Athletics Featured News Akani Simbine Wins 100m & 200m In Karlstad July 23, 2015July 23, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Akani Simbine, HPC, Karlstad Grand Prix, Tuks Akani Simbine doubled up at the Karlstad Grand Prix meeting in Sweden last night. He started by winning the 100 Read more
Athletics Featured News Lebogang Shange Breaks 4th SA Record July 8, 2015July 31, 2015 @TheSportsEagle 5 000m, Chris Britz, HPC, Lebogang Shange, Tuks “Another one bites the dust.” These words come from the lyrics of the hit song sung by the British rock Read more
Featured News Geronay Whitebooi Wants To Improve Life Through Judo July 8, 2015July 8, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Geronay Whitebooi, HPC, Judo, South African Open Championships, Tuks Nineteen-year-old Geronay Whitebooi does not only aspire to become the best female judoka in South Africa, she also wants to Read more
Featured News Watersport Thompson & Smith Beaten In Final Of Henley Regatta July 6, 2015July 6, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Henley Regatta, HPC, James Thompson, John Smith, Tuks Although South Africa’s world champion rowers, James Thompson and John Smith, “gave as good as they got” in the Henley Read more
Athletics Featured News Akani Simbine’s Hard Work Starting To Pay Off July 3, 2015July 3, 2015 @TheSportsEagle 100m, Akani Simbine, HPC, Tuks Being a world class sprinter is not easy. It takes hours and hours of hard work and lots of dedication Read more
Athletics Featured News Orazio Cremona Handicapped By Groin Injury July 2, 2015July 2, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Diamond League, HPC, Orazio Cremona, shot put, Tuks The reason why Orazio Cremona, the South African as well as African shot put champion, has not been performing at Read more
Athletics Featured News Akani Simbine Runs Sub-10s 100m July 2, 2015July 2, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Akani Simbine, HPC, Tuks With his victory in a time of 9.99s at the 20th European Athletics Classics Meeting in Slovenia Akani Simbine joined Read more
Athletics Featured News Olympic Games Caroline Wostmann Wants To Qualify For The Olympics July 1, 2015July 1, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Caroline Wostmann, HPC, Nedbank, Olymipc Marathon Caroline Wöstmann (Nedbank), winner of both the 2015 Comrades and Two Oceans ultra-races, has set herself a new challenge. She Read more
Athletics Featured News Horn And Bruintjies Impress In Finland June 26, 2015June 26, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Carina Horn, HPC, Tuks Carina Horn proved on Thursday night with her winning time of 11.16s in the 100 metres at the Paavo Nurmi Read more
Athletics Featured News Second Time Around For Luvo Manyonga June 20, 2015June 20, 2015 @TheSportsEagle HPC, long jump, Luvo Manyonga, Tuks Sometimes you have to lose something to really appreciate it. Luvo Manyonga, a former junior long jump world champion, will Read more
Athletics Featured News Wenda Nel Wins In Rabat June 15, 2015June 15, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Anna Titimets, beijing, Czech Republic, Diamond League, Hayat Lambarki, HPC, IAAF, International Mohammed IV, Morocco, Ostrava, Paris, Prague, Rabat, Tuks, Ukraine, Wenda Nel, World Championships, Zuzana Hejnova To win three out of four international races is not bad going in anyone’s books so Wenda Nel has just Read more
Athletics Featured News SA Sprinters Pushing The Boundaries June 15, 2015June 15, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Akani Simbine, Anaso Jobodwana, Commonwealth Games, Diamond League, Henricho Bruintjies, High Performance Centre, HPC, IAAF, Olympic Games, Phoenix, Rome, South Africa, Sport Science, Tuks, Tuks Athletics, University of Pretoria, USA, World Athletics Centre, World Relays A string of top performances by South African sprinters in recent weeks has put athletics in the local spotlight. Akani Read more
Athletics Featured News South Africans Impress In New York June 14, 2015June 14, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Akani Simbine, Anita Husaric, Big Apple, Canada, Diamond League, Europe, HPC, Jamaica, Javier Culson, Keston Bledman, Kirani James, Lausanne, LJ Van Zyl, Nesta Carter, New York, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuks, Tyson Gay, Wayde van Niekerk The two South Africans Wayde Van Niekerk who won the 400 metres and LJ Van Zyl who was second in Read more
