Halep lost a see-saw battle with the Czech to exit the end-of-season championship after the group phase, while Pliskova will meet Australia’s world number one Ashleigh Barty in the semi-finals on Saturday.
The national team beat England 32-12 on Saturday in Yokohama, Japan, to equal New Zealand’s record of three world cup wins.
A Bernard Parker penalty secured the 4-2 win for the Glamour Boys who stay on course to win their first trophy in four years.
The 70-year-old former Olympian – who was known as Bruce Jenner before her gender reassignment surgery in 2017 – is reportedly being paid £500,000 to take part in the forthcoming series of the creepy-crawly show.
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The Springboks battered England 32-12 in a one-sided final in Yokohama, adding to their 1995 and 2007 titles and becoming the first team to lift the Webb Ellis Cup after losing a pool game.
Moody’s changed its outlook on the country's credit rating from stable to negative.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was in Japan for the final, said the victory confirmed that South Africa was the best team in the world.
The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has confirmed its prosecutor has written to three Absa Premiership coaches asking them to explain comments attributed to them in the media on match officials.
BET.co.za said that so far, about 90% of bets were on the Springboks to win the Rugby World Cup final against England.
In a media release, the Cape Town council confirmed that it had approved a binding heads of agreement between the municipality, the stadium and the the rugby union.
