Today in SA sport history: October 26

1996 — Gary Murray loses his marginal WBU welterweight title on a controversial disqualification to Italian Alessandro Duran in San Remo.

2001 — The Proteas beat India by six wickets in Durban in the final of the triangular ODI tournament also featuring Kenya. Asked to bat first, India were bowled out for 183, with Rahul Dravid top-scoring with 77. Justin Kemp took three wickets for South Africa, and Shaun Pollock and Nantie Hayward two each. Opener Gary Kirsten spearheaded the chase, striking 87 as South Africa reached the target with 47 balls to spare.

2002 — Gary Kirsten scores an unbeaten 154 and Jacques Kallis 107 in the second Test against Bangladesh in Potchefstroom. Herschelle Gibbs, resuming on 36, made 114. Kirsten was out the next day for 160 while Kallis ended on 139 not out when South Africa declared on 482/5.

2002 — Bafana Bafana beat Tanzania 4-3 on penalties to take third place in the Castle Lager Cup competition match in Arusha. Tshepo Ntsoane scored South Africa’s only goal in regulation time.

2002 — In one of the classic local ring wars, Cassius Baloyi fights back to stop former two-time world champion Mbulelo Botile in the 11th round at Carnival City.

2003 — Shaun Pollock takes six wickets as the Proteas bowl out Pakistan for 348 in the second and final Test in Faisalabad.

2007 — The Proteas beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the fourth ODI in Multan to stay alive in the five-match series at 2-2. Younis Khan made 82 as the hosts were restricted to 230/9. South African captain Graeme Smith hit 81 and Shaun Pollock, coming in as a pinch-hitter, smashed 90 from 84 balls as the visitors achieved victory in the 38th over.

2009 — Shandre Fritz scores 42 and Trisha Chetty 31 before the South African women lose their last eight wickets for 18 runs to be dismissed for 101 to lose the second T20 at Newlands by 13 runs.

2010 — Colin Ingram makes an unbeaten 46 off 38 balls as the Proteas score 120/4 to beat Pakistan by six wickets in the first T20 in Abu Dhabi.

2013 — South Africa bowl out Pakistan for 326 to win the second and final Test in Dubai by an innings and 92 runs to share the series 1-1.

2013 — Captain Mignon du Preez scores an unbeaten 79, Marizanne Kapp 72 and Lizelle Lee 65 as the South African women total 274/3 on their way to beating Sri Lanka by 67 runs in the second ODI in Potchefstroom to take the series 2-0. The third and final match was rained out.

2014 — Dane van Niekerk scores an unbeaten 70 as the South African women, needing 133 to win, beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets in the third and final T20 to win the series 2-1.

2017 — Quinton de Kock hits 59 off 44 balls and AB de Villiers an unbeaten 49 off 27 as the Proteas, on 195/4, beat Bangladesh by 20 runs in the first T20 in Bloemfontein.

2021 — Aiden Markram scores an unbeaten 51 off 26 balls as the Proteas, needing 144, beat the West Indies by eight wickets in a T20 World Cup contest in Dubai.

2025 — England-based Reg Bamford wins his sixth men’s singles world croquet championship men’s singles crown, downing England’s Mark Avery in the final at West Palm Beach in Florida. Bamford, who didn’t drop a game throughout the competition, beat world No 1 Robert Fletcher of Australia, the 2013 world champion, in the semifinals.