In a significant development for South African cricket, destructive white-ball batter Heinrich Klaasen has announced his immediate retirement from international cricket, bringing an end to a distinguished seven-year career with the Proteas Men. The 33-year-old’s decision, confirmed on Monday, sees him step away from both One-Day International (ODI) and T20 International (T20I) formats, following his…

South African long jump star and current national champion Jovan Van Vuuren has emphatically refuted recent whispers of retirement, setting his sights firmly on a formidable European season. Van Vuuren’s recent performances underscore his return to formidable form, signaling his unwavering commitment to elite competition and dispelling any notion of him stepping away from the…

If there’s one TuksSport statistic that doesn’t make for great reading, it’s the number of female athletes who have competed in the finals of a World Athletics Championship. Since 2003, only Caster Semenya (800m), Wenda Nel (400m hurdles) and Surita Febbraio (400m hurdles) have managed to do so. Semenya was the champion in 2009 and…