Posted on August 25, 2017
Roto only fell short of gold by 0.02sec with a time of 10.24sec, behind Chinese Taipei’s Yang Chun-Han, who had the support of his home crowd.
Posted on August 24, 2017
“Go out and just have fun.” That will be Werner Prinsloo (coach)’s advice to Akani Simbine (Tuks/HPC) when he lines up to compete in the 100m at the Diamond League Meeting in Zurich.
Posted on August 24, 2017
TuksNetball will start their Varsity Tournament campaign on Sunday in Bloemfontein by playing against Kovsies and on Monday against Pukke.
Posted on August 24, 2017
Tatjana Schoenmaker won South Africa’s first medal at the World Student Games in Taipei this afternoon (24/08) when she set a new best time of 2:24.61 in the 200m-breaststroke to finish second.
Posted on August 23, 2017
Jade Buitendag, HPC/TuksGolf Academy player took a huge step towards a maiden professional title on the IGT Challenge Tour when he opened up five shot lead on the chasing pack in the second round of the Wingate Challenge.
Posted on August 23, 2017
TuksRugby will tackle one of the most critical shortcomings in South African rugby with the launch of its Skills School that will cater for the needs of players as well as coaches.
Posted on August 22, 2017
Jade Buitendag, HPC /TuksGolf Academy staked a claim on the share of the first round lead in the Wingate Challenge with a sizzling six-under-par 66 on Monday.
Posted on August 22, 2017
Frank Mpedi is a stalwart for UP-Tuks with the central midfielder being a pivotal player for the University of Pretoria since the 2014 season, where he helped his university clinch their second Varsity Football title.
Posted on August 22, 2017
The Jaguars won the Brutal Fruit Netball Tournament and Gauteng the Provincial Championships. The core of both teams were Tuks-players.
Posted on August 21, 2017
TuksSwimmers excelled at the SA Nat Short Course Champs held in Pietermaritzburg from 10 -13 Aug 2017.
Posted on August 21, 2017
The saying “Jack of all trades master of none” is certainly not relevant to Thabelo Masuthu (TuksRowing). It seems that he will succeed in anything once he has put his mind to it.
Posted on August 18, 2017
A few years ago Constant and Fredriech Pretorius had quite a rivalry going on the athletics track to prove who is the fastest and who could jump the furthest.
Posted on August 18, 2017
South Africa have got their World Student Games campaign off to a winning start in Taipei, Taiwan.
Posted on August 17, 2017
Any chance of an athlete breaking the world long jump or triple jump records at a specially organised event by Tignes Ski-resort in the French Alps got blown away by an unpredictable wind.
Posted on August 17, 2017
The 2017 athletics season has been a real rollercoaster ride for the South African 400m-hurdles champion, Le Roux Hamman, with definite highlights but unfortunately also disappointments.
Posted on August 15, 2017
The world long jump champion, Luvo Manyonga, has his sights set on the world record for quite a while now and just maybe tomorrow in France it might happen.
Posted on August 07, 2017
Luvo Manyonga proved Friday night by winning the gold medal in the long jump at the IAAF World Championships in London that nothing, but absolutely nothing is impossible in the sport if you are prepared to put your mind to a specific goal and seriously work towards it.
Posted on August 07, 2017
Thabelo Masutha won bronze at the World Junior Rowing Championship in Lithuania. He received his medal for the Men's Single Sculls.
Posted on August 04, 2017
SA athletes in action at World Championships
Posted on August 02, 2017
Clarence Munyai might only be the second youngest athlete to compete in the 200m at the IAAF World Championships in London, but that does not mean he is in awe of his older more experienced rivals.
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