Posted on November 04, 2020
Michaela Whitebooi's quest to become an Olympian starts in earnest over the weekend when she steps onto the mats to compete in the Yaounde African Open Judo Tournament in Cameroon.
Posted on October 27, 2020
Tuks teammates produce two standout swims at SA short-course championships.
Posted on October 27, 2020
Tatjana Schoenmaker's hobby seems to be setting new breaststroke records.
Posted on September 26, 2020
Tatjana Schoenmaker (TuksSwimming) surprised herself yesterday during the trials for the South African Shortcourse Championships by setting an Africa as well as a new national record in the 200m breaststroke.
Posted on September 07, 2020
Dr. Rendani Mulaudzi joined TuksSport in 2000 as a Sports Manager. In 2007, he was appointed as a Deputy Director. With his widespread experience in the sport industry, in 2005, he starting serving as an Acting General Manager of AmaTuks. Today, he is a TuksSport Deputy Director of Sport...
Posted on August 04, 2020
There are not many Tuks athletes who at 15 can boast of having rubbed shoulders with two of the legends of international sport. Kagiso Ledwaba can.
Posted on July 22, 2020
Massive! It is the word Rocco Meiring uses when asked as to the challenge that awaits Tatjana Schoenmaker and Kaylene Corbett to be at their best for next year's Tokyo Olympic Games.
Posted on July 17, 2020
Tuks's athletes are at long last able to do what they love, which is to jump, hurdle, sprint or throw on a synthetic track again.
Posted on July 07, 2020
Ruan Ras believes it is not the will to win that makes you a champion; it is refusing to fail that does.
Posted on June 01, 2020
Sport at the University of Pretoria is not only about winning, but also about achieving what is best for the athlete.
Posted on May 13, 2020
One of the challenges facing most team sports in South Africa is the many players from far off rural areas that fall by the wayside without ever getting to fulfill their potential.
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...
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