Sport & Athletics News

  • Four Assupol TuksCricket Players in 2017 National Academy

    Posted on January 25, 2017

    The CSA National Academy intake for this year include four students from the University of Pretoria who are members of the Assupol TuksCricket team.

  • Ngidi keen to make his debut for the Proteas in the T20-series

    Posted on January 18, 2017

    If there is one thing Lungi Ngidi from Assupol TuksCricket really relishes as a fast bowler it is to duel with a batsman at high speed.

  • Tuks twins win big at Biathlon World Championship

    Posted on November 21, 2016

    Bianca and Annika Strydom, two students at the University of Pretoria and members of TuksSport, represented South Africa at the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) World Championship in the USA, where they won gold and silver respectively.

  • TuksRowing take top honours at 2016 TuksSport Awards

    Posted on October 25, 2016

    The 2016 TuksSport Awards saw rowers Lawrence Brittain, Shaun Keeling, Ursula Grobler and Kirsten McCann take top honours by winning the Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year respectively. The prestigious event took place in Pretoria on Friday, 14 October 2016 where a total of 426 TuksSport...

  • Sport, exercise medicine and lifestyle research in the spotlight at UP

    Posted on September 06, 2016

    The University of Pretoria has identified 'Sport, exercise medicine and lifestyle interventions for chronic disease' as one of its four main strategic niche areas for research activity in the next decade.

  • Veterinary students' fun run to help the plight of rhinos

    Posted on August 22, 2016

    The popular annual Run4Rhinos fun run, an initiative of veterinary students of the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Veterinary Science, will take place at the LC de Villiers Sports Grounds on Saturday, 27 August 2016.

  • #TuksFootball: Youth Day talk with AmaTuks Head Coach, Shaun Bartlett

    Posted on May 25, 2016

    On 17 May 2016, AmaTuks Head Coach Shaun Bartlett shared his story with University of Pretoria students and staff at a Youth Day event organised by the Department of Library Services in the Merensky Library on the University's Hatfield Campus.

  • USSA Football Champions

    Posted on April 01, 2016

    During the past week, the University of Pretoria men's soccer team successfully defended their national title at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein to become the 2015 USSA National Football Club Champions.

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