Djokovic wins Serbia's first tennis medal

Novak Djokovic claimed Serbia's first-ever Olympic tennis medal on Saturday while the giant-killing run of China's Li Na came shuddering to a halt.

Bolt streaks ahead as Gay crashes out

World-record holder Usain Bolt scorched into the men's 100m final of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, but Tyson Gay crashed out.

SA rowing pair fifth in Games final

South Africa's men's rowing pair Ramon di Clemente and Shaun Keeling had to settle for fifth place in their Olympic final on Saturday.

'Affectionate gesture' sparks a global storm

Spain's Olympic basketball teams posed for a pre-Olympics advertisement making "slit-eyed" gestures on a court decorated with a Chinese dragon.

Mixed Olympic fortunes for South Africa

On the sunniest day so far of the Olympics Games, South African fortunes took a turn for the better.

From bullets and bombs to Beijing

Iraq's Dana Abdulrazak, who braved sniper fire and bombs in order to train, was a winner just by starting the women's 100m opening heats on Saturday.

Millions wasted on SA Olympic marketing centre

Sport and Recreation Minister Makhenkesi Stofile has asked his staff to explain why a marketing centre in Beijing has not been operational.

Another gold for Phelps in Beijing

Michael Phelps won a record-equalling seventh Olympic gold medal in Beijing, ahead of Saturday's showpiece, the athletics' men's 100m final.

China under cloud over Olympic fakes

Children from China's dominant Han population represented Tibetan and other ethnic groups in the Olympic opening ceremony, an official said.

Great expectations

There's something about the 800m. It's the only event in which two different South Africans have medalled at two different Games since readmission.

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