PRETORIA, South Africa, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- South African paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was to appear in a Pretoria court Monday on charges of injuring a party guest at his home.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius will make a full recovery from head and facial injuries suffered in a boating accident, his agent says.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 18 (UPI) -- Double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, who runs on prosthetic blades, has come up short in his attempt to win a spot on the South African Olympic team.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 16 (UPI) -- Oscar Pistorius, the 21-year-old South African sprinter who runs on prosthetic limbs, was declared eligible Friday for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
MONTE CARLO, Monaco, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The international governing body for track and field ruled in Monaco that a South African double-amputee isn't eligible to run in the Olympics.
ROME, July 14 (UPI) -- A South African amputee finished second in the 400-meter run at a track meet this week in Rome.
