Somerset and England wicketkeeper-batsman Craig Kieswetter has announced his immediate retirement from cricket because of an eye injury.

While Fifa continues to reel from "a storm" of damaging corruption allegations, 209 member associations will decide on Friday whether to give Sepp Blatter a fifth term as president.

South African fast bowler Dale Steyn has second thoughts about touring Bangladesh in July, but it is certainly not the case with his teammate Jean-Paul Duminy.

South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), elects its first black leader.

Bangladesh High Commission in Pretoria opens hotline numbers for the citizens of the country for any support following the xenophobic attacks on the expatriates by South Africans.

Foreign-owned shops in South Africa have been attacked and looted in eastern Johannesburg, the latest in a series of xenophobic attacks.

See the best moments of the first semifinal of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Auckland where New Zealand and South Africa locked horns

Two of the best teams of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 locking horns tomorrow for their maiden trip to the finals.

Nine World Cup semi-finals, zero World Cup finals. New Zealand and South Africa are no strangers to the last four, but neither has ever experienced the ultimate shoot-out.

Who will taste success in the first semifinal of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Auckland where New Zealand face South Africa?

Jean-Paul Duminy struck the first hat-trick for South Africa in a World Cup during the first quarterfinal of the ICC cricket World Cup 2015 against Sri Lanka at Sydney

In complete dominance at Sydney , South Africa go through to semifinal of the World Cup 2015 thrashing Sri Lanka by nine wickets in a low scoring match

The world's first successful penis transplant has been reported by a surgical team in South Africa.

A great-grandmother in South Africa has celebrated her 100th birthday with a skydive near Cape Town.

With Pakistan's victory against Ireland in the last group-stage match today, quarterfinal (QF) fixture for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 has been now completed. The first QF will be held on March 18 in Sydney Cricket Ground between Sri Lanka and South Africa. The match will start at 9:30am in Bangladesh Standard Time (BDST).

Aluminium discs will be fitted to the Bloodhound Supersonic Car, which will endeavour to break the world land speed record (763mph)

Heavyweight contender for world best, South Africa today defeated associate member UAE by an overwhelming 146 runs in the World Cup 2015 match at Wellington

South Africa are as far away from pressure as they can get and that may be just what they want as they build up to the quarterfinals.

Pakistan pulled a stunner over South Africa beating the Proteas by 29 runs in a relatively low scoring match at the ICC cricket World Cup 2015 at Auckland today.

Safe South Africa. Precariously placed Pakistan. It could not be a better prospect. With one of the tournament favourites already looking to the knockouts and the other desperate to get there, Eden Park could see a clash of a strategies