Today in SA sport history: October 29

1961 — Nine men — two white, five coloured and two Indian — play in a mixed-race soccer match at Curries Fountain, Durban, and are later charged in the local magistrate’s court for contravening the Group Areas Act. The white and coloured players were accused of playing at an Indian facility and the two Indians for assisting them to do so. The matter reportedly ended in the provincial supreme court with the judge president ruling that, as long as the players didn’t sit down together, there was nothing in the Act preventing them from playing alongside each other.

1989 — Kevin Curren claims the final ATP singles title of his career, beating Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia 6-2 7-5 in the final of the Frankfurt Cup.

1996 — Jonty Rhodes scores 54 to help the Proteas to a five-wicket win over India in a triangular series ODI in Rajkot. South Africa reached the 186 target with eight balls remaining.

1999 — Shaun Pollock takes 5/39 as South Africa bowl out Zimbabwe for 192 on the opening day of a one-off Test in Bloemfontein.

2007 — Makhaya Ntini and Albie Morkel take four wickets each as the Proteas beat Pakistan by 14 runs in the final ODI in Lahore to clinch the five-match series 3-2. South Africa had scored 233/9, with Jacques Kallis hitting 86 and Herschelle Gibbs 54. Pakistan were on track for victory at 199/4, but Ntini and Morkel combined to knock over the last six wickets for 20 runs.

2010 — Lonwabo Tsotsobe takes 4/27 to help the Proteas to an eight-wicket triumph over Pakistan in the first ODI in Abu Dhabi. Jacques Kallis scored 66 and AB de Villiers 51 chasing the 204-run target.

2011 — Takalani Ndlovu makes the first defence of his IBF junior-featherweight title when he outpoints Mexican Giovanni Caro over 12 rounds in Colima, Mexico.

2017 — David Miller blasts an unbeaten 101 off 36 balls as the Proteas to beat Bangladesh by 83 runs in Potchefstroom to win the T20 series 2-0. Hashim Amla scored 85 off 51 deliveries to push South Africa to a total of 224/4.

2024 — Tony de Zorzi scores an unbeaten 141 and Tristan Stubbs 106 as South Africa finish the first day of the second Test against Bangladesh in Chattogram on 307/2.

2025 — Captain Laura Wolvaardt scores 169 off 143 balls to lift the Proteas to 319/7 on their way to beating England by 125 runs in their World Cup semifinal in Guwahati. Marizanne Kapp took 5/20, which included two early wickets with the Proteas reducing their opponents to 1/3.

2025 — Siyakholwa Kuse fades in the final rounds to lose on points his challenge against WBC strawweight champion Melvin Jerusalem in Manila, Philippines. The tournament commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Thrilla in Manila between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.