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11 July 2013

 Football

 South Africa fought back from two goals down to stun Japan on Thursday, booking their place in the semi-finals of the women's football tournament at the World Student Games in Kazan, Russia.

The SA women, who won 5-4 in a penalty shootout, with the scores level at 3-3 after regulation time in the quarterfinal clash, will face Mexico in the semi-finals on Saturday.

Tuks players Nonhlanhla Phalama and Keneilwe Mathibela are both members of the SA team; Tuks coach Sello Mokoena is a member of the coaching staff.

Hockey

The SA men's hockey side had produced another brave showing but went down 4-2 against hosts Russia to settle in third place in Group A.

South Africa faces Malaysia on Saturday in a must-win clash as they go in search of a place in the medal playoffs.

Tuks players Ross Gonsalves, Rene de la Peyre, Grant Glutz, Keagan Robinson and Matthew Guise-Brown are members of the SA team.

Athletics

The SA men's sprint relay teams booked their places in the finals of their events.

The 4x100m relay quartet Akani Simbine, Henrico Bruintjies, Gideon Trotter and Jacques de Swardt were second in their heat in 39.94 seconds.

De Swardt was again involved in the men's 4x400m team, joining Pieter Conradie, PC Beneke and Wayde van Niekerk as they finished third in their heat in 3:09.88.

Swimming

In the morning session, the country's swimming contingents, competing against world-class line-ups, were again unable to progress beyond the preliminary rounds of their disciplines.

Leith Shankland (men's 200m freestyle), Robyn Ferguson (women's 100m breaststroke), Trudi Maree (women's 100m freestyle), Neil de Villiers and Ayrton Sweeney (men's 200m individual medley) well all eliminated in their first-round heats, with Sweeney setting a personal best in his event.

10 July 2013

Swimming

On the first day of competition in the pool, the swimming team struggled in their first-round heats, and while they did not progress in any of their early disciplines, they remained confident of shining later in the week.

Ayrton Sweeney (men's 400m freestyle), Trudi Maree (women's 50m butterfly), Richard Ellis and David de Villiers (men's 100m backstroke), Giulio Zorzi (men's 50m butterfly and 100m breaststroke), Nico Meyer (men's 50m butterfly) and the SA men's 4x100m freestyle relay quartet were knocked out in the preliminary rounds in their events.

9 July 2013

Athletics

Meanwhile, Anneri Ebersohn finished an impressive fifth in the women's 400m hurdles final in 57.58 seconds. Anna Titimets of the Ukraine won gold in 54.64.

Earlier, PC Beneke comfortably won his semi-final in 49.91 seconds to qualify for Wednesday's final in the men's 400m hurdles.

Football

The SA women's football team put up another brave showing to reach the quarterfinals with a 3-2 win over Chinese Taipei in their last Group A match.

They will face Japan on Thursday for a place in the semi-finals. Tuks’s Nonhlanhla Phalama and Keneilwe Mathibela are both members of the SA team; the team is coached by Tuks coach Sello Mokoena.

8 July 2013

Athletics

In the women's discus throw, Maryke Oberholzer grabbed the bronze medal with a best heave of 54.09m.

While she had hoped to climb higher up the podium, she was hampered by the wet weather conditions during the evening track and field session, and Oberholzer was pleased to add to the country's medal tally.

"It hasn't really sunk in yet, but I'm sure it will later. It feels good," she said.

"I could have taken second place, because I was aiming for 58 or 59 metres, but the weather wasn't great."

Hockey

Elsewhere, the men's hockey team notched up their first win of the tournament, scoring four goals in the first half as they romped to a 4-2 victory over Poland.

Grant Glutz scored an early brace to give South Africa a 2-0 lead within the first nine minutes, and while Maciej Ferenc pulled one back in the 27th minute, Keagan Robinson and Luke Sanan drew the SA men further clear before the half-time break.

Michal Kasprzyk scored a consolation goal for Poland with less than 20 minutes left in the match, but South Africa held them off for the rest of the game, climbing to the top of the Group A standings.

They play Russia in their next game on Thursday.

Other Tuks players in the team are: Ross Gonsalves, Rene de la Peyre and Matthew Guise-Brown.

07 July 2013

Athletics

Sprint sensation Akani Simbine coasted into the men's 100m semi-finals with a time of 10.38, which will be held today Monday 08 July. Simbine had been fastest in the morning qualifiers, clocking 10.36 in the first round.

Jacques de Swardt (47.04) finished second in his first-round heats in the men's 400m event, booking his place in today's semi-finals.

Rowing

In the B final of the men's lightweight coxless fours, the SA team of James Brittain (younger brother to Matthew Brittain, Olympic Gold Medalist 2012), Gareth Maybery, Devon Miller and Scott Donaldson settled for second place behind the Hungarian quartet.

Hockey

The men's hockey team, which includes five players from the TuksHockey Men’s first team, were held to a high-scoring 4-4 draw against a tenacious Italy side in their opening match. Grant Glutz scored one of the 4 goals for South Africa. South Africa will face Poland in their next Group A fixture on today.