The unstoppable Michael Phelps won his sixth gold medal with his sixth world record of the Beijing Games on Friday.
In a one-party dominant state like SA, officials with political aspirations that suit the ANC are allowed to ride roughshod over our hard-won values.
South Africa’s Roland Schoeman proved in Beijing on Thursday night that there is no reason to write him off just yet.
Roger Federer’s troubled season took another turn for the worse when he was sent crashing out of the Olympic Games in a shock quarterfinal defeat.
Roland Schoeman, a silver medallist in the 100m freestyle at the Athens Games, is looking to give struggling South Africa an Olympic medal boost.
Frenchman Alain Bernard out-touched rival Eamon Sullivan to take Olympic gold in the 100m freestyle, with SA’s Lyndon Ferns finishing in sixth place.
The leader of China’s restive region of Xinjiang has warned of a ”life and death struggle” against terrorism, following a series of attacks.
High hopes for South African tennis this week at the Olympic Games and in Washington, DC, have ended in failure.
Australia pulverised hapless South Africa 10-0 on Wednesday in their quest to retain the Olympic men’s field hockey gold medal.
Michael Phelps became the greatest Olympian in history on Wednesday, capturing the 10th and 11th gold medals of his Games career.
Jean Basson gave Team South Africa its best result of the Beijing Olympics to date when he finished fourth in the 200m freestyle finals on Tuesday.
China’s Li Na produced a shock defeat of Svetlana Kuznetsova as the Olympic tennis tournament produced a catalogue of upsets on Monday.
Jean Basson in the 200m freestyle offered some Olympic hope for a first SA medal on a day that saw the US victorious in the 4x100m relay final.
Suicide bombings and police shootings left eight people dead in western China on Sunday, as Islamic separatists attempted to steal global attention.
Western tourists sightseeing in a rainy Tiananmen Square on Sunday were unfazed by a fatal attack on an American tourist in Beijing.
Swimmer Michael Phelps smashed his own world record to take a first gold on Sunday in the quest for an unprecedented eight wins.
The Czech Republic took first honours at the Olympics on Saturday, and China also won an early gold to cap a dazzling opening ceremony.
As the Summer Games open in Beijing, actor and activist Mia Farrow is webcasting the ”Darfur Olympics” from a refugee camp on the Sudan-Chad border.
Lucky Sindane assesses which South Africans have the potential to bring medals home.
Teams will soon line up for the event in which South Africa won their sole gold medal of the previous Olympics — the 4x100m freestyle relay.
Hundreds of thousands of the migrant workers who built Olympic venues and beautified the city have already been sent home.
Inspirational amputee swimmer Natalie du Toit will carry South Africa’s flag at the Olympic Games opening ceremony.
Olympic football champions Argentina began the defence of their title on Thursday ahead of the Games’ opening ceremony on Friday.
Flag-waving crowds cheered the torch relay through Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Wednesday as Olympic fever mounted.
Norway produced an opening 2-0 upset win over defending champions the United States as women’s football launched the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday.
”It’s the easiest arrival into China ever.” That was the comment of Team South Africa’s chef de mission, Hajeera Kajee, on Wednesday in Beijing.
China’s confidence is the subject of anxious debate in the European Union and the United States.
Michael Phelps’s quest for gold and glory is just one bid for Olympic history that will unfold in Beijing’s futuristic Olympic aquatic centre.
Websites on sensitive subjects are accessible in the Chinese capital as the authorities lifted more internet restrictions ahead of the Olympic Games.
China’s Olympic security operation makes the country look like a police state, according to the artist behind Beijing’s spectacular new stadium.
The International Olympic Committee and the Chinese organisers BOCOG have agreed to lift all internet restrictions.
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South Africa’s 800m star and Olympic silver medal winner in 2004, is still on track for a medal in Beijing.