Athletics Featured News Akani Simbine Faces Tough Test In New York June 12, 2015June 12, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Akani Simbine, beijing, Birmingham, Diamond League, Diondre Batson, England, Gabriel Tiacoh, HPC, IAAF, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Javier Culson, LJ Van Zyl, Michael Tinsley, Nesta Carter, New York, Olympic Games, Orazio Cremona, Prague, Puerto Rico, Rabat, Tuks, Tyson Gay, USA, Wayde van Niekerk, Wenda Nel, World Championships When Akani Simbine lines up for the 100 metres at the Diamond League Meeting in New York on Saturday, he Read more
Athletics Featured News SA Race Is On For Sub-10s 100m June 11, 2015June 11, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Akani Simbine, Anaso Jobodwana, Bydgoszcz, Dakar, Diamond League, Gauteng North Championships, Greensboro, Henrico Bruintjies, HPC, Kazan, National Championships, New York, Poland, Port Elizabeth, Prague, Pretoria, Rome, Roscoe Engel, Simon Magakwe, Stellenbosch, Tuks, Usain Bolt The race to become the second South African sprinter to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 metres is on. Read more
Athletics Featured News Wenda Nel Impresses In Prague June 9, 2015June 9, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Akani Simbine, Antonio Alkana, beijing, Bydgoszcz, Czech Republic, Dakar, Denis Kudryavtsev, Diamond League, Gluteal Strain, Hennie Kriel, Henrico Bruintjies, HPC, Jerry Motsau, Josef Odlozil Memorial, LJ Van Zyl, Poland, Prague, Pretoria, Rabat, Rome, Russia, South Africa, Tuks, Wenda Nel, Whatsapp, World Championships Wenda Nel has recorded her second international victory of the season on Monday night by winning the 400-hurdles in a Read more
Endurance Featured News Triathlon Basson Engelbrecht Wins Triathlon In Mauritius June 8, 2015June 8, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Basson Engelbrecht, Czech Republic, Eddie Van Heerden, Edmonton, Europe, High Performance Centre, HPC, Junior European Cup, Le Morne ATU Sprint Triathlon African Cup, Lindsey Parry, Mauritius, South African Junior Championship, Tomas Svoboda, Tuks, Western Province Basson Engelbrecht won the Le Morne ATU Sprint Triathlon African Cup in Mauritius on Sunday. The South African was involved Read more
Athletics Featured News Lebogang Shange Narrowly Misses SA Record June 8, 2015June 8, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Anel Oosthuizen, Bedford, beijing, Cai Zelin, Chen Ding, China, Chris Britz, Dudinska, HPC, IAAF, La Coruna, Lebogang Shange, Lithuania, Liu Hong, Lugano, Marc Mundell, Race Walk, Spain, Stanley Valentine, Switzerland, Tuks, Wang Zhan, World Championships Lebogang Shange missed out by a mere second on equalling the South African record he set earlier this season when Read more
Featured News Watersport Brittain Ready To Represent South Africa June 8, 2015June 8, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Aiguebelette, Amsterdam, Coxed Pair, David Hunt, France, henley Royal Regatta, HPC, Lawrence Brittain, Lucerne, Olympic Games, Rio, Rowing World Cup, South Africa, Switzerland, The Beast, Tuks, Willie Morgan Lawrence Brittain will represent South Africa next month at the Henley Royal Regatta and the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Read more
Featured News Swimming Cameron Starts International Campaign June 3, 2015June 3, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Adam Peaty, Barcelona, breaststroke, Britain, Cameron Van Der Burgh, Canet-en-Roussillon, Commonwealth Games, France, HPC, Mare Nostrum Series, Olympic Games, Tuks, World Championships Cameron Van Der Burgh will start his international campaign this weekend when he competes in the Canet-en-Roussillon leg of the Read more
Athletics Featured News Lebogang Shange Addicted To Breaking SA Records June 2, 2015June 2, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Bedford, beijing, Britain, Chris Britz, Dudinska, Europe, HPC, IAAF, La Coruna, Lebogang Shange, Lithuania, Lugano, Stanley Valentine, Switzerland, Tuks, World Championships It seems as if Lebogang Shange has become addicted to his ‘hobby’ of breaking South African athletics records. He makes Read more
