Posted on April 18, 2016
'Perseverance overcomes failure and turns the extraordinary achievement into great success.' These words certainly apply to Carley Lomax, a visually impaired student at the University of Pretoria (UP), who graduated with an MA degree in Recreation and Sport Management at the University's Autumn...
Posted on April 17, 2016
Eighteen-year-old Clarence Munyai (TuksSport High School) became one of the youngest male sprinters to win a title at the South African Senior Championships when he won the 200 m sprint in a time of 20,74 s at the South African Senior Championships in Stellenbosch on Saturday, 16 April 2016.
Posted on April 17, 2016
Lebogang Shange could have set a new South African 20km race walk record at the South African Senior Athletics Championship in Stellenbosch yesterday if he was a bit more focused during the early stages of the race.
Posted on April 17, 2016
South Africa's top rowers certainly made their presence felt today in the finals of the World Cup Rowing Regatta in Varese, Italy, by winning two gold and two bronze medals.
Posted on April 15, 2016
Over the weekend of the 9th and 10th of April the annual Binnelanders tournament was held by Wits on the beautiful Milton Cricket oval. Soft green grass welcomed 8 teams to the tournament, hailing from places as far as Bloemfontein and Pietermaritzburg.
Posted on April 13, 2016
Depending on the weather on Friday, 15 April 2016, the winning time in the women’s 100 metres final at the South African Athletics Championships in Stellenbosch could well be the fastest time run in the event for the past ten years.
Posted on April 11, 2016
It is generally expected that Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjies will battle it out for the honour of being crowned the fastest man in the country at the South African Athletics Championships, which will take place in Stellenbosch on 16 April 2016.
Posted on April 11, 2016
FNB Tuks outmuscled FNB UJ 47–24 at UJ Stadium to win the Young Guns Final on Tuesday 12 April.
Posted on April 10, 2016
It rained goals at the Harry Gwala Stadium when AmaTuks scored 4 goals in the opening 15 minutes of the second half and ran out 4-2 winners against Maritzburg United on Saturday night.
Posted on April 09, 2016
The FNB Madibaz Young Guns were unable to play their last match of the Young Guns season due to a large number of injuries and had to forfeit their match against the FNB Tuks Young Guns which was due to be played on 28 March.
Posted on April 09, 2016
Zack Piontek (Tuks/hpc) may have achieved his goal of representing South Africa at the Olympic Games in Rio by winning a silver medal for judo at the African Championships in Tunis, Tunisia.
Posted on April 06, 2016
Assupol TuksCricket women's player, Suné Luus has been named as part of the tournament team after the ICC World T20.
Posted on April 01, 2016
During the past week, the University of Pretoria men's soccer team successfully defended their national title at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein to become the 2015 USSA National Football Club Champions.
Posted on March 26, 2016
The University of Pretoria men's varsity team are the 2015 USSA Football National Club Champions after successfully defending their national title at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein this past week.
Posted on March 23, 2016
Assupol TuksCricket has won the NCU Premier League for the sixth year in a row after ending at the top of the log at the end of the 2015/2016 season.
Posted on March 22, 2016
When TuksSport High School athletes Clarence Munyai and Gift Leatlelo set off to challenge the stopwatch in the 100m and 200m sprints, they usually go fast, faster and fastest.
Posted on March 22, 2016
TuksAthletics hurdler, LJ van Zyl (Tuks/hpc) maintained his unbeaten streak when he won the 400-hurdles in 49.74s on the 22 March 2016 at the ASA Night Series-event in Cape Town.
Posted on March 21, 2016
Henri Schoeman proved to be a real class act when he won the African Triathlon title in East London for the second successive year on the 20th March 2016. Schoeman led from start to finish, winning the 1.5km swim, 40km cycle and 10km run in 2 hours and 48 seconds.
Posted on March 17, 2016
Health experts recently submitted an open letter to the UK government, calling for tackling in schools rugby to be outlawed. UP's Prof Steve Cornelius has entered this controversial debate with a recently published article.
Posted on March 17, 2016
A star-studded Tuks team will confidently make their way to Johannesburg for the first leg of the Varsity Athletics meeting on Friday 18 March. Led by the new 100m national record holder, Akani Simbine, it’s possible that the Tuks team is out to set more records tumbling in both field and...
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