the ball to the wings as quickly as possible. Bobo, who ! missed the cut for the Tri-Nations, says he's happy to be running out at inside centre tomorrow with Dylan des Fountain.
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Tonight it's the Sharks against Boland in Durban. The Cavaliers wing John Daniels will want to add to his record 77 career Currie Cup tries after scoring a hat-trick last week. Kick-off is at 7 o'clock.
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The Springboks are en route to New Zealand for the away leg of the Tri-Nations. Back to back tests against the All Blacks will be followed by a clash with the Wallabies. Former Bok, Brendan Venter says Tonderai Chavhanga should've been travelling instead of Odwa Ndungane.
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Spain underlined their billing as pre-tournament favourites to clinch the European Championship after a 3-0 win over the in-form Russia. They'll face Germany in the final on Sunday, but it could be without influential striker, David Villa, who got injured in the first half.
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Wimbledon second seed Rafael Nadal managed to get through to the third round after a tough match against Ernests Gulbis, but sixth seed Andy Roddick was knocked out by Janko Tipsarevic. Eighth seed Richard Gasquet beat Sebastian Grosjean in an all French affair and Andy Murray kept British hopes alive, as Englishman Chris Eaton bowed out.
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A major upset in the women's draw as third seed Maria Sharapova was humbled 6-2, 6-4 by fellow Russian Alla Kudryavtseva. Defending champ Venus Williams is through along with French Open runner-up, Dina Safina.
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Virendar Sehwag scored 119 as India chased down Pakistan's total of 299 for a 6 wicket win in the Asia Cup.
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Kevin Pietersen will lead England for the first time in tomorrow's one-day international against New Zeala! nd, with Paul Collingwood ser! ving a f our-game ban for a slow over-rate. That ban will still be in force when the first ODI against South Africa takes place in August.
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The deadline for Blade Runner, Oscar Pistorius, to qualify for the Beijing Olympics has been extended to the 17th of July. He must run the 400 metres in under 45.55 second in a competition.
