Alas, the age of miracles are indeed over. It was always going to be a miraculous achievement if South Africa was going to snatch victory from a rampant Pakistani side in the second test at Rawalpindi - but it depended on every batsman coming to the party.
Two Robert Lewandowski strikes earned Bayern Munich a spot in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup. The German champions will now face Mexican champions Tigers UANL in the final on Thursday at Education City Stadium in Doha, in Qatar.
Wasteful Kaizer Chiefs were booted out of the Nedbank Cup in the first round on Sunday. Energetic Richards Bay managed a famous victory over Chiefs beating them 2-1 at FNB Stadium.
Leading cleric Father Brian Mhlanga has warned former President Jacob Zuma that his defiance of the Constitutional Court and the Zondo commission will "backfire" against him and the ANC.
Gregory Dow, an American Christian missionary, has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for abusing underage girls at a Kenyan orphanage he ran.
Disabled 76-year-old Gogo Nontuthuzelo Handile of KwaZakhele township in Port Elizabeth was left penniless and frustrated after being defrauded of R5,000 in her Sassa account.