Breakfast headlines

Rugby:

Die Vodacom Stormers se nagmerrie seisoen is nog 'n knou toegedien met 'n ernstige beseering aan Jean de Villiers. Die Stormers kaptein het vroeg die veld verlaat in die span se 34-11 nederlaag teen die Hurricanes. Die slegte nuus vanoggend is dat hy vir tot ses weke op die kantlyn sal wees. Die Chiefs is vanoggend bo op die Super 14 punteleer, gevolg deur die Sharks, die Bulls en die Hurricanes.

Cricket:

The IPL came alive over the weekend with two double headers at Sahara Park Newlands. My side, the Deccan Chargers, clinched an eight wicket win over Janine's Kolkata Knight Riders. Herschelle Gibbs top scored with 43 of 26 and man of the match, RP Singh took 4 for 22 in 3.4 overs, to win the match with 41 balls to spare. Yesterday's other contest was ruined by rain interuptions. Daniel Vettori took 3 for 15 in 3 overs to restrict the King's XI Punjab to 104 in 12 overs, but the Del! hi Daredevils innings was reduced to 6 overs after another rain interuption. Virender Sehwag hit 38 off 16 to reached the revised target of 54 in 4.5 overs. On Saturday, the Mumbai Indians beat the Chennai Superkings and the Bangalore Royal Challengers beat the Rajasthan Royals. Today it's Chennai versus Bangalore in PE. The next match in Cape Town is the Challengers against the Chargers on Wednesday.

Football:

Tim Howard stopped two penalty kicks to give Everton a 4-2 win over Manchester United in a penalty shootout. The Toffees have booked a place in the FA Cup final against Chelsea who beat Arsenal on Saturday. The match finished goalless after 120 minutes. Rio Ferdinand was philosophical after the loss and Everton's Phil Jagielka says he was fortunate not to giveaway a penalty during the match..

Formula One:

Sebastian Vettel gave Red Bull their first F1 win with a pole to chequered flag victor! y ahead of team mate Mark Webber in the rain-soaked Chinese Gr! and Prix on Sunday.

Cycling:

South African pro cycling outfit, Team Barloworld's Daryl Impey clinched the Tour of Turkey despite a big crash in the final 500 metres of the eighth and final stage.

Tennis:

Top seed and world number 50 Fabrice Santoro of France won the inaugural Soweto Open men's tennis tournament 7-5 6-4 against the unseeded Rik de Voest of South Africa.

World number one Rafael Nadal beat third seed Novak Djokovic 6-3 2-6 6-1 in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters.