South Africa’s Jaco van Zyl claimed the clubhouse lead in the BMW SA Open as tournament host Ernie Els suffered another attack of the dreaded yips at Glendower.

Henrik Stenson produced a storming finish to claim the lead at the halfway stage of the Nedbank Golf Challenge as Danny Willett’s title defence was hampered by a back injury.

Shane Lowry proved golf is the game played on the six inch course between the ears when he put three average rounds behind him to move up from fifth to third in the Race to Dubai after the closing 66 in the Turkish Airlines Open.

Graeme McDowell shot his best round of the year and Shane Lowry “got away with” one of his worst in the Turkish Airlines Open.

Mark English has vowed not to allow his disappointing 800m performance at last night’s Cork City Sports meet affect his European U23 championships gold medal bid.

Guinness Pro12

Munster got the bonus-point win required to keep their Guinness Pro 12 challenge running, but it was not quite achieved with the satisfaction they might have wanted at Musgrave Park this afternoon.

Treviso 20 Ulster 24: This was one of the most astonishing games in the league for a long time.

Guinness Pro12: Treviso 24 Leinster 24

Millionaire businessman Shrien Dewani never sent a text message to his shuttle driver hours before he and his wife Anni were hijacked, his lawyer has told his murder trial in South Africa.

Oscar Pistorius’ agent is seeking a meeting with the double-amputee athlete in prison in the next few days to discuss his running future.

Oscar Pistorius is being portrayed as a "poor victim" ahead of his sentencing for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a prosecutor has said.

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The British millionaire accused of murdering his bride on their honeymoon told his murder trial: I am controlling, intense and bisexual, but I did not kill my wife.

Oscar Pistorius is free to compete for South Africa again, as long as his running doesn’t go against the ruling of the judge.

Oscar Pistorius is free to compete for South Africa again – as long as his running does not go against the ruling of a judge.

Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani has been found fit to stand trial for his wife’s murder, a move her sister hailed as "a huge step in the right direction".

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Oscar Pistorius will not compete again this year as he awaits trial for murder, despite receiving a number of meeting invitations, his agent has confirmed.

Oscar Pistorius is ready to return to training as a way of dealing with his grief but has no immediate plans to compete, his agent Peet van Zyl confirmed today.

Oscar Pistorius wants to train again and has been back to his regular track in Pretoria.

Oscar Pistorius would be welcomed back to certain athletics meetings when he decides to return to competition, his agent Peet van Zyl has claimed.

Oscar Pistorius’s agent has said this summer’s World Athletics Championships is “on the radar” for the track runner after a judge said he could leave South Africa to compete in international events.

Oscar Pistorius can leave South Africa to compete in international track meets, a judge has ruled as he upheld the Olympic athlete’s appeal against some of his bail restrictions.

South African Darren Fichardt survived a late wobble to claim a two-shot win on home soil at the Africa Open in East London.

Oscar Pistorius has called off the races that were due in coming months in the face of charges of murdering his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day, his manager said.

UCC’s Ian O’Rourke smashed the men’s course record at Strandhill Golf Club with a dazzling eight-under-par 62 to coast to victory in the second event in the Intervarsity Series.

Wales kept their Grand Slam mission on course after seeing off a determined Italy outfit at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.

Much of the talk leading into this tie surrounded the immediate future of Tomás O’Leary, after French TV claimed the Ireland international had inked a deal with Perpignan.

SOUTH AFRICAN Branden Grace yesterday became the first player since Fred Couples in 1995 to follow his first European Tour win with another.

PHIL GODMAN kicked a last-minute drop-goal for Edinburgh last night to clinch victory over Racing Metro and keep them at the top of Pool 2 in the Heineken Cup.

LUCIANO ORQUERA kicked all of Aironi’s points as they won their all-Italian meeting with Treviso in the RaboDirect PRO12.

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Italy 27 United States 10

ITALY captain Sergio Parisse saw his side run in nine tries in yesterday’s win against Russia in Nelson — but has warned them that they must improve defensively.

DAVID HORSEY overcame Rhys Davies and Jaco Van Zyl in a three-man play-off to win the Hassan Trophy in Agadir.

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The teams for this weekend's All-Ireland League fixtures have been announced.

The teams for this weekend's round of AIL rugby fixtures have been announced today.

MUNSTER’S error-ridden performances against Leinster and Northampton over the last couple of weeks and Benetton Treviso’s sensational victory over French champions Perpignan mean there should be little danger of complacency in the home camp ahead of this afternoon’s Heineken Cup clash at Thomond Park.

FLANKER Rati Urushadze hailed Georgia’s first World Cup victory as the greatest moment in the nation’s rugby history.