Athletics Featured News Wian Sullwald Continues To Improve June 1, 2015June 1, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Alistair Brownlee, Britain, Henri Schoeman, HPC, Huatulco World Cup, International Triathlon Union, ITU, London, Mexico, Richard Murray, South Africa, Tuks, Wian Sullwald, World Series South Africa’s triathletes proved on Sunday at the World Series-race in London that they are good enough to compete against Read more
Athletics Featured News Russian Domination Ends June 1, 2015June 1, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Birmingham, Bruce Fordyce, Caroline Wostmann, Charne Bosman, Comrades, Diamond League, Durban, Eleanor Greenwood, Elena Olesya Nurgalieva, Europe, Germany, HPC, Lindsey Parry, Nedbank, Nelson Mandela Marathon, Oslo, Pietermaritzburg, Plly Shorts, Rae Bisschoff, Rome, South Africa, Tuks, USA ‘Hard work, discipline and big sacrifices.’ This was what Charné Bosman (Nedbank) said to the Russians in reply to their Read more
Athletics Featured News South Africa Takes Back Comrades May 31, 2015May 31, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Andrew Kelehe, Caroline Wostmann, Charne Bosman, Comrades, Derek Preiss, Durban, Elena Nurgalieva, Frith Van Der Merwe, Gift Kelehe, High Performance Centre, HPC, Lindsey Parry, Nedbank, Pietermaritzburg, Russia, Tuks 2015 will be remembered as the year South African athletes took back ownership of the Comrades. With their victories in Read more
Athletics Featured News Caroline Wöstmann Eyes History May 27, 2015May 27, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Caroline Wostmann, Comrades, Derek Preiss, Durban, Elena Nurgalieva, Frith Van Der Merwe, HPC, Lindsey Parry, Nedbank, Pietermaritzburg, Rae Bisschoff, Russia, Sarah Mahlangu, Tuks, Two Oceans Can Caroline Wöstmann (Nedbank) become only the fourth athlete to win the Comrades and the Two Oceans ultra-races in the Read more
Athletics Featured News Charne Bosman Will Do It Her Way May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Bruce Fordyce, Charne Bosman, Comrades, Durban, Fields Hill, Frank Sinatra, High Performance Centre, HPC, Lindsey Parry, Nedbank, Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria, Tuks Charné Bosman (Nedbank) could just be the proverbial “Joker” on Sunday in the women’s Comrades-race and cause an upset nobody Read more
Athletics Featured News Wenda Nel To Challenge 400-Hurdles World Champion May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Anna Titimets, beijing, Commonwealth Games, Czech Republic, Denisa Rosolova, Eilidh Childs, Glasgow, Great Britain, HPC, IAAF, Ostrava Golden Spike Meeting, Potchefstroom, SA Open, Tuks, Ukraine, Usain Bolt, Wenda Nel, World Challenge Meeting, Zuzana Hejnova Wenda Nel is quietly confident that she will again perform well in the 400-hurdles tomorrow night (26/05). She will compete Read more
Athletics Featured News Akani Simbine Second In Hengelo May 24, 2015May 25, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Adam Gemili, Akani Simbine, Andre Olivier, ASA, beijing, Caster Semenya, Chijindu Ujah, Dakar, Elroy Gelant, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Great Britain, Green Point Stadium, Hengelo, Henricho Bruintjes, HPC, IAAF, Jakub Szyszkowski, Johan Cronje, Julia Du Plessis, Le roux Hamman, Marcin Lewandowski, marius Corbett, Netherlands, Orazio Cremona, PC Beneke, Poland, Robert Oosthuizen, Rocco Engelbrecht, Rocco van Rooyen, Shaun De Jager, South Africa, Tom Petranoff, Tuks, Victor Hogan, World Challenge Akani Simbine finished second in 10.12 seconds in the 100 metres at the Fanny Blankers-Koen meeting in Hengelo, The Netherlands. Read more
Athletics Featured News Wenda Nel’s “Wow” Moment May 21, 2015May 21, 2015 @TheSportsEagle beijing, Diamond League, Germany, HPC, Huelva, IAAF, LC De Villiers, Marrakech, Morocco, Myrtle Bothma, Oslo, Ostrava, Potchefstroom, Prague, Spain, Tuks, Wenda Nel, World Challenge ‘Wow!’ When Wenda Nel (Tuks/HPC) was asked to describe her feelings after winning the 400-hurdles in a personal best time Read more
Athletics Featured News New Personal Best For Wenda Nel May 20, 2015May 20, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Alexis Copello, beijing, Commonwealth Games, Cuba, Diamond League, Germany, Glasgow, HPC, IAAF World Challenge, Khotso Mokoena, Lashinda Demus, Marrakech, Morocco, Myrtle Bothma, Olympic Games, Oslo, Ostrava, Potchefstroom, Prague, Rabat, South Africa, Surita Febbraio, Tiffany Williams, Tuks, USA, Wenda Nel Wenda Nel opened her international campaign at the IAAF World Challenge in Beijing on Wednesday by winning the 400-hurdles in Read more