By David GoldMay 20 - Britain's Lesley Paterson and Conrad Stoltz of South Africa have been crowned champions

By Tom DegunMay 20 - Jason Smyth (pictured), Ireland's double Paralympic sprint champion, looks to be closing in on his dream of competing at the Olympic Games after he clocked a time of 10.24sec in Florida, just 0.06 outside the 100m Olympic A standard, in his first race of the season.

on June 2.He shares a similar ambition to fellow Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius of South Africa

By Tom DegunMay 19 - Four Ghanaian London 2012 Paralympic hopefuls are looking to claim gold at the Games in just over 100 days' time, as they attempt to inspire their nation following a special year-long training camp at the West African country's Right to Dream Academy.

I will work so hard to make Ghana and Africa proud."It is a great honour to have qualified."

America's top Paralympians, including Jerome Singleton, the man who handed Oscar Pistorius of South Africa

claimed that he is unconcerned with the media hype surrounding his great rival Oscar Pistorius of South Africa

South Africa is the size of Texas but America is huge so obviously it is harder to make the Olympic team

By Tom DegunThe fascinating story of America's LaShawn Merritt, the Beijing 2008 Olympic 400 metres champion that dramatically fell from grace after testing positive for drugs, has been told many times and in many different ways.To quickly summarise, the outrageously talented sprinter from Virginia dominated almost every competition at junior level, including the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) 2004 World Junior Championships, where he won three gold medals and set two junior world records in the relays.Unlike many others, Merritt was able to translate his promising junior career into success at senior level and he truly announced himself on...

admits some concerns over unlikely medal contender Oscar Pistorius (pictured below, left) of South Africa

By Tom DegunMay 13 - A giant set of Olympic Rings has been unveiled in the fountain outside Cardiff's historic City Hall – ahead of the city's hosting of the first sporting event of London 2012, football on July 25.

majority of which will be free, will be held.Highlights of the London 2012 Festival in Wales include the Africa

By Tom DegunMay 9 - A total of 48 boxers from Africa have booked their spots at the London 2012 Olympics

places each and Tunisia taking three berths at the ExCeL.Gabon, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria and South Africa

Khalsi from Morocco, Mohamed Diaby from Mali, Ilyas Abbadi from Algeria, Siphiwe Lusizi from South Africa

Sponsor Loos" – no further explanation needed.A pilot of the United Nations stationed in North West Africa

By David GoldMay 7 - South Africa has completed the line-up for the London 2012 Olympic men's hockey

South Africa (pictured above) will now appear at the Games for the third time in a row, denying Japan

fire home the opening goal for the visitors.Lloyd Norris-Jones then grabbed another goal for South Africa

We will get better, we came through strong – the character in this team is strong," said South Africa

been filled.Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Britain, China, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa

Sponsor Loos" – no further explanation needed.A pilot of the United Nations stationed in North West Africa

By David GoldMay 3 - The wheelchair basketball tournament at London 2012 will tip off on August 30 when the United States and Turkey men's teams square up in the Basketball Arena in the Olympic Park, after the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) announced the fixture list.

In the men's tournament, reigning champions Australia, Spain, US, Italy, Turkey and South Africa contest

action also features Japan versus Canada and Colombia against Poland before Australia takes on South Africa

programme and the forthcoming Investec London Cup featuring GB, Netherlands, Germany, Australia, South Africa

He now lives and works in South Africa, where he runs Brooks Sport and Leisure, a successful consultancy

By David GoldApril 28 - Brazilian sprint star Terezinha Guilhermina (pictured top right) continued her build up to London 2012 with a stunning 200 metres race at the Abierto Mexicano Athletics competition in Mexico City, where she shattered the world record with a time of 24.67sec.

200m with times of 11.55 and 23.69 respectively.Meanwhile, a Brazilian swimming star making waves in Africa

was Daniel Dias, claiming three gold medals in the South Africa National Aquatic Championships in Durban.The