Rugby Football Cricket Tennis Golf MotoGP
The London 2012 Olympics has come to an end. What a spectacular Games they were. Congratulations Britain on a awesome job well done! This major sporting event has had the world engaged like never before. Many are going to wonder what to do with their “free” time now that the Olympics are over. Here are some of the weekend’s results:
Weekend Sport’s Results:
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Rugby:
Currie Cup Premier Division:
Vodacom Blue Bulls 35 – 20 GWK Griquas
MTN Golden Lions 43 – 20 Toyota Free State Cheetahs
DHL Western Province 23 – 25 The Sharks
Currie Cup 1st Division:
Eastern Province Kings 20 – 12 Leopards
Valke 22 – 47 SWD Eagles
Border Bulldogs 32 – 39 Regent Boland Kavaliers
Griffons 34 – 67 Ford Pumas
Absa Currie Cup First Division Log – After Round 5:
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA BPts Pts
1 Eastern Province Kings 7 6 1 0 240 112 128 27 13 4 30
2 Leopards 7 5 0 2 259 190 69 32 22 4 24
3 Ford Pumas 7 4 1 2 256 181 75 31 22 5 23
4 SWD Eagles 7 4 1 2 206 186 20 24 22 3 21
5 Griffons 7 4 0 3 187 212 -25 25 28 5 21
6 Regent Boland Kavaliers 7 2 1 4 210 183 27 27 25 5 15
7 Valke 7 1 0 6 185 298 -113 27 38 5 9
8 Border Bulldogs 7 0 0 7 126 307 -181 17 40 4 4
Football:
Orlando Pirates 2 – 1 Golden Arrows
Ajax Cape Town 1 – 1 Supersport United
Free State Stars 2 – 0 Bidvest Wits
Black Leopards 3 – 2 Bloem Celtic
Mamelodi Sundowns 1- 0 Chippa United
AmaZulu 0 – 6 Kaiser Chiefs
University of Pretoria 1 – 1 Maritzburg United
Platinum Stars 3 – 1 Moroka Swallows
Charity Shield
Manchester City 3 – 2 Chelsea
Cricket
Derbyshire v South Africa Played at County Ground, Derby, from 10 Aug to 11 Aug 2012
Match Drawn
South Africans 365/4 dec (Philander 68 not out) & 168/7 dec (Tsotsobe 4/45), Derbyshire 174/9 dec
Tennis:![tennis(1)](https://gatewaynews.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tennis1.png)
Toronto Masters
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Richard Gasquet (France) 6-3 6-2
Golf:
PGA Championship
LEADING FINAL-ROUND SCORES
275 Rory McIlroy (N Ireland) 67 75 67 66
283 David Lynn (Britain) 73 74 68 68
284 Justin Rose (Britain) 69 79 70 66
Keegan Bradley (USA) 68 77 71 68
Ian Poulter (Britain) 70 71 74 69
Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 66 74 72 72
285 Blake Adams (USA) 71 72 75 67
Jamie Donaldson (Britain) 69 73 73 70
Peter Hanson (Sweden) 69 75 70 71
Steve Stricker (USA) 74 73 67 71
286 Ben Curtis (USA) 69 77 73 67
Bubba Watson (USA) 73 75 70 68
Tim Clark (South Africa) 71 73 73 69
Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 68 78 70 70
Graeme McDowell (Britain) 68 76 71 71
Tiger Woods (USA) 69 71 74 72
Adam Scott (Australia) 68 75 70 73
287 John Daly (USA) 68 77 73 69
Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 70 76 69 72
Bo Van Pelt (USA) 73 73 67 74
Other results of South African interest:
288 Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 70 79 70 69
289 Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 71 72 70 76
293 Ernie Els (South Africa) 72 75 73 73
Retief Goosen (South Africa) 73 75 75 70
294 Brendon De Jonge (Zimbabwe) 71 78 72 73
295 Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 70 77 74 74
MotoGP:
Valentino Rossi rejoins Yamaha:
On Friday Yamaha announced Italian motorcycling legend Valentino Rossi will leave Ducati at the end of the MotoGP season and rejoin Yamaha on a two-year deal.