athletics

Blanch Moila, the first black woman to be awarded Springbok colours; three-time Boston Marathon winner Ibrahim Hussein; and South African exercise physiologist and author Tim Noakes are among the speakers lined up for the 20th World Congress of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, which will be held in Durban at the end of May.

Blanch Moila, the first black woman to be awarded Springbok colours; three-time Boston Marathon winner Ibrahim Hussein; and South African exercise physiologist and author Tim Noakes are among the speakers lined up for the 20th World Congress of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, which will be held in Durban at the end of May.

Five of South Africa's top sports stars - athlete Caster Semenya, swimmer Cameron van der Burgh, Paralympic standout Fanie van der Merwe, wheelchair tennis ace Lucas Sithole, and footballing great Jomo Sono - will receive the country's highest civilian honours on Freedom Day.

Simon Magakwe became the first South African to break the 10-second barrier for the 100 metres at the South African Athletics Championships in Pretoria on the weekend, clocking 9.98 seconds to break the 26-year-old national record of 10.06 seconds that he shared with Johan Rossouw.

Durban's hosting of the World Transplant Games, the biggest organ donor awareness event in the world, has been hailed a success by athletes and organisers alike. The Games wrapped up on Saturday with a moving closing ceremony.

Did you know that Natalie du Toit was the first person in history to carry her country's flag at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games? And that South African Paralympians have won over 100 gold medals - an astonishing 21 of these in Beijing in 2008? Find out more about Team SA at the Paralympics.

South Africa's Paralympians were in a confident mood at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday afternoon ahead of their departure for the 2012 London Paralympic Games.

Three golds, two silvers and a bronze medal made London South Africa's most successful Games since the country's readmission to the Olympic fold in 1992. Stunning performances in the pool, on the water and on track demonstrated the country's ability and fighting spirit, boding well for Rio in four years' time.

There were 25 gold medals up for grabs on "Super Saturday" at the London Olympics, and while British athletes gave home supporters what they wanted, delivering three gold medals, South Africa's Oscar Pistorius delighted people with his qualification for the semi-finals of the 400 metres.

With three gold medals just six days into London 2012, some people are wondering whether this could turn out to be South Africa's best Olympics ever. Which raises the question of how one judges a country's success at the Games. The answer is not straightforward. Or is it?