South Sudanese marathon runner, Guor Marial has inspired the nation following his performance at the 2012 London Olympics. Although he came 47th in his marathon, he says taking ... Read more »
Members of parliament are calling upon the Government to consider Ugandan gold medalist, Stephan Kiprotich as a national hero for his outstanding performance at the 2012 London ... Read more »
The Olympics Games have produced some outstanding stars who took away the breath of the crowd and the global audience with grandstanding performances. Read more »
Despite their exit from the Olympics and crashing against most teams, Nigeria's basketball team, the D'Tigers take pride in making their first Olympics appearance. Read more »
The 21-year-old athlete won a silver medal in the women's 800 metres final at the London Olympic Games to make it Country's most successful appearance since readmission to ... Read more »
Ethiopian Meseret Defar deprived her teammate Tirunesh Dibaba an Olympic double for a second time when she produced a home-stretch sprint to claim victory in the women's 5000m ... Read more »
Sports Minister Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi says Team Nigeria's lack of medals at the 2012 London Olympic games shows how far Nigerian sports has fallen behind. Read more »
South Africans will be glued to their screens when middle-distance runner and world champion, Caster Semenya takes to the track to compete in the women's 800m final. Read more »
It was Kenya, Botswana, Kenya in the 800m men's race in London on Thursday night, as David Rudisha, Nigel Amos and Timothy Kitum took first, second and third places. Adding icing ... Read more »
Thursday was a day of drama for South Africa at the Olympics, with the men's 4x4 800m relay team first forced out of their heat by a collision, then given a place in the finals, ... Read more »
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