South Africa prosecutors win bid to appeal Pistorius conviction

Image: Oscar Pistorius at the Pretoria high court. Photograph: Alon Skuy/The Times/Gallo Images Pool/Getty Images South African prosecutors on Wednesday won their bid to appeal the culpable......

Sports Shorts: Pistorius sent for 30 days of mental tests

South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius was ordered on Tuesday to undergo a month of psychiatric tests to find out whether he was criminally responsible on the night he shot......

Pistorius trial: Judge to give verdict on Sept 11

South African judge Thokozile Masipa said on Friday she would deliver her verdict in the murder trial of Paralympic and Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius on September 11.......

Trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius

The murder trial of Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius will wind up on Friday, ending six months of at times gripping courtroom drama that transfixed his native South Africa and......

Pistorius trial: Judge says allegations of police contamination of evidence insignificant

Oscar Pistorius. Photograph: Werner Beukes/Independent Newspapers/Gallo Image/Getty Images South African Judge Thokozile Masipa said while reading her verdict in the murder trial of Oscar......