Wins for Messi and Marquez
Lionel Messi and Marc Marquez both celebrated victories on Sunday. Chelsea fans also had reason to smile.
Athletics
Usain Bolt is the most successful athlete in IAAF World Championship history.
Bolt helped Jamaica secure relay gold in Moscow yesterday and has now won eight gold and two silver medals at world championships.
Johan Cronje finally gave South Africans reason to celebrate yesterday.
Cronje won bronze in the 1500-metres.
Rugby
The Springboks have confirmed the reason why Trevor Nyakane is no longer in the national squad.
The prop forward has been dropped for disciplinary reasons.
Nyakane is being punished for missing flights and for failing to attend a strategy session.
His spot in the Bok squad has gone to Lourens Adriaanse.
South Africa have a Rugby Championship date with Argentina in Mendoza this coming Saturday.
The Sharks, meanwhile, have an Absa Currie Cup assignment in Bloemfontein on Friday night.
Soccer
Chelsea have made a winning start to the new English Premier League season.
Frank Lampard and Oscar scored in their 2-0 victory over Hull City.
Kagisho Dikgacoi was a loser on the opening weekend.
Tottenham Hotspur beat his Crystal Palace 1-0 at Selhurst Park.
The only Premiership fixture tonight will see Manchester City hosting Newcastle United.
Barcelona have won big on the opening weekend of the Spanish Primera Liga season.
Lionel Messi and Pedro both scored twice in a 7-0 demolition of Levante.
Real Madrid beat Real Betis 2-1.
Surfing
Kelly Slater tops the World Championship Tour standings.
This after losing to Adrian Buchan in the final of the Billabong Pro Tahiti.
Buchan had earlier eliminated both South African surfers involved at Teahupoo.
The Aussie beat Travis Logie in the second round and ousted Jordy Smith in round five.
Swimming
Rene Warnes has ended the SA Short Course Swimming Championships in Pietermaritzburg with five gold medals.
Warnes won a further three events at the GC Jolliffe Pool yesterday.
Motorsport
Marc Marquez has won the Indianapolis MotoGP.
Dani Pedrosa ended second and Jorge Lorenzo third.
Tennis
Rafael Nadal has been crowned champion at the Cincinnati Masters.
Nadal edged John Isner 7-6 7-6 in the final on Sunday.
Victoria Azarenka beat Serena Williams in the ladies final.
Golf
SA golfer, Rory Sabbatini, has ended four shots off the pace at the Wyndham Championship.
Sabbatini secured a share of eighth spot in North Carolina. He was the best of the South Africans.
Cricket
Cheteshwar Pujara..Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina have all scored centuries for India A against South Africa A in Rustenburg.
Chasing 582, South Africa A are 20 for one in their first innings.
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- Andre Bloem
Twitter - @SportswaveAndre