Murder-accused South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius will not race this season, his agent said Monday, weeks before the Paralympian's return to court. The decision means Pistorius will miss out on the August 10-18 World Athletics Championships in Moscow. "He's decided he's not going onto the track again and have a go at any competitions or anything for the rest of this year," Peet van Zyl told AFP. Pistorius had to focus on the upcoming court case and was not physically and mentally ready to compete at top level, the agent said.

South African police have seized 49 mobile phones belonging to officers after they were used to photograph athlete Oscar Pistorius soon after his arrest for murder, the police ministry said Tuesday. The phones -- four official and 45 private handsets -- were confiscated nearly a week after the Paralympian sprinter's arrest for the Valentine's Day killing of his girlfriend. "These will form part of the evidence as part of possible South African police service internal disciplinary processes," police ministry spokesman Zweli Mnisi told AFP.

Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius appealed against some of his bail restrictions Thursday, saying the Olympic athlete might eventually need to return to track competition to earn money.Pistorius’ lawyers say the double-amputee runner, who is charged with murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend on Feb.

South Africa's Paralympian sprint star Oscar Pistorius, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend on February 14, is still too traumatised to start training for competition, his family said on Thursday. Pistorius last week succeeded in having his stringent bail conditions relaxed to allow him to travel abroad for competitions, but his uncle Arnold Pistorius said he was still battling to even step out of the house. "Oscar is not back on any official training programme. This may change in future, but this will be a decision taken by Oscar."