Sport & Athletics News

  • 11th African Games

    Posted on September 02, 2015

    The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has named the South African team that will compete at the 11th African Games in Brazzaville, Congo from 4–19 September 2015. The team will be competing in 15 of the 22 sporting codes contested at the games.

  • TuksTennis Wooden Racquet tournament

    Posted on September 01, 2015

    TuksTennis is holding a fun-filled fundraiser for the University of Pretoria (UP) students participating in the University Sports South Africa (USSA) Tennis Tournament in Cape Town at the end of the year.

  • Varsity Netball shows its colours

    Posted on August 31, 2015

    Season III of Varsity Netball kicks off this spring and it is going to be colourful! Eight universities are set to battle it out for the top prize in university netball, that of Varsity Netball Champions.

  • Varsity football: UP-Tuks beat VUT 2–0

    Posted on August 31, 2015

    Tebogo Galane rounded off the scoring as the University Of Pretoria beat the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) 2–0 at the Tuks Stadium on Monday, 31 August.

  • Varsity Football: UP-Tuks seeks revenge against VUT

    Posted on August 30, 2015

    UP-Tuks will welcome the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) to the Tuks Stadium on Monday, 31 August 2015, for the penultimate round robin fixture in the Varsity Football tournament.

  • AmaTuks: Still no luck on the road

    Posted on August 27, 2015

    AmaTuks had a bad day at the office, losing 4-0 to Chippa United at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Tuesday, 25 August 2015.

  • UP-Tuks claim third consecutive Carlton Cup title

    Posted on August 24, 2015

    A clinical display of winning rugby enabled UP-Tuks to finally break the hat-trick curse after overpowering Police 42-15 (25-10 at half-time) in the 2015 Carlton Cup final played at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday 22 August 2015.

  • Wenda Nel through to the 400 H final in Beijing

    Posted on August 24, 2015

    The following TuksAthletics athletes are currently competing at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing: LJ van Zyl, Henricho Bruintjies, Akani Simbine, Cornel Fredericks, Orazio Cremona, Marc Mundell, Wenda Nel and Carina Horn.

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