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.
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.