Beachgoers to the Strand were left in awe and wondering at the sanity of paddlers competing in the Island Tribe Ocean Test in Cape Town South Africa, the fifth race in the Best4 Surfski Series. Large waves were breaking on the outside reefs that line the Strand promenade, and, with zero wind blowing, the sea was a glassy playground for ocean lovers. The organisers set a ch...

The South African men’s 4x100 metre relay team gave South Africa their fourth gold medal and set a new world record in 41.78 seconds at the Paralympic Games in London on Wednesday night.
Samkelo Radebe, Zivan Smith, Arnu Fourie and Oscar Pistorius set the stadium alight as they exchanged batons – in the form of an arm tap – first in each leg of the race.
Brazil’s Alan Oliveira was close to catching Pistorius on the line but the Pistorius’ determination won through in the end.

South Africa's Chad le Clos cried tears of joy after ending Michael Phelps'
200m butterfly reign at the Olympics on Tuesday.
Le Clos, third at the final turn, relentlessly tracked in Phelps and pipped
him with a last-gasp surge to take the win in 1min 52.96sec.
Phelps, who had led at every turn in a quest to become the first man to win
the same Olympic swimming event at three successive Games, was just
five-hundredths of a second back in 1:53.01.
Phelps' silver medal took him level with Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina as