Posted on June 12, 2017
By winning yesterday at the Fanny Blankers Koen Games in Hengelo Luvo Manyonga emulated the performances of Carl Lewis one of the legends of international athletics.
Posted on June 12, 2017
Fourth time lucky for the Jaguars in Brutal Fruit League
Posted on June 09, 2017
Last night (08/06) Wenda Nel again qualified for the World Championships in London when she raced to a third place finish in the 400m-hurdles at the Diamond League in Rome. Nel’s time of 54.58s is 0.08s faster than the time she clocked on Monday in Prague. Janieve Russell (Jamaica) won in...
Posted on June 06, 2017
Wenda Nel made sure that she will represent South Africa at the World Championships in London last night when she won the 400m-hurdles in 54.66s at the Josef Odlozil Meeting in Prague.
Posted on June 05, 2017
The Netball World Youth Cup will be in Gabarone, Botswana from 8 – 15 July 2017.
Posted on May 23, 2017
Tuks earned their maiden Varsity Hockey title thanks to a Catherine Morris goal as they defeated Maties 1-0 in Pretoria on Monday night.
Posted on May 22, 2017
The TuksWomensRugby 7s side made history when they beat Sweden's Jesters to win the Stanislas Sevens Tournament in Nancy, France on Sunday.
Posted on May 22, 2017
Wian Sullwald raced to a third place finish yesterday (21/05) in the French Grand Prix Series in Dunkirk.
Posted on May 22, 2017
World number 703 Alvaro Quiros just about held his nerve to beat Zander Lombard of South Africa in a play-off for his first title in six years on Sunday in Sicily.
Posted on May 22, 2017
The national squads for both the South African men’s and women’s national teams were announced on Thursday 18 May. A massive 76% of the women selected have participated in Varsity Hockey, while seven of the 21 men have done so.
Posted on May 16, 2017
Tuks overcame Wits in the battle of Gauteng to book their place in Varsity Hockey final with a close 3-2 victory at the NWU-Puk Astro turf on Monday night in Potchefstroom.
Posted on May 15, 2017
LJ van Zyl proved that he has got his “groove” back on Saturday (13 May) by finishing second in the 400m-hurdles at the Diamond League Meeting which took place in Shanghai.
Posted on May 15, 2017
Emile Erasmus joined a small elite group of South African sprinters yesterday (13/05) when he won the 100 metres in 10.08s at a TuksAthletics League Meeting.
Posted on May 14, 2017
Olympic silver medallist Luvo Manyonga’s star shone brightly in Shanghai on Saturday as he soared to a Diamond League long jump record.
Posted on May 08, 2017
Dr Margrit Springer, who recently received her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree during the University of Pretoria (UP)'s Autumn Graduation Ceremonies, is also a star volleyball player who has represented UP in several competitions.
Posted on May 06, 2017
South Africa's Akani Simbine surprised a world-class sprint field, including Justin Gatlin, Asafa Powell and Andre De Grasse to claim a season-opening 100m Diamond League victory in Doha on Friday.
Posted on May 04, 2017
Central Gauteng’s Marco Steyn joined an illustrious list of champions including Charl Schwartzel, Brandon Stone and Haydn Porteous when he won the Oxigen Prince’s Grant National Amateur Invitational on Wednesday.
Posted on May 03, 2017
The University of Pretoria congratulates its rowing team, who won gold at the 2012 London Olympics and were individually awarded the National Order of Ikhamanga in silver in recognition of their achievement.
Posted on May 02, 2017
South Africa’s wrestlers gave a good account of themselves over the weekend at the African Junior Championships in Marrakech, Morocco winning no less than 18 medals (5 gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze).
Posted on April 30, 2017
On Friday, 28 April, the Tuks/hpc rowers known as the Awesome Foursome received the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver from President Jacob Zuma, the Grand Patron of the National Orders.
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