Michael Phelps completed his stunning display of swimming supremacy with an historic eighth gold medal at the Beijing Games on Sunday.
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt won the men’s Olympic 100m in stunning style on Saturday, obliterating his own world record in 9,69 seconds.
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.
World-record holder Usain Bolt scorched into the men’s 100m final of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, but Tyson Gay crashed out.
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.
On the sunniest day so far of the Olympics Games, South African fortunes took a turn for the better.
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.
Michael Phelps won a record-equalling seventh Olympic gold medal in Beijing, ahead of Saturday’s showpiece, the athletics’ men’s 100m final.
Children from China’s dominant Han population represented Tibetan and other ethnic groups in the Olympic opening ceremony, an official said.
Roland Schoeman became the fifth South African swimmer to make a final after he finished third in his semifinal of the 50m freestyle on Friday.
He’s only 20 years old, but Jean Basson has shown clear signs of greater things to come, finishing just outside of the medals at his first Games.
Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry has not only given her politically beleaguered country something to smile about.
China faces a repair bill of almost -billion from the Sichuan earthquake, equivalent to one-fifth of its entire tax revenues for a single year.
All is not lost yet, but there is a fair bit of panic in some SA circles as, after almost a week in Beijing, the country is yet to win a medal.
The three fastest men in history all cruised through their Olympic 100m heats in Beijing on Friday.
The unstoppable Michael Phelps won his sixth gold medal with his sixth world record of the Beijing Games on Friday.
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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.
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.
Frenchman Alain Bernard put aside the demons of an agonising relay defeat to win the men’s 100m freestyle gold medal at the Beijing Games on Thursday.
Michael Phelps came up for air on Thursday morning, swimming just the semifinals of the men’s 200m individual medley.
The leader of China’s restive region of Xinjiang has warned of a ”life and death struggle” against terrorism, following a series of attacks.
Top seed Roger Federer avenged his Athens 2004 humiliation with a convincing win over Tomas Berdych as he remained on course for an Olympic final.
South Africa’s men and women hockey teams have been under the cosh in Beijing after both sides lost their opening two games.
Claims of questionable officiating and even cheating flared on Wednesday with the Olympic shooting and boxing competitions coming under fire.
The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by Typhoon Kammuri in south-west China has doubled to 40, the Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
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.
Ryk Neethling fails to progress in Beijing, but other SA swimmers fare better in their heats.
Former record holder Asafa Powell says Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay will not run him down if he takes the lead in their anticipated Olympic 100m clash.