An undefeated half-century from captain Mary-Anne Musonda inspired Zimbabwe to a fiercely-contested 20-run triumph over the South African Emerging side to take an unassailable lead in the five-match series at the Groenkloof Oval on Friday. Zimbabwe are ahead 3 – 1 with one match to play. Musonda recorded six boundaries enroute to a game-changing 48…
The former Jaguars captain, Marlize de Bruin, has decided to quit netball to focus on playing sevens rugby. Doing so, she proved a change is as good as a holiday. She will represent the Springbok sevens women’s team in two weeks at the Rugby World Cup in Cape Town. “Netball was good to me. I…
Which South African coach has since 2016 got athletes to medal at the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, World Championships and the Commonwealth Games? There is a real chance that very few sports fans will know the answer to this. It does not faze Neil Cornelius. He is not coaching to be famous. He coaches because…
South Africa’s premier T20 League has been unveiled as the SA20, an Explosive, Exhilarating and Exciting competition set to change the face of South African cricket. The SA20 identity is founded on vibrant, bold, and energetic iconography, all the dynamic elements synonymous with T20 cricket. The XX – roman numerals for the number 20- represent…
By winning gold and bronze medals last night in the 200m-breaststroke at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, Tatjana Schoenmaker and Kaylene Corbett achieved a first for South African swimming. They are the first two female swimmers to medal in the same event at the Commonwealth Games since 1994. Schoenmaker won the 200m-breaststroke in 2:21.92, with Corbett…
When playing the numbers game, it is easy to see that the South African team is doing well at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. In the first seven days, they had won 20 medals, placing them sixth on the medal table. As has become the norm during these Games, Tuks’s athletes have done their part to…
Proteas fast bowler Anrich Nortje said he was just delighted to be back in Test cricket again after helping the Proteas secure a sensational first Test victory against England that came inside three days at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on Friday. The Proteas produced one of their most emphatic bowling displays in recent memory…
Jovan van Vuuren did something in Birmingham that few other South African long jumpers have been able to do: medaling at a Commonwealth Games. The Tuks athlete won bronze jumping 8.03 metres. LaQuan Nairn from the Bahamas won gold with an 8.08-metre effort. India’s Murali Sreeshankar finished second on a countdown jumping the same distance….
11 years ago, Rimari Sutton promised herself that she would never cycle again, at least not competitively. To her, there was no fun to be had when your legs and lungs were burning but as it said, never say never. The 22-year-old Tuks student will represent South Africa at the World Cross Country Mountain Bike…
The Blue Bulls Company is pleased welcome former Vodacom Bulls and Springbok player, Thando Manana, to the staff. Widely known for his passion for the game of rugby, Manana joins the Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd as Special Projects Manager. The former loose-forward recently played a massive role as General Manager at the Eastern Province…
