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.
Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova are not just playing for Olympic gold at Wimbledon. There’s a career Golden Slam on the line, too.
Swimmer Chad le Clos has won South Africa’s fourth medal of the London Olympic Games, tying second in the men’s 100m butterfly in 51.44 seconds.
Science shows music has a profound effect on an athlete before and during a major sports event.
The woman who gatecrashed India’s parade at the Olympic opening ceremony has apologised for her "error of judgment".
Chad le Clos says he did not expect to make the final of the men’s 100-metres butterfly event at the London Olympic Games.
The overt nostalgia of the Olympic opening ceremony fits the theory that economic atrophy leads to an obsession with the past says Aditya Chakraborty.
Cameron van der Burgh and Chad Le Clos have shown what can be done if money’s available, sparking calls for a new tier of funding for SA swimmers.
It is early, but not too early, to celebrate London 2012 as one of South Africa’s best-ever Olympics. The challenge now will be to learn from this.
Chad le Clos may have stunned the world with his winning performance in the pool this week, but his childhood swimming coach was not surprised.
Usain Bolt tells Donald McRae about his rivals for the crown, the horror of false starts and how he planned to make history in London.
South Africa’s rowing team has secured the country’s third gold medal of the Olympic Games, finishing first in the men’s lightweight-four final.
Olympic champion Cameron van der Burgh talks candidly about the immense pressure he felt ahead of his race, and how listening to John Mayer helped.
South Africa has dropped a few ranks in the Olympic medal standings, after other nations stepped up to add gold to their own hauls.
China’s teenage swimming sensation has ascribed her stunning Olympic success to the quality training she has received since childhood.
The South African men’s hockey team have rallied from a goal down to end 2-2 against Great Britain in their Olympic pool A clash.
Wimbledon champion Serena Williams has swept into the Olympic quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-0 rout of Russia’s Vera Zvonareva on Wednesday.
London’s mayor Boris Johnson had an unfortunate end to his latest publicity stunt, getting stuck halfway on a zip wire at an Olympic Games events.
The South African women’s hockey team has fired a scathing salvo at the video referral system after their 4-1 loss to New Zealand in London.
Revelations that the Japanese women’s soccer team had been instructed to manufacture a draw has tarnished Banyana Banyana’s performance in London.
Eight women badminton players at the Olympics have been charged with "throwing" matches to secure an easier draw in the next round.
Swimming sensation Chad le Clos scooped SA’s second gold medal of the Olympics, edging US legend Michael Phelps in the men’s 200m butterfly.
Can geopolitical dominance and influence be measured in terms of the number of Olympic medals a country bags? Let’s break it down. G7 versus Brics.
China has vehemently rejected claims of doping as a growing row over the astonishing performance of its swimmer Ye Shiwen at the London Games.
Versatile swimmer Chad le Clos provided South Africa’s only shining light on the third day of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Britain’s much-maligned public transport system coped with an unusually quiet early rush hour on the first full working day of the Olympics.
Their 3-0 drubbing by Canada gave Banyana Banyana a knock, but coach Joseph Mkhonza says it was a good wake-up call.
The enduring image of the Summer and Winter Games, is out of sight from the throngs of fans who hoped to catch an inspiring glimpse.
Banyana Banyana went down 3-0 against Canada in their second Olympic group F match played in Coventry on Saturday.