Posted on November 04, 2019
Assupol TuksCricket's celebration of 100 years of cricketing excellence was made even more special on Saturday night when they won the Red Bull Campus Cricket T20 tournament in Dubai.
Posted on October 31, 2019
If the Springboks can keep their cool, they will beat England on Saturday in the World Cup final in Yokohama, but it is going to be a humdinger right up to the very last minute. That anyway is the prediction of some of Tuks's top athletes who know what it takes to win at the highest level.
Posted on October 31, 2019
Try they did, but unfortunately, mechanical setbacks at crucial times hampered the Tuks men's mountain bike team in their quest to win the FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage Varsity Mountain Bike-title.
Posted on October 31, 2019
The Tuks Judoka, Unelle Snyman, made a mindset change as to when and where she can afford to be friendly now she is on track to maybe qualify for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Posted on October 29, 2019
Donald Ramphadi is considered to be a rising star in international wheelchair quad tennis, but champions need to train, and of late he has been battling to do so.
Posted on October 29, 2019
South Africa have won the bid to host the men’s 2020 Middle East and Africa Championship, which will take place in Pretoria next October. The 2019 version was recently held in Lagos, Nigeria and also involved Cameroon, Ghana and Morocco - the hosts taking the title after defeating Morocco...
Posted on October 28, 2019
Tennis South Africa (TSA) and the University of Pretoria (TUKS) have announced an exciting new partnership that sees TuksSport and TuksTennis become the official home for the TSA wheelchair Tennis high performance programme, from November 2019 onwards.
Posted on October 28, 2019
“No matter what happens, never give up – keep on giving your best. Your best is all that will result in you ending up on top.” This was the message Tuks wheelchair rugby player Okkie Anker had for the Springbok rugby team ahead of their Rugby World Cup final match against...
Posted on October 24, 2019
The Assupol Tuks cricketer, Bonga Chepkonga, is possibly one of the very few students who can claim that one bad exam changed their life for the better.
Posted on October 24, 2019
Andries Nigrini has already helped TuksCycling achieved two breakthroughs this year, but his campaign in the "Striped jersey" is far from finished.
Posted on October 24, 2019
Tuks will be hoping there is some truth in the saying about third time lucky should they on Saturday get to clash with the Mustangs in the final of the South African Wheelchair Rugby League final.
Posted on October 22, 2019
The Proteas dismal performance in the cricket test series against India highlighted the importance of having a good allrounder in the team.
Posted on October 21, 2019
Absolute perfection is what it was all about for the Tuks karateka, Jesse Sim, as he prepared for the Junior and Cadet & Under-21 Championships in Santiago, Chile.
Posted on October 21, 2019
Chloe Brewis, an 11-year-old University of Pretoria TuksSport wrestler, has been bruised and even had her nose broken, yet she’s still standing. In fact it has only motivated her to work harder at her chosen sport.
Posted on October 18, 2019
UP's SEMLI recently opened the doors to its new Biomechanics Lab, which is already providing support services to TuksSport’s first teams as well as elite track and field athletes.
Posted on October 17, 2019
There’s no stopping Kemisetso Baloyi (21) once she has the ball in hand. The women’s Sevens rugby player scored a total of 16 tries in the University Sports South Africa (USSA) and Varsity women’s tournaments – and in doing so, helped the Delta Drone Tuks women’s...
Posted on October 16, 2019
Fans of the Olympic Games who are used to seeing extraordinary physical feats are in for a "treat" next year in Tokyo should they watch the rock climbers do their stuff.
Posted on October 14, 2019
During yesterday's final played at Wits Tuks was in the lead against UJ up to the last four minutes of the match. Unfortunately, mistakes and maybe even nerves ended up costing the "Striped Team". UJ managed to score six times consecutively in the dying minutes before Tuks was able again to add...
Posted on October 14, 2019
"Veni, Vidi, Vici" is an excellent way to describe the heroics of the various Tuks sports teams and athletes who competed in the Varsity Sports Tournaments.
Posted on October 08, 2019
Tuks beating Maties 48-43 last night in the Varsity Netball final proves there is merit in Gary Player's famous quote about the harder you train, the luckier you get or should it be said, the more you win.
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