Posted on May 07, 2020
The ability to think outside the box is going to be crucial for every administrator who hopes to help revive the sporting industry in South Africa after the coronavirus pandemic, says TuksSport Acting Director Toby Sutcliffe.
Posted on May 06, 2020
Desperate times require desperate measures that are why TuksNetball's head coach Jenny van Dyk resorted to becoming a "movie producer".
Posted on April 30, 2020
Tuks's Gift Leotlela can honestly claim to be South African athletics forgotten sprinter, but as it said you can't "slow" a quality sprinter down forever.
Posted on April 24, 2020
Former head coach of the South African U-20 Women’s National Team (Basetsana), Sheryl Botes, and currently the Head Coach of the SAFA Girls Soccer Academy based at the High Performance Centre (HPC), in Pretoria has been appointed a CAF Instructor.
Posted on April 20, 2020
Tuks's Tatjana Schoenmaker has not been idle in the three weeks she has been building up the courage to take that a heroic comeback plunge in what certainly is going to be an icy experience
Posted on April 07, 2020
One of the dire consequences of the coronavirus pandemic is that hardly a day has gone by that a major international sports event has not been cancelled or postponed.
Posted on March 26, 2020
An athlete's health does matter; that is why the South African 200m-record holder Clarence Munyai is not disappointed about the Tokyo Olympic Games being postponed until next year.
Posted on March 25, 2020
Relieved as well as saddened is how the World Swimming Championship silver medallist Tatjana Schoenmaker feels about the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games to next year.
Posted on March 16, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak is having a severe impact on the international sports scene. Still, for now, it is business as usual for Akani Simbine (Adidas-Tuks). He is only focussed on being fast. Yesterday morning during the Gauteng North Championships at Tuks he won his 100-meter heat in a time...
Posted on March 09, 2020
Two seconds faster is the challenge that awaits the World Championship silver medallist Tatjana Schoenmaker when she competes in the 200m-breaststroke during the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Posted on March 08, 2020
Zinzi Chabangu (UJ) set the first South African senior athletics record for the season when yesterday she won the women's triple jump with a 14.02 metres effort during a league meeting at Tuks.
Posted on February 04, 2020
The male sprinters of the TuksSport High School dominated during the Twizza Super School Series Grand Finale winning no less than five gold medals.
Posted on January 31, 2020
Whoever beats Thabang Hlohlo (TuksSport High School) tomorrow in the 100 metres during the Twizza Super School Series Grand Finale at Tuks can definitely claim to be one of the fastest schoolboy sprinters in South Africa.
Posted on January 09, 2020
For the TuksSport High School learners, it is never only about having big match temperament and being sports-wise skilled to perfection excelling in their academics is equally essential to them.
Posted on January 09, 2020
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announces that its 2020 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which was first published on 30 September 2019, entered into force on 1 January.
Posted on November 12, 2019
There’s no secret any more as to what TuksSport High School judo star Thomas Breytenbach’s favourite pastime is: He likes to win medals during international judo tournaments.
Posted on November 11, 2019
University of Pretoria TuksSport swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker won the South African Sports Star of the Year award as well as the South African Sportswoman of the Year award at the SA Sport Awards in Durban recently.
Posted on November 09, 2019
Tatjana Schoenmaker (Tuks) has been nominated by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) for their best athlete award.
Posted on September 30, 2019
Clarence Munyai is one step closer to the realisation of a long-time dream after he finished second in his 200m heat during the IAAF World Championship in Doha running 20.29s.
Posted on September 17, 2019
Africa's and South Africa's fastest 400m-hurdler, Sokwakhana Zazini, won't be competing at the IAAF World Championships in Doha due to a foot injury.
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