Midfield maestro Putsche is CT City's Mr Serendipity

Austrian midfielder Roland Putsche has been one of Cape Town City's best performing players, but he arrived at the club by coincidence.

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• Mourinho hoping to emulate Ferguson, 'ready for 15 years' at Old Trafford
• Bafana's Moon and Mokoena singing same old tune
• Spain's federation chief held in fraud probe

Fans miffed over Stormers ticket prices

Cape Town rugby fans are disappointed by the price of tickets for Saturday's Super Rugby quarter-final against the Chiefs.

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• Lions can go all the way, says Mitchell
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England skipper Root facing tough decisions ahead of third Test

England batsman Joe Root faces possibly the toughest test of his young captaincy ahead of the third Test against South Africa.

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• Proteas lose thrilling semi-final
• Sri Lanka make record run chase to beat Zimbabwe

Big names in fight for form coming into British Open

The British Open begins at Royal Birkdale with a plethora of players hopeful of winning the Claret Jug and uncertainty surrounding the leading names.

• Rose looks to recreate magic of '98 at Birkdale
• Garcia targets Claret Jug before wedding bells ring
• Tiger Woods outside top 1 000
• Cabrera-Bello triumphs in Open tune-up