Olympics 2012

Olympic gold medallist Chad le Clos has been crowned sports star of the year at the South African Sports Awards.

London 2012 organisers have promised an emotional celebration to bid farewell to the Olympics and Paralympics.

Caster Semenya has struck back at her critics who suggested she deliberately underperformed at the London Games to avoid controversy.

South Africa’s London Olympic Games team returned home to a hero’s welcome from scores of supporters at OR Tambo International on Tuesday morning.

Here are ten of those who came away from London 2012 with a golden glow and ten others who might be wishing they had done things differently.

While the magnificent Olympic Park glows with the "spirit of the Games", London residents feel they have been given a raw deal during the showpiece.

Marathon runner Stephen Kiprotich has clinched Uganda’s only second ever Olympic gold medal, as the curtain slowly dropped on the Olympics.

There’s no rest for the best, as 21-year-old Caster Semenya says she already plans to start concentrating on winning gold at the next Olympics.

Mexico stunned Brazil to win their first gold in the Olympic men’s soccer tournament with a shock 2-1 victory over five-time world champions Brazil.

Spice Girls, The Who, George Michael, The Muse and Fatboy Slim are just some of the acts expected to perform at the Olympics 2012 closing ceremony.

Sometimes, you have to look up from your textbooks and dream a little. After all, it’s not winning or losing that counts, it’s pretending you’re taking part.

South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius has made history by becoming the first double amputee to compete in an athletics event at the Olympics.

South Africa has dropped a few ranks in the Olympic medal standings, after other nations stepped up to add gold to their own hauls.

With a number of recent Hollywood hit films featuring arrow slingers in lead roles, archery has received a much needed boost at the London Olympics.

Cameron van der Burgh has set a new South African, African and Olympic record after winning his 100m breaststroke semifinal at the London Olympics.