Saturday 30th May 2026

Sport

Summer VIIIs roundup: day two

Early divisions started strong, with many boats that bumped yesterday continuing on the same trajectory towards ‘blades’ at the end of the week, for which they need to bump...

Summer VIIIs roundup: day one

It’s one of the hottest Mays in recorded history. Crews are wearing layers of...

Oriel’s quest for headship at Summer VIIIs 2026

Sitting in Oriel Boat Club’s Captain's room, across from Captains Freiderikos and Merle, I...

Formula One’s controversial 2026 regulations

Formula One – F1 – is widely regarded as the pinnacle of motorsport, 22...

Top Ten Sporting Moments of 2019

1st June: Liverpool become Champions of Europe Unlike many of the events on this list, if you ask anyone where they were on 1st June,...

“Bikram”- Review: The fad variant assumes corpse pose

As a die-hard yogi since the age of eleven, I was quick to judge the idea of the new Netflix documentary Bikram as being unfair. I...

Queering Sport

Tena Thau on her failed attempt at netball, and why we should rethink how we play sports.

Boat Race Ready?

The past week saw some highly important races in the world of university rowing – Trial Eights. Each of the four clubs: OUBC (male...

Cambridge Dominate in Convincing 15-0 Men’s Varsity Win

A crowd of over 22,000 were at Twickenham on Thursday afternoon to watch a resounding Cambridge victory in the 138th Men’s Varsity Match. In miserable...

To ski or not to ski: is the Varsity Trip worth it?

On the final Friday of Michaelmas term every year, Broad Street becomes quite a sight to behold – picture hundreds of exhausted, rather dishevelled...

Running Santas come to town

Santa was, evidently, training for his December circuit around the world last Sunday, Oxmas Eve, with a 5k in University Park. Over 200 Fathers...

Road to Euro 2020

In England’s eight Euro 2020 qualifiers, 10 different players have scored. Both Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling have a goalsto-games ratio better than 1,...

In Defence of Rowing

Why 'messing around in boats' is the best thing that's happened to my mental health

100th year of Major Stanley’s match

A momentous occasion for both the Men's and Women's sides

The Hundred

How can we get more people to play cricket?

Lacrosse Blues storm to ‘euphoric’ victory in Exeter

An important BUCS victory for the Dark Blues.

First round of football cuppers launches

Oxford's premium college football competition gets underway

OUAFC Blues win against Coventry

A report on a somewhat successful weekend of football for Oxford.

Iran opens stadium doors to female fans at last

For the first time, women can go to football matches in Iran

OURFC find success in first week

The Dark Blues have begun the term well, with wins against Croatia for the men, and Bath for the women.

What should we expect from new Premier League managers?

New football managers should not be expected to gain immediate success.

England emerges from their Summer of Cricket

2019 saw England win the World Cup and draw the Ashes, both in the most exciting of fashions.

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