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.
The girl who starred at the Olympic opening ceremony was only on stage because the real singer was not considered attractive enough, it was revealed.
US sisters Serena and Venus Williams powered on towards a likely gold-medal showdown with easy second-round wins on Tuesday.
US swimmer Michael Phelps carved his name among Olympic greats on Tuesday, winning a record-equalling ninth gold on a dominant morning for Americans.
As the Beijing Olympic Games highlight China’s emergence as a world power, the EU is struggling to take a coherent approach to the Asian giant.
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.
American swimmer Michael Phelps needed a little help from his friends to pip France in the relay on Monday and keep alive his dream of eight golds.
A study has found choosing the colour red for a uniform in competitive sports can affect the referee’s split-second decision-making ability.
Suicide bombings and police shootings left eight people dead in western China on Sunday, as Islamic separatists attempted to steal global attention.
”It’s anyone’s game tomorrow,” is the message from Darian Townsend after the South African team were confined to third in their heat.
A crash landing off the asymmetric bars by He Kexin failed to stop China from upstaging an injury-hit United States team at the Olympics on Sunday.
China leapt and twisted to gold in the women’s synchronised three metre springboard on Sunday, claiming the first diving medals.
Western tourists sightseeing in a rainy Tiananmen Square on Sunday were unfazed by a fatal attack on an American tourist in Beijing.
Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry, who won silver in the Olympic 400m individual medley on Sunday, said she would never compete for another country.
Swimmer Michael Phelps smashed his own world record to take a first gold on Sunday in the quest for an unprecedented eight wins.
Jamaica’s world record holder Usain Bolt has a lot more weighing on his shoulders than just trying to become his country’s first Olympic 100m champion
From the nation which brought you the 12 000km Long March in 1934, you would anticipate nothing less than a spectacle.
The hopes of strife-torn Sudan for an elusive Olympic medal lie squarely on the teenaged shoulders of 800m runner Abubaker Kaki Khamis.
The Czech Republic took first honours at the Olympics on Saturday, and China also won an early gold to cap a dazzling opening ceremony.
Resurgent China opened the Olympics on Friday with a burst of fireworks at a spectacular ceremony that celebrated ancient Chinese history.
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.
These are the first Olympic Games in which anticipation of the athletes’ feats has been overshadowed by speculation about the nature of the event.
The most lavish Olympic Games of the modern era will get under way on Friday in the spectacular Bird’s Nest stadium, with more than 80 heads of state.
Olympic football champions Argentina began the defence of their title on Thursday ahead of the Games’ opening ceremony on Friday.
Football is in danger of losing its prominent position at the Olympics after a ruling allowing clubs to deny them a place at the Games.
African athletes are accustomed to Beijing’s steamy temperatures and count themselves among the few who are unconcerned about the weather.
While many Olympians meditate or listen to music to calm their nerves, several weightlifters in Beijing on Tuesday tried to lighten up by lighting up.
Most people in Given Maduma’s community didn’t know what fencing was when news spread that the young South African had qualified for the Olympics.