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From ergs to euphoria: college rowing at Oxford

College rowing is an exercise in delayed gratification; the suffering of winter morphs into blades come Trinity.

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You, too, can ski: at the cost of your ego and bank balance

Varsity isn't cheap by any stretch of the imagination.

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Sport

Will running a half-marathon fix you?

Trump, tennis, and test cricket: Winter’s sporting woes

From ergs to euphoria: college rowing at Oxford

You, too, can ski: at the cost of your ego and bank balance

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