Sunday 21st December 2025

Sport

50 years of women’s cross-country Varsity

The 50th anniversary of women’s cross-country in the Oxford-Cambridge Varsity Competition is set to be celebrated on Saturday 6th December. The event will be held at Roehampton Vale, the...

The inescapable exhaustion of the tennis season 

The fatigue is inescapable as the tennis season draws slowly towards a close. Players...

Inside the little-known world of Oxford’s real tennis club

Real tennis? What, as opposed to fake tennis? No, real as in Real Madrid,...

Ethics versus economics: The WTA Finals in Riyadh

I am a tennis aficionado. I follow tennis year-round, and each tournament has a...

A whole new ball game

Oliver Donaldson on rackets sports you might not know

Worcester win hockey Cuppers again

Sweet revenge for Worcester as they defeat Teddy Hall

Riding into the Record Books

British road cyclists seek to defend their titles after a dominant few years in the Grand Tours

Giving thanks to football

Greg Pankhurst reports on what became a breath-taking week for English football

Sibling rivalry: St Hugh’s take on Clare College

Lucy Tansley reports on this multi-sport all-day event

Super Saturday Double-Header in Women’s Rugby

The time was here. The stage was set. The teams were ready. A grey and overcast Saturday of 1st Week provided the perfect conditions...

Trials and Tests for female cricketers

Claire Taylor, an alumnus of The Queen’s College, Oxford, is known for being one of the best female cricketers England has ever seen. Taylor...

Brookes receive an (indoor) kicking

Next year, there will be two new teams sporting the famous dark blue strip for Oxford University Association Football Club (OUAFC), as both a...

HCNC beat HCAFC 11-5 in charity netball game

Eleanor Frew reports on the charity clash between the netball team and the men’s football club

Women in Sport: OUWAFC President Charlotte Rougier

An interview with OUWAFC President Charlotte Rougier

Mauricio Pochettino: the best of the rest

Greg Pankhurst gives the case that Pochettino should be considered manager of the season

A sport for everyone?

Why croquet is a sport which thrives in its contradictions

Women’s football at its peak ahead of World Cup

Women’s football is growing rapidly, but more needs to be done to ensure equality

The Enduring British Tradition

Why the Boat Race still captures our interest almost two centuries on

Kicking out racism in football

Greg Pankhurst examines what needs to be done to eliminate racism from the game

2019: a high-point for British sport?

Tom Ashley looks forward to the rest of 2019 in British sport

Ten reasons to love the County Championship

With the 120th cricket County Championship season now underway, here are ten reasons why we should all love this format of first-class cricket.

Cambridge win all four Boat Races for the second year in a row

The women's race kicked off first and although Oxford seemed to get a good start, soon after the Cambridge boat dug deep and pushed...

Manchester City or Liverpool – the impossible choice?

Tom Ashley offers the perspective of a Manchester United supporter on the Premier League title run-in.

FIFA politics strike again with latest proposal

FIFA’s recent proposal to expand the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams is not a footballing decision, argues Guillaume Paugam.

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