Many Brazilians watched the closing ceremony of the London Olympics with trepidation.
Not all Olympic medals were created equal. Or at least, some Olympic medallists are cheaper than others.
Cameron van der Burgh gives the Mail & Guardian’s Charles Leonard a stroke-by-stroke account of his record-breaking race at the Olympics.
A Johannesburg matric pupil who asked Olympic gold medallist Chad le Clos to be her matric dance date was completely flabbergasted when he agreed.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula were at OR Tambo International Airport to give SA’s athletes a grand welcome home.
Valerie Adams said she was delighted to win gold after her rival was disqualified but felt cheated by not receiving the medal in front of a crowd.
Anyone who has visited the Olympic Park will not have missed the ubiquitous branding of two of its sponsors, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola.
Our most famous athletes are far from perfect, yet transcend the labels thrown at them to represent something more meaningful, says Verashni Pillay.
The ANC Youth League has pronounced itself "delirious with happiness" over Caster Semenya’s second place finish in the women’s Olympics 800m final.
Compared to the funding countries such as Britain received, South Africa’s spending was hardly impressive, The Saturday Star has reported.
South Africa’s 4×400 metres relay team were outclassed in the final at the London Olympic Games on Friday night.
The Guardian commissioned a team of statisticians to recalculate olympic results in terms of GDP size, team size and money spent on athletes.
An objectification amnesty has been declared for the duration of the Olympic Games – a smorgasbord of physical perfection, whatever your taste.
The London Olympic Games have squeezed out every drop of emotion from the athletes, coaches and viewers, writes Luke Alfred.
South Africa’s Sifiso Nhlapo has failed to make it through to the quarterfinals of the BMX racing event at the London Olympic Games.
South Africa’s men’s 4x400m relay team will run in the London Olympics final after a successful appeal for reinstatement following a dramatic crash.
Protecting athletes’ sexual health at the Olympics requires many years of planning. There are pool tables to distract them, for example.
South Africa’s javelin queen Sunette Viljoen believes she is ready to unleash a 70-metre throw at the London Olympics.
Sascoc says it has not been told of any "untoward" behaviour by the swimmers on South Africa’s Olympic team at the London Games.
All the South Africans who competed in the early sessions of their respective Olympic events on Tuesday, have enjoyed success.
Usain Bolt will attempt to defend the 200m title he won in Beijing four years ago in the same way he has already repeated in the 100m in London.
With 80 000 sets of eyes locked on the world’s best sprinters, one ticket holder decided to add to the drama and lob a bottle at Usain Bolt.
Algerian 1 500m medal contender Taoufik Makhloufi has been tossed out of the Olympics after not trying to complete his 800m heat.
Usain Bolt’s victory in the Olympic 100m has given Jamaica the perfect Independence Day present and underlined his status as the fastest man on Earth.
Jamaican Usain Bolt won the Olympic men’s 100 metres gold medal in a time of 9.63 seconds.
History-making Oscar Pistorius missed out on the Olympic 400m final when he finished last in his semifinal.
Pakistan scored twice in the last six minutes to deny South Africa their first victory of the London Olympics in their Group A men’s hockey clash.
Long jumper Khotso Mokoena believes he can bag an elusive Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Saturday night belonged to Britain who took three athletics golds and three more elsewhere to register their best day at an Olympics since 1908.
Serena Williams clinched her first Olympic singles gold medal with a 6-0, 6-1 demolition of Maria Sharapova.
The South African women’s hockey team will have to be content with a bottom-half finish to their Olympic campaign after losing 1-0 to Australia.
South Africa’s only medallist at the 2008 Beijing Games is desperate to improve on his performance from four years ago.