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RugbyU: Super 15 - Bulls 35 Highlanders 18

Result of a Super 15 match at Loftus Versfeld Saturday: Northern Bulls (RSA) 35 Otago Highlanders (NZL) 18 H-t: 23-6 Scorers Bulls - Tries: JJ Engelbrecht, Akona Ndungane, Pierre Spies, Jano Vermaak. Conversions: Morne Steyn (3). Penalties: Steyn (3) Highlanders - Tries: Fumiaki Tanaka, Tamati Ellison. Conversion: Hayden Parker. Penalties: Colin Slade (2) Sin bin Highlanders: Maritino Nemani 48-57 minutes, Chris King 57-66 Referee: Jaco Peyper (RSA) dl/lp

RugbyU: Super 15 - Western Force 13 Sharks 23

Result of a Super 15 match between the Western Force and Sharks in Perth on Friday: Western Force (AUS) 13 Sharks (RSA) 23 H-t: 10-7 Scorers Force: Try - Kyle Godwin. Conversion - Jayden Hayward. Penalties - Hayward (2). Sharks: Try - Keegan Daniel, Riaan Viljoen. Conversion - Pat Lambie (3). Penalties - Lambie (2) Referee: James Leckie (AUS) afp

Football: South Africa World Cup squad

South Africa coach Gordon Igesund named a 25-man squad Friday for 2014 World Cup away qualifiers against the Central African Republic and Ethiopia during June: Goalkeepers: Itumeleng Khune (Kaizer Chiefs, capt), Senzo Meyiwa (Orlando Piates), Wayne Sandilands (Mamelodi Sundowns) Defenders: Siboniso Gaxa, Tefo Mashamaite, Tshepo Masilela, Eric Mathoho (all Chiefs), Bevan Fransman (SuperSport Utd), Tebogo Langerman (Sundowns), Anele Ngcongca (Raccing Genk/BEL), Thabo Nthethe (Bloemfontein Celtic)

Football: Kaizer Chiefs clinch title after eight-year wait

Kaizer Chiefs won the South African Premiership for the first time in eight seasons Wednesday despite being held 1-1 at home by SuperSport United. Lehlohonolo Majoro put Chiefs ahead four minutes into the second half in northern city Polokwane and Sibusiso Zuma equalised two minutes from time. Chiefs went into the penultimate-round fixture at Peter Mokaba Stadium needing one point to clinch the championship having led since the start of the season.

RugbyU: Super 15 - Queensland Reds 32 Coastal Sharks 17

Result of a Super 15 rugby match between the Queensland Reds and the Coastal Sharks in Brisbane on Friday: Queensland Reds (AUS) 32 Coastal Sharks (RSA) 17 H-t: 29-3 Scorers Reds - Tries: Saia Faingaa, Rod Davies (2), Anthony Faingaa; Conversions: Quade Cooper (3); Penalties: Cooper (2) Sharks - Tries: Piet Lindeque, Derick Minnie; Conversions: Pat Lambie (2); Penalties: Lambie Referee: Glen Jackson (NZL) afp

Football: Kaizer Chiefs almost there as rivals falter

Kaizer Chiefs need just one point from two games to secure the South African Premiership title after challengers Platinum Stars and Orlando Pirates faltered Saturday. Inactive Chiefs players saw Platinum lose 2-1 away to lowly Golden Arrows while a stoppage-time goal condemned Pirates to a 1-0 home defeat by Mamelodi Sundowns. Platinum trail Chiefs by three points, have a much poorer goal difference and only one match left while Pirates, champions for the past two seasons, are seven points behind the leaders and cannot catch them.

RugbyU: Watson, Catrakilis star as Kings bounce back

Flank Luke Watson and fly-half Demetri Catrakilis starred as Southern Kings put a three-week Super 15 nightmare behind them by defeating Otago Highlanders 34-27 Saturday. Injury-prone Watson was given back the captaincy of the southern hemisphere rookies and scored two pushover tries during the first half at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Indian Ocean city Port Elizabeth. Catrakilis became the first South African in seven years to top 100 points in his debut Super Rugby season as he reached 107 thanks to four conversions and two penalty goals from seven shots at goal.

Football: Liverpool friendly in Cape Town scrapped

A planned friendly match involving English Premier League club Liverpool in Cape Town on May 21 has been scrapped, the organisers said Friday. Liverpool were scheduled to meet top-flight side Ajax Cape Town, but the South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) said the fixture could be staged only after the domestic season ends on May 25 with the national cup final. The organisers said this week they had a plan 'B' -- widely believed to be a team including footballers from various Cape Town clubs -- but this has fallen through.

Football: Kaizer Chiefs closer to South African double

Kaizer Chiefs moved closer to a South African double by defeating second-tier United FC 2-1 Saturday in an FA Cup semi-final. Lehlohonolo Majoro and George Lebese gave the league leaders a two-goal advantage midway through the first half as Walter Maponyane converted an 81st-minute penalty to create a tense finish. English coach Stuart Baxter was sent off during stoppage time for insulting an assistant referee in a match his team always looked likely to win at Soccer City stadium in Soweto.

RugbyU: Clinical Bulls blow Hurricanes away with six tries

A couple of opportunist first-half tries set Northern Bulls of South Africa up for a 48-14 victory over New Zealand visitors Wellington Hurricances in the Super 15 Saturday. Outside centre JJ Engelbrecht rose to intercept a pass from prop Ben Franks midway through the first half and dotted down to score the first of six tries by the three-time southern hemisphere championship title winners.
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