Posted on August 08, 2024
Tuks still tops the 2024 Men’s Varsity Football log standings after playing to a goalless draw against North-West University on Thursday, 8 August. The 94 minutes of football can be best summarised as a chess match between the Tuks strikers and the NWU goalkeeper, Kamogelo Matane. There...
Posted on August 07, 2024
TuksFootball will aim for three wins out of three when they face North-West University on home turf in Round 3 of the 2024 Men’s Varsity Football campaign. After the first two rounds, Tuks tops the log with six points, remaining unbeaten. They also boast the best goal difference, scoring...
Posted on August 05, 2024
Edmund du Plessis will face his biggest challenge as an 800-metre athlete when he lines up to race in the men’s heats at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France on Wednesday, 7 August. The UP-Tuks medical student is under no illusions as to what awaits him. But there is no getting away...
Posted on August 03, 2024
A question that might "bowl" most sports fans might be when asked which South African coach got athletes to medal at the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games and World Athletics Championships. Not many might know that the answer to this is Neil Cornelius. Under the Tuks coach's...
Posted on August 01, 2024
Tatjana Smith upped her Olympic medal tally to four, finishing second in the women’s 200m-breaststroke at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France. The result means she is South Africa's "GOAT" – greatest of all time – in women's sport at the Olympics. Earlier this week, the...
Posted on July 31, 2024
Chapter two of Restoring Tuks' Pride in the Men’s Varsity Football Tournament continues. Tuks take on CUT in Round 2 in Bloemfontein. "We are going to come out 'guns blazing'. Be at your best. We owe it to our fans, actually everyone at the University of Pretoria, for doing so. To...
Posted on July 31, 2024
By qualifying for the 200m-breaststroke final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France, Tatjana Smith and Kaylene Corbett have improved on one of the most unique records in South African sports. On Thursday, 1 August, it will be the sixth time the Tuks female swimmers will compete in the same...
Posted on July 30, 2024
On Monday, 29 July, Tatjana Smith of TuksSwimming, won gold in the women's 100m breaststroke final with an impressive time of 1:05.28 at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France. The Tuks swimmer's heroics led South Africa to win their first Olympic gold medal at the Paris Games. It was...
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